Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

by Katritzky

• ISBN13: 9780120207763
• ISBN10: 0120207761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-19
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Established in 1960, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry is the definitive serial in the area-one of great importance to organic chemists, polymer chemists, and many biological scientists. Written by established authorities in the field, the comprehensive reviews combine descriptive chemistry and mechanistic insight and yield an understanding of how the chemistry drives the properties.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Prototropic Tautomerism of Heterocycles: Heteroaromatic Tautomerism---General Overview and Methodology
Jose Elguero
Alan R. Katritzky
Olga V. Denisko
Introduction	2	(1)
General Discussion	3	(7)
Theoretical Methods	10	(14)
Chemical vs Physical Methods for the Study of Tautomerism	24	(1)
Nonspectroscopic Physical Methods	24	(7)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	31	(15)
Other Spectroscopic Methods	46	(7)
Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Excited State Proton Transfer	53	(2)
Tautomerism and Aromaticity	55	(3)
Tautomerism and Reactivity	58	(2)
Tautomerism in Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry	60	(1)
Tautomerism and Biological Activity	61	(1)
Tautomerism and Supramolecular Chemistry	62	(1)
Criteria for Choice of Physical Methods	62	(1)
Conclusions	63	(23)
References	64	(22)
Tautomerism of Heterocycles: Five-Membered Rings with One Heteroatom
Willy Friedrichsen
Tim Traulsen
Jose Elguero
Alan R. Katritzky
Introduction	86	(2)
Annular Tautomerism of Five-Membered Rings	88	(7)
Compounds with Potential Hydroxy Groups	95	(28)
Compounds with Potential Mercapto Groups	123	(2)
Compounds with Potential Amino Groups	125	(7)
Compounds with a Potential Hydroxy and a Potential Amino Group	132	(2)
Compounds with Potential Methyl Groups	134	(1)
Other Substituted Furans, Thiophenes, Pyrroles, and Their Benzo Derivatives	135	(24)
References	137	(22)
Tautomerism of Heterocycles: Five-Membered Rings with Two or More Heteroatoms
Vladimir I. Minkin
Alexander D. Garnovskii
Jose Elguero
Alan R. Katritzky
Olga V.Denisko
Annular Tautomerism	159	(46)
Side-Chain Tautomerism	205	(47)
Ring-Chain Tautomerism	252	(8)
Valence Tautomerism	260	(21)
Tautomeric Transformations in the Electronic Excited States	281	(5)
Stabilization of Unusual Tautomeric Forms of Azoles and Their Derivatives in Metal Coordination Compounds	286	(10)
References	296