1. Foreword

   • U. R. Ghatak
   • C. N. R. Rao

   EditorialNotes Pages: 79 - 79

2. One-pot, three-component, sequential Michael-Michael-ring-closure reactions. Annulation of meta-dicarboxylated aromatic rings. Total synthesis of juncunol

   • Gary H. Posner
   • Karen A. Canella
   • Ernest F. Silversmith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 90

3. Synthetic approach to natural products by Claisen rearrangement of glyceraldehyde derivatives

   • Tetsuji Kametani
   • Hiroko Kasai
   • Toshio Suzuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 111

4. Pheromone synthesis: Part CVII† - synthesis of 2,6-dimethyloctyl formate, a potent mimic of the aggregation pheromone of the flour beetles

   • Kenji Mori
   • Shigefumi Kuwahara
   • Mitsuhiko Fujiwhara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 117

5. Substitution with retention in organoboranes and utilization of the phenomenon for a general synthesis of pure enantiomers

   • Herbert C. Brown
   • Bakthan Singaram

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 142

6. Synthetic methods and reactions

   • G. K. Surya Prakash
   • George A. Olah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 185

7. Activation of α-sp³ centres toward electrophilic substitution in alcohols and amines

   • Alan R. Katritzky
   • Saumitra Sengupta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 203

8. Organo-lithiation and halogen metal exchange reactions in organic synthesis-an anomolous aromatic substitution via halogen-metal exchange

   • N. S. Narasimhan
   • R. R. Joshi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 215

9. Some new aspects of benzyne and radical mediated cyclisations

   • S. V. Kessar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 222

10. Synthetic studies in quest of Platonic hydrocarbon dodecahedrane

    • Goverdhan Mehta
    • K. Raja Reddy
    • Mangalam S. Nair

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 234

11. Carbon-carbon bond formation and annulation reactions using trimethyl and triethyl orthoformates

    • Subrata Ghosh
    • Usha Ranjan Ghatak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 252