Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry

Foreword. Preliminaries. Foreword to the first edition of the Handbook. Explanation of the reference system. Topics covered and arrangement of Handbook-II. Structure of Heterocycles. Overview. Structure of six-membered rings. Structure of five-membered rings with one heteroatom. Structure of five-membered rings with two or more heteroatoms. Structure of small and large rings. Reactivity of Heterocycles. Overview. Reactivity of six-membered rings. Reactivity of five-membered rings with one heteroatom. Reactivity of five-membered rings with two or more heteroatoms. Reactivity of small and large rings. Synthesis of Heterocycles. Overview. Synthesis of monocyclic rings with one heteroatom. Synthesis of monocyclic rings with two or more heteroatoms. Synthesis of bicyclic ring systems without ring junction heteroatoms. Synthesis of tri- and poly-cyclic ring systems without ring junction heteroatoms. Synthesis of fused ring systems with ring junction heteroatoms. Appendixes. Appendix A: Introduction to Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry II. Appendix B: Short contents of Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry II. Appendix C: Short contents of Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry. Appendix D: Miscellaneous (MI) references. Subject index.