Bridged Aromatic Compounds

Preface Acknowledgments Nomenclature Polymethylene or Disubstituted Aromatic System Phenylene System Benzo System Ansa System Bicyclo System Cyclophane System A New System Preparation The Acyloin Cyclization Method The Friedel-Crafts Cyclization Method The Halo-Amine Cyclization Method The Halo-Ether Cyclization Method The Wurtz Reaction The Ziegler Cyclization Method Cyclization by Pyrolysis of Acids and Their Salts Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbons The Hofmann Elimination Reaction Method Cyclization by Pyrolysis of Other Compounds The Ring-Contraction Method Cyclization by Oxidative Coupling Nonaromatic Routes to Bridged Aromatics The Depolymerization Cyclization Method The Dieckmann Cyclization Method Cyclization by Amide Formation Cyclization by Imine Formation Miscellaneous Methods of Preparing Cyclophanes Porphyrins and Related Compounds Containing Bridged Aromatic Nuclei Natural Products Containing Cyclophane Links References Chemistry of the Bridged Nucleus Carbon-Hydrogen Substituents Halogen and Halogen-Containing Substituents Oxygen-Containing Substituents Nitrogen-Containing Substituents Sulfur-Containing Substituents Rearrangement of Cyclophane Bridges Hydrogenation of the Aromatic Nucleus Molecular Complexes of the Cyclophanes Inclusion Compounds of the Cyclophanes Photochemical Studies Dehydrogenation of Cyclophanes to Polycyclics Diels-Alder Reactions References Chemistry of the Bridge Carbon-Hydrogen Substituents Oxygen-Containing Substituents Halogen Substituents Nitrogen and Sulfur Substituents Methylene Acidity Bridgehead Oxidations References Dissymmetry of the Bridged Aromatics Text References Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy Text References Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Text References X-Ray and Other Structural Studies Text References Nuclear and Electron Magnetic Resonance Studies Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Electron Paramagnetic Resonance References Tables of Compounds Tables References Author Index Subject Index