Modern Catalytic Methods for Organic Synthesis with Diazo Compounds

MICHAEL P. DOYLE, PhD, was D. R. Semmes Professor of Chemistry at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and is currently Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arizona in Tucson. M. ANTHONY McKERVEY, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry and Director of QUCHEM at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. TAO YE, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham in Great Britain.

• Synthesis of Alpha-Diazocarbonyl Compounds. Catalysts for Metal Carbene Transformations. Insertion Reactions. Intermolecular Cyclopropanation and Related Addition Reactions. Intramolecular Cyclopropanation and Related Addition Reactions. Cycloaddition and Substitution Reactions with Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Compounds. Generation and Reactions of Ylides from Diazocarbonyl Compounds. X-H Insertion Reactions of Diazocarbonyl Compounds (X = N,O,S,Se,P, Halogen). The Wolff Rearrangement and Related Reactions. Reactions of Alpha-Diazocarbonyl Compounds with Aldehydes and Ketones. Acid-Promoted Cyclization of Unsaturated and Aromatic Diazo Ketones. Miscellaneous Diazocarbonyl Reactions. Index.