Hélène Pellissier is at the CNRS, Marseille, France. She carried out her PhD under the supervision of Dr G Gil in Marseille and then joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1988. After a postdoctoral position in Professor KPC Vollhardt's group at Berkeley, she joined the group of Professor M Santelli in Marseille in 1992, where she focused on the chemistry of BISTRO and its large application in organic synthesis. There, she developed several new very short total syntheses of steroids starting with 1,3-butadiene and benzocyclobutenes.

"A strength of the book lies in the extensive use of graphics. Virtually every entry in the book is provided a graphic summary of the best cases for a particular report.""This compilation can be regarded as a snapshot of progress for a field that requires treatment in any modern graduate program in organic chemistry.""...the author has produced a work that is commendable by the measures of the topics selected and their organization."

• Introduction Nucleophilic additions to electron-deficient C=C double bonds Nucleophilic additions to C=O double bonds Nucleophilic additions to C=N double bonds Nucleophilic additions to unsaturated nitrogen Nucleophilic substitutions at aliphatic carbon Cycloaddition reactions Oxidations Reductions Kinetic resolutions and desymmetrisations Miscellaneous reactions General Conclusion

Hélène Pellissier is at the CNRS, Marseille, France. She carried out her PhD under the supervision of Dr G Gil in Marseille and then joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1988. After a postdoctoral position in Professor KPC Vollhardt's group at Berkeley, she joined the group of Professor M Santelli in Marseille in 1992, where she focused on the chemistry of BISTRO and its large application in organic synthesis. There, she developed several new very short total syntheses of steroids starting with 1,3-butadiene and benzocyclobutenes.

"A strength of the book lies in the extensive use of graphics. Virtually every entry in the book is provided a graphic summary of the best cases for a particular report.""This compilation can be regarded as a snapshot of progress for a field that requires treatment in any modern graduate program in organic chemistry.""...the author has produced a work that is commendable by the measures of the topics selected and their organization."

• Introduction Nucleophilic additions to electron-deficient C=C double bonds Nucleophilic additions to C=O double bonds Nucleophilic additions to C=N double bonds Nucleophilic additions to unsaturated nitrogen Nucleophilic substitutions at aliphatic carbon Cycloaddition reactions Oxidations Reductions Kinetic resolutions and desymmetrisations Miscellaneous reactions General Conclusion

Hélène Pellissier is at the CNRS, Marseille, France. She carried out her PhD under the supervision of Dr G Gil in Marseille and then joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1988. After a postdoctoral position in Professor KPC Vollhardt's group at Berkeley, she joined the group of Professor M Santelli in Marseille in 1992, where she focused on the chemistry of BISTRO and its large application in organic synthesis. There, she developed several new very short total syntheses of steroids starting with 1,3-butadiene and benzocyclobutenes.

"A strength of the book lies in the extensive use of graphics. Virtually every entry in the book is provided a graphic summary of the best cases for a particular report.""This compilation can be regarded as a snapshot of progress for a field that requires treatment in any modern graduate program in organic chemistry.""...the author has produced a work that is commendable by the measures of the topics selected and their organization."

• Introduction Nucleophilic additions to electron-deficient C=C double bonds Nucleophilic additions to C=O double bonds Nucleophilic additions to C=N double bonds Nucleophilic additions to unsaturated nitrogen Nucleophilic substitutions at aliphatic carbon Cycloaddition reactions Oxidations Reductions Kinetic resolutions and desymmetrisations Miscellaneous reactions General Conclusion