This is the fifth volume of the Specialist Periodical Report on A!icyclic Chemistry,
which covers the 1975 literature. We have retained the overall format of previous
years but have made alterations within some chapters, particularly Medium Ring
Chemistry, where we feel the new sub-headings will be of greater assistance to the
reader.
This year, with the exception of Dr Thomas (Medium Rings), there is a new team
of authors. Eventually the task of covering Three- and Four-membered Rings
proved too onerous for one individual and it is now shared between Dr Halton
(New Zealand) and Dr Watt (Scotland). Another team of old friends, Drs Brown and
Cowley (Ulster) have taken over the Five- and Six-membered area and Dr Gill
(Nottingham) now provides the coverage for Bridged and Caged Systems.