Content: Chapter 1 Chiroptical of compounds containing triple?bonded functional groups (pages 1–47): Wolfgang Runge Chapter 2 Thermochemistry of the cyano and isocvano groups (pages 49–56): Leslie Batt Chapter 3 Mass spectra of cyano, isocyano and diazo compounds (pages 57–106): Klaus?Peter Zeller Chapter 4 Infrared spectra of cyano and isocyano groups (pages 107–135): I. N. Juchnovski and I. G. Binev Chapter 5 Photoelectron spectra of cyano compounds (pages 137–185): H. Stafast and H. Bock Chapter 6 Radiation chemistry of triple?bonded molecules (pages 187–220): Zeev B. Alfassi Chapter 7 Electrochemistry of the cyano group (pages 221–268): Kunihisa Yoshida Chapter 8 The directing and activating effects of triply bonded groups (pages 269–323): Marvin Charton Chapter 9 Biological formation and metabolic transformations of compounds containing the cyano group (pages 325–340): J. P. Ferris Chapter 10 Free?radical reactions involving the C?C group (pages 341–382): Y. Amiel Chapter 11 Arynes (pages 383–419): Thomas L. Gilchrist Chapter 12 Six?membered didehydroheteroarenes (pages 421–511): H. C. Van Der Plas and F. Roeterdink Chapter 13 Oxidation of triple?bonded groups (pages 513–570): Laszlo I. Simandi Chapter 14 Reduction of triple?bonded groups (pages 571–601): Robert O. Hutchins and Mary Gail K. Hutchins Chapter 15 Dediazoniations of arenediazonium ions and related compounds (pages 603–669): Heinrich Zollinger Chapter 16 Alkenediazonium compounds (pages 671–697): Kaspar Bott Chapter 17 Acidity and proton transfer of cyanocarbon acids (pages 699–736): Frank Hibbert