This book is the third volume of the series Comprehensive Name
Reactions, an ambitious project conceived by Prof. E. J. Corey of
Harvard University in the summer of 2002. Volume 1, Name
Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry, was published in 2005 and
was warmly received by the organic chemistry community.
Volume 2, Name Reactions for Functional Group Transformations
was published in 2007. After publication of the current Volume 3
and 4 on homologations in 2009, we plan to roll out Volume 5 ,
Name Reactions on Ring Formation in 2010; and Volume 6, Name
Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry-2, in 201 1, respectively.
Continuing the traditions of the first two volumes, each
name reaction in Volume 3 is also reviewed in seven sections:
1. Description;
2. Historical Perspective;
3. Mechanism;
4. Variations and Improvements;
5. Synthetic Utility;
6. Experimental; and
7. References.