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PREFACE
1993 (journals received after our February 1 cutoff date) are noted
appropriately. In an effort to be more space efficient, we have adopted letter
abbreviations for the journal references from Katritzky's Handbook of
Heterocyclic Chemistry. See the List of Abstracted Journals for definitions
of these letter abbreviations; they are alphabetized by the abbreviations
rather than the journal name. The name of the Journal of Organic Chemistry
(USSR) was changed to the Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry which is
reflected by the letter abbreviation RJOC.
In producing Annual Reports in Organic Chemistry-1995 we have
abstracted 47 primary chemistry journals, selecting useful synthetic
advances. We have tried to present the information in an organized manner,
emphasizing rapid visual retrieval. The purpose of this emphasis is to aid the
reader in scanning the book. The mind is capable of absorbing a whole
picture in an instant, but is considerably slowed by having to read sentences.
If the pictures presented catch the reader's interest, he or she should then
seek details from the original paper. Only the common journals received by
our libraries have been abstracted. Any journal received after February 1,
1995 will be covered in the next volume. We have also exercised selectivity
in choosing which papers to abstract. Our general guidelines have been to
include reactions and methods that are new, synthetically useful, or
reasonably general.
The author index is based on the name of the senior author or
sometimes the first author. No subject index is included because we feel the
Table of Contents serves that function. Chapters I—III are organized by
reaction type and, hopefully, the organization is self-explanatory; thus, there
should be no difficulty in locating a new method of oxidation or a new
cyclopropanation procedure. Chapter IV deals with methods of synthesizing
heterocyclic systems. Where fused ring systems bearing multiple
heterocyclic rings are synthesized, we have chosen to categorize the
heterocyclic system by the ring formed in the reaction. Chapter V covers the
use of protecting groups. Chapter VI deals with those synthetically useful
transformations that do not fit easily into the first three chapters. In Chapter
VII, the reviews have been divided into sections to help the reader to quickly
find a review on a specific topic. Heterocyclic reviews may be found at the
end of Chapter IV.
Any undertaking of this type involves a series of compromises. We
have chosen to emphasize reasonable cost and rapid visual retrieval of
information at the admitted expense of detail and beauty.
The task of typing and preparing the graphics was done by the
editors, and we hope the readers will forgive the inevitable typos and other
PREFACE
1993 (journals received after our February 1 cutoff date) are noted
appropriately. In an effort to be more space efficient, we have adopted letter
abbreviations for the journal references from Katritzky's Handbook of
Heterocyclic Chemistry. See the List of Abstracted Journals for definitions
of these letter abbreviations; they are alphabetized by the abbreviations
rather than the journal name. The name of the Journal of Organic Chemistry
(USSR) was changed to the Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry which is
reflected by the letter abbreviation RJOC.
In producing Annual Reports in Organic Chemistry-1995 we have
abstracted 47 primary chemistry journals, selecting useful synthetic
advances. We have tried to present the information in an organized manner,
emphasizing rapid visual retrieval. The purpose of this emphasis is to aid the
reader in scanning the book. The mind is capable of absorbing a whole
picture in an instant, but is considerably slowed by having to read sentences.
If the pictures presented catch the reader's interest, he or she should then
seek details from the original paper. Only the common journals received by
our libraries have been abstracted. Any journal received after February 1,
1995 will be covered in the next volume. We have also exercised selectivity
in choosing which papers to abstract. Our general guidelines have been to
include reactions and methods that are new, synthetically useful, or
reasonably general.
The author index is based on the name of the senior author or
sometimes the first author. No subject index is included because we feel the
Table of Contents serves that function. Chapters I—III are organized by
reaction type and, hopefully, the organization is self-explanatory; thus, there
should be no difficulty in locating a new method of oxidation or a new
cyclopropanation procedure. Chapter IV deals with methods of synthesizing
heterocyclic systems. Where fused ring systems bearing multiple
heterocyclic rings are synthesized, we have chosen to categorize the
heterocyclic system by the ring formed in the reaction. Chapter V covers the
use of protecting groups. Chapter VI deals with those synthetically useful
transformations that do not fit easily into the first three chapters. In Chapter
VII, the reviews have been divided into sections to help the reader to quickly
find a review on a specific topic. Heterocyclic reviews may be found at the
end of Chapter IV.
Any undertaking of this type involves a series of compromises. We
have chosen to emphasize reasonable cost and rapid visual retrieval of
information at the admitted expense of detail and beauty.
The task of typing and preparing the graphics was done by the
editors, and we hope the readers will forgive the inevitable typos and other