Modern Arene Chemistry

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List of Contributors.Arene Chemistry: From Historical Notes to the State of the Art (D. Astruc).The Synthesis of Tris-Annulated Benzenes by Aldol Trimerization of Cyclic Ketones (M. Boorum & L. Scott).Oligounsaturated Five-Membered Carbocycles - Aromatic and Antiaromatic Compounds in the Same Family (R. Haag & A. de Meijere).The Suzuki Reaction with Arylboron Compounds in Arene Chemistry (A. Suzuki).Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Halides and Sulfonates (J. Hartwig).From Acetylenes to Aromatics: Novel Routes - Novel Products (H. Hopf).Functional Conjugated Materials for Optonics and Electronics by Tetraethynylethene Molecular Scaffolding (M. Nielsen & F. Diederich).The ADIMET Reaction: Synthesis and Properties of Poly(dialkylparaphenyleneethynylene)s (U. Bunz).The Chromium-Templated Carbene Benzannulation Approach to Densely Functionalized Arenes (Dotz Reaction) (K. Dotz & J. Stendel).Osmium- and Rhenium-Mediated Dearomatization Reactions with Arenes (M. Valahovic, et al.).The Directed ortho Metalation Reaction - A Point of Departure for New Synthetic Aromatic Chemistry (C. Hartung & V. Snieckus).Arenetricarbonylchromium Complexes: Ipso, Cine, Tele Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutions (F. Rose-Munch & E. Rose).Activation of Simple Arenes by the CpFe+ Group and Applications to the Synthesis of Dendritic Molecular Batteries (D. Astruc, et al.).Charge-Transfer Effects on Arene Structure and Reactivity (S. Rosokha & J. Kochi).Oxidative Aryl-Coupling Reactions in Synthesis (G. Lessene & K. Feldman).Oxidative Conversion of Arenols into ortho-Quinols and ortho-Quinone Monoketals - A Useful Tactic in Organic Synthesis (S. Quideau).Molecular Switches and Machines Using Arene Building Blocks (H.-R. Tseng & J. Stoddart).Index.