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Content of this volume: Organometallic Complexes of Titanium, Silenes, Carboxylic Acids, Carboxylic Acid Esters, Imines, Iminium Salts, Alkanesulfinic Acids and Acyclic Derivatives, Alkanethiols, Alkanethiolates of Group 1, 2, and 13-15 Metals, Cyclic Alkanetelluronic Acid Derivatives, Metal-Mediated Cyclizations of Amines.

1;Science of Synthesis: Knowledge Updates 2011/3;1 1.1;Title page;5 1.2;Imprint;7 1.3;Preface;8 1.4;Abstracts;10 1.5;Overview;18 1.6;Table of Contents;20 1.7;Volume 2: Compounds of Groups 7-3 (Mn···, Cr···, V···, Ti···, Sc···, La···, Ac···);34 1.7.1;2.10 Product Class 10: Organometallic Complexes of Titanium;34 1.7.1.1;2.10.18 Organometallic Complexes of Titanium;34 1.7.1.1.1;2.10.18.1 Titanium-Mediated Alkenation Reactions;34 1.7.1.1.1.1;2.10.18.1.1 Method 1: Using Thioacetals as Carbene Complex Precursors;34 1.7.1.1.1.2;2.10.18.1.2 Method 2: Using Monohalides as Carbene Complex Precursors;45 1.7.1.1.1.3;2.10.18.1.3 Method 3: Using gem-Dichlorides as Carbene Complex Precursors;46 1.7.1.1.1.4;2.10.18.1.4 Method 4: Using 1,1-Dichloroalk-1-enes as Carbene Complex Precursors;47 1.7.1.1.1.5;2.10.18.1.5 Method 5: Using Alkenyl and Alkynyl Sulfones;48 1.7.1.1.2;2.10.18.2 Titanium-Mediated Alkene Metathesis;49 1.7.1.1.2.1;2.10.18.2.1 Method 1: Metathesis and Related Reactions via Titanacyclobutanes;49 1.7.1.1.2.1.1;2.10.18.2.1.1 Variation 1: Reaction of Titanocene Alkylidenes with Alkenes;49 1.7.1.1.2.1.2;2.10.18.2.1.2 Variation 2: Intramolecular Reaction of Titanocene Alkylidenes Bearing an Alkene Moiety;52 1.7.1.1.2.1.3;2.10.18.2.1.3 Variation 3: Reaction of Unsaturated Titanocene-Carbene Complexes with Alkenes;56 1.7.1.1.2.2;2.10.18.2.2 Method 2: Metathesis and Related Reactions via Titanacyclobutenes;60 1.7.1.1.2.2.1;2.10.18.2.2.1 Variation 1: Reaction of Alkenylcarbene Complexes of Titanium with Acetylene;60 1.7.1.1.2.2.2;2.10.18.2.2.2 Variation 2: Reaction of Titanocene Alkylidenes with Alkynes;60 1.7.1.1.2.2.3;2.10.18.2.2.3 Variation 3: Reaction of Titanocene Alkenylidenes with Alkynes;63 1.7.1.1.2.2.4;2.10.18.2.2.4 Variation 4: Reaction of Titanocene Alkylidenes with Alkynyl Sulfones;64 1.7.1.1.2.2.5;2.10.18.2.2.5 Variation 5: Valence Tautomerization of Alkenylcarbene Complexes;65 1.7.1.1.2.2.6;2.10.18.2.2.6 Variation 6: Titanium-Promoted Alkylation of Propargyl Carbonates;66 1.8;Volume 4: Compounds of Group 15 (As, Sb, Bi) and Silicon Compounds;70 1.8.1;4.4 Product Class 4: Silicon Compounds;70 1.8.1.1;4.4.2.5 Silenes (Update 1);70 1.8.1.1.1;4.4.2.5.1 Method 1: Synthesis of Silenes by Photolysis or Thermolysis of Acylpolysilanes and Derivatives;72 1.8.1.1.1.1;4.4.2.5.1.1 Variation 1: Thermolysis of Carbamoylpolysilanes;72 1.8.1.1.1.2;4.4.2.5.1.2 Variation 2: Thermal Rearrangement of Mercury Bis(acylsilanes);73 1.8.1.1.2;4.4.2.5.2 Method 2: Salt Elimination Methods;74 1.8.1.1.2.1;4.4.2.5.2.1 Variation 1: Reaction of Lithium Disilenides with Acyl or Vinyl Halides;75 1.8.1.1.2.2;4.4.2.5.2.2 Variation 2: Reaction of Dilithiosiloles with Ketones;76 1.8.1.1.3;4.4.2.5.3 Method 3: Sila-Peterson Alkenation Reactions;76 1.8.1.1.4;4.4.2.5.4 Method 4: Silylene-Silene and Carbene-Silene Isomerizations;78 1.8.1.2;4.4.2.6 Silenes (Update 2);80 1.8.1.2.1;4.4.2.6.1 Silenolates;80 1.8.1.2.1.1;4.4.2.6.1.1 Method 1: Synthesis of Silen-2-olates by Trimethylsilyl-Metal Exchange;84 1.8.1.2.1.1.1;4.4.2.6.1.1.1 Variation 1: With Germyllithium Reagents;84 1.8.1.2.1.1.2;4.4.2.6.1.1.2 Variation 2: With Silyllithium Reagents;84 1.8.1.2.1.1.3;4.4.2.6.1.1.3 Variation 3: With Potassium tert-Butoxide;85 1.8.1.2.2;4.4.2.6.2 Method 2: Synthesis of Silen-2-olates by Reaction of Bis(lithiosilyl)mercury Compounds with Acyl Chlorides;86 1.9;Volume 20: Three Carbon--Heteroatom Bonds: Acid Halides; Carboxylic Acids and Acid Salts; Esters, and Lactones; Peroxy Acids and R(CO)OX Compounds; R(CO)X, X == S, Se, Te;90 1.9.1;20.2 Product Class 2: Carboxylic Acids;90 1.9.1.1;20.2.1.2.10 Synthesis from Carboxylic Acid Derivatives;90 1.9.1.1.1;20.2.1.2.10.1 Method 1: Hydrolysis of Esters;90 1.9.1.1.1.1;20.2.1.2.10.1.1 Variation 1: Nucleophile-Promoted Cleavage;90 1.9.1.1.1.2;20.2.1.2.10.1.2 Variation 2: Hydrogenolytic Cleavage of Benzyl Esters;91 1.9.1.1.1.3;20.2.1.2.10.1.3 Variation 3: Transition-Metal-Mediated Cleavage of Allyl E