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Content of this volume: Organometallic Complexes of Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides, Metallocene Complexes with Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene, Titanocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes, Zirconocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes, Hafnocene Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes, Boron Compounds, Aluminum Alkoxides and Phenoxides, Aluminum Amides, Dearomatization Reactions Using Organolithiums, Carbolithiation of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds, Pyrazines, Six-Membered Hetarenes with More than Three Heteroatoms, Nitriles, Oximes.

1;Science of Synthesis: Knowledge Updates 2011/4;1 1.1;Title page;5 1.2;Imprint;7 1.3;Preface;8 1.4;Abstracts;10 1.5;Overview;16 1.6;Table of Contents;18 1.7;Volume 2: Compounds of Groups 7-3 (Mn···, Cr···, V···, Ti···, Sc···, La···, Ac···);32 1.7.1;2.12 Product Class 12: Organometallic Complexes of Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides;32 1.7.1.1;2.12.15 Organometallic Complexes of Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides;32 1.7.1.1.1;2.12.15.1 Lanthanide-Catalyzed Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions;32 1.7.1.1.1.1;2.12.15.1.1 Method 1: Non-enantioselective Formation of ß-Hydroxycarbonyls;32 1.7.1.1.1.2;2.12.15.1.2 Method 2: Enantioselective Formation of ß-Hydroxycarbonyls;35 1.7.1.1.1.2.1;2.12.15.1.2.1 Variation 1: In an Organic Solvent;35 1.7.1.1.1.2.2;2.12.15.1.2.2 Variation 2: In an Aqueous Solvent;38 1.7.2;2.14 Product Class 14: Group 4 Metallocene Complexes with Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene;42 1.7.2.1;2.14.1 Product Subclass 1: Titanocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes;44 1.7.2.1.1;Synthesis of Product Subclass 1;44 1.7.2.1.1.1;2.14.1.1 Method 1: Reduction of a Dichlorobis(.5-cyclopentadienyl)titanium Derivative in the Presence of Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene;44 1.7.2.1.1.1.1;2.14.1.1.1 Variation 1: Reduction and Intramolecular Dehydrocoupling of Cyclopentadienyl Fragments;45 1.7.2.1.1.2;2.14.1.2 Method 2: Methane Elimination from Bis(.5-cyclopentadienyl)dimethyltitanium(IV);46 1.7.2.1.2;Applications of Product Subclass 1 in Organometallic Reactions;46 1.7.2.1.2.1;2.14.1.3 Method 3: Reactions with Brønsted Acids;46 1.7.2.1.2.1.1;2.14.1.3.1 Variation 1: Reaction with Methanol;48 1.7.2.1.2.2;2.14.1.4 Method 4: Titanocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes in the Formation of Metallacycles;49 1.7.2.1.2.2.1;2.14.1.4.1 Variation 1: Formation of Five-Membered Group 4 Metallacycles;49 1.7.2.1.2.2.2;2.14.1.4.2 Variation 2: Formation of Six-Membered Metallacycles;50 1.7.2.1.2.2.3;2.14.1.4.3 Variation 3: Formation of Three-Membered Aza-metallacycles;51 1.7.2.1.2.2.4;2.14.1.4.4 Variation 4: Formation of Four- and Five-Membered Aza-metallacycles;53 1.7.2.1.2.2.5;2.14.1.4.5 Variation 5: Coupling Reactions of Dichlorophosphines and the Formation of Phospha-metallacycles;55 1.7.2.1.2.2.6;2.14.1.4.6 Variation 6: Formation of Stiba-metallacycles;56 1.7.2.1.2.2.7;2.14.1.4.7 Variation 7: Formation of Four-Membered Thia-metallacycles;58 1.7.2.1.2.2.8;2.14.1.4.8 Variation 8: Formation of Four-Membered Selena-metallacycles;59 1.7.2.1.2.3;2.14.1.5 Method 5: Titanocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes in Supramolecular Chemistry;59 1.7.2.1.2.3.1;2.14.1.5.1 Variation 1: Dehydrogenative Coupling;62 1.7.2.1.2.4;2.14.1.6 Method 6: Titanocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes in Bond-Activation Reactions;63 1.7.2.1.2.4.1;2.14.1.6.1 Variation 1: Dinitrogen Activation;63 1.7.2.1.2.4.2;2.14.1.6.2 Variation 2: C--F Bond Activation;64 1.7.2.1.2.4.3;2.14.1.6.3 Variation 3: C--C Single-Bond Metathesis;65 1.7.2.1.2.5;2.14.1.7 Method 7: Catalytic Hydroamination of Alkynes;66 1.7.2.1.2.6;2.14.1.8 Method 8: Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Dimethylamine Borane;67 1.7.2.1.2.7;2.14.1.9 Method 9: Oxidation Reactions;67 1.7.2.1.2.8;2.14.1.10 Method 10: Reactions with Alkynes: Alkyne Substitution Reactions;68 1.7.2.1.2.8.1;2.14.1.10.1 Variation 1: Reactions with Alkynylsilanes;70 1.7.2.1.2.8.2;2.14.1.10.2 Variation 2: Reactions with Polyynes;70 1.7.2.1.2.9;2.14.1.11 Method 11: Lewis Base Exchange;72 1.7.2.1.2.10;2.14.1.12 Method 12: Reactions with Carbon Dioxide;72 1.7.2.2;2.14.2 Product Subclass 2: Zirconocene-Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes;73 1.7.2.2.1;Synthesis of Product Subclass 2;73 1.7.2.2.1.1;2.14.2.1 Method 1: Reduction of a Dichlorobis(.5-cyclopentadienyl)zirconium(IV) in the Presence of Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene;73 1.7.2.2.1.1.1;2.14.2.1.1 Variation 1: By Ligand Substitution;75 1.7.2.2.2;Applications of Product Subclass 2 in Organometallic Reactions;76 1.7.2.2.2.1;2.14.2.2 Method 2: Reactions w