Oxazoles, Volume 60, Part B

Synthesis, Reactions, and Spectroscopy presents a comprehensive review of the literature from 1983 to the present covering oxazoles, mesoionic oxazoles, oxazolones, oxazolines, and chiral bisoxazolines. In-depth coverage includes synthesis, reactions, spectroscopic and physical properties for each class of compounds, as well as important developments related to the use of those compounds. Contents - Part A.

Abbreviations.

5. 2(3H)-Oxazolones and 2(5H)-Oxazolones (T. Kunieda and H. Matsunaga).

6. 4(5H)-Oxazolones (D.C. Palmer).

7. 5(2H)-Oxazolones and 5(4H)-Oxazolones (C. Cativiela and M.D. Diaz-De-Villegas).

8. 2-Oxazolines (G.S.K. Wong and W. Wu).

9. Chiral Bis(oxazolines) (A. Ghosh, G. Bilcer, and S. Fidanze).

Author Index.

Subject Index.

"The text is well written and understandable...should be a valuable reference for organic chemists." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nov 17, 2004) David C. Palmer is a Research Fellow in the Chemical Development Department at the R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute in Raritan, N.J.