The Chemistry of Organolithium Compounds

1. Theoretical studies in organolithium chemistry (Eluvathingal D.Jemmis and G. Gopakumar).
2. Lead structures in lithium organic chemistry (Thomas Stey andDietmar Stalke).
3. Thermochemistry of organolithium compounds (Suzanne W.Slayden and Joel F. Liebman).
4. Solid state NMR spectroscopy in organolithium chemistry (DanJohnels and Harald G¨unther).
5. Gas phase chemistry of organolithium compounds (ChagitDenekamp).
6. Vibrational spectroscopy of organolithium compounds (I.Pavel, W. Kiefer and D. Stalke).
7. Effects of structural variation on organolithium compounds(Marvin Charton).
8. Analytical aspects of organolithium compounds (JacobZabicky).
9. The preparation of organolithium reagents and intermediates(Frederic Leroux, Manfred Schlosser, Elinor Zohar and IlanMarek).
10. Directed metallation of aromatic compounds (JonathanClayden).
11. Arene-catalyzed lithiation (Miguel Yus).
12. Rearrangements of organolithium compounds (KatsuhikoTomooka).
13. Lithium carbenoids (Manfred Braun).
14. Addition of organolithium reagents to double bonds (HiroshiYamataka, K. Yamada and K. Tomioka).
15. Polylithium organic compounds: Syntheses and selectedmolecular structures (Carsten Strohmann and Daniel Schildbach).
16. alpha-Amino-organolithium compounds (Robert E.Gawley and Iain Coldham).
17. Asymmetric deprotonation withalkyllithium-(--)-sparteine (Dieter Hoppe and GuidoChristoph).
18. Reactivity of oxiranes with organolithium reagents (FabriceChemla and Emmanuel Vrancken).
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