Modern Arene Chemistry – Concepts, Synthesis, and Applications

Didier Astruc is a full professor at the University Bordeaux 1, a member of the Institut Universitaire de France and the Academies Leopoldina, Europaea and European Academy of Science, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He studied in Rennes and carried out his post-doc at MIT with Nobel prize winner R. R. Schrock. His research fields span from inorganic materials to nanoreactors in catalysis and drug nanovectors. Professor Astruc is the author of "Electron Transfer and Radical Processes in Transition Metal Chemistry", of the standard textbook "Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis" and of more than 300 research publications. He was awarded several prizes including the Humboldt, Iberdrola and Le Bel Prizes.

Introduction: Arene Chemistry: From Historical Notes to the State of the Art The Synthesis of Tris-Annulated Benzenes by Aldol Trimerization of Cyclic Ketones Oligounsaturated five-membered Carbocycles - Aromatic and Antiaromatic Compounds in the same family The Suzuki Reaction with Arylboron Compounds in Arene Chemistry Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Halides and Sulfonates From Acetylenes to Aromatics: Novel Routes - Novel Products Functional Conjugated Materials for Optonics and Electronics by Tetraethynylethene Molecular Scaffolding The ADIMET Reaction: Synthesis and Properties of Poly(dialkylparaphenyleneethynylene)s The Chromium-Templated Carbene Benzannulation Approach to Densely Functionalized Arenes (Dotz Reaction) Osmium- and Rhenium-Mediated Dearomatization Reactions with Arenes The Directed Ortho Metalation Reaction: A Point of Departure for New Synthetic Aromatic Chemistry Arenetricarbonylchromium Complexes: Ipso, Cine, Tele Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutions Activation of simple Arenes by the CpFe+ Group and Application to the Synthesis of Dendritic Molecular Batteries Charge Transfers Effects on Arene Structure and Reactivity Oxidative Aryl Coupling Reactions in Synthesis Oxidation of Arenols into Orthoquinols and Orthoquinone Monoketals - A Useful Tactic in Organic Synthesis