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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. 978-1-118-79168- 4 Printed i n the United State s of America . 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION ix INDEX, MONOFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS xvii INDEX, DIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS xix ABBREVIATIONS xxi ABOUT THE AUTHOR xxv 1 PREPARATION OF ALKYNES 1 2 PREPARATION OF ACID DERIVATIVES 13 3 PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLS AND THIOLS 21 4 PREPARATION OF ALDEHYDES 75 5 PREPARATION OF ALKYLS, METHYLENES, AND ARYLS 89 6 PREPARATION OF AMIDES 225 7 PREPARATION OF AMINES 259 8 PREPARATION OF ESTERS 303 9 PREPARATION OF ETHERS, EPOXIDES, AND THIOETHERS 325 10 PREPARATION OF HAL1DES AND SULFONATES 351 11 PREPARATION OF HYDRIDES 365 12 PREPARATION OF KETONES 371 13 PREPARATION OF NITRILES 399 14 PREPARATION OF ALKENES 409 15 PREPARATION OF OXIDES 433 16 PREPARATION OF DIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS 445 AUTHOR INDEX 629 V PREFACE Since th e origina l volum e i n thi s serie s b y Ia n an d Shuye n Harrison , th e goal o f th e Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods ha s bee n t o facilitat e th e search fo r functiona l grou p transformation s i n th e origina l literatur e o f organi c chemistry. I n Volum e 2 , Afunctiona l compound s wer e added , an d thi s compilation wa s continue d b y Loui s Hegedu s an d Lero y Wad e fo r Volum e 3 o f the series . Professo r Wad e becam e th e autho r fo r Volum e 4 an d continue d wit h Volume 5 . I bega n editin g th e serie s wit h Volum e 6 , wher e I introduce d a n author inde x fo r th e firs t tim e an d adde d a ne w chapte r (Chapte r1 5 , Oxides) . Volume 7 introduce d Sectio n 37 8 (Oxides-Alkynes ) throug h Sectio n 39 0 (Oxides-Oxides) . Th e Compendium i s a hand y deskto p referenc e tha t remain s a valuable too l t o th e workin g organi c chemist , allowin g a quic k chec k o f th e literature. Eve n i n th e er a o f powerfu l compute r searching , th e Compendium allows on e t o "browse " fo r ne w reaction s an d transformation s tha t ma y b e o f interest i n a rapi d an d logica l manner . Th e bod y o f organi c chemistr y literatur e is ver y larg e an d th e Compendium i s a focuse d an d highl y representativ e surve y of th e literature , an d i s offere d in tha t context . Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods, Volume 13 contain s bot h functional grou p transformation s an d carbon-carbo n bond-formin g reaction s from th e literatur e appearin g i n th e year s 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , an d 2008 . Th e classification scheme s use d fo r Volume s 6-1 2 hav e bee n continued . Difunctional compound s appea r i n Chapte r1 6 . Th e experience d use r o f th e Compendium wil l requir e n o specia l instruction s fo r th e us e o f Volum e1 3 . Th e vii viii Compendiumo f Organic Syntheti c Methods , Volum e1 3 has bee n continue d a s i n Volume s 6-12 . Every effor t ha s bee n mad e t o kee p th e manuscrip t error-free . Wher e ther e are errors , I tak e ful l responsibility . I f ther e ar e question s o r comments , th e reader i s encourage d t o contac t m e directl ya t th e address , phone , fax , o r emai l given below . As I hav e don e throughou t m y writin g career , I than k m y wife , Sarah , an d m y son, Steven , fo r thei r encouragemen t an d suppor t durin g thi s work . I als o than k Jonathan Ros e o f Wile y fo r his hel p i n th e publicatio n o f thi s volume . Michael B . Smit h Department o f Chemistry , Universit y o f Connecticu t 55 N . Eaglevill e Roa d Storrs, Connecticu t 06269-306 0 Voice phone : (860)-486-288 1 Fax : (860)-486-298 1 Email: [email protected] u Storrs, Connecticu t December, 201 3