4-Membered Heterocycle Synthesis
- 1st Edition - July 27, 2023
- Latest edition
- Author: Navjeet Kaur
- Language: English
Four-Membered Heterocycle Synthesis offers a comprehensive approach to these unstable organic compounds, providing a systematic introduction to the synthesis and reactions of all… Read more
- Provides a systematic introduction to the synthesis and reactions of all common four-membered heterocycles
- Highlights different methods to prepare specific 4-membered heterocycles
- Analyzes several types and families of compounds, with a large set of recent examples in the field
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Synthesis of 1,2-diazetidines
1.2.1 Synthesis of 1,2-diazetidines from azo compounds
1.2.2 Synthesis of 1,2-diazetidines from hydrazine compounds
1.3 Synthesis of 1,3-diazetidines
1.3.1 Synthesis of 1,3-diazetidines from carbodiimide compounds
1.3.2 Synthesis of 1,3-diazetidines from isocyanate compounds
1.3.3 Metal-catalyzed synthesis of 1,3-diazetidines
1.4 Photochemical synthesis of diazetidines
References
2: Synthesis of dioxetanes
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Synthesis of 1,2-dioxetanes
2.2.1 Oxygen-assisted synthesis of 1,2-dioxetanes
2.2.2 Oxygen-assisted synthesis of fused 1,2-dioxetanes
2.2.3 Ozone-assisted synthesis of 1,2-dioxetanes
2.2.4 Peroxide-assisted synthesis of 1,2-dioxetanes
2.3 Synthesis of 1,3-dioxetanes
References
3: Synthesis of oxazetidines
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Synthesis of 1,2-oxazetidines
3.2.1 Synthesis of 1,2-oxazetidines from other heterocycles
3.3 Synthesis of 1,3-oxazetidines
3.3.1 Synthesis of 1,3-oxazetidines from other heterocycles
References
4: Synthesis of thietanes-I
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Synthesis of thietanes from sulfur moieties bearing compounds
4.3 Synthesis of thietanes from C=S moiety bearing compounds
4.4 Synthesis of thietanes from SCN moiety bearing compounds
4.5 Synthesis of thietanes from SH moiety bearing compounds
4.6 Synthesis of thietanes from SHOH moiety bearing compounds
References
5: Synthesis of thietanes-II
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Synthesis of thietanes from other heterocycles
5.2.1 Synthesis of thietanes from epoxides and oxetanes
5.2.2 Synthesis of thietanes from thiiranes
5.2.3 Synthesis of thietanes from five-membered heterocycles
5.2.4 Synthesis of thietanes from six-membered heterocycles
5.3 Synthesis of thietanes using sulfides
5.3.1 Synthesis of thietanes using carbon disulfide
5.3.2 Synthesis of thietanes using sodium sulfide
5.3.3 Synthesis of thietanes using phosphorus pentasulfide
5.4 Synthesis of thietanes using SO2 bearing compounds
5.5 Synthesis of oxathietanes
References
6: Synthesis of dithietes
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Synthesis of 1,2-dithietes
6.3 Synthesis of 1,3-dithietes
References
7: Synthesis of thiazetidines
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Synthesis of 1,2-thiazetidines from sulfonyl chlorides
7.3 Miscellaneous synthesis of 1,2-thiazetidines
7.4 Synthesis of 1,3-thiazetidines from thioamides
7.5 Synthesis of 1,3-thiazetidines from isothiocyanates
7.6 Miscellaneous synthesis of 1,3-thiazetidines
References
8: Synthesis of azetines and oxetanes
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Synthesis of azetines
8.3 Synthesis of oxetanes
8.3.1 Synthesis of oxetanes from five- and six-membered O-heterocycles
8.3.2 Synthesis of oxetanes from alkenes
8.3.3 Synthesis of oxetanes from diazo compounds
References
9: Photochemical synthesis of azetes, dioxetanes, and thietes
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Synthesis of azetes
9.3 Synthesis of dioxetanes
9.4 Synthesis of thietes
9.5 Synthesis of dithietanes
9.6 Synthesis of thiazetidines and oxathietanes
References
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 27, 2023
- Language: English
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Navjeet Kaur
Dr. Navjeet Kaur, Ph.D. (Chemistry, Banasthali Vidyapith, 2014) is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Division of Research & Development at Lovely Professional University, Punjab. She specializes in organic synthetic and medicinal chemistry, with a focus on heterocyclic compound synthesis. With 14 years of teaching and research experience, she has guided five Ph.D. scholars and numerous MSc students, and has published over 200 research papers, reviews, books, and chapters. She is the author of nineteen books with leading publishers including CRC Press, Elsevier, and Springer Nature.
Dr. Kaur has consistently ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in subject-wise analyses by Stanford University (2018–2025). She has received awards such as the Prof. G. L. Telesara Award and Best Paper Presentation Award, and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Chemicobiology Research. Beyond academia, she has contributed to rural development initiatives through NSS and UBA, and holds a Sikh Missionary certification.
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