Aromatic Compounds

List of Contributors PrefaceList of Common Abbreviations and Symbols UsedChapter 8. Benzoquinones and Related Compounds 1. Introduction 2. Bibliography 3. Overview of Quinone Reactivity (a) Electron Transfer (b) Addition of Nucleophiles (c) Cycloaddition Reactions (d) Substitution Reactions (e) Photochemistry (f) Complexes and Molecular Assemblies (g) Ring Fragmentation 4. Synthesis of Benzoquinones (a) From Phenols and Hydroquinones and Their Ethers (b) From Cyclobutene-1, 2-Diones 5. Benzoquinone Methides (a) Overview of Quinone Methide Reactivity (b) 1,2-Benzoquinone Methides (c) 1,4-Benzoquinone Methides 6. Thiobenzoquinones 7. Benzoquinone Imines (a) 1,2-Benzoquinone Imines (b) 1,4-Benzoquinone Imines 8. Homobenzoquinones 9. Benzoquinols (Hydroxycyclohexadienones) (a) 1,4-Benzoquinols (b) 1,2-Benzoquinols (c) 1,4-Benzoquinol IminesChapter 9. Derivatives of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons with Substituents Containing a Single Nitrogen Atom 1. Nitro Derivatives of Benzene, Its Homologues and Other Substituted Benzenes (a) Preparation (b) Oxidation of Aromatic Amines (c) Properties and Reactions 2. Nitroso Derivatives of Benzene and Its Homologues (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 3. N-Arylhydroxylamines (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 4. N-Arylnitrones and N-Arylnitroxides 5. Aromatic Amines Derived from Benzene and Its Homologues Nuclear Primary Monoamines (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 6. Benzenediamines and Benzenetriamines (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 7. N-Substituted Arylamines (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 8. N-Arylamides (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 9. N-Arylisocyanates (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 10. N-Arylureas (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 11. N-Arylcarbamates (a) Preparation (b) Properties and Reactions 12. N-Arylcarbodiimides 13. N-Arylisocyanides 14. N-Arylisothiocyanates 15. N-Arylamides of Sulfur Acids 16. N-Arylamides of Phosphorus AcidsChapter 10. Aromatic Compounds of the Non-Transition Metals 1. Introduction 2. Group 1 Metals 2.1 Lithium 2.2 Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium 3. Group 2 Metals 3.1 Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium 3.2 Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury 4. Group 3 Metals 4.1 Boron 4.2 Aluminium 5. Group 4 Metals 5.1 Silicon and Germanium 5.2 Tin and Lead 6. Group 5 Metals 7. Group 6 Metals Chapter 11. Aromatic Compounds of the Transition Elements 1. Introduction 2. Manganese, Technetium and Rhenium 2.1 η6 Complexes 2.2 η2 Complexes 2.3 η1 Complexes 3. Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium 3.1 η6 Complexes 3.2 η2 Complexes 4. Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten 4.1 (η6-Arene)Cr(CO)3 Complexes 4.2 Nucleophilic Addition to the η6-Arene Ring 4.3 (η6-Arene)M(CO)3 Complexes (M = Mo, W) 5. Other MetalsChapter 12. Nuclear Substituted Benzenoid Hydrocarbons with More Than One Nitrogen Atom in the Substituent 1. Arylnitrosamines (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 2. Aryldiazene Carbonitriles (Arylazo Cyanides) 3. Arylazo Sulphides and Oxidised Derivatives (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 4. 2-Alkyl-L-Aryldiazenes (Arylazoalkanes), 2-Alkenyl-L-Aryldiazenes (Arylazoalkenes) and Related Compounds (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 5. Aryldiazene Oxides 6. Azoarenes (1,2-Diaryldiazenes) (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 7. Azoxyarenes (1,2-Diaryldiazene N-Oxides) (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 8. Arenediazonium Salts (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 9. Arylhydrazines and Arylhydrazones (i) Synthesis (Arylhydrazines) (ii) Reactions (Arylhydrazines) (iii) Physical Properties (Arylhydrazones) (iv) Synthesis (Arylhydrazones) (v) Chemical Reactions (Arylhydrazones) 10. Af-Arylhydrazonoyl Halides and Arylnitrilimines (Arylnitrile Imides) (i) Synthesis (Hydrazonoyl Halides) (ii) Reactions 11. Substituted Arylhydrazines and 1,2-Diarylhydrazines (Hydrazobenzenes) (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions 12. Formazans (i) Synthesis (ii) Reactions and Physical Properties 13. Arylazides (i) Reactions (ii) Uses in Heterocyclic Syntheses 14. Aryltriazenes (Diazoamino Compounds) (i) Biological Importance (ii) Synthesis (iii) Reactions 15. Hexazenes Guide to the Index Index