Organic Synthesis via Organometallics (OSM 4): Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium in Aachen, July 15 to 18, 1992

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Chiral Aminal Templates. Diastereo- and enantioselectivity in 1,4 (conjugate) and 1,2 Additions with Organometallic reagents....Pages 1-9
New Catalytic Asymmetric Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions by Palladium and by Lanthanum....Pages 11-26
Application of High Pressure Techniques in Mechanistic and Synthetic Studies of Organometallic Systems in Solution....Pages 27-39
Cleavage of the Carbon-Hydrogen Bond on Achiral and Chiral Transition Metal Complexes....Pages 41-57
Synthetic Applications of Mercury Photosensitization....Pages 59-68
Rh(III) Catalysts for Tail-to-Tail Dimerization of Methyl Acrylate....Pages 69-77
Configurationally Stable and Configurationally Labile Chiral α-Substituted Organolithium Compounds in Stereoselective Transformations....Pages 79-91
Synthetic Aspects of the Metal-Mediated Cyclooligomerization of Phosphaalkynes....Pages 93-113
Metal Containing Compounds: Precursors for new Reactions and Materials....Pages 115-130
Methylidenetitanacyclobutane vs. Titanocene-Vinylidene — Versatile Building Blocks....Pages 131-149
Enantioselective Oligomerization of α-Olefins with Chiral Zirconocene/Aluminoxane Catalysts....Pages 151-163
Recent Advances in Organopalladium Chemistry....Pages 165-174
New Developments in Zinc-mediated Organic Synthesis....Pages 175-190
Organometallics in Organic Synthesis via Radicals....Pages 191-201
α-Heteroalkenyl Metallate Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis....Pages 203-223
Back Matter....Pages 224-224