Oxocarbons

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Page ix
Preface, Page xi, Robert West
1 - History of the Oxocarbons, Pages 1-14, Robert West
2 - Thioxocarbon Dianions and Their Derivatives, Pages 15-41, Gunther H.R. Seitz
3 - Physical Chemistry of Aqueous Oxocarbons, Pages 43-58, Lowell M. Schwartz, Robert I. Gelb, Daniel A. Laufer
4 - New Bond-Delocalized (Dicyanomethylidene)croconate Derivatives: “Croconate Violet” and “Croconate Blue”, Pages 59-77, Alexander J. Fatiadi
5 - Excited States of Oxocarbon Dianions, Pages 79-100, Josef Michl, Robert West
6 - The Mycotoxin “Moniliformin” and Related Substances, Pages 101-119, H.-D. Scharf, H. Frauenrath
7 - Raman Spectra and Jahn–Teller Effects of Oxocarbon Dianions, Pages 121-140, Mitsuo Ito, Koji Kaya, Machiko Takahashi
8 - The Structural Phase Transition and Dielectric Properties of Squaric Acid, Pages 141-167, Jens Feder
9 - Syntheses of Highly Oxidized Cyclobutanes via [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Ketenes, Pages 169-184, Daniel Belluš
10 - The Chemistry of Squaraines, Pages 185-231, Arthur H. Schmidt
Index, Pages 233-235