Table of Contents

Anomeric effect - how it came to be postulated, John T. Edward; anomeric and associated stereoeleconic effects - scope and controversy, Gregory R.J. Thatcher; intramolecular strategies and stereoelectronic effects - glycosides and orthoesters hydrolysis revisited, P. Deslongchamps; anomeric and gauche effects - some basic stereoelectronics, Anthony J. Kirby and Nicholas H. Williams; anomeric effects - an iconoclastic view, Charles L. Perrin; no kinetic anomeric effect in reactions of acetal derivatives, Michael L. Sinnott; involvement of ns interactions in glycoside cleavage, C. Webster Andrews et al; X-C-Z anomeric effect and Y-C-C-Z gauch effect (X,Y = O,S; Z = O,N) - evaluation of the steric, electrostatic and orbital interaction components, B. Mario Pinto and Ronald Y.N. Leung; origin and quantitative modeling of anomeric effect, Peter A. Petillo and Laura E. Lerner; application of quantum theory of atoms in molecules to study of anomeric effect in dimethoxymethane, N.H. Westiuk et al; anomeric and reverse anomeric effect in acetals and related functions, F. Grein; glycosylmanganese complexes and anomeric anomalies - the next generation?, Philip DeShong et al; do stereoelectronic effects control the structure and reactivity of trigonal- bipyramidal phosphoesters?, Philip Tole and Carmay Lim; steroelectronic effects in pentaoxysulfuranes - putative intermediates in sulfuryl-group transfer, Dale R. Cameron and Gregory R.J. Thatcher; O-C-N anomeric effect in nucleosides - a major factor underlying the experimentally observed eastern barrier to pseudorotation, Ravi K. Jalluri.