Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. List of Authors. Structures and Reactivities of Organocopper Compounds (Johann T.B.H. Jastrzebski and Gerard van Koten). Transmetalation Reactions Producing Organocopper Reagents (Paul Knochel and Bodo Betzemeier). Heteroatomcuprates and a--Heteroatomalkylcuprates in Organic Synthesis (R. Karl Dieter). Copper--mediated Addition and Substitution Reactions of Extended Multiple Bond Systems (Norbert Krause and Anja Hoffman--Roder). Copper(I)--mediated 1,2-- and 1,4--Reductions (Bruce H. Lipshutz). Copper--mediated Diastereoselective Conjugate Addition and Allylic Substitution Reactions (Bernhard Breit and Peter Demel). Copper--catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Addition Reactions of Organozinc Reagents (Ben L. Feringa, Robert Naasz, Rosalinde Imbos and Leggy A. Arnold). Copper--Mediated Enantioselective Substitution Reactions (A. Sofia E. Karlstroom and Jan--Erling Backvall). Copper--Mediated Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural Products (Yukiyasu Chounan and Yoshinori Yamamoto). Mechanisms of Copper--mediated Addition and Substitution Reactions (Seiji Mori and Eiichi Nakamura). Author Index. Subject Index.

Reviews

"well written and well referenced" (Organic Process Research & Development) "...of considerable use to all synthetic chemists and should be possessed by all chemistry libraries." (Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal--organic Chemistry, Vol. 32, No. 7) "...provides an authoritative, accurate, and timely picture of the importance and the robust state of modern organocopper chemistry." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 124, No. 40, 2002) "...this book is a very valuable resource for students as well as seasoned synthetic chemists..." (Synthesis, No.15, 2002) "...overall, the book is a valuable addition to the literature ..." ( Applied Organometallic Chemistry, March 2003)