Phase-Transfer Catalysis. New Chemistry, Catalysts, and Applications

Content: Phase-transfer catalysis : an overview / Charles M. Starks --
Phase-transfer reactions catalyzed by metal complexes / Howard Alper --
Mechanism of phase-transfer catalysis : the omega phase / Charles L. Liotta, Edward M. Burgess, Charles C. Ray, Elzie D. Black, and Barbara E. Fair --
Cation-binding properties of crown ethers, lariat ethers, bibracchial lariat ethers, and poly(ethylene glycols) as potential phase-transfer catalysts / George W. Gokel, K. Arnold, T. Cleary, R. Friese, V. Gatto, D. Goli, C. Hanlon, M. Kim, S. Miller, M. Ouchi, I. Posey, A. Sandler, A. Viscariello, B. White, J. Wolfe, and H. Yoo --
Stable catalysts for phase transfer at elevated temperatures / Daniel J. Brunelle --
Reactivity and application of soluble and polymer-supported phase-transfer catalysts / Fernando Montanari, Dario Landini, Angelamaria Maia, Silvio Quici, and Pier Lucio Anelli --
Efficient asymmetric alkylations via chiral phase-transfer catalysis : applications and mechanism / U.-H. Dolling, D.L. Hughes, A. Bhattacharya, K.M. Ryan, S. Karady, L.M. Weinstock, and E.J.J. Grabowski --
The phase-transfer-assisted permanganate oxidation of alkenes and alkynes / Donald G. Lee, Eric J. Lee, and Keith C. Brown --
New developments in polymer synthesis by phase-transfer catalysis / Virgil Percec --
Mechanistic aspects of phase-transfer free radical polymerizations / Jerald K. Rasmussen, Steven M. Heilmann, Larry R. Krepski, and Howell K. Smith, II --
Aromatic substitution in condensation polymerization catalyzed by solid-liquid phase transfer / Raymond Kellman, Robert F. Williams, George Dimotsis, Diana J. Gerbi, and Janet C. Williams --
Triphase catalysis in organometallic anion chemistry / Robert A. Sawicki --
The scission of polysulfide cross-links in rubber particles through phase-transfer catalysis / Paul P. Nicholas --
Multisite phase-transfer catalysts / John P. Idoux and John T. Gupton.