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| K. K. BANERJI | Department of Chemistry, J. N. V. University, Jodhpur, India |
| C. T. BEDFORD | Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK |
| M. L. BIRSA | Faculty of Chemistry, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania |
| J. M. COXON | Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| M. R. CRAMPTON | Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham, UK |
| N. DENNIS | 3 Camphor Laurel Court, Stretton, Queensland, Australia |
| D. A. KLUMPP | Department of Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA |
| P. KOČOVSKÝ | Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Czech Republic and Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden |
| M. G. MOLONEY | Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK |
| B. A. MURRAY | Department of Science, Technological University of Dublin (TU Dublin), Dublin, Ireland |
| K. C. WESTAWAY | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
The present volume, the 52nd in the series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2016. In order to limit the size of the volume, it is necessary to exclude or restrict overlap with other publications which review specialist areas (e.g. photochemical reactions, biosynthesis, enzymology, electrochemistry, organometallic chemistry, surface chemistry, and heterogeneous catalysis). In order to minimize duplication, while ensuring a comprehensive coverage, the editor conducts a survey of all relevant literature and allocates publications to appropriate chapters. While a particular reference may be allocated to more than one chapter, it is assumed that readers will be aware of the alternative chapters to which a borderline topic of interest may have been preferentially assigned.
All the chapters have been written by the members of a team of experienced ORM contributors who have submitted authoritative reviews over many years. We are naturally pleased to benefit from such commitment and consequent awareness of developing trends in the title area. Particularly noteworthy in recent years has been a major impact on directed organic synthesis through mechanistic studies which enable optimization of ligand design for highly selective transition metal catalysts.
In view of the considerable interest in the application of stereoselective reactions to organic synthesis, we now provide indication, in the margin, of reactions which occur with significant diastereomeric or enantiomeric excess (de or ee).
Although every effort was made to reduce the delay between the title year and the publication date, circumstances beyond the editor's control again resulted in the late arrival of a substantial chapter which made it impossible to regain our optimum production schedule.
Steps have been taken to reduce the knock‐on effect of this occurrence.
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