Science of Synthesis Volume Editors

Science of Synthesis Volumes 1 to 48

• Volume 1: Compounds with Transition Metal—Carbon pi-Bonds and Compounds of Groups 10-8 (Ni, Pd, Pt, Co, Rh, Ir, Fe, Ru, Os)

  Current volume editors (updates):

  Prof. Brian Stoltz, California Institute of Technology, USA

  Prof. Bernd Plietker, Universität Stuttgart, Germany

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Mark Lautens, University of Toronto, Canada

   

• Volume 2: Compounds of Groups 7-3 (Mn..., Cr..., V..., Ti..., Sc..., La..., Ac...)

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Ilan Marek, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Tsuneo Imamoto, Chiba University, Japan

   

• Volume 3: Compounds of Groups 12 and 11 (Zn, Cd, Hg, Cu, Ag, Au)

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Norbert Krause, Universität Dortmund, Germany

  Original volume editor:

  Dr. Ian O'Neil, University of Liverpool, UK

   

• Volume 4: Compounds of Group 15 (As, Sb, Bi) and Silicon Compounds

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Martin Oestreich, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Ian Fleming, University of Cambridge, UK

   

• Volume 5: Compounds of Group 14 (Ge, Sn, Pb)

  Current volume editor (updates from 2019):

  Professor Christoph Marschner, University of Graz, Austria

  Original volume editor and volume editor (updates until 2018):

  Dr. Mark Moloney, University of Oxford, UK

• Volume 6: Boron Compounds

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Elena Fernández, University Rovita i Virgili, Taragona, Spain
   

  From 2009 until 2016 volume editor (updates):

  Professor Dennis Hall, Unuiversity of Alberta, Canada

   

  Original volume editors:

  Professor Dieter E. Kaufmann, TU Clausthal, Germany
  Professor Donald S. Matteson, Washington State University, USA

   

   

• Volume 7: Compounds of Groups 13 and 2 (Al, Ga, In, Tl, Be...Ba)

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Kazuaki Ishihara, Nagoya University, Japan

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago, USA

   

• Volume 8a and Volume 8b: Compounds of Group 1 (Li...Cs)

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Miguel A. Yus Astiz, Universidad de Alicante, Spain

  Original volume editors:

  Prof. Victor Snieckus, Queen's University, Canada

  Prof. Marek Majewski, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

   

• Volume 9: Fully Unsaturated Small-Ring Heterocycles and Monocyclic Five-Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Gerhard Maas, Universität Ulm, Germany

   

• Volume 10: Fused Five-Membered Hetarenes with One Heteroatom

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. John A. Joule, University of Manchester, UK

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. E. Jim Thomas, University of Manchester, UK

   

• Volume 11: Five-Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen and One Additional Heteroatom

  Current volume editor (updates) and original volume editor:

  Prof. Ernst Schaumann, TU Clausthal, Germany

   

• Volume 12: Five-Membered Hetarenes with Two Nitrogen or Phosphorus Atoms

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Reinhard Neier, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland

   

• Volume 13: Five-Membered Hetarenes with Three or More Heteroatoms

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Dr. R. Alan Aitken, University of St. Andrews, UK

  Original volume editors:

  Dr. Richard C. Storr, University of Liverpool, UK

  Dr. Tom L. Gilchrist, University of Liverpool, UK

   

• Volume 14: Six-Membered Hetarenes with One Chalcogen

  Current volume editors (updates):

  Professor Xuefeng Jiang and Dr. Ming Wang,
  East China Normal University, China
   

  Volume editor (updates 2012–2015):

  Professor Adrian Dobbs, University of Greenwich, UK
   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor E. Jim Thomas, University of Manchester, UK

   

• Volume 15: Six-Membered Hetarenes with One Nitrogen or Phosphorus Atom

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Tim J. Donohoe, University of Oxford, UK

  
  From until 2020 volume editor (updates):

  Professor Mark C. Bagley, University of Sussex, UK

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor David StC. Black, University of New South Wales, Australia

   

   

• Volume 16: Six-Membered Hetarenes with Two Identical Heteroatoms

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Jie Jack Li, University of San Francisco, USA

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tohoku University, Japan

   

• Volume 17: Six-Membered Hetarenes with Two Unlike or More Than Two Heteroatoms and Fully Unsaturated Larger-Ring Heterocycles

  Current volume editor (updates) and original volume editor:

  Prof. Steven M. Weinreb, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

   

• Volume 18: Four Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: X—CΞX, X=C=X, X2C=X, CX4

  Volume editor (updates) 2011–2020:

  Prof. Klaus Banert, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany

   

  Original volume editor:

  Dr. Julian G. Knight, University of Newcastle, UK

   

   

• Volume 19: Three Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: Nitriles, Isocyanides, and Derivatives

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Michael North, The University of York, UK

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Shun-Ichi Murahashi, Osaka University, Japan

• Volume 20a and Volume 20b: Three Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: Acid Halides; Carboxylic Acids and Acid Salts / Esters and Lactones; Peroxy Acids and R(CO)OX Compounds; R(CO)X, X = S, Se, Te

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. James S. Panek, Boston University, USA

   

• Volume 21: Three Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: Amides and Derivatives; Peptides; Lactams

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor E. James Petersson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Steven M. Weinreb, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

   

   

• Volume 22: Three Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: Thio-, Seleno-, and Tellurocarboxylic Acids and Derivatives; Imidic Acids and Derivatives; Ortho Acid Derivatives

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Andre B. Charette, Universite de Montreal, Canada

   

• Volume 23: Three Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: Ketenes and Derivatives

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor M. Kevin Brown, Indiana University, USA

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Rick L. Danheiser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

• Volume 24: Three Carbon—Heteroatom Bonds: Ketene Acetals and Yne—X Compounds

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Mogens Brondsted Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Armin de Meijere, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

   

• Volume 25: Aldehydes

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Johannes G. de Vries, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Rostock, Germany

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Reinhard Brückner, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

   

   

• Volume 26: Ketones

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Stephen Marsden, University of Leeds, UK

   

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Janine Cossy, ESPCI Paris, France

   

   

• Volume 27: Heteroatom Analogues of Aldehydes and Ketones

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Ernst Schaumann, TU Clausthal, Germany

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Albert Padwa, Emory University Atlanta, USA

   

• Volume 28: Quinones and Heteroatom Analogues

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Axel G. Griesbeck, Universität Köln, Germany

   

• Volume 29: Acetals: Hal/X, and O/O, S, Se, Te

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. David J. Procter, University of Manchester, UK

  Original volume editor:

  Dr. Stuart L. Warriner, University of Leeds, UK

   

• Volume 30: Acetals: O/N, S/S, S/N, and N/N and Higher Heteroatom Analogues

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Toshiaki Murai, Gifu University, Japan

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Junzo Otera, Okayama University of Science, Japan

   

• Volume 31a and Volume 31b: Arene—X (X = Hal, O, S, Se, Te) / Arene—X (X = N, P)

  Current volume editor (updates) and original volume editor:

  Prof. Christopher A. Ramsden, Keele University, UK

   

• Volume 32: X—Ene—X (X = F, Cl, Br, I, O, S, Se, Te, N, P), Ene—Hal, and Ene—O Compounds

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Hans-Ulrich Reißig, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Johann Mulzer, Universität Wien, Austria

   

• Volume 33: Ene—X Compounds (X = S, Se, Te, N, P)

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Jozef Drabowicz, Lodz University, Poland

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Gary A. Molander, University of Pennsylvania, USA

   

   

• Volume 34: Fluorine

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Jean-François Paquin, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Jonathan M. Percy, University of Leicester, UK

   

   

• Volume 35: Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Thomas Wirth, Cardiff University, UK

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Ernst Schaumann, TU Clausthal, Germany

   

   

• Volume 36: Alcohols

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Eric Ferreira, Colorado State University, USA

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Jonathan P. Clayden, University of Manchester, UK

   

   

• Volume 37: Ethers

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Dr. Paul A. Clarke, University of York, UK
   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Craig J. Forysth, The Ohio State University, USA

   

   

• Volume 38: Peroxides

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Alexander O. Terent'ev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Albrecht Berkessel, Universität Köln, Germany

   

   

• Volume 39: Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Jozef Drabowicz, Lodz University, Poland

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Nobuaki Kambe, Osaka University, Japan

   

• Volume 40a and Volume 40b: Amines and Ammonium Salts/Amine N-Oxides, Haloamines, Hydroxylamines and Sulfur Analogues, and Hydrazines

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Mathias Christmann, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  Original volume editors:

  Prof. Ernst Schaumann, TU Clausthal, Germany

  Prof. Dieter Enders, RWTH Aachen, Germany

   

   

• Volume 41: Nitro, Nitroso, Azo, Azoxy, and Diazonium Compounds, Azides, Triazenes, and Tetrazenes

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Prof. Samir Zard, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

   

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Klaus Banert, TU Chemnitz, Germany

   

   

• Volume 42: Organophosphorous Compounds (incl. RO—P and RN—P)

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Jean-Luc Montchamp, Texas Christian University, USA

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Francois Mathey, University of California, USA

   

• Volume 43: Polyynes, Arynes, Enynes, and Alkynes

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Chao-Jun Li, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

   

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Henning Hopf, TU Braunschweig, Germany

   

   

• Volume 44: Cumulenes and Allenes

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Norbert Krause, TU Dortmund, Germany

   

• Volume 45a and Volume 45b: Monocyclic Arenes, Quasiarenes, and Annulenes / Aromatic Ring Assemblies, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Conjugated Polyenes

  Original volume editors:

  Prof. Jay Siegel, Tianjin University, China

  Prof. Yoshito Tobe, Osaka University, Japan

   

• Volume 46: 1,3-Dienes

  Current volume editor (updates from 2020):

  Professor Steven Diver, University of Buffalo, NY, USA

   

  Original volume editors:

  Prof. Viresh H. Rawal, University of Chicago, USA

   

  Prof. Sergey A. Kozmin, University of Chicago, USA

   

   

• Volume 47a and Volume 47b: Alkenes

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Guosheng Liu, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), China

   

  Original volume editor:

  Prof. Armin de Meijere, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

   

   

• Volume 48: Alkanes

  Current volume editor (updates):

  Professor Zheng Huang, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China

  Original volume editor:

  Professor Henk Hiemstra, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands