Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Schemes; Pericyclic Reactions; 1 General Aspects of Pericyclic Reactions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Molecular Orbitals and Their Symmetry Properties; 1.3 Classification of Pericyclic Reactions; 1.4 Concertedness of Pericyclic Reactions; 1.5 Orbital Symmetry Property of Pericyclic Reactions; 1.6 Further Reading; References; 2 Electrocyclic Reactions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Orbital Symmetry Basis for Stereospecificity; 2.3 The Orbital Correlation Diagrams of Reactants and Products

2.4 Applications of Neutral Conjugated Systems in Electrocyclic Reactions2.5 Applications of Ionic Conjugated Systems in Electrocyclic Reactions; 2.6 Problems; 2.7 Further Reading; References; 3 Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 [2+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.2.1 Overview of Thermal and Photochemical [2+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.2.2 Applications of [2+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.3 [4+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.3.1 The Diels-Alder Reactions; 3.3.1.1 Overview of the Diels-Alder Reaction; 3.3.1.2 Regioselectivity; 3.3.1.3 Stereochemistry

3.3.1.4 Stereochemical Features of the Products3.3.1.5 Substituent Effects on the Reaction Rates; 3.3.1.6 The Dienes and Dienophiles; 3.3.1.7 Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reactions; 3.3.1.8 Applications of Neutral Dienes and Dienophiles in Diels-Alder Reactions; 3.3.1.9 Applications of Ionic Dienes and Dienophiles in Diels-Alder Reactions; 3.3.1.10 Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions; Enantioselective D-A Reactions Using Chiral Auxiliary; Enantioselective D-A Reactions Using Chiral Catalysts; 3.3.1.11 Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions; 3.3.1.12 The Retro-Diels-Alder Reactions

3.3.1.13 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition ReactionsOverview of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions; Methods for Generation of 1,3-Dipolar Compounds; Regioselectivity and Stereoselectivity of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions; Synthetic Applications of Intermolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.3.1.14 Synthetic Applications of Intramolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions; 3.4 Cycloaddition Reactions of More Than Six Electrons Systems: [4+4]-, [6+6]-, [6+4]-, [8+2]-, [12+2]-, and [14+2]-Cycloadditions; 3.5 Cheletropic Reactions; 3.5.1 Overview of Cheletropic Reactions

3.5.2 Applications of Cheletropic Reactions3.6 Problems; 3.7 Further Reading; References; 4 Sigmatropic Rearrangements; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Orbital Symmetry Basis for Allowed and Forbidden Sigmatropic Rearrangements and Their Stereochemistry; 4.2.1 Orbital Symmetry Analysis of [1,3]-, [1,5]-, and [1,7]-Sigmatropic Shifts of Hydrogen and Alkyl Groups; 4.2.2 Orbital Symmetry Analysis of [3,3]- and [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements; 4.3 [1,3]-, [1,5]-, and [1,7]-Sigmatropic Hydrogen and Alkyl Shifts and Their Applications; 4.3.1 [1,3]-Sigmatropic Hydrogen and Alkyl Shifts