The ultimate and only reference source in this field, this handbook discusses the latest advances on the reactions leading to the formation of cyclic structures and includes chapters presenting the most synthetically attractive cyclization reactions. Leading chemists from around the world provide authoritative first-hand information, including experimental procedures that offer readers valuable practical information that is otherwise unavailable. An aid for every organic chemist in grasping and applying these new reactions.

Shengming Ma is Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University and the Director of State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC). After obtaining his Ph.D. from SIOC, he spent some time with Professors Venanzi (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) and Negishi (Purdue University, Indiana, USA) as a post-doctoral fellow and returned to China as a faculty member of SIOC in 1997. He has authored over 220 scientific publications and received numerous scientific awards including Mr. and Mrs. Sun Chan Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry and the OMCOS Award. He is also a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Diels-Alder Reactions 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions Intramolecular 1,2-Addition and 1,4-Addition Reactions Cyclic Carbometallation Reactions of Alkenes, Arenes, Alkynes, and Allenes Transition Metal-Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylation Reactions Cyclic Coupling Reactions Transition Metal-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions Cyclization Reactions Based on Cyclometallation Ring-Closing Metathesis Reactions of Dienes and Enynes Ring-Closing Metathesis Reactions of Alkynes Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Cyclization Reactions of Enynes Cyclopropanation, Epoxidation, and Aziridination Reactions Cyclization Reactions of Cyclopropane- or Cyclopropene-Containing Compounds Transition Metal-Catalyzed Ring Expansion Cyclization Reactions Hydrometallation-Initiated Cyclization Reactions Click-Chemistry Electrophilic Cyclizations Cyclizations Based on C-H Activation Friedel-Crafts-Type Cyclization Reactions Macrolactonization and Macrolactamization Reactions Radical Cyclizations Photochemical Cyclization Reactions Organocatalyzed Cyclization Reactions