Introduction by Prof. Janine Cossy (Volume Editor):

Ketones are the most important organic compounds in terms of their occurrence and utility in chemical and biochemical transformations, and this volume on the synthesis of ketones is the second one of a series of nine volumes of the Science of Synthesis series, covering compounds with two carbon—heteroatom bonds.

This volume has been divided into eleven sections related to a class of ketone (aliphatic and alicyclic ketones, cyclobutanones and cyclopropanones, 1,2-diketones and related compounds, a, a-dihetero- and a-heterosubstituted ketones, ynones, enones, saturated and unsaturated ketones with an additional functional group at a b- or more remote position, and finally saturated and unsaturated ketones with a heteroatom at a b- or more remote position). In all cases, the emphasis is on the formation of the ketone functionality. As aliphatic and alicyclic ketones can be obtained from a great variety of compounds, the section related to these classes of ketone is divided into ten subsections related to the starting material from which these compounds are prepared.

The links below provide further information about Volume 26:

• Detailed table of contents (pdf).
• List of authors.