There is a vast and often bewildering array of synthetic methods and reagentsavailable to organic chemists today. The Best Synthetic Methods series allowsany sc... » 

There is a vast and often bewildering array of synthetic methods and reagentsavailable to organic chemists today. The Best Synthetic Methods series allowsany scientist who is interested in the chemical transformations of molecules tochoose between all the alternatives and assess their real advantages andlimitations. With the emphasis on laboratory use these volumes represent acomprehensive and practical guide to modern synthetic organic chemistry.This book is the product of the authors many years practical experience andreading of the original literature. It contains a valuable distillation andcritical evaluation of the Best Synthetic Methods for the formation andreaction of thiophenes five membered heterocycles containing a ring sulfur orpolymers containing a thiophene functionality thienyls. A brief review ofeach area is provided but the emphasis in all cases is on describing efficientpractical methods to effect the transformations described. The reader cantherefore use this book to rapidly review and select the best methods ofperforming a synthetic conversion to create or modify a specificallysubstituted thiophene.Although this book contains many references to the original literature thelarge number of experimental recipes enables the user to prepare a thiophenederivative without access to the original literature. These features make thehandbook especially useful for physicists working in material sciences andorganicpharmaceutical chemists who rapidly want to find out the availabilityof or how to make a specific thiophene.Contains a systematic description and critical evaluation of the best methodsfor preparation of thiophenes andpolymers containing thiophenes.Rapid location of methods achieved by systematic division of substituentsfollowing the periodic table.All chapters are richly illustrated by detailed experimental proceedures forthe synthesis of five membered heterocycles containing sulfu «