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this Is The Fifteenth Annual Volume Of progress In Heterocyclic Chemistry , Which Covers The Literature Published During 2002. The Volume Opens With Three Reviews On Current Heterocyclic Topics. The Highlight Chapters In Volume 15 Are All Written By Leading Researchers In Their Field And These Chapters Constitute A Systematic Survey Of The Important Original Material Reported In The Literature On Heterocyclic Chemistry In 2002. As With Previous Volumes In The Series, Volume 15 Will Enable The Reader To Keep Abreast Of Developments In Heterocyclic Chemistry In An Effortless Way. a Critical Review Of The Heterocyclic Literature Published During 2002. opens With Three Specialized Reviews On New Developing Topics Of Interest To Heterocyclic Chemists. Subsequent Chapters Review Advances In The Formation And Reaction Of Heterocyclic Rings. chapters All Written By Leading Researchers In Their Field. Content: Foreword Page vii Gordon W. Gribble, John A. Joule Editorial advisory board members progress in heterocyclic chemistry Page viii Chapter 1 Recent advances in the synthesis of heterocycles via ring-closing metathesis Original Research Article Pages 1-36 Michael A. Walters Chapter 2 Photochemical isomerizations of some five-membered heteroaromatic azoles Original Research Article Pages 37-57 James W. Pavlik Chapter 3 Naturally occurring halogenated pyrroles and Indoles Original Research Article Pages 58-74 Gordon W. Gribble Chapter 4.1 Three-membered ring systems Original Research Article Pages 75-99 Albert Padwa, Chaun Murphree Chapter 4.2 Four-membered ring systems Original Research Article Pages 100-115 Benito Alcaide, Pedro Almendros Chapter 5.1 Five-membered ring systems: Thiophenes & Se, Te analogs Original Research Article Pages 116-139 Erin T. Pelkey Chapter 5.2 Five-membered ring systems: Pyrroles and benzo derivatives Original Research Article Pages 140-166 Tomasz Janosik, Jan Bergman Chapter 5.3 Five-membered ring systems: Furans and benzofurans Original Research Article Pages 167-205 Xue-Long Hou, Zhen Yang, Henry N.C. Wong Chapter 5.4 Five membered ring systems: With more than one N atom Original Research Article Pages 206-229 Larry Yet Chapter 5.5 Five-membered ring systems: With N & S (Se) atoms Original Research Article Pages 230-248 David J. Wilkins, Paul A. Bradley Chapter 5.6 Five-Membered ring systems: With O&S (Se, Te) atoms Original Research Article Pages 249-260 R. Alan Aitken, Stephen J. Costello Chapter 5.7 Five-membered ring systems: With O&N atoms Original Research Article Pages 261-283 Stefano Cicchi, Franca M. Cordero, Donatella Giomi Chapter 6.1 Six-membered ring systems: Pyridines and benzo derivatives Original Research Article Pages 284-305 D. Scott Coffey, Stanley P. Kolis, Scott A. May Chapter 6.2 Six-membered ring systems: Diazines and benzo derivatives Original Research Article Pages 306-338 Michael P. Groziak Chapter 6.3 Triazines, tetrazines and fused ring polyaza systems Original Research Article Pages 339-359 Carmen Ochoa, Pilar Goya Chapter 6.4 Six-membered ring systems: With O and/or S atoms Original Research Article Pages 360-384 John D. Hepworth, B. Mark Heron Chapter 7 Seven-membered rings Original Research Article Pages 385-430 John B. Bremner Chapter 8 Eight-membered and larger rings Original Research Article Pages 431-449 George R. Newkome Index Pages 450-466 This is the fifteenth annual volume of Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry , which covers the literature published during 2002. The volume opens with three reviews on current heterocyclic topics. The highlight chapters in Volume 15 are all written by leading researchers in their field and these chapters constitute a systematic survey of the important original material reported in the literature on heterocyclic chemistry in 2002. As with previous volumes in the series, Volume 15 will enable the reader to keep abreast of developments in heterocyclic chemistry in an effortless way. A critical review of the heterocyclic literature published during 2002. Opens with three specialized reviews on new developing topics of interest to heterocyclic chemists. Subsequent chapters review advances in the formation and reaction of heterocyclic rings. Chapters all written by leading researchers in their field The ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of heteroatom-functionalized dienes is a powerful method for the construction of an ever-broadening range of heterocycles.