The Chemistry Of Ketenes Allenes And Related Compounds, Part 2 (patai's Chemistry Of Functional Groups) (pt. 2)

In the first volume of "The Chemistry of Functional Groups", which appeared in 1964 ("The Chemistry of Alkenes"), t w o , chapters dealt with ketenes and cumulenes. In the fifteen years which passed since, the material published on these subjects grew so much that it fully justified the publication of a separate volume. The organization and presentation of this volume is in accordance with the general principles described in the "Preface t o the Series", printed on the following pages. Some of the chapters planned for this volume did not materialize. These were "The Photochemistry of Ketenes and Cumulenes", "Cycloadditions Involving Ketenes and Cumulenes" and "Rearrangements Involving Ketenes". It is hoped to include these chapters in one of the supplementary volumes planned for the Series. Jerusalem, July 1979 SAUL PATAI V i i Contents 1. Theoretical methods and their application t o ketenes and allenes C. E. Dykstra and H. F. Schaefer I11 2. Structural chemistry W. Runge 3. Chirality a n d chiroptical properties W. Runge 4. T h e thermodynamics of allenes, ketenes a n d related compounds Content: Chapter 14 Ketene O,O?acetals (pages 487–519): Paul Brassard Chapter 15 Rearrangements involving allenes (pages 521–667): William D. Huntsman Chapter 16 Ketene thioacetals (pages 669–699): M. Kolb Chapter 17 Ketene imines (pages 701–720): Marvin W. Barker and William E. McHenry Chapter 18 Carbodiimides (pages 721–755): Yecheskel Wolman Chapter 19 Methyleneketenes (pages 757–778): Roger F. C. Brown and Frank W. Eastwood Chapter 20 The preparation of allenes and cumulenes (pages 780–901): Henning Hopf