Front Matter -- Introduction / Chao-Jun Li, Barry M Trost -- Part I: Catalytic Isomerization of Alkynes. Redox Isomerization of Propargyl Alcohols to Enones / Barry M Trost -- Carbophilic Cycloisomerization Reactions of Enynesand Domino Processes / Jean-Pierre Genet, Patrick Y Toullec, Véronique Michelet -- Alkyne Metathesis in Organic Synthesis / Alois Fürstner -- Part II: Catalytic Cycloaddition Reactions. Alkyne-Azide Reactions / Sanne Schoffelen, Morten Meldal -- Catalytic Cycloaddition Reactions / Fiona R Truscott, Giovanni Maestri, Raphael Rodriguez, Max Malacria -- Part III: Catalytic Nucleophilic Additions and Substitutions. Catalytic Conjugate Additions of Alkynes / Naoya Kumagai, Masakatsu Shibasaki -- Catalytic Enantioselective Addition of Terminal Alkynes to Carbonyls / Barry M Trost, Mark J Bartlett -- Catalytic Nucleophilic Addition of Alkynes to Imines: The A (Aldehyde-Alkyne-Amine) Coupling / Nick Uhlig, Woo-Jin Yoo, Liang Zhao, Chao-Jun Li -- The Sonogashira Reaction / Rafael Chinchilla, Carmen Nájera -- Part IV: Other Reactions. Catalytic Dimerization of Alkynes / Sergio E García-Garrido -- The Oxidative Dimerization of Acetylenes and Related Reactions: Synthesis and Applications of Conjugated 1,3-Diynes / Jean-Philip Lumb -- The Alkyne Zipper Reaction in Asymmetric Synthesis / Kenneth Avocetien, Yu Li, George A O'Doherty -- Index.

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