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Front Matter -- The Pauson-Khand Reaction 6 an Introduction / William J Kerr -- The Mechanism of the Pauson-Khand Reaction: Hypothesis, Experimental Facts, and Theoretical Investigations / Xacobe C Cambeiro, Miquel A Peric̉s -- Non Chiral Pauson-Khand Reaction / Takanori Shibata -- Diastereoselective Pauson-Khand Reaction using Chiral Pool Techniques (Chiral Substrates) / Martin Kamlar, Jan Vesely, Ramon Rios Torres -- Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Pauson-Khand Reactions: The Chiral Auxiliary Approach / Albert Moyano -- The Enantioselective Pauson-Khand Reaction / Agust̕ Lled̤, Xavier Verdaguer, Antoni Riera -- Recent Advancement of Catalytic Pauson-Khand-type Reactions / Fuk Loi Lam, Hang Wai Lee, Jun Wang, Fuk Yee Kwong -- Recent Adventures with the Pauson-Khand Reaction in Total Synthesis / Scott G Van Ornum, Sarah Hoerner, James M Cook -- Heterogeneous Catalytic Pauson-Khand Reaction / Young Keun Chung -- Other Transition Metal-Mediated Cyclizations Leading to Cyclopentenones / Ramon Rios Torres, Jan Vesely -- Index.

The Pauson-Khand reaction is an important reaction in the field of organic chemistry. It involves the transition-metal catalysed cycloaddition of an alkyne, an alkene and carbon monoxide, to produce cyclopentenones. The importance of this reaction originates from its high value in transforming simple components into the synthetically useful cyclopentenone unit, in which a high degree of molecular complexity can be achieved in a single step, with impressive stereochemical and regiochemical control. The Pauson-Khand Reaction investigates the nature and many variations of this reaction. Topics.

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