Introduction by Prof. Dieter Kaufmann (Volume Editor):

This volume describes the organometallic and organic chemistry of boron. Despite covering just a single element, an extremely broad spectrum of chemistry is discussed within. The authors originate from many different countries and research fields, thus representing the modern scientific community. In this way, it was possible to report on a large number of classical and actual synthetic developments, as well as potential applications, and to cover a broad field of topics ranging from asymmetric catalysis, over stereoselective syntheses of biologically active compounds, to polymeric organic materials with nonlinear optical properties.  

A large section was devoted to trialkylboranes, and this section was chosen as a key part for the description of the selective conversion of carbon–boron bonds, in order to keep a collection of related synthetic methods together and therefore make it easier to find and compare these methods. Analogous to Houben–Weyl, Science of Synthesis is also “product based”. This means that both reactive intermediates and catalysts are treated in the “applications in organic synthesis” parts of all sections. Additionally, all authors have in general tried to present a practical and reliable collection of symmetric and asymmetric variants of synthetic methods.  

The links below provide further information about Volume 6:

• Detailed table of contents (pdf).
• List of authors.