Introduction by Prof. Shun-Ichi Murahashi (Volume Editor):

This volume covers the synthesis of compounds with three carbon-heteroatom bonds which include nitrile oxides, nitrile sulfides, nitrile imines, nitrilium salts, nitrile ylides, nitriles, phosphaalkynes, and carbon- and heteroatom-bound isocyanides. References to reviews on these specific functional groups are given in each section. Discussion of each specific group is generally subdivided into methods that have been selected as the most useful for the preparation of the product class or subclass in question. Nitriles have unique properties, and, therefore, various transformations of nitriles have been developed. Functional group transformations of nitriles to amines, imines, aldehydes, ketones, amides, amidines, amidrazones, imidates, and carboxylic acids are widely known, and these transformations have been described in sections of other volumes within Science of Synthesis.

The links below provide further information about Volume 19:

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