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Dear Colleagues,
Since the publication of Comprehensive Heterocyclic
Chemistry (CHEC) in 1984, and of CHEC-II in 1997, their combination has become the
standard work, indispensable to all researchers in the many and varied
areas where heterocycles are employed.
The continued rapid advance
of heterocyclic chemistry now requires another authoritative overview.
Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III will report
on the many significant increases in our knowledge and understanding
of the subject during the last decade. Material included in CHEC and
CHEC-II is,
for the most part, not repeated in CHEC III: the three works are
designed for convenient simultaneous use particularly in their electronic
versions.
CHEC III is organized in 15 volumes, which reflect the
above considerations. Volumes 1 and 2 cover respectively three- and
four-membered heterocycles, together with all fused systems containing
a three- or four-membered heterocyclic ring. Volume 3 covers five-membered
rings with one heteroatom together with their benzo- and other carbocyclic-fused
derivatives. Volumes 4 and 5 cover five-membered rings with two heteroatoms,
and three or more heteroatoms, respectively, each with their fused
carbocyclic compounds. Volumes 6, 7 and 8 are dedicated to six-membered
rings with one, two, and more than two heteroatoms, respectively,
again with the corresponding fused carbocylic compounds. Volumes
9, 10 and 11 cover systems containing at least two directly fused
heterocyclic five- and/or six-membered rings: of these Volume 9 deals
with bi-heterocyclic rings without a ring junction heteroatom, and
Volume 10 deals with 5:5 and 5:6 fused rings systems with at least
one ring junction nitrogen, while Volume 11 is devoted to all other
systems of five and/or six-membered fused or spiro heterocyclic rings
with ring junction heteroatoms. Volume 12 covers seven-membered and
larger heterocyclic rings including all their fused derivatives (except
those containing three- or four-membered heterocyclic rings which
are included in Volume 1 and 2, respectively). Volume 15 contains
the author, ring and subject indexes. Thus,
CHEC III follows closely the organization used in CHEC II.
At the
introductory level, although heterocyclic chemistry is still largely
neglected in most general textbooks of organic chemistry, there are
various excellent textbooks and also the “Handbook
of Heterocyclic Chemistry” 2nd edition, based on CHEC and CHEC-II.
At the specialist, research level there are three established ongoing
series: (i) Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry edited by Katritzky,
(ii) The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds edited by Taylor, and
(iii) Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry (from the International
Society), are each devoted to the detailed consideration of particular
aspects or classes of heterocyclic compounds, together they now comprise
over 200 volumes.
CHEC, CHEC-II, and CHEC-III are designed to fill
the gap between these two levels. They provide an up-to-date overview
of the subject as a whole appropriate to the needs of teachers, students
and others with a general interest in the subject and its applications.
Together they contain, enough detailed information to answer specific
questions, demonstrating what is known or not known on a given topic,
directing attention to more detailed reviews and to the original
literature. CHEC III now provides a much-needed update of CHEC and
CHEC-II. CHEC III will enable you and your colleagues to keep abreast
of the enormous advances that have taken place in heterocyclic chemistry
and enable you to apply these to advantage in you own particular
area. We have been particularly fortunate in our expert team of Volume
Editors and Chapter Authors and we take both pleasure and pride in
recommending to you this, the results of all their and our combined
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