ISSN 1350-4894 COGSE6 3 (4) 259-344 (1996) Contemporary Organic Synthesis A journal of current developments in Organic Synthesis V O L U M E 3 N U M B E R 4 C O N T E N T S 6' 4 I I R'R2NLi Saturated nitrogen heterocycles By Timothy Harrison Reviewing the literature published in 1995 Catalytic applications of transition metals in organic synthesis By Graham J. Dawson, Justin F. Bower and Jonathan M. J. Williams Reviewing the literature published between 1 September 1994 and 31 October 1995 259 277 Saturated and unsaturated lactones 295 By Ian Collins Reviewing the literature published between 1 August 1994 and 31 October 1995 Amines and amides By Michael North Reviewing the literature published in 1995 323Cumulative Contents of Volume 3 Number 1 1 Stoichiometric applications of organotransition metal complexes in organic synthesis (1 September 1994 to 30 April 2995) Timothy J.Donohoe 19 Saturated and partially unsaturated carbocycles (January 1994 to April 1995) Christopher D. J. Boden and Gerald Pattenden 41 The enediyne and dienediyne based antitumour antibiotics. Methodology and strategies for total synthesis and construction of bioactive analogues. Part 1 (up to 15 October 1995) HervC Lhermitte and David S. Grierson 65 Alcohols,,ethers and phenols (August 1993 to Febncary 1995) C. S. Hau, Ashley N. Jarvis and Joseph B. Sweeney Number 2 93 The enediyne and dienediyne based antitumour antibiotics. Methodology and strategies for total synthesis and construction of bioactive analogues. Part 2 (up to 25 November 1995) HervC Lhermitte and David S.Grierson 125 The discovery of fluconazole (up to December 1994) Ken Richardson 133 Organic halides (1 July 1994 to 30 June 1995) Stephen €? Marsden 151 Aldehydes and ketones (October 2994 to September 2995) Patrick G. Steel Number 3 173 Recent developments in chemical oligosaccharide synthesis (up to October 2995) Geert-Jan Boons 201 Main group organometallics in synthesis (January 1994 to June 2995) Martin Wills 229 Saturated oxygen heterocycles (October 1994 to September 2995) Christopher J. Burns and Donald S. Middleton 243 Carboxylic acids and esters ( 1 August 1994 to 31 July 1995) Tammy Ladduwahetty Number 4 259 Saturated nitrogen heterocycles (1995) Timothy Harrison 277 Catalytic applications of transition metals in organic synthesis (2 September 1994 to 31 October 1995) Graham J. Dawson, Justin E Bower and Jonathan M. J. Williams 295 Saturated and unsaturated lactones (1 August 1994 to 31 October 2995) Ian Collins 323 Amines and amides (1995) Michael North Articles that will appear in forthcoming issues include Synthetic approaches to rapamycin Mark C. Norley Synthetic applications of flash vacuum pyrolysis (2990 to 1995) Hamish McNab Protecting groups (2995) Knysztof Jarowicki and Philip Kocienski The synthesis of quinones (1 January 1991 to 31 December 1995) Peter T. Gallagher The intramolecular Heck reaction (up to the end of 1995) Susan E. Gibson (n& Thomas) and Richard J. Middleton