ISSN 1350-4894 COGSE6 l ( 4 ) 219-316 (1994) Contemporary Organic Synthesis A journal of current developments in Organic Synthesis VOLUME 1 NUMBER4 CONTENTS wco2Et OH The role of zinc carbenoids in organic synthesis By W. B. Motherwell and C. J. Nutley Reviewing the literature published up to February 1994 Alcohols, phenols, and ethers By Joseph Sweeney Reviewing the literature published between July 1992 and July 1993 219 243 Synthetic developments in host-guest 259 chemistry By Jeremy D. Kilburn and Hitesh K. Pate1 Reviewing the literature published between July 1992 and December 1993 Synthetic approaches to butenolides By D. W. Knight Reviewing the literature published between 1976 and 1992 287Cumulative Contents of Volume 1 Number 1 1 23 3 1 47 Aldehydes and ketones (July 1992 to June 1993) Patrick G.Steel Saturated oxygen heterocycles (January 1992 to March 1993) Christopher J. Burns Noncovalent design principles and the new synthesis Mark Mascal Recent progress in the synthesis of taxanes (January 1991 to July 1993) A. N. Boa, P. R. Jenkins, and N. J. Lawrence Number 2 77 Catalytic applications of transition metals in organic synthesis (1 July 1992 to 31 August 1993) Graham J. Dawson and Jonathan M. J. Williams 95 1 13 125 Saturated nitrogen heterocycles (January 1992 to May 1993) John Steele Organic halides (1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993) P. L. Spargo Stoichiometric applications of organotransition metal complexes in organic synthesis (1 July 1992 to 31 August 1993) Julian Blagg Number 3 145 173 191 205 Recent developments in indole ring synthesis-methodology and applications (1990 to 1993) Gordon W.Gribble Saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons (1 July 1992 to 1 September 1993) R. P. C. Cousins Thiols, sulfides, sulfoxides, and sulfones (July 1992 to September 1993) Christopher M. Rayner Synthesis of five-membered aromatic heterocycles (July 1991 to June 1993) Thomas L. Cilchrist Number 4 2 19 243 259 287 The role of zinc carbenoids in organic synthesis (up to February 1994) W. B. Motherwell and C. J. Nutley Alcohols, phenols, and ethers (July 1992 to July 1993) Joseph Sweeney Synthetic developments in host-guest chemistry (July 1992 to December 1993) Jeremy D. Kilburn and Hitesh K. Patel Synthetic approaches to butenolides (1976 to 1992) D. W. Knight Articles that will appear in forthcoming issues include Recent developments in asymmetric aldol methodology (up to the end of1993) Alison S. Franklin and Ian Paterson Main group organometallics in synthesis (July 1992 to December 1993) Martin Wills Synthesis of materials for molecular electronic applications (mid-1992 to December 1993) Martin C. Grossel and Simon C. Weston Control of asymmetry through conjugate addition reactions John Leonard