Cage Hydrocarbons

Inspired by a symposium held at the University of Southern California, March 1988, dedicated to Paul von R. Schleyer. Contributors examine the role of ``hypercarbons'' in several areas of chemistry, systematically covering the multicenter bonding of ``hypercarbons'' relative to the chemistry of main group elements, organometallics, cluster chemistry, carbocations, and hydrocarbon chemistry.

My Thirty Years in Hydrocarbon Cages: From Adamantane toDodecahedrane (P. Schleyer). Catalytic Routes to Adamantane and Its Homologues (M. McKervey& J. Rooney). The Superacid Route to 1-Adamantyl Cation (T. Sorensen & S.Whitworth). Carbocations and Electrophilic Reactions of Cage Hydrocarbons (G.Olah). Fragmentation and Transannular Cyclization Routes to CageHydrocarbons (A. Yurchenko). Bridgehead Reactivity in Solvolysis Reactions (P. Muller & J.Mareda). Stabilization of Cage Compounds through Steric Hindrance bytert-Butyl Groups (G. Maier, et al.). Homologues of Barrelene, Bullvalene, and Benzene: Concepts,Questions, and Results (A. de Meijere). The [n]Peristylane-Polyhedrane Connection (L. Paquette). The Pagodane Route to Dodecahedrane (W. Fessner & H.Prinzbach). Author Index. Subject Index.