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Table 2.1 Synthesis of monosubstituted allenes 58b-58h. ........................................................... 19
Table 2.2 Claisen rearrangement examples reported by Kazmaier. ............................................. 22
Table 2.3 Synthesis of allenynes and ene-allenes via N-alkylation.............................................. 28
Table 3.1 Allenic Alder-ene reaction affording cross-conjugated trienes. ................................... 38
Table 3.2 Synthesis of δ-lactam trienes. ....................................................................................... 53
Table 3.3 Diels-Alder reaction of tetraene 184............................................................................. 69
Table 3.4 Diels-Alder reactions of 185......................................................................................... 71
Table 4.1 Cyclocarbonylation conditions for allenyne 73f........................................................... 93
Table 4.2 Cyclocarbonylation reaction conditions for allenyne 73a. ........................................... 95
Table 4.3 Preparation of 4-alkylidene cyclopentenones via a Rh(I)-catalyzed allenic
cyclocarbonylation reaction.......................................................................................................... 96
Table 4.4 Preparation of tricyclic pyrroles from 297.................................................................. 115
Table 4.5 Preparation of a 14-member library of acyl-pyrroles from 307.................................. 118
Table 4.6 Computational analysis of molecular descriptors for the pyrroles 314{1-3,1-2,1-41}
using QikProp 2.1 (table reproduced with permission from Dr. Stefan Werner)....................... 124
Table 4.7 Effect of the phosphine ligand on the Pd-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of styrene
reported by van Leeuwen............................................................................................................ 131
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