Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Gordon Gribble is the Dartmouth Professor of Chemistry at Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA. His research program covers several areas of organic chemistry, most of which involve synthesis, including novel indole chemistry, triterpenoid synthesis, DNA intercalation, and new synthetic methodology. Prof. Gribble also has a deep interest in naturally occurring organohalogen compounds and in the chemistry of wine and wine making.John Arthur Joule did his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees at The University of Manchester, obtaining his PhD in 1961. He then undertook post-doctoral work at Princeton University and Stanford University, before joining the academic staff of the Chemistry Department at The University of Manchester in 1963, where he is currently a Professor. In 1996 he received an RSC Medal for Heterocyclic Chemistry.

• 1 Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Cyclic Guanidine Alkaloids, Matthew G. Donahue2 Heterocyclic chemistry: a complete toolbox for nanostructured carbon materials, Stefano Cicchi3 Three-Membered Ring Systems, David J. Lapinsky4 Four-Membered Ring Systems, Benito Alcaide and Pedro Almendros5.1 Five-Membered Ring Systems: Thiophenes and Se/Te Derivatives, Edward R. Biehl5.2 Five-Membered Ring Systems: Pyrroles and Benzo Analogs, Justin M. Lopchuk5.3 Five-Membered Ring Systems: Furans and Benzofurans, Xiao-Shui Peng, Renhua Fan and Jie Wu5.4 Five Membered Ring Systems: With More than One N Atom, Larry Yet5.5 Five-Membered Ring Systems: With N and S (Se) Atoms, Yong-Jin Wu5.6 Five-Membered Ring Systems: With O & S (Se, Te) Atoms, R. Alan Aitken and Lynn Power5.7 Five-Membered Ring Systems with O & N Atoms, Franca M. Cordero, Donatella Giomi and Luisa Lascialfari6.1 Six-Membered Ring Systems: Pyridines and Benzo Derivatives, Tara L. S. Kishbaugh6.2 Six-Membered Ring Systems: Diazines and Benzo Derivatives, Alison Rinderspacher6.3 Triazines, Tetrazines and Fused Ring Polyaza Systems, Anton M. Prokhorov and Dmitry N. Kozhevnikov6.4 Six-Membered Ring Systems: With O and/or S Atoms, Clementina M. M. Santos and Artur M. S. Silva7 Seven-Membered Rings, John H. Ryan, Jason A. Smith, Christopher Hyland, Adam G. Meyer, Charlotte C. Williams, Alex Bissember and Jeremy Just8 Eight-Membered and Larger Rings, George R. Newkome