Special Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 30

Arnold Weissberger, Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.Edward Curtis Taylor, Jr. was an American chemist who designed and synthesized the chemotherapy drug pemetrexed, an inhibitor of purine biosynthesis, with grant support from the U.S. National Cancer Institute, NIH. Taylor studied for his PhD from 1946 to 1949 at Cornell University with Professor Cornelius Cain.

• 5,5 Systems with a Bridgehead Nitrogen Atom (J. P. Paolini). Indolizine and Aza-Derivatives with Additional Nitrogens in the Five-Membered Ring (H. L. Blewitt). Azaindolizine Systems Having More Than One Nitrogen Atom in the Six-Membered Ring (G. Maury). The Chemistry of Cyclazines (A. Taurins). Dithiole and Dithiolium Systems (R. D. Hamilton and E. Campaigne). Heteropentalenes (K. Potts). Borazaromatic Compounds (A. J. Fritsch). Syntheses and Properties of Cyanine and Related Dyes (D. M. Sturmer).