This internationally authored edition consists of contributions by leaders in the field. It contains new material on recent advances in the topics covered in the previous volume, including the synthesis of cyclopropanes, their preparation by metal catalysed reactions, their stereomutations and thermochemistry and propellanes. This title also emphasizes the synthetic, analytical and physical properties of the cyclopropyl group.

The latest in a series of advanced treatises under the general editorship of Professor Saul Patai providing a comprehensive review of the chemistry of the cyclopropyl group including physical properties, analysis, reaction mechanisms and synthetic uses.