From the Back Cover
This book provides a concise, practical guide to the use of samarium diiodide. Although the reagent is used extensively by organic chemists there is still a widely-held view that is can be difficult to prepare and use. In addition samarium diiodide can mediate such a wide variety of reactions in organic chemistry that potential users are often overawed by the extensive primary literature. This book aims to address these misgivings and misconceptions. Rather than being a comprehensive review of the chemistry of samarium diiodide, this user-friendly book adopts an "an all you need to know" approach to the topic. It includes the best methods for preparing and handling the reagent, how solvents, co-solvents and additives alter reactivity, the basic mechanisms of reactions, common transformations using the reagent, and emerging areas in samarium diiodide chemistry. The international authors are well-known for their work with samarium diiodide and their expertise covers recent developments in new reactivity and selectivity, applications in target synthesis, co-solvent and additive effects, coordination chemistry and mechanism. The book includes the best methods for preparing and handling the reagent, how solvents, co-solvents and additives alter reactivity, the basic mechanisms of reactions, common transformations using the reagent, and emerging areas in samarium diiodide chemistry. The authors have distilled the extensive primary literature to allow the reader to quickly grasp an understanding of the reagent and its utility. The illustrative practical procedures help the reader to prepare and use the reagent in the laboratory while references from the recent literature allow readers to pursue their interest in the popular reagent.
Flowers, Robert A.: -
RAF is the principal author of >40 publications and conference proceedings on the chemistry of samarium diiodide and other lanthanide-based reagents since 1997. He has given over 40 invited US and international lectures on the mechanisms of samarium diiodide including: October, 2007: Mechanistic Studies of Lanthanide-Based Reactions National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India June, 2005: Mechanistic Role of Proton Donors in SmI2-Mediated Reactions Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness School, New Hampshire USA. August, 2004: Thermochemical and Mechanistic Analysis of Sm(II)-based Reductants International Symposium on the Frontiers of Chemistry, Pohang, South Korea. August, 2003: Thermochemical and Mechanistic Studies of Sm-Based Reductants 5th International Conference on F Element Chemistry, Geneva, Switzerland.
Skrydstrup, Troels: - TS is the principal author of more than 40 publications on the use of samarium diiodide (and other transition metal based single electron reagents) in organic synthesis since 1994. TS has given over 50 invited lectures at various institutions and international meetings on the chemistry of samarium diiodide including: June 2004: International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals, Porto Vechia, France. July 2005: 14th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Helsinki, Finland. December 2005: Pacifichem, Honolulu, Hawaii. September 2007: Fourth International Symposium on Integrated Synthesis, Hikone City, Japan.
