Advances in organobromine chemistry II : proceedings, ORGABROM '93, Jerusalem, June 28-July 2, 1993

Part 1 Preparation of organobrominated compounds - synthesis: regioselective bromination of phenols, H. Eguchi et al bromination of aromatic compounds with alumina-supported copper(II) bromides, M. Kodomari et al bromination and oxidation with benzyltrimethyl ammonium tribromide, S. Kajigaeshi and T. Kakinami advances in the synthesis and applications of organobromine compounds, K. Smith high temperature bromination - IV - bromination of benzonorbornadiene and benzobarrelene, M. Balci et al bromination of ergolene and ergoline structures - new results, R. Rucman thermal rearrangement of hexabromocyclododecane, M. Peled et al. Part 2 Preparation of organobrominated compounds - reaction mechanisms: stereo-, regio- and chemoselectivity of bromination of ethylenic compounds, M.-F. Ruasse the fates of bromonium ions in solution - a very short lifetime with many different endings, R.S. Brown new mechanistic insight into the electrophilic bromination of olefins, G. Bellucci et al. Part 3 Use of organobrominated compounds - synthesis: synthesis of a metabolite of fantofarone, G. Rosseels et al 2-bromoamides - stereocontrolled substitution and application to the synthesis of compounds of biological interest, F. D'Angeli and P. Marchetti organobromine compounds in reactions of homolytic addition and telomerization, A.B. Terent'ev and T.T. Vasil'eva bromides in zeolite synthesis/zeolites in bromide synthesis and conversion, H. van Bekkum an improved synthesis of biaryl derivatives via the palladium catalyzed coupling of aryl bromides, A. Ewenson et al. Part 4 Use of organobrominated compounds - reaction mechanism: kinetics and mechanism of decomposition of N-Br-amino acids in alkaline medium, J.M. Antelo et al arylation of hard heteroatomic nucleophiles using bromoarenes substrates and Cu, Ni, Pd-catalysts, H.-J. Cristau and J.R. Desmurs hydrogen bromide elimination from diastereomeric 3-bromoflavanones - mechanistic aspects, T. Patonay et al bromide-mediated oxidations of organic compounds, R.A. Sheldon. Part 5 Industrial aspects: new catalytic process for bromine recovery, P.F. Schubert et al bromine chloride production - study in a reaction calorimeter, A. Kitron influence of bromine containing fire retardants on the processing and properties of plastics, L. Utevskii et al phosphorus-bromine flame retardant synergy in engineering thermoplastics, J. Green. Part 6 Environment: treatment of bromide effluent problems with H2O2 technology, K.M. Reeve behaviour and fate of aromatic bromine compounds in the environment, D. Lenoir. Part 7 Toxicology: comparison of hepatotoxicity of monobromo benzenes, dibromobenzenes, hexabromobenzenes and tetrabromobisphenol A, J.A. Szymanska. Part 8 Analysis: the characterization of polybrominated diphenyl ether, D. Sondack et al analysis of pentaerythritols and brominated derivatives, D. Sondack et al. (Part Contents).