The most comprehensive and highly focused treatment of important organic reactions currently available, this series represents an important addition to chemistry libraries in both academic and industrial settings, and is a valuable resource for both students and professionals in the field.   Volume 61 contains two chapters: "[3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Trimethylenemethane and its Synthetic Equivalents," by Shigeru Yamago and Eiichi Nakamura, and "Dioxirane Epoxidation of Alkenes," by Waldemar Adam, Chantu R. Saha-Möller, and Cong-Gui Zhao.

Larry Overman, current editor-in-chief for the Organic Reactions series, is Professor at the University of California at Irvine.