Acetylene chemistry : chemistry, biology and material science

SYNTHESIS.Addition of Terminal Acetylides to C=O and C=N Electrophiles.Synthesis of Heterocycles and Carbocycles via Electrophilic Cyclization of Alkynes.Transition Metal Acetylides.ADVANCED MATERIALS-ORIENTED.Semiconducting Poly(arylene ethylene)s.Polyynes via Alkylidene Carbenes and Carbenoids.PROPERTIES AND THEORY.Theoretical Studies on Acetylenic Scaffolds.Macrocycles Based on Phenyl-Acetylene Scaffolding.Carbon-Rich Compounds: Acetylene-Based Carbon Allotropes.Chiral Acetylenic Macromolecules.Shape-Persistent Acetylenic Macrocycles for Ordered Systems.BIOLOGY-ORIENTED.Acetylenosaccharides.