This series presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. The short and concise reports on chemistry, each written by the world's renowned experts, are still valid and useful after 5 or 10 years.

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S.J. Angyal: The Lobry de Bruyn - Alberda van Ekenstein Transformation and Related Reactions .- L. Petrus, M. Petrusova, Z. Hricoviniova: The Bilik Reaction .- S. Osanai: Nickel (II) Catalysed Rearrangements of Free Sugars .- H. Häusler, A. E. Stütz: D-Xylose (D-Glucose) Isomerase and Related Enzymes in Carbohydrate Synthesis .- T. M. Wrodnigg, B. Eder: The Amadori and Heyns Rearrangements: Landmarks in the History of Carbohydrate Chemistry or Unrecognized Synthetic Opportunities? .- R. J. Ferrier: Substitution-with-Allylic-Rearrangement Reactions of Glycal Derivatives .- I. Lundt, R. Madsen: Synthetically Useful Base Induced Rearrangements of Aldonolactones .- K. Dax, M. Albert: Rearrangements in the Course of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions .- R. J. Ferrier: Direct Conversion of 5,6-Unsaturated Hexopyranosyl Compounds to Functionalized Cyclohexanones .- B. Werschkun, J. Thiem: Claisen Rearrangements in Carbohydrate Chemistry .- A. de Raadt, M.H. Fechter: Miscellaneous