Marcus Lindström has recently joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Prior to his move to Canada he was Associate Professor of Chemistry at Lund University, Sweden. Contributors to the book: Professor Ronald Breslow Dr Jan B. F. N. Engberts Dr Shu Kobayashi Dr Chikako Ogawa Dr Chao-Jun Li Dr Francesco Fringuelli Dr Oriana Piermatti Dr Ferdinando Pizzo Dr Luigi Vaccaro Professor T. V. RajanBabu Dr Seunghoon Shin Dr Roger Sheldon Dr Denis Sinou Professor Charles L. Liotta Professor C A Eckert Dr J.P. Hallett Dr Pamela Pollet Dr Kaoru Nakamura Dr Tomoko Matsuda Professor K. Barry Sharpless Dr Sridhar Narayan Dr Valery V. Fokin Professor Boy Cornils Dr Ernst Wiebus