1. Theoretical studies in organolithium chemistry (Eluvathingal D. Jemmis and G. Gopakumar). 2. Lead structures in lithium organic chemistry (Thomas Stey and Dietmar Stalke). 3. Thermochemistry of organolithium compounds (Suzanne W. Slayden and Joel F. Liebman). 4. Solid state NMR spectroscopy in organolithium chemistry (Dan Johnels and Harald G¨unther). 5. Gas phase chemistry of organolithium compounds (Chagit Denekamp). 6. Vibrational spectroscopy of organolithium compounds (I. Pavel, W. Kiefer and D. Stalke). 7. Effects of structural variation on organolithium compounds (Marvin Charton). 8. Analytical aspects of organolithium compounds (Jacob Zabicky). 9. The preparation of organolithium reagents and intermediates (Frederic Leroux, Manfred Schlosser, Elinor Zohar and Ilan Marek). 10. Directed metallation of aromatic compounds (Jonathan Clayden). 11. Arene-catalyzed lithiation (Miguel Yus). 12. Rearrangements of organolithium compounds (Katsuhiko Tomooka). 13. Lithium carbenoids (Manfred Braun). 14. Addition of organolithium reagents to double bonds (Hiroshi Yamataka, K. Yamada and K. Tomioka). 15. Polylithium organic compounds: Syntheses and selected molecular structures (Carsten Strohmann and Daniel Schildbach). 16. alpha-Amino-organolithium compounds (Robert E. Gawley and Iain Coldham). 17. Asymmetric deprotonation with alkyllithium-(--)-sparteine (Dieter Hoppe and Guido Christoph). 18. Reactivity of oxiranes with organolithium reagents (Fabrice Chemla and Emmanuel Vrancken). Author index. Subject index.

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