1. The influence of the mercury and thallium atoms in organomercury and organothallium nitroxyl radicals on their reactivity

   • A. D. Malievskii
   • S. V. Koroteev
   • A. B. Shapiro

   Brief Communications Pages: 205 - 207

2. Synthesis of the perfluoroacetyldiisopropylmethyl radical

   • E. A. Avetisyan
   • B. L. Tumanskii
   • L. S. German

   Brief Communications Pages: 207 - 208

3. Halobenzenes in the Duff reaction

   • N. E. Agafonov
   • I. P. Sedishev
   • A. A. Kutin

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 209 - 209

4. The first example of addition of alkylselenenyl bromides to acetylene

   • V. A. Potapov
   • P. A. Petrov
   • S. V. Amosova

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 210 - 210

5. 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines from 3-formyl-2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofurans

   • M. M. Vartanyan
   • O. L. Eliseev
   • R. A. Karakhanov

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 210 - 210

6. A method for preparation of C-diformylmethylnitropyrazoles

   • I. L. Dalinger
   • T. K. Shkineva
   • M. I. Kanishchev

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 211 - 211

7. A new synthesis of 3-alkyl-6-alkylthio-1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b]1,3,4-thiadiazoles

   • S. Sh. Shukurov
   • M. A. Kukaniev

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 211 - 212

8. Activation of C-H bonds of hydrocarbons in a naphthalene/sodium-tetrahydrofuran system

   • M. A. Ilatovskaya
   • S. Rummel
   • V. B. Shur

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 212 - 213

9. Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 6-substituted derivatives of 1,3-cyclohexadienecarboxylic acid

   • A. G. Nigmatov
   • E. P. Serebryakov

   Letters to the Editor Pages: 213 - 213

10. Synthesis of 3,6-dibromocarbazole

    • Yu. N. Polivin
    • R. A. Karakhanov
    • M. E. Panina

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 214 - 214

11. A simple synthesis of functionalized pyridines from 6-aryl-1,3-dioxin-4-ones and N-benzoylaminal of monoacetylketene

    • V. L. Gein
    • S. G. Pitirimova
    • V. A. Dorokhov

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 214 - 214

12. Stereoselective synthesis of 3,7- and 2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane systems by iodoetherification of diene diols

    • M. E. Gursky
    • A. V. Geiderikh
    • Yu. N. Bubnov

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 215 - 215

13. Mechanochemical synthesis of ammonia upon titanium dispersion

    • T. S. Ivanova
    • A. G. Lipson
    • V. V. Gubin

    Letters to the Editor Pages: 216 - 216

14. A General Assembly of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Information Pages: 217 - 218

15. The Prime Minister of Russia meets the Governing body of the Russian Academy of Sciences

    Information Pages: 218 - 219

16. The 5th Conference on Carbene Chemistry

    • E. G. Baskir

    Information International Congresses, Conferences, Meetings, Seminars, Symposia, and Workshops held with the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences Pages: 220 - 221

17. The 10th European Symposium on Polymer Spectroscopy (ESOPS-10)

    • A. I. Kol'tsov
    • I. V. Kovalenko

    Information International Congresses, Conferences, Meetings, Seminars, Symposia, and Workshops held with the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences Pages: 221 - 222