Li, a medicinal chemist, summarizes name reactions relevant to heterocyclic chemistry. Material on each name reaction includes a description, historical perspective, and mechanism of reaction, as well as information on variations and improvements, synthetic utility, experiments, and references. Primary topics include three- and four- membered heterocycles, five-membered heterocycles such as indoles, furans, thiophenes, and oxazoles, and six-membered heterocycles including quinolines, isoquinolines, and pyrimidines. The book will be useful to synthetic and medicinal chemists and advanced students.