Synthesis : carbon with no attached heteroatoms

One or more CH bond(s) by substitution: reduction of C-halogen and C-chalcogen bonds (A.G. Sutherland). One or more CH bond(s) by substitution: reduction of C-nitrogen, -phosphorus, -arsenic, -antimony, -bismuth, -carbon, -silicon, -germanium, -boron and -metal bonds (J. Howarth). Two or more CH bond(s) by addition to C-C multiple bonds (K. Jones). One or more CC bond(s) by substitution: substitution of halogen (G. Edwards). One or more CC bond(s) by substitution: substitution of chalcogen (T.N. Birkinshaw). One or more CC bond(s) by substitution: substitution of C-nitrogen -phosphorus, -arsenic, -antimony, -bismuth, -carbon, -silicon, -germanium, -boron and -metal functions (P.C.B. Page). One or more CC bond(s) by addition: addition of carbon electrophiles & nucleophiles to multiple bonds (A. Armstrong). One or more CC bond(s) by addition: addition of carbon radicals & electrocyclic additions to CC multiple bonds (A. Clark, P. Taylor). One or more CH and/or CX bond(s) by rearrangement (I. Coldham). One or more = CH bond(s) by substitution or addition (M. Hayes). One or more =CC bond(s) by substitution or addition (P.G. Steel). One or more C=C bond(s) by addition (A.C. Regan). One or more C=C bond(s) by elimination of hydrogen, carbon, halogen, or oxygen functions (J.M. Percy). One or more C=C bond(s) by elimination of sulphur, selenium, tellurium, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silicon, germanium, boron or metal functions (A.R. Maguire). One or more C=C Bond(s) by condensation: condensation of non-heteroatom linked functions, halides, chalcogen, or nitrogen functions (C.M. Rayner). One or more C=C bond(s) by condensation: condensation of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silicon, germanium, boron or metal functions (I. Gosney, D. Lloyd). One or more C=C bond(s) by electrocyclic processes (H. McNab). One or more =CH, =CC and/or C=C bond(s) by rearrangement (P.J. Murphy). Tricoordinate anions, cations and radicals (J.O. Williams, M. Kelly). Allenes and cumulenes (P.H. Dixneuf, C. Bruneau). Acetylenes (M. Furber). Ions, radicals and carbenes and of other monocoordinated systems (J. Dickinson).