Hisashi Yamamoto & Koichiro Oshima 
Main Group Metals in Organic Synthesis [PDF ebook] 

Li in organic synthesis
Na and K in organic synthesis
Rb and Cs in organic synthesis
Mg in organic synthesis
Ca in organic synthesis
Sr in organic synthesis
Ba in organic synthesis
Al in organic synthesis
Ga in organic synthesis
In in organic synthesis
Tl in organic synthesis
Si in organic synthesis
Ge in organic synthesis
Sn in organic synthesis
Pb in organic synthesis
Sb and Bi in organic synthesis
Se and Te in organic synthesis

Yamamoto
Hisashi Yamamoto (born 1943) start his research in Hitosi Nozaki’s laboratory at the Kyoto University, Japan. After obtaining his Ph D under the mentorship of Elias J. Corey, he joined Toray Industries, Inc., Japan and then he became instructor and then lecturer at Kyoto University. In due course, he was professor at the University of Hawaii and at Nagoya University, Japan. Eventually in 2002, he became Professor at the University of Chicago. Since 2002 he is Professor at the University of Chicago.
Hisashi Yamamoto’s work has been widely acknowledged and honoured with several academic awards and honours (e.g. Max-Tishler Prize, 1998, Le Grand Prix de la Fondation Maison de la Chimie, 2001, Tetrahedron Chair, 2002). He is on editorial boards of several outstanding publications inclusive European Journal of Organic Chemistry and Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis.
Oshima:
Koichiro Oshima (born 1947) obtained his Ph D under the supervision of Hitosi Nozaki at Kyoto University, Japan. He spent two years at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate in the group headed by Barry Sharpless. At present he is Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, and his research deals with the manifold use of main group elements in organic synthesis.
Koichiro Oshima’s work was honored in 1983 with the Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.