Recebido em 16/3/99; aceito em 9/6/99 RING CONTRACTION REACTIONS PROMOTED BY THALLIUM(III) SALTS. Thallium(III) salts promote a number of different reactions useful in organic synthesis. In this paper, the ring contraction of ketones and olefins, mediated by thallium(III) salts, is exhaustively reviewed.
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