Skeletal rearrangements of cage compounds with medium rings

Data on skeletal rearrangements in the chemistry of cage compounds are reviewed. The main principles of thermodynamically controlled isomerisation of cage hydrocarbons and syntheses of mono- and polycage structures are considered. Data on skeletal reconstruction accompanying functionally substituted carbo- and thia-containing cage-type polycyclanes are systematised. The rules for skeletal interconversions of isomeric tricyclic structures are considered. The bibliography contains 99 references.