Surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the literature dated December 1995 to November 1996. This is the thirty second volume in this highly successful and well respected series that provides a guide to all the most recent developments in organic chemistry. Each year researchers discover new mechanisms for the synthesis of all types of organic compounds. This volume as in previous years includes such mechanisms as addition and elimination reactions, nucleophilic and electrophilic aromatic substitutions and molecular rearrangements. Each chapter deals with specific reaction types, reviewing the year's developments in the area and is extensively referenced to previous volumes and primary journals. Author and subject indexes are also provided for rapid searching.

Strategies and Solutions to Advanced Organic Reaction Mechanisms: A New Perspective on McKillop's Problems builds upon Alexander (Sandy) McKillop's popular text, Solutions to McKillop's Advanced Problems in Organic Reaction Mechanisms, providing a unified methodological approach to dealing with problems of organic reaction mechanism. This unique book outlines the logic, experimental insight and problem-solving strategy approaches available when dealing with problems of organic reaction mechanism. These valuable methods emphasize a structured and widely applicable approach relevant for both students and experts in the field. By using the methods described, advanced students and researchers alike will be able to tackle problems in organic reaction mechanism, from the simple and straight forward to the advanced. - Provides strategic methods for solving advanced mechanistic problems and applies those techniques to the 300 original problems in the first publication - Replaces reliance on memorization with the understanding brought by pattern recognition to new problems - Supplements worked examples with synthesis strategy, green metrics analysis and novel research, where available, to help advanced students and researchers in choosing their next research project

This fully updated new edition presents organic reaction mechanism questions, carefully selected from the primary chemical literature, to understand how reactants are transformed into products. The author explains step-by-step solutions to all problems with appropriate contextual comments explaining the rationale and reasoning underlying each step, and identifying the underlying principles involved in each question. In the process the reader gains a better understanding of the fundamental principles of organic chemistry and how to become proficient in using the Lewis acid/Lewis base concept to complete organic reactions without resorting to memorization. Features : The questions are graded in difficulty with Part A containing questions aimed at students taking the sophomore-level organic chemistry class, while part B contains questions of somewhat greater difficulty suitable for students taking an honors course in organic chemistry or a beginning graduate course. Detailed answers are provided to all questions so students can check their answers and important points are highlighted in each answer. Special emphasis has been placed on the selection of questions to ensure that each question illustrates one or more fundamental principles of organic chemistry. Interspersed throughout the book are minireviews that cover the material pertaining to a particular topic. The specific literature references corresponding to each question are included and students can look up those references for more contextual information. Includes a large number of carefully-selected mechanism questions and step-by-step solutions, including explanatory comments

A best-selling mechanistic organic chemistry text in Germany, this text's translation into English fills a long-existing need for a modern, thorough and accessible treatment of reaction mechanisms for students of organic chemistry at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. Knowledge of reaction mechanisms is essential to all applied areas of organic chemistry; this text fulfills that need by presenting the right material at the right level.

Organic Chemistry: Transition from High School to College is a comprehensive textbook on foundational organic chemistry which aims to provide a seamless link between the higher secondary and the undergraduate level. The book has been organized logically to provide an excellent coverage on the structure, reactions and synthesis of organic compounds. Advanced high school students and beginning undergraduates will find this book invaluable for their academic progression and also for competitive entrance examinations. Also students in pharmaceutics, polymer science and medicinal chemistry will find this book very useful. Key Features • Clear explanations of basic principles of organic chemistry. • Logical approaches from structure to reactions to synthesis of organic molecules. • Inclusion of spectroscopy and retrosynthesis as advanced topics. • Introduction to polymers and biomolecules as special topics. • Inclusion of in-chapter problems with detailed answers and end-of-chapter supplementary problems for practice.

The only book series to summarize the latest progress on organic reaction mechanisms, Organic Reaction Mechanisms, 1994 surveys the development in understanding of the main classes of organic reaction mechanisms reported in the primary scientific literature in 1994. The 30th annual volume in this highly successful series highlights mechanisms of stereo-specific reactions. Reviews are compiled by a team of experienced editors and authors, allowing advanced undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and chemists to rely on the volume's continuing quality of selection and presentation.

The only book series to summarize the latest progress on organic reaction mechanisms, Organic Reaction Mechanisms, 1969 surveys the development in understanding of the main classes of organic reaction mechanisms reported in the primary scientific literature in 1969. The 5th annual volume in this highly successful series highlights mechanisms of stereo-specific reactions. Reviews are compiled by a team of experienced editors and authors, allowing advanced undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and chemists to rely on the volume's continuing quality of selection and presentation.

Organic chemistry is a core part of the chemistry curricula, andadvanced levels texts often obscure the essential frameworkunderlying and uniting the vast numbers of reactions as a result ofthe high level of detail presented. The material in this book iscondensed into a manageable text of 350 pages and presented in aclear and logical fashion, focusing purely on the basics of thesubject without going through exhaustive detail or repetitiveexamples. The book aims to bridge the gap between undergraduateorganic chemistry textbooks and advanced level textbooks, beginningwith a basic introductory course and arranging the reactionmechanisms according to an ascending order of difficulty. As such,the author believes the book will be excellent primer for advancedpostgraduates Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Synthesis is written fromthe point of view of the synthetic organic chemist, enablingstudents and researchers to understand and expand on reactionscovered in foundation courses, and to apply them in a practicalcontext by designing syntheses. As a further aid to the practicalresearch student, the content is organized according to theconditions under which a reaction is executed rather than by thetypes of mechanisms. Particular emphasis is placed on controllingstereospecificity and regiospecificity. Topics covered include: Transition metal mediated carbon-carbon bond formationreactions Use of stabilized carbanions, ylides and enamines forcarbon-carbon bond formation reactions, Advanced level use of oxidation and reduction reagents insynthesis. As a modern text, this book stands out from its competitors dueto its comprehensive coverage of recently published research. Thebook contains specific examples from the latest literature,covering modern reactions and the latest procedural modifications.The focus on contemporary and synthetically useful reactionsensures that the contents are specifically relevant and attractiveto postgraduate students and industrial organic chemists.

Stereochemistry and Organic Reactions: Conformation, Configuration, Stereoelectronic Effects and Asymmetric Synthesis provides coverage on the stereochemistry of reactions of all mechanistic types, ranging from ionic, pericyclic and transition metal-catalyzed to radical and photochemical. Chapters cover acyclic molecules, cyclic molecules, the stereochemistry of organic reactions, the perturbation molecular orbital theory for the origin of stereoelectronic effects, and an introduction to the principles of stereoselectivity and hierarchical levels of asymmetric synthesis. Each chapter includes problems that reinforce main themes, making it valuable to students, teachers and researchers working in organic, biological and medicinal chemistry, as well as biologists, pharmacologists, polymer chemists and chemists. - Presents a holistic and unified approach to stereochemical understanding and predictions, covering reactions of all mechanistic classes - Includes two background chapters on perturbation theory and stereoselective principles, along with asymmetric designs - Features novel rules and mnemonics to delineate product stereochemistry - Includes up-to-date coverage with over 1300 selective references

The Elsevier Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry Series is a topical series of monographs by world-renowned scientists in several fields of organic chemistry. The Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry Series has been very successful in providing some of the very best scholarly works in these topical areas that have proven to be of lasting quality as indispensable reference sources. These books have provided the practicing researcher, student and scholar with an invaluable source of comprehensive reviews in organic chemistry, predominantly in the areas of synthesis and structure determination, including:* Reagents* Reaction mechanisms* Molecular Diversity* Asymmetric Synthesis* Multi-dimensional nmr* Enzymatic Synthesis* Organometallic Chemistry* Biologically Important Molecules