A Primer To Mechanism In Organic Chemistry

This book marks a significantly different approach to the subject. It has been designed specifically to offer a simpler and less sophisticated treatment of organic reaction mechanisms than that to be found in the Guidebook. It is based on three underlying principles: that there are three types of reaction - substitution, addition and elimination; that there are three types of reagent - nucleophiles, electrophiles and radicals; and that there are two effects - electronic and steric - through which the behaviour of a particular atom or group can be influenced by the rest of the molecule of which it is a constituent part. A Primer to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry is an essential resource for first- and second-year chemistry undergraduates and particularly, though not exclusively, those not then proceeding to further chemical study. It is also a useful reference for sixth-form students.

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.

Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2016, the 52nd annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2016. The following classes of organic reaction mechanisms are comprehensively reviewed: Reaction of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives Oxidation and Reduction Carbenes and Nitrenes Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Carbocations Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution Elimination Reactions Polar Addition Reactions Cycloaddition Reactions Molecular Rearrangements

Organic Reaction Mechanisms shows readers how to interpret the experimental data obtained from an organic reaction, and specifically how an organic reaction mechanism can be considered or rejected based on the analysis of the experimental evidence. Whilst examining a series of selected examples of mechanisms, the text focuses on real cases and discusses them in detail. The examples are arranged to elucidate key aspects of organic reaction mechanisms. The authors employ all the types of information that the authors of the original work considered useful and necessary, including spectroscopic data, kinetic and thermodynamic data, isotopic labelling and organic reactivity. The book makes an excellent primer for advanced undergraduates in chemistry who are preparing for exams and is also useful for graduate students and instructors.

Mechanisms of Organic Reactions is aimed at first and second year chemistry undergraduates. This authorative and up-to-date overview begins with a chapter in which modern terminology, definitions, and concepts of mechanisms and reactivity are introduced. The following four chapters are accounts of the mechanisms of four of the main classes of reactions of aliphatic compounds. However, rather than simply being presented with the mechanism, the reader is first given the experimental evidence, and then shown how this leads to the mechanistic deductions. With problems at the end of each chapter and a short bibliography this book will be invaluable to first and second year chemistry undergraduates.

A textbook on mechanistic organic chemistry.

This book, written explicitly for graduate and postgraduate students of chemistry, provides an extensive coverage of various organic reaction and rearrangements with emphasis on there application in synthesis. A summary of oxidation and reduction of organic compounds is given in tabular form (correlation tables) for the convenience of students. The most commonly encountered reaction intermediates are dealt with. Applications of organic reagents illustrated with examples and problems at the end of each chapter will enable students to evaluate their understanding of the topic.

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.