A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

Sykes P.0582446953, 9780582446953

A classic textbook on mechanistic organic chemistry which is characterised particularly by its clarity, careful choice of examples and its general approach that is designed to lead to a ready understanding of the subject matter. This guidebook is aimed clearly at the needs of the student, with a thorough understanding of, and provision for, the potential conceptual difficulties he or she is likely to encounter.

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Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Contents……Page 3
Foreword by Professor Lord Todd……Page 4
Preface to sixth edition……Page 5
1 Structure, reactivity, and mechanism……Page 7
2 Energetics, kinetics, and the investigation of mechanism……Page 39
3 The strengths of acids and bases……Page 59
4 Nucleophilic substitution at a saturated carbon atom……Page 83
5 Carbocations, electron-deficient N and O atoms and their reactions……Page 107
6 Electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution in aromatic systems……Page 136
7 Electrophilic and nucleophilic addition to C=C……Page 184
8 Nucleophilic addition to C=O……Page 209
9 Elimination reactions……Page 252
10 Carbanions and their reactions……Page 276
11 Radicals and their reactions……Page 305
12 Symmetry controlled reactions……Page 346
13 Linear free energy relationships……Page 364
Select bibliography……Page 402
A……Page 405
B……Page 406
C……Page 407
D……Page 409
E……Page 410
F,G,H……Page 412
I……Page 413
J,K,L……Page 414
M,N……Page 415
O……Page 416
P……Page 417
Q,R……Page 418
S……Page 420
T……Page 421
U,V,W,X,Y,Z……Page 422