Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2010

Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2010, the 46th annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2010. It details the latest progress in a wide range of classes of organic reaction mechanisms, including reactions of different compounds and acids and their derivatives, oxidation and reduction, aliphatic substitutions, elimination reactions, and molecular rearrangements, to name a few. An experienced team of authors compiled these reviews, ensuring the quality of selection and presentation.

1. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives 1
B. A. Murray

2. Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives 55
C. T. Bedford

3. Oxidation and Reduction 79
K. K. Banerji

4. Carbenes and Nitrenes 155
E. Gras

5. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 175
M. R. Crampton

6. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution 191
M. R. Crampton

7. Carbocations 213
R. A. McClelland

8. Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution 229
K. C. Westaway

9. Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution 265
M. L. Birsa

10. Elimination Reactions 285
M. L. Birsa

11. Addition Reactions: Polar Addition 299
Kočovsḱý

12. Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition 363
N. Dennis

13. Molecular Rearrangements: Part 1. Pericyclic Reactions 393
J. M. Coxon

14. Molecular Rearrangements: Part 2. Other Reactions 419
A. Brandi and M. Gensini

Author Index. 457

Subject Index 495

Professor A.C. Knipe, School of BMS, The University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.