Overview of March's Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms and Structure 7ed Book

The new, revised and updated edition clearly explains the theories and examples of organic chemistry, providing the most comprehensive resource about organic chemistry available. Readers are guided on planning and execution of multi-step synthetic reactions, with detailed descriptions of all the reactions. The first five chapters deal with the structure of organic compounds and discuss important organic chemistry bonds, fundamental principles of conformation, and stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactive intermediates in organic chemistry. Chapters 6 to 9 are concerned with general principles of mechanism in organic chemistry, including acids and bases, photochemistry, sonochemistry and microwave irradiation and finally the relationship between structure and reactivity. The last 10 chapters cover the nature and the scope of organic reactions and their mechanisms. Special Features ?úEvery chapter has been updated with the most recent reaction information with references to both the primary and review literature ?úNew to the? 7th edition: 5,500 references since the last edition, updates / rewrites of the retained sections, and an updated index in Appendix B ?úContains more than 1650 reactions? and 20,000 valuable references to the primary literature ?úIncludes appendices on the literature of organic chemistry and the classification of reactions according to the compounds synthesized ?úGuides the reader on planning and execution of multi-step synthetic reactions, with detailed descriptions of all the reactions.? Table of Content Preface Common Abbreviations Biographical Statement Part I Introduction 1. Localized Chemical Bonding 1.A. Covalent Bonding 1.B. Multiple Valence 1.C. Hybridization 1.D. Multiple Bonds 1.E. Photoelectron Spectroscopy 1.F. Electronic Structures of Molecules 1.G. Electronegativity 1.H. Dipole Moment 1.I. Inductive and Field Effects 1.J. Bond Distances 1.K. Bond Angles 1.L. Bond Energies 2. Delocalized Chemical Bonding 2.A. Molecular Orbitals 2.B. Bond Energies and Distances in Compounds Containing Delocalized Bonds 2.C. Molecules that have Delocalized Bonds 2.D. Cross-Conjugation 2.E. The Rules of Resonance 2.F. The Resonance Effect 2.G. Steric Inhibition of Resonance and the Influences of Strain 2.H. pp-dp Bonding. Ylids 2.I. Aromaticity 2.J. Alternant and Nonalternant Hydrocarbons 2.K. Aromatic Systems with Electron Numbers other than Six 2.L. Other Aromatic Compounds 2.M. Hyperconjugation 2.N. Tautomerism 3. Bonding Weaker Than Covalent 3.A. Hydrogen Bonding 3.B. p-p Interactions 3.C. Addition Compounds 3.D. Catenanes and Rotaxanes 3.E. Cucurbit[n]Uril-Based Gyroscane 4. Stereochemistry and Conformation 4.A. Optical Activity and Chirality 4.B. What Kinds of Molecules Display Optical Activity? 4.C. The Fischer Projection 4.D. Absolute Configuration 4.E. The Cause of Optical Activity 4.F. Molecules with more than One Stereogenic Center 4.G. Asymmetric Synthesis 4.H. Methods of Resolution 4.I. Optical Purity 4.J. cis--trans Isomerism 4.K. Out-In Isomerism 4.L. Enantiotopic and Diastereotopic Atoms, Groups and Faces 4.M. Stereospecific and Stereoselective Syntheses 4.N. Conformational Analysis 4.O. Molecular Mechanics 4.P. Strain 5. Carbocations, Carbanions, Free Radicals, Carbenes and Nitrenes 5.A. Carbocations 5.B. Carbanions 5.C. Free Radicals 5.D. Carbenes 5.E. Nitrenes 6. Mechanisms and Methods of Determining them 6.A. Types of Mechanism 6.B. Types of Reaction 6.C. Thermodynamic Requirements for Reaction 6.D. Kinetic Requirements for Reaction 6.E. The Baldwin Rules for Ring Closure 6.F. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control 6.G. The Hammond Postulate 6.H. Microscopic Reversibility 6.I. Marcus Theory 6.J. Methods of Determining Mechanisms 7. Irradiation Processes in Organic Chemistry 7.A. Photochemist