ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS · 1997

By MARK ROBINSON

CONTENTS 1 REACTIONS OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES 2 REACTIONS OF CARBOXYLIC, PHOSPHORIC, AND SULFONIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES 3 OXIDATION AND REDUCTION 4 CARBENES AND NITRENES 5 NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION 6 ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION 7 CARBOCATIONS 8 NUCLEOPHILIC ALIPHATIC SUBSTITUTION 9 CARBANIONS AND ELECTROPHILIC ALIPHATIC SUBSTITUTION 10 ELIMINATION REACTIONS 11 ADDITION REACTIONS: POLAR ADDITION 12 ADDITION REACTIONS: CYCLOADDITION 13 MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENTS: PART 1 PERICYCLIC REACTIONS 14 MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENTS: PART 2 OTHER REACTIONS