Alkylation of Nucleophilic Carbon Intermediates / Chapter 1.: |
Generation of Carbanions by Deprotonation / 1.1.: |
Regioselectivity and Stereoselectivity in Enolate Formation / 1.2.: |
Other Means of Generating Enolates / 1.3.: |
Alkylation of Enolates / 1.4.: |
Generation and Alkylation of Dianions / 1.5.: |
Medium Effects in the Alkylation of Enolates / 1.6.: |
Oxygen versus Carbon as the Site of Alkylation / 1.7.: |
Alkylation of Aldehydes, Esters, Amides, and Nitriles / 1.8.: |
The Nitrogen Analogs of Enols and Enolates--Enamines and Imine Anions / 1.9.: |
Alkylation of Carbon Nucleophiles by Conjugate Addition / 1.10.: |
General References |
Problems |
Reaction of Carbon Nucleophiles with Carbonyl Groups / Chapter 2.: |
Aldol Addition and Condensation Reactions / 2.1.: |
The General Mechanism / 2.1.1.: |
Mixed Aldol Condensations with Aromatic Aldehydes / 2.1.2.: |
Control of Regiochemistry and Stereochemistry of Mixed Aldol Reactions of Aliphatic Aldehydes and Ketones / 2.1.3.: |
Intramolecular Aldol Reactions and the Robinson Annulation / 2.1.4.: |
Addition Reactions of Imines and Iminium Ions / 2.2.: |
The Mannich Reaction / 2.2.1.: |
Amine-Catalyzed Condensation Reactions / 2.2.2.: |
Acylation of Carbanions / 2.3.: |
The Wittig and Related Reactions of Phosphorus-Stabilized Carbon Nucleophiles / 2.4.: |
Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with [alpha]-Trimethylsilylcarbanions / 2.5.: |
Sulfur Ylides and Related Nucleophiles / 2.6.: |
Nucleophilic Addition--Cyclization / 2.7.: |
Functional Group Interconversion by Nucleophilic Substitution / Chapter 3.: |
Conversion of Alcohols to Alkylating Agents / 3.1.: |
Sulfonate Esters / 3.1.1.: |
Halides / 3.1.2.: |
Introduction of Functional Groups by Nucleophilic Substitution at Saturated Carbon / 3.2.: |
General Solvent Effects / 3.2.1.: |
Nitriles / 3.2.2.: |
Azides / 3.2.3.: |
Oxygen Nucleophiles / 3.2.4.: |
Nitrogen Nucleophiles / 3.2.5.: |
Sulfur Nucleophiles / 3.2.6.: |
Phosphorus Nucleophiles / 3.2.7.: |
Summary of Nucleophilic Substitution at Saturated Carbon / 3.2.8.: |
Nucleophilic Cleavage of Carbon-Oxygen Bonds in Ethers and Esters / 3.3.: |
Interconversion of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives / 3.4.: |
Preparation of Reactive Reagents for Acylation / 3.4.1.: |
Preparation of Esters / 3.4.2.: |
Preparation of Amides / 3.4.3.: |
Electrophilic Additions to Carbon--Carbon Multiple Bonds / Chapter 4.: |
Addition of Hydrogen Halides / 4.1.: |
Hydration and Other Acid-Catalyzed Additions of Oxygen Nucleophiles / 4.2.: |
Oxymercuration / 4.3.: |
Addition of Halogens to Alkenes / 4.4.: |
Electrophilic Sulfur and Selenium Reagents / 4.5.: |
Addition of Other Electrophilic Reagents / 4.6.: |
Electrophilic Substitution Alpha to Carbonyl Groups / 4.7.: |
Additions to Allenes and Alkynes / 4.8.: |
Addition at Double Bonds via Organoborane Intermediates / 4.9.: |
Hydroboration / 4.9.1.: |
Reactions of Organoboranes / 4.9.2.: |
Enantioselective Hydroboration / 4.9.3.: |
Hydroboration of Alkynes / 4.9.4.: |
Reduction of Carbonyl and Other Functional Groups / Chapter 5.: |
Addition of Hydrogen / 5.1.: |
Catalytic Hydrogenation / 5.1.1.: |
Other Hydrogen-Transfer Reagents / 5.1.2.: |
Group III Hydride-Donor Reagents / 5.2.: |
Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds / 5.2.1.: |
Stereoselectivity of Hydride Reduction / 5.2.2.: |
Reduction of Other Functional Groups by Hydride Donors / 5.2.3.: |
Group IV Hydride Donors / 5.3.: |
Hydrogen-Atom Donors / 5.4.: |
Dissolving-Metal Reductions / 5.5.: |
Reductive Removal of Functional Groups / 5.5.1.: |
Reductive Carbon--Carbon Bond Formation / 5.5.3.: |
Reductive Deoxygenation of Carbonyl Groups / 5.6.: |
Reductive Elimination and Fragmentation / 5.7.: |
Cycloadditions, Unimolecular Rearrangements, and Thermal Eliminations / Chapter 6.: |
Cycloaddition Reactions / 6.1.: |
The Diels--Alder Reaction: General Features / 6.1.1.: |
The Diels--Alder Reaction: Dienophiles / 6.1.2.: |
The Diels--Alder Reaction: Dienes / 6.1.3.: |
Asymmetric Diels--Alder Reactions / 6.1.4.: |
Intramolecular Diels--Alder Reactions / 6.1.5.: |
Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions / 6.2.: |
[2 + 2] Cycloadditions and Other Reactions Leading to Cyclobutanes / 6.3.: |
Photochemical Cycloaddition Reactions / 6.4.: |
[3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 6.5.: |
Cope Rearrangements / 6.5.1.: |
Claisen Rearrangements / 6.5.2.: |
[2,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 6.6.: |
Ene Reactions / 6.7.: |
Unimolecular Thermal Elimination Reactions / 6.8.: |
Cheletropic Elimination / 6.8.1.: |
Decomposition of Cyclic Azo Compounds / 6.8.2.: |
[beta] Eliminations Involving Cyclic Transition States / 6.8.3.: |
Organometallic Compounds of the Group I, II, and III Metals / Chapter 7.: |
Preparation and Properties / 7.1.: |
Reactions of Organomagnesium and Organolithium Compounds / 7.2.: |
Reactions with Alkylating Agents / 7.2.1.: |
Reactions with Carbonyl Compounds / 7.2.2.: |
Organic Derivatives of Group IIB and Group IIIB Metals / 7.3.: |
Organozinc Compounds / 7.3.1.: |
Organocadmium Compounds / 7.3.2.: |
Organomercury Compounds / 7.3.3.: |
Organoindium Reagents / 7.3.4.: |
Organolanthanide Reagents / 7.4.: |
Reactions Involving the Transition Metals / Chapter 8.: |
Organocopper Intermediates / 8.1.: |
Preparation and Structure of Organocopper Reagents / 8.1.1.: |
Reactions Involving Organocopper Reagents and Intermediates / 8.1.2.: |
Reactions Involving Organopalladium Intermediates / 8.2.: |
Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution and Alkylation / 8.2.1.: |
The Heck Reaction / 8.2.2.: |
Palladium-Catalyzed Cross Coupling / 8.2.3.: |
Carbonylation Reactions / 8.2.4.: |
Reactions Involving Organonickel Compounds / 8.3.: |
Reactions Involving Rhodium and Cobalt / 8.4.: |
Organometallic Compounds with [pi] Bonding / 8.5.: |
Carbon--Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of Compounds of Boron, Silicon, and Tin / Chapter 9.: |
Organoboron Compounds / 9.1.: |
Synthesis of Organoboranes / 9.1.1.: |
Carbon--Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of Organoboranes / 9.1.2.: |
Organosilicon Compounds / 9.2.: |
Synthesis of Organosilanes / 9.2.1.: |
Carbon--Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions / 9.2.2.: |
Organotin Compounds / 9.3.: |
Synthesis of Organostannanes / 9.3.1.: |
Reactions Involving Carbocations, Carbenes, and Radicals as Reactive Intermediates / 9.3.2.: |
Reactions Involving Carbocation Intermediates / 10.1.: |
Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Involving Carbocations / 10.1.1.: |
Rearrangement of Carbocations / 10.1.2.: |
Related Rearrangements / 10.1.3.: |
Fragmentation Reactions / 10.1.4.: |
Reactions Involving Carbenes and Nitrenes / 10.2.: |
Structure and Reactivity of Carbenes / 10.2.1.: |
Generation of Carbenes / 10.2.2.: |
Addition Reactions / 10.2.3.: |
Insertion Reactions / 10.2.4.: |
Generation and Reactions of Ylides by Carbenoid Decomposition / 10.2.5.: |
Rearrangement Reactions / 10.2.6.: |
Related Reactions / 10.2.7.: |
Nitrenes and Related Intermediates / 10.2.8.: |
Rearrangements to Electron-Deficient Nitrogen / 10.2.9.: |
Reactions Involving Free-Radical Intermediates / 10.3.: |
Sources of Radical Intermediates / 10.3.1.: |
Introduction of Functionality by Radical Reactions / 10.3.2.: |
Addition Reactions of Radicals to Substituted Alkenes / 10.3.3.: |
Cyclization of Free-Radical Intermediates / 10.3.4.: |
Fragmentation and Rearrangement Reactions / 10.3.5.: |
Aromatic Substitution Reactions / Chapter 11.: |
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution / 11.1.: |
Nitration / 11.1.1.: |
Halogenation / 11.1.2.: |
Friedel-Crafts Alkylations and Acylations / 11.1.3.: |
Electrophilic Metalation / 11.1.4.: |
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution / 11.2.: |
Aryl Diazonium Ions as Synthetic Intermediates / 11.2.1.: |
Substitution by the Addition-Elimination Mechanism / 11.2.2.: |
Substitution by the Elimination-Addition Mechanism / 11.2.3.: |
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Substitution Reactions / 11.2.4.: |
Aromatic Radical Substitution Reactions / 11.3.: |
Substitution by the S[subscript RN]1 Mechanism / 11.4.: |
Oxidations / Chapter 12.: |
Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes, Ketones, or Carboxylic Acids / 12.1.: |
Transition-Metal Oxidants / 12.1.1.: |
Other Oxidants / 12.1.2.: |
Addition of Oxygen at Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds / 12.2.: |
Epoxides from Alkenes and Peroxidic Reagents / 12.2.1.: |
Transformations of Epoxides / 12.2.3.: |
Reaction of Alkenes with Singlet Oxygen / 12.2.4.: |
Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds / 12.3.: |
Oxonolysis / 12.3.1.: |
Selective Oxidative Cleavages at Other Functional Groups / 12.4.: |
Cleavage of Glycols / 12.4.1.: |
Oxidative Decarboxylation / 12.4.2.: |
Oxidation of Ketones and Aldehydes / 12.5.: |
Oxidation of Ketones and Aldehydes by Oxygen and Peroxidic Compounds / 12.5.1.: |
Oxidation with Other Reagents / 12.5.3.: |
Allylic Oxidation / 12.6.: |
Oxidations at Unfunctionalized Carbon / 12.6.1.: |
Planning and Execution of Multistep Syntheses / Chapter 13.: |
Protective Groups / 13.1.: |
Hydroxyl-Protecting Groups / 13.1.1.: |
Amino-Protecting Groups / 13.1.2.: |
Carbonyl-Protecting Groups / 13.1.3.: |
Carboxylic Acid-Protecting Groups / 13.1.4.: |
Synthetic Equivalent Groups / 13.2.: |
Synthetic Analysis and Planning / 13.3.: |
Control of Stereochemistry / 13.4.: |
Illustrative Syntheses / 13.5.: |
Juvabione / 13.5.1.: |
Longifolene / 13.5.2.: |
Prelog-Djerassi Lactone / 13.5.3.: |
Taxol / 13.5.4.: |
Epothilone A / 13.5.5.: |
Solid-Phase Synthesis / 13.6.: |
Solid-Phase Synthesis of Polypeptides / 13.6.1.: |
Solid-Phase Synthesis of Oligonucleotides / 13.6.2.: |
Combinatorial Synthesis / 13.7.: |
References for Problems |
Index |
Alkylation of Nucleophilic Carbon Intermediates / Chapter 1.: |
Generation of Carbanions by Deprotonation / 1.1.: |
Regioselectivity and Stereoselectivity in Enolate Formation / 1.2.: |
Other Means of Generating Enolates / 1.3.: |
Alkylation of Enolates / 1.4.: |
Generation and Alkylation of Dianions / 1.5.: |