Preface to the Student |
Preface to the Instructor |
The Basics / 1: |
Structure and Stability of Organic Compounds / 1.1: |
Conventions of Drawing Structures; Grossman's Rule / 1.1.1: |
Lewis Structures; Resonance Structures / 1.1.2: |
Molecular Shape; Hybridization / 1.1.3: |
Aromaticity / 1.1.4: |
Bronsted Acidity and Basicity / 1.2: |
pK[subscript a] Values / 1.2.1: |
Tautomerism / 1.2.2: |
Kinetics and Thermodynamics / 1.3: |
Getting Started in Drawing a Mechanism / 1.4: |
Classes of Overall Transformations / 1.5: |
Classes of Mechanisms / 1.6: |
Polar Mechanisms / 1.6.1: |
Free-Radical Mechanisms / 1.6.2: |
Pericyclic Mechanisms / 1.6.3: |
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed and -Mediated Mechanisms / 1.6.4: |
Summary / 1.7: |
Problems |
Polar Reactions under Basic Conditions / 2: |
Substitution and Elimination at C(sp[superscript 3])-X [sigma] Bonds, Part I / 2.1: |
Substitution by the S[subscript N]2 Mechanism / 2.1.1: |
[beta]-Elimination by the E2 and Elcb Mechanisms / 2.1.2: |
Predicting Substitution vs. Elimination / 2.1.3: |
Addition of Nucleophiles to Electrophilic [pi] Bonds / 2.2: |
Addition to Carbonyl Compounds / 2.2.1: |
Conjugate Addition; The Michael Reaction / 2.2.2: |
Substitution at C(sp[superscript 2])-X [sigma] Bonds / 2.3: |
Substitution at Carbonyl C / 2.3.1: |
Substitution at Alkenyl and Aryl C / 2.3.2: |
Metal Insertion; Halogen-Metal Exchange / 2.3.3: |
Substitution and Elimination at C(sp[superscript 3])-X [sigma] Bonds, Part II / 2.4: |
Substitution by the S[subscript RN]1 Mechanism / 2.4.1: |
Substitution by the Elimination-Addition Mechanism / 2.4.2: |
Substitution by the One-Electron Transfer Mechanism / 2.4.3: |
[alpha]-Elimination; Generation and Reactions of Carbenes / 2.4.4: |
Base-Promoted Rearrangements / 2.5: |
Migration from C to C / 2.5.1: |
Migration from C to O or N / 2.5.2: |
Migration from B to C or O / 2.5.3: |
Two Multistep Reactions / 2.6: |
The Swern Oxidation / 2.6.1: |
The Mitsunobu Reaction / 2.6.2: |
Polar Reactions Under Acidic Conditions / 2.7: |
Carbocations / 3.1: |
Carbocation Stability / 3.1.1: |
Carbocation Generation; The Role of Protonation / 3.1.2: |
Typical Reactions of Carbocations; Rearrangements / 3.1.3: |
Substitution and [beta]-Elimination Reactions at C(sp[superscript 3])-X / 3.2: |
Substitution by the S[subscript N]1 and S[subscript N]2 Mechanisms / 3.2.1: |
[beta]-Elimination by the E1 Mechanism / 3.2.2: |
Electrophilic Addition to Nucleophilic C=C [pi] Bonds / 3.2.3: |
Substitution at Nucleophilic C=C [pi] Bonds / 3.4: |
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution / 3.4.1: |
Aromatic Substitution of Anilines via Diazonium Salts / 3.4.2: |
Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution / 3.4.3: |
Nucleophilic Addition to and Substitution at Electrophilic [pi] Bonds / 3.5: |
Heteroatom Nucleophiles / 3.5.1: |
Carbon Nucleophiles / 3.5.2: |
Pericyclic Reactions / 3.6: |
Introduction / 4.1: |
Classes of Pericyclic Reactions / 4.1.1: |
Polyene MOs / 4.1.2: |
Electrocyclic Reactions / 4.2: |
Typical Reactions / 4.2.1: |
Stereospecificity / 4.2.2: |
Stereoselectivity / 4.2.3: |
Cycloadditions / 4.3: |
Regioselectivity / 4.3.1: |
Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 4.3.3: |
Ene Reactions / 4.4.1: |
Free-Radical Reactions / 4.6: |
Free Radicals / 5.1: |
Stability / 5.1.1: |
Generation from Closed-Shell Species / 5.1.2: |
Chain vs. Nonchain Mechanisms / 5.1.3: |
Chain Free-Radical Reactions / 5.2: |
Substitution Reactions / 5.2.1: |
Addition and Fragmentation Reactions / 5.2.2: |
Nonchain Free-Radical Reactions / 5.3: |
Photochemical Reactions / 5.3.1: |
Reductions and Oxidations with Metals / 5.3.2: |
Cycloaromatizations / 5.3.3: |
Miscellaneous Radical Reactions / 5.4: |
1,2-Anionic Rearrangements; Lone-Pair Inversion / 5.4.1: |
Triplet Carbenes and Nitrenes / 5.4.2: |
Transition-Metal-Mediated and -Catalyzed Reactions / 5.5: |
Introduction to the Chemistry of Transition Metals / 6.1: |
Conventions of Drawing Structures / 6.1.1: |
Counting Electrons / 6.1.2: |
Stoichiometric vs. Catalytic Mechanisms / 6.1.3: |
Addition Reactions / 6.2: |
Late-Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenation and Hydrometallation (Pd, Pt, Rh) / 6.2.1: |
Hydroformylation (Co, Rh) / 6.2.2: |
Hydrozirconation (Zr) / 6.2.3: |
Alkene Polymerization (Ti, Zr, Sc, and others) / 6.2.4: |
Cyclopropanation, Epoxidation, and Aziridination of Alkenes (Cu, Rh, Mn, Ti) / 6.2.5: |
Dihydroxylation and Aminohydroxylation of Alkenes (Os) / 6.2.6: |
Nucleophilic Addition to Alkenes and Alkynes (Hg, Pd) / 6.2.7: |
Conjugate Addition Reactions (Cu) / 6.2.8: |
Reductive Coupling Reactions (Ti, Zr) / 6.2.9: |
Pauson-Khand Reaction (Co) / 6.2.10: |
Dotz Reaction (Cr) / 6.2.11: |
Metal-Catalyzed Cycloaddition and Cyclotrimerization (Co, Ni, Rh) / 6.2.12: |
Hydrogenolysis (Pd) / 6.3: |
Carbonylation of Alkyl Halides (Pd, Rh) / 6.3.2: |
Heck Reaction (Pd) / 6.3.3: |
Coupling Reactions Between Nucleophiles and C(sp[superscript 2])-X: Kumada, Stille, Suzuki, Negishi, Buchwald-Hartwig, Sonogashira, and Ullmann Reactions (Ni, Pd, Cu) / 6.3.4: |
Allylic Substitution (Pd) / 6.3.5: |
Pd-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of Alkenes; Wacker Oxidation / 6.3.6: |
Tebbe Reaction (Ti) / 6.3.7: |
Propargyl Substitution in Co-Alkyne Complexes / 6.3.8: |
Rearrangement Reactions / 6.4: |
Alkene Isomerization (Rh) / 6.4.1: |
Olefin and Alkyne Metathesis (Ru, W, Mo, Ti) / 6.4.2: |
Elimination Reactions / 6.5: |
Oxidation of Alcohols (Cr, Ru) / 6.5.1: |
Decarbonylation of Aldehydes (Rh) / 6.5.2: |
Mixed-Mechanism Problems / 6.6: |
A Final Word |
Index |
Preface to the Student |
Preface to the Instructor |
The Basics / 1: |
Structure and Stability of Organic Compounds / 1.1: |
Conventions of Drawing Structures; Grossman's Rule / 1.1.1: |
Lewis Structures; Resonance Structures / 1.1.2: |