Structure and Mechanisms / Part A: |
Chemical Bonding and Structure |
Stereochemistry, Conformation and Stereoselectivity |
Structural Effects on Stability and Reactivity |
Nucleophilic Substitution |
Polar Addition and Elimination Reactions |
Carbanions and Other Carbon Nucleophiles |
Addition, Condensation and Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds |
Aromaticity |
Aromatic Substitution |
Concerted Pericyclic Reactions |
Free Radical Reactions |
Photochemistry |
Preface |
Acknowledgment and Personal Statement |
Introduction |
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure / Chapter 1: |
Description of Molecular Structure Using Valence Bond Concepts / 1.1: |
Hybridization / 1.1.1: |
The Origin of Electron-Electron Repulsion / 1.1.2: |
Electronegativity and Polarity / 1.1.3: |
Electronegativity Equalization / 1.1.4: |
Differential Electronegativity of Carbon Atoms / 1.1.5: |
Polarizability, Hardness, and Softness / 1.1.6: |
Resonance and Conjugation / 1.1.7: |
Hyperconjugation / 1.1.8: |
Covalent and van der Waals Radii of Atoms / 1.1.9: |
Molecular Orbital Theory and Methods / 1.2: |
The Huckel MO Method / 1.2.1: |
Semiempirical MO Methods / 1.2.2: |
Ab Initio Methods / 1.2.3: |
Pictorial Representation of MOs for Molecules / 1.2.4: |
Qualitative Application of MO Theory to Reactivity: Perturbational MO Theory and Frontier Orbitals / 1.2.5: |
Numerical Application of MO Theory / 1.2.6: |
Electron Density Functionals / 1.3: |
Representation of Electron Density Distribution / 1.4: |
Mulliken Population Analysis / 1.4.1: |
Natural Bond Orbitals and Natural Population Analysis / 1.4.2: |
Atoms in Molecules / 1.4.3: |
Comparison and Interpretation of Atomic Charge Calculations / 1.4.4: |
Electrostatic Potential Surfaces / 1.4.5: |
Relationships between Electron Density and Bond Order / 1.4.6: |
The Origin of the Rotational (Torsional) Barrier in Ethane and Other Small Molecules / Topic 1.1: |
Heteroatom Hyperconjugation (Anomeric Effect) in Acyclic Molecules / Topic 1.2: |
Bonding in Cyclopropane and Other Small Ring Compounds / Topic 1.3: |
Representation of Electron Density by the Laplacian Function / Topic 1.4: |
Application of Density Functional Theory to Chemical Properties and Reactivity / Topic 1.5: |
DFT Formulation of Chemical Potential, Electronegativity, Hardness and Softness, and Covalent and van der Waal Radii / T.1.5.1: |
DFT Formulation of Reactivity-The Fukui Function / T.1.5.2: |
DFT Concepts of Substituent Groups Effects / T.1.5.3: |
General References |
Problems |
Stereochemistry, Conformation, and Stereoselectivity / Chapter 2: |
Configuration / 2.1: |
Configuration at Double Bonds / 2.1.1: |
Configuration of Cyclic Compounds / 2.1.2: |
Configuration at Tetrahedral Atoms / 2.1.3: |
Molecules with Multiple Stereogenic Centers / 2.1.4: |
Other Types of Stereogenic Centers / 2.1.5: |
The Relationship between Chirality and Symmetry / 2.1.6: |
Configuration at Prochiral Centers / 2.1.7: |
Resolution-The Separation of Enantiomers / 2.1.8: |
Conformation / 2.2: |
Conformation of Acyclic Compounds / 2.2.1: |
Conformations of Cyclohexane Derivatives / 2.2.2: |
Conformations of Carbocyclic Rings of Other Sizes / 2.2.3: |
Molecular Mechanics / 2.3: |
Stereoselective and Stereospecific Reactions / 2.4: |
Examples of Stereoselective Reactions / 2.4.1: |
Examples of Stereospecific Reactions / 2.4.2: |
Enantioselective Reactions / 2.5: |
Enantioselective Hydrogenation / 2.5.1: |
Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones / 2.5.2: |
Enantioselective Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols / 2.5.3: |
Enantioselective Dihydroxylation of Alkenes / 2.5.4: |
Double Stereodifferentiation: Reinforcing and Competing Stereoselectivity / 2.6: |
Analysis and Separation of Enantiomeric Mixtures / Topic 2.1: |
Chiral Shift Reagents and Chiral Solvating Agents / T.2.1.1: |
Separation of Enantiomers / T.2.1.2: |
Enzymatic Resolution and Desymmetrization / Topic 2.2: |
Lipases and Esterases / T.2.2.1: |
Proteases and Acylases / T.2.2.2: |
Epoxide Hydrolases / T.2.2.3: |
The Anomeric Effect in Cyclic Compounds / Topic 2.3: |
Polar Substituent Effects in Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds / Topic 2.4: |
Thermodynamic Stability / Chapter 3: |
Relationship between Structure and Thermodynamic Stability for Hydrocarbons / 3.1.1: |
Calculation of Enthalpy of Formation and Enthalpy of Reaction / 3.1.2: |
Chemical Kinetics / 3.2: |
Fundamental Principles of Chemical Kinetics / 3.2.1: |
Representation of Potential Energy Changes in Reactions / 3.2.2: |
Reaction Rate Expressions / 3.2.3: |
Examples of Rate Expressions / 3.2.4: |
General Relationships between Thermodynamic Stability and Reaction Rates / 3.3: |
Kinetic versus Thermodynamic Control of Product Composition / 3.3.1: |
Correlations between Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Reactions / 3.3.2: |
Curtin-Hammett Principle / 3.3.3: |
Electronic Substituent Effects on Reaction Intermediates / 3.4: |
Carbocations / 3.4.1: |
Carbanions / 3.4.2: |
Radical Intermediates / 3.4.3: |
Carbonyl Addition Intermediates / 3.4.4: |
Kinetic Isotope Effects / 3.5: |
Linear Free-Energy Relationships for Substituent Effects / 3.6: |
Numerical Expression of Linear Free-Energy Relationships / 3.6.1: |
Application of Linear Free-Energy Relationships to Characterization of Reaction Mechanisms / 3.6.2: |
Catalysis / 3.7: |
Catalysis by Acids and Bases / 3.7.1: |
Lewis Acid Catalysis / 3.7.2: |
Solvent Effects / 3.8: |
Bulk Solvent Effects / 3.8.1: |
Examples of Specific Solvent Effects / 3.8.2: |
Acidity of Hydrocarbons / Topic 3.1: |
Mechanisms for Nucleophilic Substitution / Chapter 4: |
Substitution by the Ionization (S[subscript N]1) Mechanism / 4.1.1: |
Substitution by the Direct Displacement (S[subscript N]2) Mechanism / 4.1.2: |
Detailed Mechanistic Description and Borderline Mechanisms / 4.1.3: |
Relationship between Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Substitution / 4.1.4: |
Substitution Reactions of Alkyldiazonium Ions / 4.1.5: |
Structural and Solvation Effects on Reactivity / 4.2: |
Characteristics of Nucleophilicity / 4.2.1: |
Effect of Solvation on Nucleophilicity / 4.2.2: |
Leaving-Group Effects / 4.2.3: |
Steric and Strain Effects on Substitution and Ionization Rates / 4.2.4: |
Effects of Conjugation on Reactivity / 4.2.5: |
Neighboring-Group Participation / 4.3: |
Structure and Reactions of Carbocation Intermediates / 4.4: |
Structure and Stability of Carbocations / 4.4.1: |
Direct Observation of Carbocations / 4.4.2: |
Competing Reactions of Carbocations / 4.4.3: |
Mechanisms of Rearrangement of Carbocations / 4.4.4: |
Bridged (Nonclassical) Carbocations / 4.4.5: |
The Role Carbocations and Carbonium Ions in Petroleum Processing / Topic 4.1: |
Addition of Hydrogen Halides to Alkenes / Chapter 5: |
Acid-Catalyzed Hydration and Related Addition Reactions / 5.2: |
Addition of Halogens / 5.3: |
Sulfenylation and Selenenylation / 5.4: |
Sulfenylation / 5.4.1: |
Selenenylation / 5.4.2: |
Addition Reactions Involving Epoxides / 5.5: |
Epoxides from Alkenes and Peroxidic Reagents / 5.5.1: |
Subsequent Transformations of Epoxides / 5.5.2: |
Electrophilic Additions Involving Metal Ions / 5.6: |
Solvomercuration / 5.6.1: |
Argentation-the Formation of Silver Complexes / 5.6.2: |
Synthesis and Reactions of Alkylboranes / 5.7: |
Hydroboration / 5.7.1: |
Reactions of Organoboranes / 5.7.2: |
Enantioselective Hydroboration / 5.7.3: |
Comparison of Electrophilic Addition Reactions / 5.8: |
Additions to Alkynes and Allenes / 5.9: |
Hydrohalogenation and Hydration of Alkynes / 5.9.1: |
Halogenation of Alkynes / 5.9.2: |
Mercuration of Alkynes / 5.9.3: |
Overview of Alkyne Additions / 5.9.4: |
Additions to Allenes / 5.9.5: |
Elimination Reactions / 5.10: |
The E2, E1 and E1cb Mechanisms / 5.10.1: |
Regiochemistry of Elimination Reactions / 5.10.2: |
Stereochemistry of E2 Elimination Reactions / 5.10.3: |
Dehydration of Alcohols / 5.10.4: |
Eliminations Reactions Not Involving C-H Bonds / 5.10.5: |
Carbanion Character of Organometallic Compounds / Chapter 6: |
Carbanions Stabilized by Functional Groups / 6.3: |
Enols and Enamines / 6.4: |
Carbanions as Nucleophiles in S[subscript N]2 Reactions / 6.5: |
Substitution Reactions of Organometallic Reagents / 6.5.1: |
Substitution Reactions of Enolates / 6.5.2: |
Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds toward Addition / Chapter 7: |
Hydration and Addition of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones / 7.2: |
Condensation Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones with Nitrogen Nucleophiles / 7.3: |
Substitution Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives / 7.4: |
Ester Hydrolysis and Exchange / 7.4.1: |
Aminolysis of Esters / 7.4.2: |
Amide Hydrolysis / 7.4.3: |
Acylation of Nucleophilic Oxygen and Nitrogen Groups / 7.4.4: |
Intramolecular Catalysis of Carbonyl Substitution Reactions / 7.5: |
Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Carbonyl Groups / 7.6: |
Kinetics of Qrganometallic Addition Reactions / 7.6.1: |
Stereoselectivity of Organometallic Addition Reactions / 7.6.2: |
Addition of Enolates and Enols to Carbonyl Compounds: The Aldol Addition and Condensation Reactions / 7.7: |
The General Mechanisms / 7.7.1: |
Mixed Aldol Condensations with Aromatic Aldehydes / 7.7.2: |
Control of Regiochemistry and Stereochemistry of Aldol Reactions of Ketones / 7.7.3: |
Aldol Reactions of Other Carbonyl Compounds / 7.7.4: |
Criteria of Aromaticity / Chapter 8: |
The Energy Criterion for Aromaticity / 8.1.1: |
Structural Criteria for Aromaticity / 8.1.2: |
Electronic Criteria for Aromaticity / 8.1.3: |
Relationship among the Energetic, Structural, and Electronic Criteria of Aromaticity / 8.1.4: |
The Annulenes / 8.2: |
Cyclobutadiene / 8.2.1: |
Benzene / 8.2.2: |
1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene / 8.2.3: |
[10]Annulenes-1,3,5,7,9-Cyclodecapentaene Isomers / 8.2.4: |
[12], [14], and [16]Annulenes / 8.2.5: |
[18]Annulene and Larger Annulenes / 8.2.6: |
Other Related Structures / 8.2.7: |
Aromaticity in Charged Rings / 8.3: |
Homoaromaticity / 8.4: |
Fused-Ring Systems / 8.5: |
Heteroaromatic Systems / 8.6: |
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions / Chapter 9: |
Structure-Reactivity Relationships for Substituted Benzenes / 9.2: |
Substituent Effects on Reactivity / 9.2.1: |
Mechanistic Interpretation of the Relationship between Reactivity and Selectivity / 9.2.2: |
Reactivity of Polycyclic and Heteroaromatic Compounds / 9.3: |
Specific Electrophilic Substitution Reactions / 9.4: |
Nitration / 9.4.1: |
Halogenation / 9.4.2: |
Protonation and Hydrogen Exchange / 9.4.3: |
Friedel-Crafts Alkylation and Related Reactions / 9.4.4: |
Friedel-Crafts Acylation and Related Reactions / 9.4.5: |
Aromatic Substitution by Diazonium Ions / 9.4.6: |
Substitution of Groups Other than Hydrogen / 9.4.7: |
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution / 9.5: |
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution by the Addition-Elimination Mechanism / 9.5.1: |
Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution by the Elimination-Addition Mechanism / 9.5.2: |
Cycloaddition Reactions / Chapter 10: |
The Diels-Alder Reaction / 10.2: |
Stereochemistry of the Diels-Alder Reaction / 10.2.1: |
Substituent Effects on Reactivity, Regioselectivity and Stereochemistry / 10.2.2: |
Catalysis of Diels-Alder Reactions by Lewis Acids / 10.2.3: |
Computational Characterization of Diels-Alder Transition Structures / 10.2.4: |
Scope and Synthetic Applications of the Diels-Alder Reaction / 10.2.5: |
Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions / 10.2.6: |
Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions / 10.2.7: |
1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions / 10.3: |
Relative Reactivity, Regioselectivity, Stereoselectivity, and Transition Structures / 10.3.1: |
Scope and Applications of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions / 10.3.2: |
Catalysis of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions / 10.3.3: |
[2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions / 10.4: |
Electrocyclic Reactions / 10.5: |
Overview of Electrocyclic Reactions / 10.5.1: |
Orbital Symmetry Basis for the Stereospecificity of Electrocyclic Reactions / 10.5.2: |
Examples of Electrocyclic Reactions / 10.5.3: |
Electrocyclic Reactions of Charged Species / 10.5.4: |
Electrocyclization of Heteroatomic Trienes / 10.5.5: |
Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 10.6: |
Overview of Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 10.6.1: |
[1,3]-, [1,5]-, and [1,7]-Sigmatropic Shifts of Hydrogen and Alkyl Groups / 10.6.2: |
Overview of [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 10.6.3: |
[2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements / 10.6.4: |
Application of DFT Concepts to Reactivity and Regiochemistry of Cycloaddition Reactions / Topic 10.1: |
Generation and Characterization of Free Radicals / Chapter 11: |
Background / 11.1.1: |
Long-Lived Free Radicals / 11.1.2: |
Direct Detection of Radical Intermediates / 11.1.3: |
Generation of Free Radicals / 11.1.4: |
Structural and Stereochemical Properties of Free Radicals / 11.1.5: |
Substituent Effects on Radical Stability / 11.1.6: |
Charged Radicals / 11.1.7: |
Characteristics of Reactions Involving Radical Intermediates / 11.2: |
Kinetic Characteristics of Chain Reactions / 11.2.1: |
Determination of Reaction Rates / 11.2.2: |
Structure-Reactivity Relationships / 11.2.3: |
Free Radical Substitution Reactions / 11.3: |
Oxygenation / 11.3.1: |
Free Radical Addition Reactions / 11.4: |
Addition of Hydrogen Halides / 11.4.1: |
Addition of Halomethanes / 11.4.2: |
Addition of Other Carbon Radicals / 11.4.3: |
Addition of Thiols and Thiocarboxylic Acids / 11.4.4: |
Examples of Radical Addition Reactions / 11.4.5: |
Other Types of Free Radical Reactions / 11.5: |
Halogen, Sulfur, and Selenium Group Transfer Reactions / 11.5.1: |
Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions / 11.5.2: |
Rearrangement Reactions of Free Radicals / 11.5.3: |
S[subscript RN]1 Substitution Processes / 11.6: |
S[subscript RN]1 Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Nitro Compounds / 11.6.1: |
S[subscript RN]1 Substitution Reactions of Aryl and Alkyl Halides / 11.6.2: |
Relationships between Bond and Radical Stabilization Energies / Topic 11.1: |
Structure-Reactivity Relationships in Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions / Topic 11.2: |
General Principles / Chapter 12: |
Photochemistry of Alkenes, Dienes, and Polyenes / 12.2: |
Cis-trans Isomerization / 12.2.1: |
Photoreactions of Other Alkenes / 12.2.2: |
Photoisomerization of 1,3-Butadiene / 12.2.3: |
Orbital Symmetry Considerations for Photochemical Reactions of Alkenes and Dienes / 12.2.4: |
Photochemical Electrocyclic Reactions / 12.2.5: |
Photochemical Cycloaddition Reactions / 12.2.6: |
Photochemical Rearrangements Reactions of 1,4-Dienes / 12.2.7: |
Photochemistry of Carbonyl Compounds / 12.3: |
Hydrogen Abstraction and Fragmentation Reactions / 12.3.1: |
Cycloaddition and Rearrangement Reactions of Cyclic Unsaturated Ketones / 12.3.2: |
Cycloaddition of Carbonyl Compounds and Alkenes / 12.3.3: |
Photochemistry of Aromatic Compounds / 12.4: |
Computational Interpretation of Diene and Polyene Photochemistry / Topic 12.1: |
References to Problems |
Index |