Writing Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry

by Kenneth A. Savin
Writing Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry
Author: Kenneth A. Savin
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2014-07-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0124105092
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Writing Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry, Third Edition, is a guide to understanding the movements of atoms and electrons in the reactions of organic molecules. Expanding on the successful book by Miller and Solomon, this new edition further enhances your understanding of reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry and shows that writing mechanisms is a practical method of applying knowledge of previously encountered reactions and reaction conditions to new reactions. The book has been extensively revised with new material including a completely new chapter on oxidation and reduction reactions including stereochemical reactions. It is also now illustrated with hundreds of colorful chemical structures to help you understand reaction processes more easily. The book also features new and extended problem sets and answers to help you understand the general principles and how to apply these to real applications. In addition, there are new information boxes throughout the text to provide useful background to reactions and the people behind the discovery of a reaction. This new edition will be of interest to students and research chemists who want to learn how to organize what may seem an overwhelming quantity of information into a set of simple general principles and guidelines for determining and describing organic reaction mechanisms. - Extensively rewritten and reorganized with a completely new chapter on oxidation and reduction reactions including stereochemical reactions - Essential for those who need to have mechanisms explained in greater detail than most organic chemistry textbooks provide - Now illustrated with hundreds of colorful chemical structures to help you understand reaction processes more easily - New and extended problem sets and answers to help you understand the general principles and how to apply this to real applications - New information boxes throughout the text to provide useful background to reactions and the people behind the discovery of a reaction

The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms

by Robert B. Grossman
The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Author: Robert B. Grossman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2007-07-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387954686
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Intended for students of intermediate organic chemistry, this text shows how to write a reasonable mechanism for an organic chemical transformation. The discussion is organized by types of mechanisms and the conditions under which the reaction is executed, rather than by the overall reaction as is the case in most textbooks. Each chapter discusses common mechanistic pathways and suggests practical tips for drawing them. Worked problems are included in the discussion of each mechanism, and "common error alerts" are scattered throughout the text to warn readers about pitfalls and misconceptions that bedevil students. Each chapter is capped by a large problem set.

Writing Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry

by Audrey Miller
Writing Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry
Author: Audrey Miller
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080571247
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Presentation is clear and instructive: students will learn to recognize that many of the reactions in organic chemistry are closely related and not independent facts needing unrelated memorization. The book emphasizes that derivation of a mechanism is not a theoretical procedure, but a means of applying knowledge of other similar reactions and reaction conditions to the new reaction. - Brief summaries of required basic knowledge of organic structure, bonding, stereochemistry, resonance, tautomerism, and molecular orbital theory - Definitions of essential terms - Typing and classification of reactions - Hints (rules) for deriving the most likely mechanism for any reaction

Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry

by Daniel E. Levy
Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry
Author: Daniel E. Levy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 111821045X
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Find an easier way to learn organic chemistry with Arrow-Pushing in Organic Chemistry: An Easy Approach to Understanding Reaction Mechanisms, a book that uses the arrow-pushing strategy to reduce this notoriously challenging topic to the study of interactions between organic acids and bases. Understand the fundamental reaction mechanisms relevant to organic chemistry, beginning with Sn2 reactions and progressing to Sn1 reactions and other reaction types. The problem sets in this book, an excellent supplemental text, emphasize the important aspects of each chapter and will reinforce the key ideas without requiring memorization.

Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis

by Laszlo Kurti
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis
Author: Laszlo Kurti
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 808
Release: 2005-04-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080575412
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Kurti and Czako have produced an indispensable tool for specialists and non-specialists in organic chemistry. This innovative reference work includes 250 organic reactions and their strategic use in the synthesis of complex natural and unnatural products. Reactions are thoroughly discussed in a convenient, two-page layout--using full color. Its comprehensive coverage, superb organization, quality of presentation, and wealth of references, make this a necessity for every organic chemist. - The first reference work on named reactions to present colored schemes for easier understanding - 250 frequently used named reactions are presented in a convenient two-page layout with numerous examples - An opening list of abbreviations includes both structures and chemical names - Contains more than 10,000 references grouped by seminal papers, reviews, modifications, and theoretical works - Appendices list reactions in order of discovery, group by contemporary usage, and provide additional study tools - Extensive index quickly locates information using words found in text and drawings

Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Selected Problems, and Solutions

by William C. Groutas
Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Selected Problems, and Solutions
Author: William C. Groutas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2023-05-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000887162
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This fully updated new edition presents organic reaction mechanism questions, carefully selected from the primary chemical literature, to understand how reactants are transformed into products. The author explains step-by-step solutions to all problems with appropriate contextual comments explaining the rationale and reasoning underlying each step, and identifying the underlying principles involved in each question. In the process the reader gains a better understanding of the fundamental principles of organic chemistry and how to become proficient in using the Lewis acid/Lewis base concept to complete organic reactions without resorting to memorization. Features : The questions are graded in difficulty with Part A containing questions aimed at students taking the sophomore-level organic chemistry class, while part B contains questions of somewhat greater difficulty suitable for students taking an honors course in organic chemistry or a beginning graduate course. Detailed answers are provided to all questions so students can check their answers and important points are highlighted in each answer. Special emphasis has been placed on the selection of questions to ensure that each question illustrates one or more fundamental principles of organic chemistry. Interspersed throughout the book are minireviews that cover the material pertaining to a particular topic. The specific literature references corresponding to each question are included and students can look up those references for more contextual information. Includes a large number of carefully-selected mechanism questions and step-by-step solutions, including explanatory comments

Advanced Organic Chemistry

by Reinhard Bruckner
Advanced Organic Chemistry
Author: Reinhard Bruckner
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780121381103
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A best-selling mechanistic organic chemistry text in Germany, this text's translation into English fills a long-existing need for a modern, thorough and accessible treatment of reaction mechanisms for students of organic chemistry at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. Knowledge of reaction mechanisms is essential to all applied areas of organic chemistry; this text fulfills that need by presenting the right material at the right level.

Mechanisms of Organic Reactions

by Howard Maskill
Mechanisms of Organic Reactions
Author: Howard Maskill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780198558224
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Mechanisms of Organic Reactions is aimed at first and second year chemistry undergraduates. This authorative and up-to-date overview begins with a chapter in which modern terminology, definitions, and concepts of mechanisms and reactivity are introduced. The following four chapters are accounts of the mechanisms of four of the main classes of reactions of aliphatic compounds. However, rather than simply being presented with the mechanism, the reader is first given the experimental evidence, and then shown how this leads to the mechanistic deductions. With problems at the end of each chapter and a short bibliography this book will be invaluable to first and second year chemistry undergraduates.