Organic Reaction Mechanisms · 2004: An Annual Survey Covering the Literature Dated January to December 2004

In every volume the content is divided in the different classes of organic reaction mechanisms, including:

• Reaction of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives
• Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives
• Oxidation and Reduction
• Carbenes and Nitrenes
• Elimination Reactions
• Radical Reactions  
• Molecular Rearrangements

An experienced team of authors compile these reviews every year, so that the reader can rely on a continuing quality of selection and presentation. As a new service to the reader all reaction mechanisms leading to stereospecific products are highlighted. This reflects the needs of the organic synthetic community with leads to chiral reactions.Content:
Chapter 1 Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives (pages 1–46): B. A. Murray
Chapter 2 Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives (pages 47–86): C. T. Bedford
Chapter 3 Oxidation and Reduction (pages 87–153): R. N. Mehrotra
Chapter 4 Carbenes and Nitrenes (pages 155–188): M. Christlieb, D. M. Hodgson and E. Gras
Chapter 5 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (pages 189–198): M. R. Crampton
Chapter 6 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (pages 199–210): R. G. Coombes
Chapter 7 Carbocations (pages 211–247): R. A. McClelland
Chapter 8 Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution (pages 249–283): I. Lee and D. D. Sung
Chapter 9 Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution (pages 285–329): A. C. Knipe
Chapter 10 Elimination Reactions (pages 331–341): M. L. Birsa
Chapter 11 Addition Reactions: Polar Addition (pages 343–401): P. Kocovsky
Chapter 12 Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition (pages 403–450): N. Dennis
Chapter 13 Molecular Rearrangements: Part 1 (pages 451–491): K. Banert and H. Hahn
Chapter 14 Molecular Rearrangements: Part 2 (pages 493–538): A. Brandi, F. Pisaneschi and M. Gensini