Organic chemistry

What is organic chemistry? Organic chemistry and this book Organic structures Determining organic structures Structure of molecules Organic reactions Nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group Delocalization and conjugation Acidity, basicity, and pKa Using organometallic reagents to make C-C bonds Conjugate addition Proton nuclear magnetic resonance Nucleophilic substitution at the carbonyl (C=0) group Equilibria, rates, and mechanisms: summary of mechanistic principles Nucleophilic substitution at C=0 with loss of carbonyl oxygen Review of spectroscopic methods Stereochemistry Nucleophilic substitution at saturated carbon Conformational analysis Elimination reactions Electrophilic addition to alkenes Formation and reactions of enols and enolates Electrophilic aromatic substitution Electrophilic alkenes Chemoselectivity: selective reactions and protection Synthesis in action Alkylation of enolates Reactions of enolates with aldehydes and ketones: the aldol reaction Acylation at carbon Conjugate addition of enolates Retrosynthetic analysis Controlling the geometry of double bonds Determination of stereochemistry by spectroscopic methods Stereoselective reactions of cyclic compounds Diastereoselectivity Pericyclic reactions 1: cycloadditions Pericyclic reactions 2: sigmatropic and electrocyclic reactions Rearrangements Fragmentation Radical reactions Synthesis and reactions of carbenes Determining reaction mechanisms Saturated heterocycles and stereoelectronics Aromatic heterocycles 1: structures and reactions Aromatic heterocycles 2: synthesis Asymmetric synthesis Organo-main-group chemistry I: sulfur Organo-main-group chemistry II: boron, silicon, and tin Organometallic chemistry The chemistry of life Mechanisms in biological chemistry Natural products Polymerization Organic chemistry today Index 1 16 19 47 81 113 135 151 181 209 227 243 279 305 339 361 381 407 447 477 503 523 547 581 615 643 663 689 723 749 771 803 823 851 881 905 943 969 1003 1019 1053 1079 1121 1147 1185 1219 1247 1277 1311 1345 1381 1413 1451 1481 1491 Table of Contents