A. C. Knipe and W. E. Watts, both of University of Coleraine, UK

Surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the literature dated December 1996 to November 1997. This is the thirty third volume in this highly successful and well respected series that provides a guide to all the most recent developments in organic chemistry.

Each year researchers discover new mechanisms for the synthesis of all types of organic compounds. This volume as in previous years includes such mechanisms as addition and elimination reactions, nucleophilic and electrophilic aromatic substitutions and molecular rearrangements.

Each chapter deals with specific reaction types, reviewing the year's developments in the area and is extensively referenced to previous volumes and primary journals. Author and subject indexes are also provided for rapid searching.

Full table of Contents

1. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives
2. Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives
3. Oxidation and Reduction
4. Carbenes and Nitrenes
5. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
6. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
7. Carbocations
8. Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution
9. Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution
10. Elimination Reactions
11. Addition Reactions: Polar Addition
12. Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition
13. Molecular Rearrangements