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A handy desktop reference for organic chemists to browse new reactions and transformations of interest
The Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods series facilitates the working chemist's search for the most useful functional group transformations in organic chemistry. Drawn from a comprehensive survey of the literature from 2005-8, this
Volume 13 contains both functional group transformations and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions and presents examples of published reactions for the preparation of monofunctional compounds. Author Michael Smith uses criteria for listing reactions that examines the real synthetic utility of the reaction, as well as the use of reagents that are either readily available or easily prepared and handled in the laboratory.
Among many other subjects, Volume 13 covers:
- Alkynes
- Alcohols and Thiols
- Alkyls, Methylenes, and Aryls
- Carboxylic Acids, Esters and Amides
- Ethers, Epoxides, and Thioethers
- Halides and Sulfonates
- Hydrides
- Alkenes
- Oxides
- Difunctional Compounds
Volume 13 presents about 2,500 examples of published reactions for the preparation of monofunctional compounds, updating the more than 18,000 examples in Volumes 1-12. It also contains about 1,000 examples of reactions for preparing difunctional compounds within various functional groups, updating the more than 10,000 examples in Volumes 1-12. Volume 13 adds 99 pertinent reviews, long a feature of this series, in various sections. A useful alphabetical list of all cited authors follows chapter 16.
The organizational scheme classifies chemical transformations first by reaction of the functional group of starting material, then by functional group formed in order to provide for quick reference and information retrieval. In addition, indices for mono- and difunctional compounds efficiently guide the user to specific classes of transformations.
Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods, Volume 13 provides a highly focused source of information on the methods, reactions, and transformations in contemporary organic chemistry for the working chemist and student alike.
List of contents
Preface vii
Introduction ix
Index, Monofunctional Compounds xvii
Index, Difunctional Compounds xix
Abbreviations xxi
About the Author xxv
1 Preparation of Alkynes 1
2 Preparation of Acid Derivatives 13
3 Preparation of Acohols 21
4 Preparation of Aldehydes 75
5 Preparation of Alkyls, Methylenes, and Arkyls 89
6 Preparation of Amides 225
7 Preparation of Amines 259
8 Preparation of Esters 303
9 Preparation of Ethers, Epoxides, and Thioethers 325
10 Preparation of Halides and Sulfonates 351
11 Preparation of Hydrides 365
12 Preparation of Ketones 371
13 Preparation of Nitriles 399
14 Preparation of Alkenes 409
15 Preparation of Oxides 433
16 Preparation of Difunctional Compounds 445
Author Index 629
About the author
Michael B. Smith is a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut. He is the lead coauthor of the fifth and sixth editions and author of the seventh edition of
March's Advanced Organic Chemistry and the author of the previous 6 volumes of the
Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods (Wiley) as well as several other monographs. Professor Smith is the author of 23 books, including monographs and textbooks at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
Summary
The Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods facilitates the search for functional group transformations in the original literature of organic chemistry. Like preceding volumes in this series, this new one acts as a handy desktop reference for organic chemists to browse new reactions and transformations of interest.
