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This textbook provides a simple approach to understand the various complex aspects of stereochemistry. It deals with basic static stereochemistry and gives an overview of the different isomeric forms and nomenclatures. With simple writing style and many examples, this book covers the topics such as stereochemistry of hydrocarbons, alkenes, cycloalkenes, optically active compounds, trivalent carbon, fused, bridged and caged rings and related compounds. This textbook also covers the additional topics such as optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism, steroechemistry of elimination reactions, substitution reactions, rearrangement reactions and pericyclic reactions. The book includes pedagogical features like end-of-chapter problems and key concepts to help students in self-learning. The textbook is extremely useful for the senior undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing course in chemistry, especially organic chemistry. Besides, this book will also be a useful reference book for professionals working in various chemical industries, biotechnology, bioscience and pharmacy.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2.- Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds Containing Carbon- Carbon Single Bonds (Hydrocarbons) 3.- Stereochemistry of Organic Alicyclic Compounds Containing Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds (Alkenes and Cycloalkenes) 4.- Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds containing Asymmetric Carbon 5.- Symmetry Elements 6.- Stereochemistry of Optically Active Compounds having no Asymmetric Carbon Atoms 7.- Stereochemistry of Trivalent Carbon 8.- Stereochemistry of Fused, Bridged and Caged Rings and Related Compounds 9.- Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism 10.- Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions 11.- Stereochemistry of Elimination Reactions 12.- Stereochemistry of Substitution Reactions 13.- Stereochemistry of Rearrangement Reactions 14.- Stereochemistry of Pericyclic Reactions 15.- Stereochemistry of Some Compound Containing Heteroatoms 16.- Stereochemistry of Some Heterocyclic Compounds 17.- Stereochemistry of Some Biomolecules 18.- Stereoselective Synthesis 19.- Enantioselective- Stereoselective Organic Reactions.
About the author
Dr. V.K. Ahluwalia was a Professor of Chemistry at Delhi University for more than three decades teaching Graduate, Postgraduate and M.Phil. Students. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow between 1960 and 1962 and worked with renowned global names from prestigious international universities. He was a visiting professor of Biomedical Research at University of Delhi. Dr Ahluwalia is widely regarded as a leading subject expert in chemistry and allied subjects along with being a "Choice Award for an Outstanding Academic Title" winner. He has published more than 100 titles. Apart from books, he has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals.
