A. C. Knipe 
Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2009 
An annual survey covering the literature dated January to December 2009

Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2009, the 45th annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2009. The following classes of organic reaction mechanisms are comprehensively reviewed:

* Reaction of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives

* Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives

* Oxidation and Reduction

* Carbenes and Nitrenes

* Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

* Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

* Carbocations

* Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution

* Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution

* Elimination Reactions

* Polar Addition Reactions

* Cycloaddition 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. This volume includes a 5-year cumulative index.

Table des matières

1. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives by
B. A. Murray 1

2. Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and
their Derivatives by C. T. Bedford 75

3. Oxidation and Reduction by R. N. Mehrotra 117

4. Carbenes and Nitrenes by E. Gras 191

5. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution by M. R. Crampton
215

6. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution by R. G. Coombes
229

7. Carbocations by R. A. Mc Clelland 257

8. Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution by K. C. Westaway
275

9. Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution by M.
L. Birsa 311

10. Elimination Reactions by M. L. Birsa 335

11. Addition Reactions: Polar Addition by P. Kocovsky
347

12. Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition by N. Dennis
421

13. Molecular Rearrangements: Part 1. Pericyclic Molecular
Rearrangements by S. K. Armstrong 457

14. Molecular Rearrangements: Part 2 by J. M. Coxon
483

Author Index 531

Cumulative Subject Index, 2005-2009 571

A propos de l’auteur

Professor A.C. Knipe, School of BMS, The University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.