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Guidebook to organic synthesis / Raymond K. Mackie, David M. Smith and R. Alan Aitken.

By: Mackie, Raymond K. (Raymond Keith), 1937-.
Contributor(s): Aitken, R. Alan (Robert Alan), 1958- | Smith, D. M. (David Macdonald), 1938-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Longman, 1999Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xiv, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0582290937 : (No price); 9780582290938.Subject(s): Organic compounds -- Synthesis | Organic chemistry | ScienceDDC classification: 547.2 MAC Summary: Synthesis has always occupied a central position in organic chemistry and is, therefore, a core constituent of undergraduate chemistry courses. The 3rd edition of this guide has been revised to take into account recent developments in the field.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Revised to take account of recent developments in the late-1990s, this text provides information on organic synthesis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Synthesis has always occupied a central position in organic chemistry and is, therefore, a core constituent of undergraduate chemistry courses. The 3rd edition of this guide has been revised to take into account recent developments in the field.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Functionalisation and Interconversion of Functional Groups
  • 3 Formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds: The Principles
  • 4 Formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds: Reactions of Organometallic Compounds
  • 5 Formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds: the Use of Stabilised Carbanions and Related Nucleophiles
  • 6 Formation of Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds: the Principles
  • 7 Ring Closure (and Ring Opening)
  • 8 Reduction
  • 9 Oxidation
  • 10 Protective Groups
  • 11 Boron Reagents
  • 12 Phosphorus Reagents
  • 13 Silicon Reagents
  • 14 Selenium Reagents
  • 15 Asymmetric Synthesis
  • 16 Selected Synthesis
  • Futher Reading
  • References
  • Index