Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2009: An annual survey covering the literature dated January to December 2009

Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2005, the 41st annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2007. The following classes of organic reaction mechanisms are comprehensively reviewed:Reaction of Aldehydes and Ketones and their DerivativesReactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their DerivativesOxidation and ReductionCarbenes and NitrenesNucleophilic Aromatic SubstitutionElectrophilic Aromatic SubstitutionCarbocationsNucleophilic Aliphatic SubstitutionCarbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic SubstitutionElimination ReactionsPolar Addition ReactionsCycloaddition ReactionsMolecular 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. All reaction mechanisms leading to stereospecific products are highlighted. Detailed author and subject indexes help the reader to find the information they are looking for.

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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. McClelland 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. Molecula r 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