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.Content: Chapter 1 Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives (pages 1–73): B. A. MurrayChapter 2 Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives (pages 75–115): C. T. BedfordChapter 3 Oxidation and Reduction (pages 117–190): R. N. MehrotraChapter 4 Carbenes and Nitrenes (pages 191–214): E. GrasChapter 5 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (pages 215–228): M. R. CramptonChapter 6 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (pages 229–256): R. G. CoombesChapter 7 Carbocations (pages 257–273): R. A. McClellandChapter 8 Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution (pages 275–310): K. C. WestawayChapter 9 Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution (pages 311–334): M. L. BirsaChapter 10 Elimination Reactions (pages 335–346): M. L. BirsaChapter 11 Addition Reactions: Polar Addition (pages 347–419): P. KocovskyChapter 12 Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition (pages 421–456): N. DennisChapter 13 Molecular Rearrangements: Part 1. Pericyclic Molecular Rearrangements (pages 457–481): S. K. ArmstrongChapter 14 Molecular Rearrangements: Part 2 (pages 483–530): J. M. Coxon