Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis

by Bradford P. Mundy, Michael G. Ellerd

Current indexing schemes do not list reactions and reagents as commonly as they used to. This volume is an up-to-date and concise compilation of the most commonly used and widely known name reactions and reagents in modern synthetic organic chemistry. Reactions are listed alphabetically, each listing providing either an accepted or proposed mechanism, secondary information, and four to five referenced examples. Reactions are cross-referenced to Jerry March's Advanced Organic Chemistry . The second section lists reagents alphabetically, each entry giving structure, physical properties, major uses, preparation and commercial availability, necessary precautions, secondary information, and four to five referenced examples. Reagents are cross-referenced to the Fieser & Fieser series, Reagents for Organic Synthesis, through volume 12.

Genres: Chemistry

560 pages, Hardcover

First published August 10, 1988

Reviews

[Anton Dubrovskiy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice encyclopedia-type book. All of it is dubbed in March's Organic Chemistry.
1st half - Name reactions (mechanism + examples), dubbed in Li's book;
2nd half - Reagents (examples), Spotlight (part of Synlett) has a similar idea and more examples.
All in all, an update since 1988 is needed.