Advanced Organic Chemistry

Part A of a new edition of a two-volume text on organic chemistry that aims to solidify and extend the student's understanding of basic concepts and to illustrate how structural changes influence mechanism and reactivity. In this volume, Francis A. Carey and Richard J. Sundberg (U. of Virginia) update the fundamental topics of structure and mechanism. Topics include molecular structure (chemical bonding, stereochemistry, and conformation); methods for characterization of reaction mechanisms; aromaticity; fundamental reaction types (nucleophilic substitution, addition and elimination, carbanions, carbonyl chemistry, aromatic substitution, pericyclic and free radical reactions, and photochemistry). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.