Comprehensive organic reactions in aqueous media / Chao-Jun Li, Tak-Hang Chan.

Author/creator Li, Chao-Jun, 1963-
Other author Chan, Tak-Hang, 1941-
Other author Li, Chao-Jun, 1963-
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2007.
Descriptionxvi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction. The structure and forms of water ; Properties of water ; Solvation ; Hydrophobic effect ; Salt effect Water under extreme conditions -- Alkanes. Oxygenation of alkanes ; Halogenation of alkanes ; Formation of carbon-carbon bonds ; D/H exchange of alkanes in water --Alkenes. Reduction ; Electrophilic additions ; Radical reactions of alkenes ; Carbene reactions ; Alkene isomerization ; Transition-metal catalyzed C-C formation reactions ; Olefin metathesis ; Reaction of allylic C-H bond -- Alkynes. Reaction of terminal alkynes ; Additions of C [triple bar] C bonds ; Transition-metal catalyzed cycloadditions ; Other reactions --
Contents Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, Thiols, and Thioethers. Oxidation of alcohols ; Substitutions/elimination ; Addition of alcohols, phenols, and thiols to alkene and alkyne bonds ; Addition of alcohols to C=O bonds: esterification and acetal formations ; Reaction of ethers and cyclic ethers ; Other reactions -- Organic halides. General ; Reduction ; Elimination reactions ; Nucleophilic substitutions ; Reductive coupling ; Carbonylation of organic halides ; Transition-metal catalyzed coupling reactions -- Aromatic compounds. General ; Substitution reactions ; Oxidation reactions ; Reductions -- Aldehdye and ketones. Reduction ; Oxidation ; Nucleophilic addition: C-C bond formation ; Pinacol coupling ; Other reactions (Halogenation and oxidation of [alpha]-H) --
Contents Carboxylic acids and derivatives. General ; Carboxylic acids ; Carboxylic acid derivatives -- Conjugated carbonyl compounds. Reduction ; Epoxidation, dihydroxylation, hydroxyamination ; Conjugate addition: heteroatom ; C-C bond formation ; Other reactions -- Conjugated carbonyl compounds. Reduction ; Epoxidation, dihydroxylation, hydroxyamination ; Conjugate addition: heteroatom ; C-C bond formation ; Other reactions -- Nitrogen compounds. Amines ; Imines ; Diazo compounds ; Azides ; Nitro compounds -- Pericyclic reactions. Introduction ; Diels-Alder reactions ; Sigmatropic rearrangements ; Photochemical cycloaddition reactions.
General notePreviously published: Organic reactions in aqueous media / Chao-Jun Li, Tak-Hang Chan, New York : Wiley, c1997.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006034748
ISBN9780471761297
ISBN047176129X