Comprehensive organic reactions in aqueous media /
[Book]
Chao-Jun Li, Tak-Hang Chan
2nd ed
Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Interscience,
c2007
xvi, 417 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Previously published: Organic reactions in aqueous media / Chao-Jun Li, Tak-Hang Chan, New York : Wiley, c1997
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 --
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) --