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Arrow-Pushing in Organic Chemistry

An Easy Approach to Understanding Reaction Mechanisms

Levy, Daniel E.

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2. Edition May 2017
424 Pages, Softcover
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ISBN: 978-1-118-99132-9
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Organic chemistry is required coursework for degrees in life, food, and medical sciences. To help the students discouraged by the belief that this topic cannot be mastered without significant memorization, Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry serves as a handy supplement for understanding the subject.

* Includes new chapters, an expanded index, and additional problem sets complete with detailed solutions
* Focuses on understanding the mechanics and logic of organic reaction mechanisms
* Introduces ionic and non-ionic reactive species and reaction mechanisms
* Teaches strategies to predict reactive species, sites of reactions, and reaction products
* Provides a solid foundation upon which organic chemistry students can advance with confidence

About the Author

Preface

Acknowledgements

Periodic Table of the Elements

Chapter1: Introduction

1.1 Definition of Arrow Pushing

1.2 Functional Groups

1.3 Nucleophiles and Leaving Groups

1.4 Summary

1.5 Problems

Chapter 2: Free Radicals

2.1 What are Free Radicals?

2.2 How are Free Radicals Formed?

2.3 Free Radical Stability

2.4 What Types of Reactions Involve Free Radicals?

2.5 Summary

2.6 Problems

Chapter 3: Acids

3.1 What are acids?

3.2 What is resonance?

3.3 How is acidity measured?

3.4 Relative acidities

3.5 Inductive Effects

3.6 Inductive Effects and Relative Acidities

3.7 Relative acidities of hydrocarbons

3.8 Summary

3.9 Problems

Chapter 4: Bases and Nucleophiles

4.1 What are bases?

4.2 What are nucleophiles?

4.3 Leaving Groups

4.4 Summary

4.5 Problems

Chapter 5: SN2 Substitution Reactions

5.1 What is an SN2 reaction?

5.2 What are leaving groups?

5.3 Where can SN2 reactions occur?

5.4 SN2' reactions

5.5 Summary

5.6 Problems

Chapter 6: SN1 Substitution Reactions

6.1 What is an SN1 reaction?

6.2 How are SN1 reactions initiated?

6.3 The carbocation

6.4 Carbocation rearrangements

6.5 Summary

6.6 Problems

Chapter 7: Elimination Reactions

7.1 E1 Eliminations

7.2 E1cb Eliminations

7.3 E2 Eliminations

7.4 How do elimination reactions work?

7.5 E1cb Eliminations vs. E2 Eliminations

7.6 Summary

7.7 Problems

Chapter 8: Addition Reactions

8.1 Addition of Halogens to Double Bonds

8.2 Markovnikov's Rule

8.3 Additions to carbonyls

8.4 Summary

8.5 Problems

Chapter 9: Carbenes

9.1 What are carbenes?

9.2 How are carbenes formed?

9.3 Reactions with carbenes

9.4 Carbenes vs. Carbenoids

9.5 Summary

9.6 Problems

Chapter 10: Pericyclic Reactions

10.1 What are pericyclic reactions?

10.2 Electrocyclic Reactions

10.3 Cycloaddition Reactions

10.4 Sigmatropic Rearrangements

10.5 Summary

10.6 Problems

Chapter 11: Moving Forward

11.1 Functional Group Manipulations

11.2 Name Reactions

11.3 Reagents

11.4 Final Comments

11.5 Problems

Appendix 1 - pKa Values of Protons Associated with Common Functional Groups

Appendix 2 - Answers and Explanations to Problems

Chapter 1 Solutions

Chapter 2 Solutions

Chapter 3 Solutions

Chapter 4 Solutions

Chapter 5 Solutions

Chapter 6 Solutions

Chapter 7 Solutions

Chapter 8 Solutions

Chapter 9 Solutions

Chapter 10 Solutions

Chapter 11 Solutions

Appendix 3 - Student Reaction Glossary

Index
DANIEL E. LEVY, PhD, is the owner of DEL BioPharma LLC, USA. He previously worked at Glycomed, COR Therapeutics, Scios, and Intradigm. Dr. Levy developed, with Dr. Péter Fügedi, short courses entitled "Modern Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry" and "The Organic Chemistry of Sugars." He has three books to his credit, including the rst edition of Arrow-Pushing in Organic Chemistry (Wiley, 2008). He received his bachelors in chemistry from the University of California- Berkeley and his doctorate in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

D. E. Levy, Scios, Inc