A Guide book to Mechanism in organic chemistry/
Sykes,Peter,ed.
- 6th .ed.
- Delhi: Pearson, 1986.
- 415p.
Foreword by Professor Lord Todd, O.M., P.P.R.S. Preface to sixth edition 1 Structure, reactivity, and mechanism 2 Energetics, kinetics, and the investigation of mechanism 3 The strengths of acids and bases 4 Nucleophilic substitution at a saturated carbon atom 5 Carbocations, electron-deficient N and O atoms and their reactions 6 Electrophilic and nucleophilic substitution in aromatic systems 7 Electrophilic and nucleophilic addition to C=C 8 Nucleophilic addition to C=0 9 Elimination reactions 10 Carbanions and their reactions 11 Radicals and their reactions 12 Symmetry controlled reactions 13 Linear free energy relationships Select bibliography Index