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ISBN: 9780198556725 - Reactive Intermediates
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Reactive Intermediates

Christopher J. Moody, Gordon H. Whitham

ISBN: 9780198556725
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press


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Neutral reactive intermediates play a key role in synthetic chemistry. Intended for undergraduates, this primer concentrates on this role; the important reactions of these electron-deficient species are laid out clearly, with carefully chosen examples illustrating their use in organic synthesis.

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Neutral reactive intermediates - radicals, carbenes, nitrenes, and arynes - have an interesting place within the history of organic chemistry. Once regarded as curiosities, then intensively studied from the mechanistic point of view by physical organic chemists, they now play a key role in synthetic chemistry. This concise text concentrates on the last aspect of reactive intermediate chemistry; the important reactions of these electron-deficient species are laid out clearly and simply, with carefully chosen examples illustrating their use in organic synthesis. Each chapter includes a few problems as well as suggestions for further reading, and provides undergraduates with an invaluable summary of this important topic in organic chemistry.
 
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