Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2015
An annual survey covering the literature dated January to December 2015
Organic Reaction Mechanisms Series

Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2015, the 51st annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2015. The following classes of organic reaction mechanisms are comprehensively reviewed:

• Reaction of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives
• Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives
• Oxidation and Reduction
• Carbenes and Nitrenes
• Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
• Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
• Carbocations
• Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution
• Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution
• Elimination Reactions
• Polar Addition Reactions
• Cycloaddition Reactions
• Molecular Rearrangements

An experienced team of authors compile these reviews every year, so that the reader can rely on a continuing quality of selection and presentation.

1. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and Their Derivatives by B. A. Murray 1

2. Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives by C. T. Bedford 73

3. Oxidation and Reduction by R. N. Mehrotra 107

4. Carbenes and Nitrenes by E. Gras and S. Chassaing 219

5. Aromatic Substitution by M. R. Crampton 251

6. Carbocations by D. A. Klumpp 335

7. Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution by K. C. Westaway 365

8. Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution by M. L. Birsa 403

9. Elimination Reactions by M. L. Birsa 419

10. Addition Reactions: Polar Additions by A. C. Knipe 429

11. Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition by N. Dennis 517

12. Molecular Rearrangement by J. M. Coxon 567

Author Index 635

Subject Index 679 

Professor A.C. Knipe, School of BMS, The University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.