Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry APL

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Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Volume 22

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Contents

Contributors to Volume 22

Chapter 1. Intramolecular Reactions of Chain Molecules

1. Introduction

2. General background. Basic concepts and definitions

3. Hypothetical cyclisation reactions

4. Cyclisation reactions in solution

5. EM and transition state structure

6. EM and the synthesis of ring compounds

Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Proton Transfer between Oxygen and Nitrogen Acids and Bases in Aqueous Solution

1. Introduction. 2. Simple proton transfers of oxygen and nitrogen acids

3. Proton transfer along hydrogen bonds

4. Proton removal from intramolecular hydrogen bonds

5. Hindered proton transfer from molecular cavities

6. Multiple proton transfers

7. Future work

Chapter 3. Organic Reactivity in Aqueous Micelles and SimiIar Assemblies

1. Introduction

2. Micellar structure and ion binding

3. Quantitative treatments of rates and equilibria

4. Spontaneous, unimolecular and water-catalysed reactions

5. The source of micellar rate enhancements

6. Functional micelles and comicelles. 7. Micellar effects on acid-base equilibria

8. Reactions in non-micellar aggregates

9. Stereochemical effects

10. Applications in synthetic and analytical chemistry

Appendix

Chapter 4. Structure and Reactivity of Carbenes having Aryl Substituents

1. Introduction

2. Orbitals and energetics of carbenes

3. The menagerie of aromatic carbenes

4. Experimental investigation of chemical and physical properties of carbenes

5. The structure and reactivity of aromatic carbenes

6. Understanding the properties of aryl-substituted carbenes

7. Conclusions

Author Index. Cumulative Index of Authors

Cumulative lndex of Titles