Description
Book Synopsis
A detailed understanding of reactive intermediates is at the heart of chemical transformations, and thus of modern organic synthetic chemistry. Carbocations are electron deficient species that are the most important intermediates in organic chemistry.
Trade Review
"…an excellent book, which should be in every good chemistry department library." (
Angewandte Chemie, 2005; Vol. 44; 20)
"The field continues to be of major significance and the book is a valuable volume for those who follow such charged species in catalytic reactions." (Energy Sources, June 2005)
"…a fascinating collection of review articles on this topic." (E-STREAMS, April 2005)
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Historical Perspective (Peter J. Stang).
2. 100 Years of Carbocations and Their Significance in Chemistry (George A. Olah).
3. Zwitterionic ‘‘Neutral’’ and ‘‘Anionic’’ Carbocation Analogs (Chaitanya S. Wannere, Zhongfang Chen, and Paul von Rague´ Schleyer).
4. Recent Studies of Long-Lived Carbocations and Carbodications (G. K. Surya Prakash and V. Prakash Reddy).
5. Antiaromaticity Effects in Cyclopentadienyl Carbocations and Free Radicals (Annette D. Allen and Thomas T. Tidwell).
6. Long-Lived Carbocations in Cold Siberia (Vyacheslav G. Shubin and Gennady I. Borodkin).
7. Polyfluorinated Carbocations (Vitalij D. Shteingarts).
8. Carbocations, Fast Rearrangement Reactions, and the Isotopic Perturbation Method (Martin Saunders and Olga Kronja).
9. Stable Ion Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs); Modeling Electrophiles from Carcinogens (Kenneth K. Laali).
10. Chromium Tricarbonyl–Coordinated Carbocations (Bruce N. Hietbrink, Dean J. Tantillo, Kendall N. Houk, and Craig A. Merlic).
11. Carbocations in Gold Chemistry (Hubert Schmidbaur and Keith A. Porter).
12. Proton Exchange between Strong Acids and Alkanes (Jean Sommer and Alain Goeppert).
13. Electrophilicity Scales for Carbocations (Herbert Mayr and Armin R. Ofial).
14. Organic Synthesis in Superacids (Jean-Claude Jacquesy).
Index.
