Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure [Paperback]

Jerry March (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471581488 | ISBN-13: 978-0471581482 | Publication Date: July 31, 1992 | Edition: 4

After four editions, it's still the reference students and professionals count on. Advanced Organic Chemistry Fourth Edition Only one reference has brought consistently incisive, up-to date, and comprehensive coverage of the most useful reactions in organic chemistry directly to the fingertips of both students and professionals: Advanced Organic Chemistry. Organized by reaction type, a feature that makes clear the basic principles underlying the nearly 580 reactions described, Advanced Organic Chemistry offers instant access to each reaction's scope, limitations, and mechanisms. Balancing timely detail and informative breadth, this new updated Fourth Edition:

• Describes the structure of organic compounds, including chemical bonding and stereochemistry
• Reviews general reaction mechanisms, including ordinary reactions and photochemical reactions
• Includes a survey of reactions, arranged by reaction type and by which bonds are broken and formed
• Includes IUPAC's newest system for designating reaction mechanisms
• Features an index to the methods used for preparing given types of compounds
• Contains more than 15,000 references-5,000 new to this edition-to original papers

Editorial Reviews

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"...the book remains tremendous value for money...more pages per buck than most other texts...so it will remain a firm favourite as a general organic text and an easy-to-use 1-volume reference...will undoubtedly appear in all organic chemistry libraries and probably on many chemists' personal bookshelves too." (Organic Process Research & Development Journal, Vol. 5, No. 6, November 2001) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Revised and updated to reflect the growth in the field, it covers the three fundamental aspects of the study of organic chemistry--reactions, mechanisms and structure. Part One explores the structure of organic compounds, providing the necessary background for understanding mechanisms. Part Two discusses reactions and mechanisms. Organized by reaction type, each of these chapters discusses the basic mechanisms along with reactivity and orientation as well as the scope and mechanisms of each reaction.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1512 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 4 edition (July 31, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471581488
• ISBN-13: 978-0471581482
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,154,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jerry March's "AOC" - The organic chemist's bible, June 5, 2000

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Michael Weber (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (Hardcover)

This book simply is "the bible" for organic chemists - it is clearly organized and has the most powerful index I have ever seen in a book. It serves well not only as a reference guide for the working chemist but also is a good book for students.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New edition well worth purchasing!!, January 22, 2001

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Tim E. "madscientist" (Winston Salem, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: March's Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure, 5th Edition (Hardcover)

As a big fan of the 4th edition, I jumped for joy when the 5th edition came out. I purchased it immediately, and I was not disappointed. It's hard to imagine beating the comprehensiveness of the past editions, but somehow Jerry has done it again! Certainly there is a lot of redundancy, but there are so many more reactions and references added that March's 5th is another must have for any serious organic chemist.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Most Comprehensive Works, November 13, 2000

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Matthew M. Yau "Voracious reader" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (Hardcover)

Updated for the continuing growth of the field, Jerry March had simply written one of the most comprehensive works in organic chemistry. The huge, thick volume might not serve as a text but rather a desktop reference. It was chosen as a course bible for my organic synthesis class.

The first part of the book deals with strcutures in organic chemistry. It serves as a prerequisite to understanding of reactions and mechanisms. This section contains information about some of the most ambiguous organic intermediates (species) such as nitrenes, carbenes, carbocations, and tautomers. One can also find detailed discussion on cis-trans isomerism and structural reactivity relations.

Part II of the volume discusses organic reactions and types of reactions in depth. Representative reactions include nucleophilic substitution, electrophilic substitution, rearrangements and radical reactions. Though March's work is self-containing as a sole reference, it is also meant to serve as a companion to major texts such as Miller's "Advanced Organic Chemistry", the double volumes of "Advanced Organic Chemistry" by Carey and Sundberg and any undergraduate introductory texts.

March's book distinguishes itself in discussion of organic named reaction such as Susuki reaction, Wolf-Kishner reduction, Swern oxidation, etc. One might often encounter difficulty in looking up named reactions. Jerry March's book will ease much of the trouble. Organic chemists and students should not miss this treasured work. Highly recommended.