Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis [Hardcover]

Bradford P. Mundy (Author), Michael G. Ellerd (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471836265 | ISBN-13: 978-0471836261 | Publication Date: July 1988 | Edition: 1

Current indexing schemes do not list reactions and reagents as commonly as they used to. This volume is an up-to-date and concise compilation of the most commonly used and widely known name reactions and reagents in modern synthetic organic chemistry. Reactions are listed alphabetically, each listing providing either an accepted or proposed mechanism, secondary information, and four to five referenced examples. Reactions are cross-referenced to Jerry March's Advanced Organic Chemistry. The second section lists reagents alphabetically, each entry giving structure, physical properties, major uses, preparation and commercial availability, necessary precautions, secondary information, and four to five referenced examples. Reagents are cross-referenced to the Fieser & Fieser series, Reagents for Organic Synthesis, through volume 12.

Editorial Reviews

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"The number and range of reactions covered makes the book a valuable resource for readers ranging from beginning graduate students to professionals wrestling with real problems." (Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals, Volume 457, 2006)

"The breath of coverage extends well beyond the confines of a typical undergraduate-beginning graduate organic chemistry course...a launching point to a vast array of named chemical reactions." (Journal of Chemical Education, December 2005)

"Users of this well-known collection of organic name reactions will appreciate this updated edition...this comprehensive book contains a wealth of information...highly recommended." (CHOICE, November 2005)

"...compiles and organizes the most significant organic synthesis advances to date...belongs in all  academic and research environments engaged in organic chemistry." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, September 22, 2005)

“…excellent value for the money…will play a significant role as a reference work in the academic and professional realm.” (Organische Chemie, 6^th September 2005)

"…a homerun in the now competitive arena of named reactions texts." (Journal of Natural Products, August 2005)

"I found the volume extremely useful and recommend it without reservation to all organic chemists, particularly those whose work includes synthesis design." (Synthesis, April 2006) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher

Current indexing schemes do not list reactions and reagents as commonly as they used to. This volume is an up-to-date and concise compilation of the most commonly used and widely known name reactions and reagents in modern synthetic organic chemistry. Reactions are listed alphabetically, each listing providing either an accepted or proposed mechanism, secondary information, and four to five referenced examples. Reactions are cross-referenced to Jerry March's Advanced Organic Chemistry. The second section lists reagents alphabetically, each entry giving structure, physical properties, major uses, preparation and commercial availability, necessary precautions, secondary information, and four to five referenced examples. Reagents are cross-referenced to the Fieser & Fieser series, Reagents for Organic Synthesis, through volume 12.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition (July 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471836265
• ISBN-13: 978-0471836261
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,852,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Game, April 5, 2006

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craig stamp "stampy's soapbox" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis (Hardcover)

Tetris move over Mundy's got a new game. How do you make science fun? You make a game of it. This is exactly what we do in our lab, we use this book as a game. We open up to a random page to see if there is an error, and most times (the guy shouting behind is saying every time) we are not dissapointed. This book is useful in that it has contemporary examples, where March does not, however, the number of errors makes this book useless for somebody who is trying to learn the material for the first time. Zero stars for accuracy, five stars for entertainment.
Here is the Gauntlet!!!
Page 425 (meta photoaddition) TL 44 2011. product- wrong structure
Page 365 (Knoevenagel condensation)TL,45, 3999. Ugi-Knoevenagel Rxn starting material aniline derivative does not have a NITROGEN.
Page 428 (Michael addition) JACS, 125, 15837. Not a Dicobalt product. It is a ester. Page 429 Robinson annulation Not a Michael addition
Page 487 (pauson-khand)OL, 5,3491. SM is an allene so the product is missing an alkene in the seven membered ring.
Page 176 (Corey-Fuchs reaction) Seyferth protocol: reasonance structures are wrong. They are missing a hydrogen atom. Thus the rest of the mechanism is wrong.
Page 235 (Evans chiral Auxillaries) Typos of Me and Et
Page 44 (Arndt-Eistert homologation) It is supposed to be a carbene so why is there two lone pairs. The Kowalski Ester Homologation: Should be LiCHBr2 not LiCHBR2 and after the rxn arrow the addition component should be CHBr2 addition not CH2Br.
Page 459 (Nenitzescu indole synthesis) If it is a indole synthesis they all should have indole products. One product is drawn as an indene. Also in the solid phase example the intermediate is wrong. The solid phase linker is connected to the amide not the aromatic ring.
Page 47 (Aza-cope) It's supposed to be formic acid quenching the rxn not peroxyformic acid.
Page 445 (Myers-Saito cyclization) Jacs 118, 10783. Starting material has 17 carbons - product has 18 carbons. One of them is wrong
peace
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dissapointed, March 20, 2000

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Daniel J. Micco (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis (Hardcover)

I bought this book as required for my organic synthesis course. I am dissapointed with how little detail is given for each mechanism. Also the examples given are also very difficult to work out and no solution is given for each example.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book., December 16, 1999

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A graduate student (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis (Hardcover)

March's book is a tome, so I'm not sure how you could not use most of the same kinds of reactions that March uses. March's book is comprehensive, but Mundy and Ellerd's book is not bad because it is not comprehensive. It is what it says it is- a complilation of name reactions. It doesn't go into as much detail as March does, but it puts the name reactions in a nice format, and that's just fine and dandy if that's how you're trying to go about things. They put the name reactions in alphabetical order, give a generic reaction, a mechanism, and many examples of that kind of reaction.