Preface xi

1 Introduction 1

Part I Nucleophilic Reactions 9
2 Reactions of Alkylating Compounds (A) with Nucleophilic Agents (1-5) 13
3 Reactions of Electrophilic Compounds Containing a Double Bond Between Atoms of Different Electronegativity (B) with Nucleophilic Agents (1-5) 49
4 Reactions of Electrophilic Alkenes (C) with Nucleophilic Agents (1-5) 83
5 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds (D) with Nucleophilic Agents (1-5) 93
6 Reactions of Compounds with an Electrophilic Center on a Heteroatom (E) with Nucleophilic Agents (1-5) 105

Part II Electrophilic Reactions 111
7 Interactions of Nucleophilic Compounds (A-C) with Inorganic Cations (1) 123
8 Interactions of Nucleophilic Compounds (A-C) with Uncharged Electrophilic Agents (2) 125
9 Reactions of Nucleophilic Compounds (A-C) with Carbocations (3) 127
10 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds (D) with Electrophilic Agents (1-3) 147
11 Reactions of Nucleophilic Compounds (A-D) with Organic Cations with a Charge on a Heteroatom (4) 177
12 Reactions of Nucleophilic Compounds (A-D) with Electrophilic Carbenes (5) 181
13 Rearrangements of Electron-deficient Nitrogen Compounds 191
14 Reactions of Alkenes with Uncharged Electrophilic Agents 193

Part III Reactions Involving Radicals 195
15 Methods of Radicals Generation 199
16 Substitution Reactions 205
17 Radical Addition to Unsaturated Bonds 217

Part IV Pericyclic Reactions 221
18 Diels-Alder Reaction 223
19 1,3-dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions 229
20 [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions 237
21 Ene Reactions 239
22 Sigmatropic Rearrangements 243

Further Reading 247
Index 249