1st Edition

Carbocation Chemistry Applications in Organic Synthesis

Edited By Jie Jack Li Copyright 2017
    224 Pages
    by CRC Press

    222 Pages 379 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Carbocation chemistry is not only fundamental to the advancement of organic chemistry, it also has found widespread applications in organic synthesis. It is not an exaggeration to say that carbocation chemistry is part of the foundation of organic chemistry. Carbocation Chemistry: Applications in Organic Synthesis provides a panoramic view of carbocation chemistry with an emphasis on synthetic applications.

    This book is an invaluable tool for organic, medicinal and analytical chemists, including those working in biochemistry as well as the petroleum, plastics and pharmaceutical industries. It is also suitable for upper level undergraduates and graduates in organic chemistry, biochemistry and medicinal chemistry.



    Chapter 1. Introduction





    1. Nomenclature, Structure, and Stability


    2. Generation of Carbocations


    3. The Non-Classical Ion Controversy


    4. Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes


    5. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution


    6. Elimination reactions


    7. Rearrangement Reactions of Carbocations


    8. References




    Chapter 2. Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution – SN1





    1. Introduction


    2. -Activated Alcohols—Brønsted Acids


    3. -Activated Alcohols—Lewis Acids


    4. Alkylation of Aldehydes and Ketones


    5. Glycosylation


    6. Friedel–Crafts Alkylation and Acylation


    7. Electrophilic Fluorination Using Fluoronium Ion


    8. Miscellaneous SN1-related Reactions


    9. References




    Chapter 3. Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution – SN2





    1. Construction of Quaternary Stereogenic Centers


    2. Sulfur Chemistry


    3. Organometallic Chemistry


    4. Macrocyclization


    5. Glycosylation


    6. Nucleoside Analogues


    7. N-Alkylation


    8. Cyclotetraphosphazenes


    9. Conformationally Locked Tetrahydropyran Ring


    10. The Ionic Liquid Effect


    11. Silver Chemistry


    12. References


    Chapter 4. Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes





    1. Introduction


    2. Cyclopropanation


    3. Hydroboration/Oxidation


    4. The Pauson–Khand Reaction


    5. Prins Reaction


    6. Schmidt Reaction


    7. Halogenation


    8. Oxymercuration/Reduction


    9. Epoxidation


    10. Gold-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydration


    11. Conclusion


    12. References




    Chapter 5. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution





    1. Introduction


    2. Nitration


    3. Halogenation


    4. Friedel–Crafts Alkylation


    5. Friede

    Biography

    Jie Jack Li earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1995 at Indiana University. After a stint as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, he worked as a medicinal chemist at Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1997 to 2012. Since then he has been an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of San Francisco teaching organic and medicinal chemistry. He has published 23 books ranging from organic and medicinal chemistry, to the history of drug discovery.