Categories: Organic Chemistry >> Synthesis
Domino Reactions in Organic Synthesis
Lutz F. Tietze, Gordon Brasche, Kersten Gericke
Hardcover, 617 Pages
First Edition, 2006
ISBN: 3-527-29060-5
Wiley-VCH
Description
Domino reactions enable you to build complex structures in one-pot reactions - a dream come true. This book provides comprehensive knowledge of this hot field in modern organic chemistry. An approach for an efficiant, economically benificial and ecological benign synthesis.
Editorial Review
The phrase "Domino Reactions" comes from an analogy with a row of domino tiles that falls down sequentially, and refers to a sequence in which chemical bonds are formed one after another. The formation of more than one inter- or intramolecular bond in a single synthesis step enables the elaboration of most highly complex molecules.
The book "Domino Reactions in Organic Synthesis" organizes these reactions according to mechanistic principles in chapters with such titles as “Anionic Domino Reactions”, in which the fundamentals are first explained, followed by several examples from the current literature that await discovery by the reader. It makes sense to classify the reactions from a mechanistic perspective, and provide a brief introduction for each; this is probably the only meaningful way to present these transformations. This monograph is thus better viewed as a textbook or as a source of original ideas rather than as a traditional reference work.
However, it should be emphasized that there are in excess of 1000
literature citations to be found in this book. The majority of the reaction
examples are moreover accompanied by mechanistic explanations, so that the
reader gleans detailed insights into the design of these domino reactions.
Even when the molecules presented are rather complex, one still gains a
deep-seated understanding of the mechanisms involved, which will be an
advantage when drawing upon one’s own creativity.
This book is aimed at advanced students who are interested in
natural
product synthesis, but also at the chemists working in research and
development who wish to employ these extraordinary reactions to generate
complex molecules. Several hundred target structures are included, and
certainly the value of this monograph lies in its organization and in the
detailed mechanistic presentations. In addition, readers will find
themselves astounded by several of the complicated reactions that are
covered, which makes this book a very interesting read!
Contents
Introduction
Cationic Transformations
Anionic Transformations
Radical Transformations
Transformations with Carbenes and Nitrenes
Pericyclic Transformations
Photochemical Transformations
Transition Metal Catalysed Transformations
Rearrangements
Fragmentations
Reductions
Oxidations