Table of Contents

1: Description and investigation of organic reaction mechanisms 2: Nucleophilic substitution at saturated carbon 3: Elimination reactions to give alkenes 4: Reactions of nucleophiles with carbonyl compounds 5: Additions to carbon-carbon multiple bonds Glossary of terms

Reviews

`Teachers ... should benefit from an alternative book on mechanisms, with its incorporation of reaction maps and modern vocabulary, eg nucleofuges.'
Alan Dronsfield, Education in Chemistry, November 1997
`'...concise introduction to important mechanisms of organic reactions...Howard Maskill deosn't just describe mechanisms, he also indicates the type of evidence on which they are based, and encourages his readers tow eigh the evidence careflly.''
New Scientist