Carbocation Chemistry

by Olah, George A.; Prakash, G. K. Surya

• ISBN13: 9780471284901
• ISBN10: 0471284904
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

A detailed understanding of reactive intermediates is at the heart of chemical transformations, and thus of modern organic synthetic chemistry. Carbocations are electron deficient species that are the most important intermediates in organic chemistry. This comprehensive review gives practical information on the synthesis, mechanisms, and spectral studies related to carbocation chemistry * A detailed reference for all aspects of charbocation chemistry. * With numerous classical examples of studies of carbocations to serve as illustrative principles in organic and physical organic chemistry. * Provides insight into future developments in the field and practical applications.

Author Biography

GEORGE A. OLAH is the 1994 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The Director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Distinguished Loker Chair Professor at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, Dr. Olah has published close to 1,300 papers, authored or coauthored more than twenty books and monographs, and holds more than 100 patents. <BR> G. K. SURYA PRAKASH, the George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair Professor and Scientific Co-director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California, has published 480 papers, coauthored six books, and holds more than a dozen patents.

Table of Contents

Chapter-1: Historical Perspective, Peter J. Stang, University of Utah.

Chapter-2: 100 Years of Carbocations and their Significance in Chemistry, George A. Olah, University of Southern California.

Chapter-3: Zwitterionic "Neutral" and "Anionic" Carbocationic Analogs, Chaitanya S. Wannere;  Zhongfang Chen, Paul von R. Schleyer,  The University  of Georgia.

Chapter-4: Recent Studies of Carbocations and Carbodications, G. K. Surya Prakash, University   of Southern California and V. Prakash Reddy, University of Missouri-Rolla.

Chapter-5: Antiaromaticity Effects in Cyclopentadienyl Carbocations and Free Radicals,   Annette D. Allen and Thomas T. Tidwell, University  of Toronto.

Chapter-6: Long-Lived Carbocations   in Cold Siberia, V. G. Shubin and G. I. Borodkin, N. N. Vorozhtsov Institute of Organic Chemistry, Novosibirsk.

Chapter-7: Polyfluorinated Carbocations, Vitalij D. Shtengarts, N. N. Vorozhtsov Institute of Organic Chemistry, Novosibirk

Chapter-8: Carbocations, Fast Rearrangement Reactions an d the Isotopic Perturbation Method, Martin Saunders, Yale University   and Olga Kronja, University of Zagreb.

Chapter-9: Stable Ion Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; ModelingElectrophiles from Carcinogens, Kenneth Laali, Kent State University.

Chapter-10: Chromium Tricarbony l CoordinatedCarbocations, Kenneth N. Houk, Bruce Hiebrink and Craig A. Merlich, University of California, Los Angeles.

Chapter-11: Carbocations in Gold Chemistry, Hubert Schmidbaur and Keith A. Porter, Technical University, Mnich.

Chapter-12: Proton Exchange between Strong Acids and Alkanes, Jean Sommer and Alain Goeppert, University   of Louis Pasteur.

Chapter-13: Electrophilicity Scales for Carbocations, Herbert Mayr and Armin R. Ofial, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit„t Mnchen.

Chapter-14: Organic Synthesis in Superacids, Jean-Claude Jacquesy, University of Poitiers.