The Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds and Derivatives

Paulo Costa, Ronaldo Pilli, Sergio Pinheiro, Peter Bakuzis

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781788019323
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Scienze fisiche
• Subtopic: Chimica organica

Originally published in Portuguese, this book is divided into three sections: the chemistry of aldehydes, ketones, nitriles, imines and derivatives; the chemistry of carboxylic and carbonic acids and derivatives; and the chemistry of alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyls. The authors have merged aspects of valence bond and molecular orbital theories in order to discuss structural and physico-chemical properties and reactivity and stereochemical outcomes of the most relevant reactions for these functional groups.

The book provides representative experimental procedures for key reactions; highlights to contextualize the concepts; properties (industrial applications, biochemical significance and catalytic developments in order to cope with the major tenets of the green chemistry approach) and includes some biographical notes for the scientists who contributed to this field. It will help advanced level undergraduate and graduate students to understand and become well acquainted with the reactions of carbonyl compounds and derivatives. The integrated approach is considered an attractive feature of this book since students receive relatively little exposure to molecular orbital theory at the undergraduate level. The juxtaposition of conventional valence bond theory with molecular orbital theory fills a largely unmet pedagogical niche.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Preface
• Author Biographies
• Contents
• 1 Aldehydes, Ketones, Imines and Nitriles
• 2 Chemical Reactivity
• 3 Nucleophilic Additions to Aldehydes, Ketones, Imines, and Nitriles
• 4 a-Substitution in Carbonyl Compounds and Derivatives
• 5 Carboxylic Acids, Carbonic Acid and Derivatives
• 6 Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives: General Chemical Reactivity
• 7 Addition–Elimination Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
• 8 a-Substitution Reactions in Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
• 9 a,ß-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
• 10 Nucleophilic Addition to a,ß-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
• 11 Reduction and Oxidation of Carbonyl Compounds and Derivatives
• Additional Reading
• Subject Index