Molecular Design of Tautomeric Compounds: Understanding Chemical Reactivity, cartea 3

1. The Problem of Tautomerism.- 1. Tautomerism as Dynamic Isomerism.- 2. Degenerate Tautomerism.- 3. Methods for Investigating Tautomeric Systems.- 4. Butlerov’s and Laar’s Tautomeric Systems.- 5. Tautomerism and the Mechanisms of Organic Reactions.- 6. Classification of Tautomeric Reactions.- 7. Conclusion.- References.- 2. Carbonotropy.- 1. The Problem of Carbonotropy.- 2. Sigmatropic Acyl and Aryl Rearrangements.- 3. Acylotropic Tautomerism.- 4. Tautomeric Rearrangements of Aryl Groups.- 5. Carbonotropic Tautomerism in Ions, Radicals and Cyclopolyenes.- References.- 3. General Principles of the Design of Tautomeric Systems.- 1. Possibilities of Quantum Mechanical Prediction of Tautomeric Reactions.- 2. Stereochemical Approach to the Design of Tautomeric Compounds.- References.- 4. The Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Substitution at the Main Group Element and Design of Intramolecular Tautomeric Systems.- 1. Tautomeric Rearrangements of Carbon-containing Groups.- 2. Silylotropic Tautomerism.- 3. Tautomeric Migrations of Phosphorus-containing Groups.- 4. Tautomeric Rearrangements of As-containing Groups.- 5. Tautomeric Rearrangements of Sulfur-containing Groups.- References.- 5. Dyotropic and Polytropic Tautomeric Systems.- 1. Scope and Definition.- 2. The Mechanism and Energetics of the Dyotropic Reactions.- References.- 6. Dissociative and Photochemical Mechanisms of Intramolecular Tautomerism.- 1. Heterolytic Dissociative Mechanism.- 2. Homolytic Dissociative Mechanism.- 3. Ion-Radical Mechanism.- 4. Photo-Initiated Carbonotropic Rearrangements.- References.

`... provides a well-organized discussion of a large number of tautomeric transformations, many of them observed only during the last ten years.'
`Overall, this is a highly useful and timely textbook that makes interesting reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in (physical) organic chemistry. The book is recommended, not only for personal purchase, but also for inclusion in all major chemical library collections.'
Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, Vol. 107, No. 5, May 1988