1 Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and Their Derivatives 1
M. G. Moloney

2 Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and Their Derivatives 47
C. T. Bedford

3 Oxidation and Reduction 65
K. K. Banerji

4a Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution 141
M. R. Crampton

4b Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution 179
G. W. Weaver

5 Carbocations 205
V. M. Moreira

6 Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution 2020 237
J. G. Moloney and M. G. Moloney

7 Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution 267
M. L. Birsa

8 Elimination Reactions 281
M. L. Birsa

9 Addition Reactions: Polar Addition 295
P. Kocovsky

10 Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition 401
N. Dennis

11 Molecular Rearrangements 433
J. M. Coxon

12 Ligand-Promoted Catalyzed Reactions 507
I. Bosque and J. C. Gonzalez-Gomez

13 Radical Reactions 541
A. F. Parsons and T. F. Parsons

Subject Index 599

Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2020, the 56th annual volume in this highly successful and unique series, surveys research on organic reaction mechanisms described in the available literature dated 2020.

The following classes of organic reaction mechanisms are comprehensively reviewed:

Reaction of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives

Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric, and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives

Oxidation and Reduction

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Carbocations

Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution

Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution

Elimination Reactions

Polar Addition Reactions

Cycloaddition Reactions

Molecular Rearrangements

Transition Metal Coupling

Radicals

An experienced team of authors compile these reviews every year, so that the reader can rely on a continuing quality of selection and presentation.

Prof. M. Moloney, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK.