INDEXAcetals, 162, 222
Acetonitrile, acidity, 210
AcetylacetoneJttttQ, 211
Acetylene, acidity, 211
Acid catalysis, general, 161, 218
Acidity
constant, 39
effect of solvent, 39
hydrogen bonding in, 46
origin of in organic compounds, 40
Acid strength
alcohols, 41
aliphatic acids, 18,42
benzoic acid, 43
dicarboxylic acids, 47
imides, SI
phenol, 17,41
substituted aliphatic acids, 43
„ benzoic acids, 45
„ phenols, 44
Acylium ions. 111, 187
Acyloin reaction, 169
Addition
electrophilic, 28, 137-152, 158
nucleophilic, 29, 153-157, 158,183
radical, 28, 242-248
Aldol condensation, 172
mixed, 174
with elimination of H 2 0,175
Aldols, base catalysed dehydration,
175, 204.
Aldoxime acetates, elimination of
MeC0 2 H,37, 190,195
Alkenes, acid-catalysed rearrangement,
89*.
Alkyl IP^ons, stabilisation, 62, 8#
ites, decdmpqfition,
Alkyl hydro] folysis,^^Bl cation, stabilisation, 63j
Anllic rearrangements, 29w
Ally* cation^tabilisatiojn3, 83
Allylicjear Jgemej^fr^ 86,172
AmideSy^Kj induction, 16W
Amino-l^^^Ppounds, 115
Anti-MaHpihkov addition, 142, 244
Anti-oxj^Pts, 254
Anthracene
delocalisation energy, 13
photo-oxidation, 254
photo-dimerisation, 258
Arndt-Eistert reaction, 93
Aromaticity, 9,101
and ease of substitution, 103
Arylation, 255
orientation in, 256
Atactic polymers, 248
Autoxidation, 252
benzaldehyde, 253
cumene, 100
tetralin, 253
Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, 99
Basicity
effect of solvent, 50
hydrogen bonding in, 50
origin of In organic compounds,
Basic strength •
aliphatic amines, 49
amides, 51
aniline, 52
guanidine, 51
heterocyclic bases, 55
quaternary alkylammonium hydr
oxides, 50
substituted anilines, 53
Beckmann rearrangement, 95
Benzene, structure of, 9
Benzilic acid change, 180
Benzoin condensation 179
Benzoyl peroxide, 236,240
thermal fission, 240
Benzyl cation, stabilisation, 63, 83
Benzyne intermediates, 135
Bimolecular reactions, 59
Bisulphite derivatives, 163
Ond
angles, 4, 5
heterolytic fission, 14, 231
homolytic fission, 14, 231
order, 9
Bonding orbitals, 4
Bouveault-Blanc reduction, 170
Bredt's rule, 200