Preface xvFirst Edition Preface xvii1 Fundamental Principles 12 The Aliphatic C-H Bond Functionalization 533 Functionalization of the Alkene C=C Bond by Electrophilic Additions 954 Functionalization of the Alkene C=C Bond by Cycloaddition Reactions 1435 The Aromatic C-H Bond Functionalization and Related Reactions 1996 Nucleophilic Substitutions on sp³-Hybridized Carbons: Functional Group Transformations 2577 Eliminations 3178 Nucleophilic Additions and Substitutions on Carbonyl Groups 3679 Reactivity of the alpha-Hydrogen to Carbonyl Groups 41710 Rearrangements 457Index 493
XIAOPING SUN, PHD, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia. He has twenty years of experience teaching organic chemistry, biochemistry, and inorganic chemistry.