Organic Chemistry Vol 2.

This third edition has been revised to bring it up to date. This has been made possible by the information I have obtained from articles written by experts on important developments in their field of research. Since the volume of research published on topics dealt with (and not dealt with) in this book makes it impossible to include all new work, I have therefore had to choose, but any deficiencies in my choice are, I hope, partly compensated by the reading references given at the end of each chapter. Chapter III has been rewritten (and renamed), but the section on the transition state theory of reactions has been omitted; it has now been included in Volume I (4th ed., 1963). Expanded topics include nuclear magnetic resonance, correlation of configurations, conformational analysis, molecular overcrowding, the Beckmann rearrangement, nucleophilic substitution at a saturated carbon atom, elimination and addition reactions, carotenoids, penicillin, amino-acids, biosynthesis, etc. Some additions are rotatory dispersion, electron spin resonance, specification of absolute configurations, Newman projection formulae, neighboring group participation, the Wagner Meerwein rearrangement, sesquiterpenes, etc.