Table Of ContentTable	of	Contents
Cover
Related	Titles
Title	Page
Copyright
Preface	to	the	First	Edition
1	Background
2	Organization	of	the	Book	and	Directions	for	Its	Use
References
Preface	to	the	Second	Edition
Reference
Acknowledgments
About	the	Authors
Abbreviations	and	Symbols
Chapter	1:	C–C	Bond	Formation
1.1	Nucleophilic	Addition	to	Aldehydes,	Ketones,	Carboxylic	Acid
Derivatives	(Esters,	Anhydrides),	and	α,β-Unsaturated	Carbonyl
Compounds;	Carbonyl	Olefination
1.2	Alkylation	of	Aldehydes/Ketones,	Carboxylic	Acids,	and	β-
Dicarbonyl	Compounds
1.3	Reactions	of	the	Aldol	and	Mannich	Type
1.4	Electrophilic	and	Nucleophilic	Acylation
1.5	Reactions	of	Alkenes	Via	Carbenium	Ions
1.6	Transition-Metal-Catalyzed	Reactions
1.7	Pericyclic	Reactions
1.8	Radical	Reactions
Chapter	2:	Oxidation	and	Reduction
2.1	Epoxidation	of	C=C	Bonds
2.2	Dihydroxylation	of	C=C	Bonds
2.3	Oxidation	of	Alcohols	to	Carbonyl	Compounds
2.4	Enantioselective	Reduction	of	Ketones
2.5	Biomimetic	Reductive	Amination
2.6	Enantioselective	Wacker	Oxidation
Chapter	3:	Heterocyclic	Compounds
3.1	Three-and	Four-Membered	Heterocycles
3.2	Five-Membered	Heterocycles
3.3	Six-Membered	Heterocycles
3.4	Condensed	Heterocycles
3.5	Other	Heterocyclic	Systems,	Heterocyclic	Dyes
Chapter	4:	Selected	Natural	Products
4.1	Isoprenoids
4.2	Carbohydrates
4.3	Amino	Acids	and	Peptides
4.4	Nucleotides	and	Oligonucleotides
Chapter	5:	Domino	Reactions
5.1	Domino	Reactions	in	Synthetic	Methodology
5.2	Domino	Reactions	in	the	Synthesis	of	Alkaloids
5.3	Domino	Reactions	in	the	Synthesis	of	Isoprenoids
5.4	Domino	Reactions	for	the	Synthesis	of	Chromans	and	Dioxins
5.5	Domino	Reactions	in	the	Synthesis	of	Chiroptical	Switches
Index	of	Reactions
Index	of	Products
Subject	Index
End	User	License	Agreement
List	of	Tables
Table	3.1
Table	3.2
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Reactions	and	Syntheses
In	the	Organic	Chemistry	Laboratory
Second,	Completely	Revised	and	Updated	Edition
Preface	to	the	First	Edition
1	Background
The	book	Reaktionen	und	Synthesen	im	organisch-chemischen	Praktikum	und
Forschungslaboratorium	was	first	published	in	German	in	1981,	with	a	second
edition	in	1991,	and	was	translated	into	Japanese	in	1984	(second	edition	1995),
English	in	1989,	Chinese	in	1999,	Russian	in	2000,	and	Korean	in	2002.	The
intention	was
to	associate	classes	of	compounds	and	functionalities	with	reaction	types	and
mechanisms,
to	offer	a	great	number	of	reliable	preparative	procedures	of	general
importance,	and
to	show	the	usefulness	and	robustness	of	the	offered	procedures	for	the
synthesis	of	selected	interesting	compounds	of	relevance	in	biology,
pharmacy,	and	medicine.
Since	the	last	German	edition,	many	new	preparative	procedures	have	been
developed	showing	high	chemo,	regio,	diastereo,	and	enantioselectivity,	which
frequently	approach	the	selectivity	of	enzymatic	transformations	with	the
advantage	of	lower	substrate	specificity.	In	addition,	new	methods	such	as
combinatorial	chemistry,	solid-phase	chemistry,	high-pressure	chemistry,	and
the	use	of	microwaves	for	heating	have	been	introduced.	Moreover,	the
efficiency	of	a	synthesis,	which	can	be	defined	as	the	increase	in	complexity	per
transformation,	the	avoidance	of	toxic	reagents	and	solvents,	and	the
preservation	of	resources	are	important	issues	in	modern	preparative	organic
chemistry.	Significant	developments	in	the	last	years	have	been	realized	in
transition-metal	catalysis,	organocatalysis,	and	domino	reactions.	This	progress
has	been	impressively	documented	in	Classics	of	Total	Synthesis	[1],	Organic
Synthesis	Highlights	[2],	and	Domino	Reactions	in	Organic	Synthesis	[3].
As	a	consequence,	we	now	present	this	book	Reactions	and	Syntheses	in	the
Organic	Chemistry	Laboratory	in	a	new	form	with	respect	to	its	concept	and
organization	and	extensively	renewed	with	respect	to	its	content.
Its	major	highlights	are	as	follows:
1.	 The	basic	units	as	well	as	the	main	objectives	are	syntheses	(up	to	multistep
syntheses	with	more	than	five	steps)	of	interesting	and	instructive	target
molecules	from	various	fields	of	organic	chemistry.	Each	synthesis	is
centered	around	one	or	more	methods	and	reaction	principles	of	general
synthetic	relevance.
2.	 As	before,	the	users	of	the	new	book	are	provided	with	carefully	elaborated
experiments,	which	are	described	in	preparative	and	analytical	detail.
However,	experiments	and	syntheses	are	accompanied	throughout	in
concentrated	form	by	the	required	general,	theoretical,	and	mechanistic
background	and	explanations.	Special	attention	is	given	to	retrosynthetic
analysis	and	alternative	approaches	of	synthesis	for	a	given	target	molecule.
3.	 To	allow	the	inclusion	of	a	representative	and	qualified	spectrum	of
contemporary	synthetic	methods,	more	than	70%	of	the	content	of	the	former
book	has	been	replaced	by	more	recent	and	more	relevant	experimental
examples.	The	remaining	(older)	syntheses	have	been	“updated”	with	respect
to	description	of	their	general	background.
Considering	the	various	types	of	users	of	the	book	in	the	past,	there	has	been	a
definite	and	broad	acceptance	among	chemists	and	pharmacists	on	a	more
advanced	level,	besides	graduate	students	and	researchers	in	universities	and
industry.	From	these	considerations,	the	following	consequences	have	emerged
for	the	third	edition:
General	laboratory	information,	such	as	safety,	first	aid,	performance	of
chemical	reactions,	instrumentation	and	standard	apparatus,	and	isolation	and
purification	of	products,	has	been	omitted.	Methods	for	the	formation	and
transformation	of	basic	functional	groups	in	organic	compounds,	regarded	as
important	at	the	elementary	education	level	in	organic	laboratory	practice,
are	not	described.	These	topics	are	comprehensively	covered	in	other
relevant	textbooks	[4–6].
The	deletion	of	these	elementary	aspects	of	organic	chemistry	has	allowed	us
to	describe	in	more	detail	of	the	advanced	synthetic	methods	and	to	include
mechanistic	aspects	and	to	incorporate	total	syntheses	and	retrosynthetic
analyses.
2	Organization	of	the	Book	and	Directions	for	Its
Use
The	book	is	divided	into	four	chapters	with	several	sections:
Chapter	1:	C–C	bond	formation
Chapter	2:	Oxidation	and	reduction
Chapter	3:	Heterocyclic	compounds
Chapter	4:	Selected	natural	products.
The	sections	(e.g.,	1.1	and	1.2)	contain	procedures	and	syntheses	(e.g.,	1.1.1	and
1.1.2)	as	specified	at	the	beginning	of	the	section	and	in	the	Table	of	Contents
(cf.	p.	II).	Each	synthesis	is	organized	as	follows:
1.	 In	the	general	part	(a),	the	structural	formula	of	the	target	molecule	and	the
topics	of	the	presented	synthesis	(important	for	rapid	information!)	are	given,
which	is	followed	by	introductory	information	on	the	target	molecule,
retrosynthesis	[7],	and	planning	of	the	synthesis	(possibilities,	strategies,	and
synthetic	alternatives;	considerations	on	practicability	for	laboratory	use).
2.	 In	part	(b),	the	synthesis	of	the	target	molecule	and	the	synthetic	steps
performed	in	the	experimental	part	are	described.	This	is	accompanied	by
information	about	the	mechanism(s),	the	stereochemical	outcome,	and	the
selectivity	of	the	transformations	(specific	reaction	principles).	Finally,	the
number	of	steps	performed	and	the	yields	obtained	are	summarized.	In
general,	Section	(b)	contains	a	complete	scheme	of	the	synthesis	performed.
3.	 In	Section	(c),	individual	experimental	procedures	are	described.	Each
procedure	has	the	following	structure:
a.	 An	identification	number,	which	characterizes	the	prepared	compound
according	to	chapter,	section,	and	synthesis	(e.g.,	1.1.1.1	and	1.1.1.2);	the
identification	number	carries	one	or	more	asterisks	(*,	**,	***)	according
to	the	degree	of	difficulty	of	the	procedure.
b.	 Literature	reference(s)	for	the	prepared	compound.
c.	 A	formula	equation,	which	gives	structures	of	reactants	and	products,	and
their	relative	molecular	masses.	In	general,	apparatus	is	not	discussed	in
detail;	however,	in	special	cases,	information	about	specialized
equipment	(photochemical,	high-pressure,	microwave,	etc.)	is	given.
d.	 Throughout,	the	procedures	are	presented	in	two	parts.	The	first,
describing	the	reaction,	often	includes	additional	notes	about	purification
and	characteristics	of	the	substrates,	such	as	toxicity	and	safety	aspects.
The	second	describes	the	work-up,	isolation,	and	purification	of	the
product,	along	with	criteria	of	purity	(mp,	bp,	n ,	TLC/R ,	[α] ),	notes
D f D
about	characteristics	of	the	product,	and	other	crucial	experimental
details.
e.	 Characterization	of	the	product	by	spectral	data	(IR,	UV–vis,	1H	and	13C
NMR,	MS).	In	selected	cases,	the	preparation	of	derivatives	together
with	their	instrumental	and	chemical	analysis	is	given.
4.	 The	presentation	of	each	synthesis	is	concluded	by	a	compilation	of	the
literature	references	cited	in	Sections	(a–c).	They	cover	the	primary
literature	on	the	synthesis,	its	steps,	and	its	topics,	and	refer	to	important
collective	articles,	reviews,	and	textbooks	of	advanced	organic	chemistry	[8].
References
1.	(a)	Nicolaou,	K.C.	and	Sorensen,	E.J.	(1997)	Classics	in	Total	Synthesis,
Wiley-VCH	Verlag	GmbH,	Weinheim;(b)	Nicolaou,	K.C.	and	Snyder,	S.A.
(2003)	Classics	in	Total	Synthesis	II,	Wiley-VCH	Verlag	GmbH,	Weinheim.
2.	Mulzer,	J.,	Altenbach,	H.-J.,	Braun,	M.,	Krohn,	K.,	Reissig,	H.-U.,
Waldmann,	H.,	Schmalz,	H.-G.,	and	Wirth,	Th.	(eds)	(1991-2003)	Organic
Synthesis	Highlights	I–V,	Wiley-VCH	Verlag	GmbH,	Weinheim.
3.	Tietze,	L.F.,	Brasche,	G.,	and	Gericke,	K.M.	(2006)	Domino	Reactions	in
Organic	Synthesis,	Wiley-VCH	Verlag	GmbH,	Weinheim.
4.	(2001)	Organikum,	21st	edn,	Wiley-VCH	Verlag	GmbH,	Weinheim.
5.	Hünig,	S.,	Kreitmeier,	P.,	Märkl,	G.,	and	Sauer,	J.	(2007)	Arbeitsmethoden	in
der	Organischen	Chemie	(mit	Einführungs-praktikum),	2nd	edn,	Verlag
Lehmanns,	Berlin.
6.	Larock,	R.C.	(1999)	Comprehensive	Organic	Transformations	(A	Guide	to
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