Dr Paul Wyatt
Book List
Standard texts
Vollhardt & Schore, 'Organic Chemistry',
pages 675-697 for enols and enones.
pages 697-709 for conjugate additions.
pages 911-936.
Stuart Warren, 'Organic Synthesis The Disconnection Approach', Wiley 1982.
Chapters 13 and 20 contain material that is assumed in this course.
Chapter 21 is especially useful at this stage (contains 1,5 and Robinson annelation).
Chapters 22, 23, 25 and 27.
Stuart Warren,'Workbook for Organic Synthesis The Disconnection Approach', Wiley 1982.
A workbook to accompany the above. It contains further examples, problems and solutions.
Willis & Wills, 'Organic Synthesis', Oxford University Press 1995.
In particular, page 64 contains a useful table of 1,2 versus 1,4 addition products.
For those who are interested
Ian Fleming, 'Selected Organic Syntheses', pages 70-74, Wiley-Interscience 1973
This book contains several interesting syntheses which are explained in detail. Some of the compounds in this course are taken from this book.
Dehydroabietic Acid enamines and conjugate addition
Tropinone Use of b-ketoesters
b-Carotene Alkylation of b-ketoesters and plenty of enolate chemistry
For a discussion on Ambident Nucleophiles & Ambident Electrophiles see; Ian Fleming, 'Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions', pages 40-47 & 66-74, Wiley Interscience 1976