Sykes, Peter. <br/><br/>
A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry / 
Peter Sykes. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - Harlow, Essex, England ;  New York :  New York, NY :  Longman ;  Wiley,  1986. 
 - xii, 416 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 396-398. 
<br/><br/>Structure, Reactivity, and Mechanism. * Energetics, Kinetics, and the Investigation of Mechanism. * The Strengths of Acids and Bases. * Nucleophilic Substitution at a Saturated Carbon Atom. * Carbocations, Electron-Deficient N and O Atoms and their Reactions. * Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Substitution in Aromatic Systems. * Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Addition to C=C. * Nucleophilic Addition to C=O. * Elimination Reactions. * Carbanions and Their Reactions. * Radicals and Their Reactions. * Symmetry Controlled Reactions. * Linear Free Energy Relationships. * Select Bibliography. * Index. 
<br/><br/> classic textbook on mechanistic organic chemistry which is characterised particularly by its clarity, careful choice of examples and its general approach that is designed to lead to a ready understanding of the subject matter. This guidebook is aimed clearly at the needs of the student, with a thorough understanding of, and provision for, the potential conceptual difficulties he or she is likely to encounter. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0582446953 (pbk.) : 0470206632 (Wiley : pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physical organic chemistry.<br/>Chemical reactions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD476  / .S89 1986