Mechanism and theory in organic chemistry / Thomas H. Lowry & Kathleen Schueller Richardson.

Contents;

1. The covalent bond
1.1 The electron-pair bond - Lewis structures
1.2 Molecular orbitals
1.3 Hybrid orbitals
etc.

2. Some fundamentals of physical organic chemistry
2.1 Stereochemistry
2.2 Linear free-energy relationships
2.3 Thermochemistry
etc.

3. Acids and bases
3.1 Bronsted acids and bases
3.2 Strengths of weak Bronsted bases; acidity functions
3.3 Strengths of weak Bronsted acids
etc.

4. Aliphatic nucleophilic substitution
4.1 SN2 and limiting reactions
4.2 A more complete picture of SN1 pathways
4.3 Transition state models
etc.

5. Intramolecular cationic rearrangements
5.1 1,2-shifts in carbenium ions
5.2 Carbonium ions
5.3 Migrations to carbonyl carbon
etc.

6. Carbanions, carbenes, and electrophilic aliphatic substitution
6.1 Carbanions
6.2 Electrophilic aliphatic substitution
6.3 Carbenes

7. Addition and elimination reactions
7.1 Electrophilic addition to double and triple bonds
7.2 1,2-elimination reactions
7.3 Nucleophilic addition to multiple bonds
etc.

8. Reactions of carbonyl compounds
8.1 Hydration and acid-base catalysis
8.2 Other simple additions
8.3 Addition followed by elimination
etc.

9. Radical reactions
9.1 Characteristics of organic radicals
9.2 Radical production and termination
9.3 Chain reactions
etc.

10. The theory of pericyclic reactions
10.1 Definitions
10.2 Pericyclic reactions and transition state aromaticity
10.3 Aromaticity and antiaromaticity in Huckel and anti-Huckel rings
etc.

11. Applications of the pericyclic selection rules
11.1 Cycloadditions
11.2 Electrocyclic reactions
11.3 Sigmatropic reactions

12. Photochemistry
12.1 Light absorption
12.2 Unimolecular photophysical processes in solution
12.3 Biomolecular photophysical processes
etc.

Bibliographical references : p. 1064 . _ Index : p. 1065-1090.