Preface
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This book is aimed to advanced undergraduates in chemistry but it also may be
useful for the instructors who should be able to find in the text new examples to illustrate topics of advanced organic chemistry or physical organic chemistry. A
good knowledge of organic chemistry, how to write an organic reaction mechanism, and a basic understanding of the basics of physical organic chemistry is presumed for the readers in order to get the most out of each case. The work done by
the authors of the papers used to build up this book has made possible the discussion of mechanistic concepts from an organic chemistry basis. Moreover, their
work demonstrates that experimental mechanistic studies are still alive and are
necessary to understand the insights of an organic process.
June 2003
Mar Gómez Gallego
Miguel A. Sierra
VIII
This book is aimed to advanced undergraduates in chemistry but it also may be
useful for the instructors who should be able to find in the text new examples to illustrate topics of advanced organic chemistry or physical organic chemistry. A
good knowledge of organic chemistry, how to write an organic reaction mechanism, and a basic understanding of the basics of physical organic chemistry is presumed for the readers in order to get the most out of each case. The work done by
the authors of the papers used to build up this book has made possible the discussion of mechanistic concepts from an organic chemistry basis. Moreover, their
work demonstrates that experimental mechanistic studies are still alive and are
necessary to understand the insights of an organic process.
June 2003
Mar Gómez Gallego
Miguel A. Sierra