Pericyclic Reactions - A Textbook

"Based on fourteen years of teaching a graduate course, this long awaited textbook presents Diels-Alder reactions, electrocyclic reactions, sigmatropic rearrangements, ene reactions and their asymmetric versions, organometallic pericyclic reactions plus many more topics in a highly didactic way. Throughout the focus is on the important facts and aspects, with both classical and new examples explained in detail. Over 1200 references from the original literature are cited. The only up-to-date work of its kind on the market, this is an invaluable tool for students and chemistry teachers, organic chemists, and libraries."--BOOK JACKET.