Bifunctional Compounds

Bifunctional Compounds outlines some of the methods used to prepare bifunctional compounds and then surveys the chemistry of some of the more important classes. Most important organic molecules contain more than one functional group, and very often the interaction between these groups determines the chemical and biological behaviour of the compounds. Individual chapters look at the preparation of bifunctional compounds, reactions of dienes, of diols, of hydroxy- and aminocarbonyl compounds, of dicarbonyl compounds, and of unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The text also covers enamines, enol ethers, enolates, allyl compounds, and cyclization and polymerization.