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Previously published: Organic reactions in aqueous media / Chao-Jun Li, Tak-Hang Chan, New York : Wiley, c1997 , Includes bibliographical references and index , Introduction. The structure and forms of water ; Properties of water ; Solvation ; Hydrophobic effect ; Salt effect Water under extreme conditions -- Alkanes. Oxygenation of alkanes ; Halogenation of alkanes ; Formation of carbon-carbon bonds ; D/H exchange of alkanes in water --Alkenes. Reduction ; Electrophilic additions ; Radical reactions of alkenes ; Carbene reactions ; Alkene isomerization ; Transition-metal catalyzed C-C formation reactions ; Olefin metathesis ; Reaction of allylic C-H bond -- Alkynes. Reaction of terminal alkynes ; Additions of C [triple bar] C bonds ; Transition-metal catalyzed cycloadditions ; Other reactions -- , Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, Thiols, and Thioethers. Oxidation of alcohols ; Substitutions/elimination ; Addition of alcohols, phenols, and thiols to alkene and alkyne bonds ; Addition of alcohols to C=O bonds: esterification and acetal formations ; Reaction of ethers and cyclic ethers ; Other reactions -- Organic halides. General ; Reduction ; Elimination reactions ; Nucleophilic substitutions ; Reductive coupling ; Carbonylation of organic halides ; Transition-metal catalyzed coupling reactions -- Aromatic compounds. General ; Substitution reactions ; Oxidation reactions ; Reductions -- Aldehdye and ketones. Reduction ; Oxidation ; Nucleophilic addition: C-C bond formation ; Pinacol coupling ; Other reactions (Halogenation and oxidation of [alpha]-H) -- , Carboxylic acids and derivatives. General ; Carboxylic acids ; Carboxylic acid derivatives -- Conjugated carbonyl compounds. Reduction ; Epoxidation, dihydroxylation, hydroxyamination ; Conjugate addition: heteroatom ; C-C bond formation ; Other reactions -- Conjugated carbonyl compounds. Reduction ; Epoxidation, dihydroxylation, hydroxyamination ; Conjugate addition: heteroatom ; C-C bond formation ; Other reactions -- Nitrogen compounds. Amines ; Imines ; Diazo compounds ; Azides ; Nitro compounds -- Pericyclic reactions. Introduction ; Diels-Alder reactions ; Sigmatropic rearrangements ; Photochemical cycloaddition reactions.
