Table of Contents

Molecular Orbitals and Frontier Orbitals. Ionic Reactions. Thermal Pericyclic Reactions. Radical Reactions. Photochemical Reactions. Exceptions.

About the Author

IAN FLEMINGstudied in Cambridge, obtaining his BA in 1959 and PhD (with Dr J Harley-Mason) in 1962. He spent one year at Harvard University (with Professor RB Woodward) before returning to Cambridge, where he is now an Assistant Director of Research and a Fellow of Pembroke College. He was a Visiting Professor at McGill University in 1972. His research interests centre on synthetic organic chemistry and on understanding the mechanisms of chemical reactions.