Table of Contents

1: Introduction and structure of the book
Part I: Reactions and Reactors in Organic Synthesis: Basic Concepts
2: Rates and equilibria in organic reactions: The thermodynamic and extrathermodynamic approaches
3: Estimation of properties of organic compounds
4: Reactions and reactors: Basic concepts
5: Complex reactions
Part II: Catalysis in Organic Synthesis and Technology
6: Catalysis by solids, 1: Organic intermediates and fine chemicals
7: Catalysis by solids, 2: The catalyst and its microenvironment
8: Homogeneous catalysis
9: Asymmetric synthesis
Part III: Reactor Design for Homogeneous and Fluid-Solid (Catalytic) Reactions
10: Reactor design for simple reactions
11: Reactor design for complex reactions
12: Reactor design for solid-catalyzed fluid phase reactions
13: Mixing, multiple solutions, and forced unsteady-state operation
Part IV: Fluid-Fluid and Fluid-Fluid-Solid Reactions and Reactors
14: Gas-liquid reactions
15: Liquid-liquid and solid-liquid reactions
16: Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid reactor design
17: Multiphase reactions and reactors
Part V: Strategies for Enhancing the Rates of Organic Reactions
18: Biphasic reaction engineering
19: Phase-transfer reaction engineering
20: Bioorganic synthesis engineering
21: Electroorganic synthesis engineering
22: Sonoorganic synthesis engineering
23: Microphase-assisted reaction engineering
24: Membrane-assisted reactor engineering
25: Multifunctional reactor engineering
26: Other important (and some lesser known) strategies of rate enhancement
A process overview
Epilogue
Acknowledgments for figures and tables
Index

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