Table of Contents

1. The Cleavage of Non-enolizable Ketones with Sodium Amide--K. E.Hamlin and Arthur W. Weston

2. The Gattermann Synthesis of Aldehydes--William E. Truce

3. The Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of Aldehydes and Ketones--C. H.Hassall

4. The Alkylation of Esters and Nitriles--Arthur C. Cope, H. L.Holmes, and Herbert O. House

5. The Reaction of Halogens with Silver Salts of CarboxylicAcids--C. V. Wilson

6. The Synthesis of beta-Lactams--John C. Sheehan and Elias J.Corey

7. The Pschorr Synthesis and Related Diazonium Ring ClosureReactions--DeLos F. DeTar

Index

About the Author

Roger Adams was an American organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occurring substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids.