Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds: Organic Electrochemistry: Topical Volumes and Cumulative Index v. 5 (Second Supplements to the 2nd Edition of Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds) Book

Hardbound. In the Second Edition of Rodd's Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds and its Supplements some topics did not receive special attention since the foot print of the series was laid down at a time when many areas were, at best, in their infancy. For this reason, reviews of this subject and similar more specialised subjects are to form the basis for a number of Topical Volumes. The electrochemistry of organic compounds, particularly its value in synthesis, was rarely highlighted in Rodd; this despite the advantage the method has in minimising over reaction. This book, the second of the Topical Volumes, seeks to redress this situation and here the electrochemical reactions of some of the main groups of organic compounds are surveyed. Specific attention is given to the use of electrochemistry in synthesis; not just of complex compounds, but where anodic oxidation, or cathodic reduction, offers viable alternatives to traditional 'chemical' metRead More