Designed for practitioners of organic synthesis, this book helps chemists understand and take advantage of rearrangement reactions to enhance the synthesis of useful chemical compounds.

• Provides ready access to the genesis, mechanisms, and synthetic utility of rearrangement reactions
• Emphasizes strategic synthetic planning and implementation
• Covers 20 different rearrangement reactions
• Includes applications for synthesizing compounds useful as natural products, medicinal compounds, functional materials, and physical organic chemistry

Christian M. Rojas, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at Barnard College. He obtained his Ph.D. at Indiana University in 1995 and did postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then at The Scripps Research Institute. Professor Rojas began his independent career at Barnard College in 1997. His research explores the use of acyl nitrenes for the synthesis of amino sugars.