Stereochemistry of organic compounds /
Ernest L. Eliel, Samuel H. Wilen ; with a chapter on stereoselective synthesis by Lewis N. Mander..
- New York : Wiley & Sons, c1994.
- xv, 1267 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
"A Wiley-Interscience publication.".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Structure -- Stereoisomers -- Symmetry -- Configuration -- Properties of stereoisomers, stereoisomer discrimination -- Separation of stereoisomers. Resolution. Racemization -- Heterotopic ligands and faces (prostereoisomerism, prochirality) -- Stereochemistry of alkenes -- Conformation of acyclic molecules -- Configuration and conformation of cyclic molecules -- Stereoselective synthesis -- Chiroptical properties -- Chirality in molecules devoid of chiral centers.