Organic Synthesis Engineering

1. Introduction and structure of the book ; PART 1: 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 2: CATALYSIS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS/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 3: 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 4: FLUID-FLUID AND FLUID-FLUID-SOLID REACTIONS AND REACTORS ; 14. Gas-liquid reactions ; 15. Liquid-liquid and solid-liquid reactions ; 16. Gas-liquid/liquid-liquid reactor design ; 17. Multiphase reactions and reactors ; PART 5: 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 less known) strategies of rate enhancement