The chapter of “Addition to Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds” from the book entitled “A Textbook of Organic Chemistry – Volume 1” covers the following topics:
Mechanistic and stereochemical aspects of addition reactions involving electrophiles, nucleophiles and free radicals; Regio–and chemoselectivity: orientation and reactivity; Addition to cyclopropane ring; Hydrogenation of double and triple bonds; Hydrogenation of aromatic rings; Hydroboration; Michael reaction; Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation.
