Includes such mechanisms as addition and elimination reactions, nucleophilic and electrophilic aromatic substitutions, and molecular rearrangements. Each chapter deals with specific reaction types, reviewing the previous year's developments in the area. Extensively referenced to previous volumes and primary journals.

Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones and their Derivatives (B. Murray). Reactions of Carboxylic, Phosphoric and Sulfonic Acids and their Derivatives (W. Spillane). Radical Reactions: Part 1 (A. Clark & R. Filik). Radical Reactions: Part 2 (A. Dobbs & J. Martin). Oxidation and Reduction (B. Davis & J. Williams). Carbenes and Nitrenes (J. Knight). Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (M. Crampton). Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (R. Coombes). Carbocations (R. Cox). Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution (J. Shorter). Carbanions and Electrophilic Aliphatic Substitution (A. Knipe). Elimination Reactions (A. Knipe). Addition Reactions: Polar Addition (P. Koovsk?). Addition Reactions: Cycloaddition (N. Dennis). Molecular Rearrangements (A. Murray). Author Index. Subject Index.