Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry

BASIC CONCEPTS Covalent Bonding and Hybridization Electrophiles and Nucleophiles Inductive and Mesomeric Effects Formal Charge And Oxidation Number Acids And Bases Reaction Kinetics And Energy Diagrams NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS Unimolecular Substitution Reactions SN1 Stereochemistry in SN1 Reactions Optical Activity Bimolecular Substitution Reactions SN2 Stereochemistry of SN2 Reactions Nucleophilic Substitution On Allylic Systems: Allylic Rearrangement Internal Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction SNi Neighboring Group Participation in Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Ambident Nucleophiles Various Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions ELIMINATION REACTIONS Unimolecular Elimination Reactions, E1 Bimolecular Elimination Reactions, E2 Unimolecular Conjugate Base Halogene Elimination Hofmann Elimination: Quaternary Ammonium Salts Pyrolitic Eliminations: Intramolecular cis-Elimination Reactions Elimination at the Bridgehead: Bredt?s Rule ADDITION REACTIONS Halogen Addition To Double Bonds: Halogenation Addition of Hydrogen Halides to Double Bonds: Markovnikov?s Rule Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Hydrogen Halides to Alkenes Addition of Water to Alkenes Oxymercuration and Demercuration Hydroboration of Alkenes: Anti-Markovnikov Hydration Epoxidation of the Alkenes Vicinal cis-Dihydroxylation Dihydroxylation via PIFA Enzymatic Dihydroxylation Ozonolysis: Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes Reduction of Alkenes Addition to Conjugated Dienes CARBONYL COMPOUNDS AND THEIR REACTIONS Structure-Reactivity Relationships Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds Carbonyl Addition Reactions Umpolung: Polarity Inversion of Aldehyde Carbonyl Group Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones with Amines Reduction of Carbonyl Groups Reaction of Carbonyl Groups with Organometallic Compounds Reaction of Carbonyl Groups with Ylides Phosphonium Ylides and Wittig Reaction Reactivity of alpha-Carbon Atom Keto-Enol Tautomerism Proton-Deuterium Exchange alpha-Halogenation of Ketones and Aldehydes: Haloform

Metin Balci is Professor Emeritus of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1976 from the University of Cologne, where he worked with Professor Emanuel Vogel. He did post-doctoral work with Professors Harald Günther (Siegen, Germany), Waldemar Adam (Puerto Rico) and W. M. Jones (Florida). In 1980 he joined the Department of Chemistry at the Atatürk University and he has been a full professor there since 1987. In 1997 he moved to the Middle East Technical University in Ankara upon reputation.
Metin Balci has received several prices: In 1983 "Junior Research Prize" and "Scientific Prize" in 1989 from the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey and the Best Teacher Award in 2000, 2003, 2004 at the Middle East Technical University (METU). Furthermore, he received METU "Academic Achievement Award", (2000-2015). His main research interest include synthesis of cyclitols, endoperoxides, cyclic strained compounds, bromine chemistry, and heterocyclic compounds. He has published 280 scientific papers and he retired in 2015.