HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY is written keeping in mind the requirements of graduate and postgraduate students and students appearing in various competitive examinations. It deals with the fundamentals of heterocyclic chemistry, including importance, classification and nomenclature of heterocyclic compounds. The book discusses chemistry (methods of synthesis, reactions and importance) of three-membered heterocyclic compounds (containing one or two heteroatoms), four-membered heterocyclic compounds, five membered heterocyclic compounds (containing one or two or more than two hetero atoms) alongwith their benzofused derivatives and six-membered heterocyclic compounds (containing one or more than O, N or S heteroatoms) alongwith their benzofused derivatives. The incorporation of pyridazine, pyrimidine and their derivatives alongwith their fused derivatives has special importance. Seven-membered heterocyclic compounds and meso-ionic heterocycles have also been included.

• • Mechanisms of the most of the reactions involved have been discussed in all chapters. • A set of problems after each chapter, especially important, for the understanding of various types of heterocycles are included.

Preface / Heterocyclic Chemistry / Classification and Nomenclature / Three Membered Heterocyclic Compounds / Four Membered Heterocyclic Compounds / Five Membered Heterocyclic Compounds with One Hetero Atom / Five Membered Heterocyclic Compounds with Two Heteroatoms / Five Membered Heterocycles with More than Two Heteroatom / Six Membered Heterocyclic Compounds with One Heteroatom / Six Membered Heterocyclic Compounds with More than One Heteroatom / Meso-ionic and Seven Membered Heterocycles / Index.

Undergraduate – Postgraduate Students & Researchers in Chemistry