Comprehensive integration of fundamental organic reactions and mechanisms. Sixth edition updated with new reagents, reactions, and solved exercises. Strong emphasis on molecular structure, stereochemistry, and thermodynamics. Rewritten sections based on student and faculty feedback for improved clarity. Includes chapterwise review problems with detailed solutions for self-assessment. In the new sixth edition the text in almost all the chapters has been updated by adding new material and deleting the old ones. The book is designed to provide a comprehensive coverage in the area of organic reaction mechanisms for a chemistry graduate and postgraduate student. The practice of medicine now-a-days increasingly demands a knowledge of the behaviour of molecul