Alicyclic Chemistry

Dr V.K. Ahluwalia was Professor of Chemistry at Delhi University for more than three decades teaching graduate, postgraduate and M.Phil. students. He was also Postdoctoral Fellow between 1960 and 1962 and worked with renowned global names from prestigious international universities. He was Visiting Professor of Biomedical Research at University of Delhi. V.K. Ahluwalia was widely regarded as Leading Subject Expert in chemistry and allied subjects along with being a “Choice Award for an Outstanding Academic Title” winner. He has published more than 100 titles. Apart from books, he had published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals.Dr Renu Aggarwal is working as Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department at Gargi College, New Delhi, for the last thirty years.

• Introduction.- Nomenclature of Cycloalkanes.- Synthesis of Cycloalkanes.- Properties of Cycloalkanes.- Chemistry of Small Rings.- Chemistry of Common Ring Compounds.- Chemistry of Medium Sized and Larger Rings.- Conformations of Cycloalkanes.- Cycloalkanes Containing an Heteroatom (Heterocyclic Compounds).- Non-Benzenoid Aromatics.- Bridged Rings.- The Cage Molecules.- Tropones and Tropolones.- Fluxional Molecules.- Catenanes, Rotaxanes and Knots.