Publisher's Synopsis
In recent years there have been considerable advances in organonitrogen chemistry, and many important new reagents and synthetic methods have been developed. This volume is a comprehensive modern account of the organic chemistry of aliphatic nitrogen compounds.;Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, followed by a detailed account of the preparation of the type of compound under consideration. Reactivity and reactions - including mechanistic aspects - are then discussed. All the main classes of compound, with the exception of amino acids, are included.