ERRATA CHAPTER 12

Chapter 11.
p. 441, under example 12.1: Generally speaking,more ionic (harder_ nucleophiles are better for use in S N2
reactions with alkyl halides. Alkali metal alkynides (which lead to E2 elimination with alkyl halides
branched at the - or -carbon, but react well with unbranched primary halides), cyanide anion,…

p. 453, replace example 12.36 with:

p. 454, replace example 12.38 with:

p. 454, replace example 23.39 with:

p. 461, correct reference 62 to superscript form under Figure 12.5:

In 1976, Ireland and his coworkers discovered a remarkable effect of solvent on enolate geometry in the
deprotonation of esters.62