1. General Considerations.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Historical and General Description of Neighboring Group Effects.- 1.2. Terms and Definitions.- 2. Some Factors that Influence Anchimeric Assistance.- 2.1. The Stabilities of Bridged Carbocations-Some Molecular Orbital Calculations.- 2.2 Hyperconjugation-An Alternative Explanation?.- 2.3. The Effect of Intramolecularity-Ring Size and gew-Dialkyl Effects.- 2.3.1. Ring Size.- 2.3.2. The gem-Dialkyl Effect.- 3. Some Experimental Methods Used in the Study of Neighboring Group Participation.- 3.1. Kinetic Methods.- 3.1.1. Estimation of Reaction Rate.
1. General Considerations.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Historical and General Description of Neighboring Group Effects.- 1.2. Terms and Definitions.- 2. Some Factors that Influence Anchimeric Assistance.- 2.1. The Stabilities of Bridged Carbocations-Some Molecular Orbital Calculations.- 2.2 Hyperconj...