This textbook provides a simple approach to understand the various complex aspects of stereochemistry. It deals with basic static stereochemistry and gives an overview of the different isomeric forms and nomenclatures. With simple writing style and many examples, this book covers the topics such as stereochemistry of hydrocarbons, alkenes, cycloalkenes, optically active compounds, trivalent carbon, fused, bridged and caged rings and related compounds. This textbook also covers the additional topics such as optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism, steroechemistry of elimination reactions, substitution reactions, rearrangement reactions and pericyclic reactions. The book includes pedagogical features like end-of-chapter problems and key concepts to help students in self-learning. The textbook is extremely useful for the senior undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing course in chemistry, especially organic chemistry. Besides, this book will also be a useful reference book for professionals working in various chemical industries, biotechnology, bioscience and pharmacy.

1. Introduction 2

Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds Containing Carbon- Carbon Single Bonds (Hydrocarbons) 3
Stereochemistry of Organic Alicyclic Compounds Containing Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds (Alkenes and Cycloalkenes) 4
Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds containing Asymmetric Carbon 5
Symmetry Elements 6
Stereochemistry of Optically Active Compounds having no Asymmetric Carbon Atoms 7
Stereochemistry of Trivalent Carbon 8
Stereochemistry of Fused, Bridged and Caged Rings and Related Compounds 9
Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism 10
Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions 11
Stereochemistry of Elimination Reactions 12
Stereochemistry of Substitution Reactions 13
Stereochemistry of Rearrangement Reactions 14
Stereochemistry of Pericyclic Reactions 15
Stereochemistry of Some Compound Containing Heteroatoms 16
Stereochemistry of Some Heterocyclic Compounds 17
Stereochemistry of Some Biomolecules 18
Stereoselective Synthesis 19
Enantioselective- Stereoselective Organic Reactions.