This book, written explicitly for graduate and postgraduate students of chemistry, provides an extensive coverage of various organic reaction and rearrangements with emphasis on there application in synthesis. A summary of oxidation and reduction of organic compounds is given in tabular form (correlation tables) for the convenience of students. The most commonly encountered reaction intermediates are dealt with. Applications of organic reagents illustrated with examples and problems at the end of each chapter will enable students to evaluate their understanding of the topic.
This book had every reaction mechanism I required for my Organic Chemistry course. Also it has hundreds of examples taken from various other such books which makes it easy for us students. I didn't need to refer Advanced Organic Chemistry by Francis A. Carey (which is another reference) as much as I thought I would. It was almost like a dictionary for organic reaction mechanisms.
The only problem I had with this book is that the colour scheme is irritating. The bright red colour used for the mechanisms was really hurtful to my eyes.