Modern physical organic chemistry

• Main Author: Anslyn, Eric V., 1960-
• Other Authors: Dougherty, Dennis A., 1952-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Sausalito, CA : University Science, [2006]
• Subjects: Physical organic chemistry.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781680152395; 9781891389313
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xxviii, 1099 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Making explicit the connections between physical organic chemistry and critical fields such as organometallic chemistry, materials chemistry, bioorganic chemistry and biochemistry, this book escorts the reader into an area that has been thoroughly updated in recent times.

Table of Contents:

• pt. 1. Molecular structure and thermodynamics. Introduction to structure and models of bonding ; Strain and stability ; Solutions and non-covalent binding forces ; Molecular recognition and supramolecular chemistry ; Acid-base chemistry ; Stereochemistry.
• pt. 2. Reactivity, kinetics, and mechanisms. Energy surfaces and kinetic analyses ; Experiments related to thermodynamics and kinetics ; Catalysis ; Organic reaction mechanisms, pt. 1: Reactions involving additions and/or eliminations ; Organic reaction mechanisms, pt. 2: Substitutions at aliphatic centers and thermal isomerizations/rearrangements ; Organotransition metal reaction mechanisms and catalysis ; Organic polymer and materials chemistry.
• pt. 3. Electronic structure: theory and applications. Advanced concepts in electronic structure theory ; Thermal pericyclic reactions ; Photochemistry ; Electronic organic materials.
• Appendix 1: Conversion factors and other useful data.
• Appendix 2: Electrostatic potential surfaces for representative organic molecules.
• Appendix 3: Group orbitals of common functional groups: representative examples using simple molecules.
• Appendix 4: The organic structures of biology.
• Appendix 5: Pushing electrons.
• Appendix 6: Reaction to mechanism nomenclature.