Modern Physical Organic Chemistry

by Anslyn, Eric V.; DOUGHERTY, DENNIS A.

• ISBN13: 9781891389313
• ISBN10: 1891389319
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Univ Science Books

Author Biography

Dennis A. Dougherty is George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Introduction to structure and models of bonding	p. 3
Strain and stability	p. 65
Solutions and non-covalent binding forces	p. 145
Molecular recognition and supramolecular chemistry	p. 207
Acid-base chemistry	p. 259
Stereochemistry	p. 297
Energy surfaces and kinetic analyses	p. 355
Experiments related to thermodynamics and kinetics	p. 421
Catalysis	p. 489
Organic reaction mechanisms, Part 1: reactions involving additions and/or eliminations	p. 537
Organic reaction mechanisms, Part 2: substitutions at aliphatic centers and thermal isomerizations/rearrangements	p. 627
Organotransition metal reaction mechanisms and catalysis	p. 705
Organic polymer and materials chemistry	p. 753
Advanced concepts in electronic structure theory	p. 807
Thermal pericyclic reactions	p. 877
Photochemistry	p. 935
Electronic organic materials	p. 1001
Conversion factors and other useful data	p. 1047
Electrostatic potential surfaces for representative organic molecules	p. 1049
Group orbitals of common functional groups : representative examples using simple molecules	p. 1051
The organic structures of biology	p. 1057
Pushing electrons	p. 1061
Reaction mechanism nomenclature	p. 1075
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