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1 online resource (966 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Fundamental Concepts of Organic Chemistry -- 1.1 Atoms and Molecules -- Fundamental Concepts -- Molecular Dimensions -- 1.2 Heats of Formation and Reaction -- Experimental Determination of Heats of Formation -- Bond Increment Calculation of Heats of Formation -- Group Increment Calculation of Heats of Formation -- Homolytic and Heterolytic Bond Dissociation Energies -- 1.3 Bonding Models -- Electronegativity and Bond Polarity -- Complementary Theoretical Models of Bonding |
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Symmetric, Asymmetric, Dissymmetric, and Nondissymmetric Molecules -- Designation of Molecular Configuration -- Fischer Projections -- Additional Stereochemical Nomenclature -- 2.3 Manifestations of Stereoisomerism -- Optical Activity -- Configuration and Optical Activity -- Other Physical Properties of Stereoisomers -- 2.4 Stereotopicity -- Stereochemical Relationships of Substituents -- Chirotopicity and Stereogenicity -- Problems -- Chapter 3 Conformational Analysis and Molecular Mechanics -- 3.1 Molecular Conformation -- 3.2 Conformational Analysis -- Torsional Strain -- van der Waals Strain |
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Angle Strain and Baeyer Strain Theory -- Application of Conformational Analysis to Cycloalkanes -- Conformational Analysis of Substituted Cyclohexanes -- 3.3 Molecular Mechanics -- 3.4 Molecular Strain and limits to Molecular Stability -- Problems -- Chapter 4 Applications of Molecular Orbital Theory and Valence Bond Theory -- 4.1 Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory -- Huckel Molecular Orbital Theory -- Correlation of Physical Properties with Results of HMO Calculations -- Other Parameters Generated Through HMO Theory -- Properties of Odd Alternant Hydrocarbons -- The Circle Mnemonic |
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4.2 Aromaticity -- Benzene -- Aromaticity in Small Ring Systems -- Larger Annulenes -- Dewar Resonance Energy and Absolute Hardness -- 4.3 Contemporary Computational Methods -- Extended Hückel Theory -- Perturbational Molecular Orbital Theory -- Atoms in Molecules -- Density Functional Theory -- 4.4 Valence Bond Theory -- Resonance Structures and Resonance Energies -- Choosing a Computational Model -- Problems -- Chapter 5 Reactive Intermediates -- 5.1 Reaction Coordinate Diagrams -- 5.2 Radicals -- Early Evidence for the Existence of Radicals -- Detection and Characterization of Radicals |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Structure and Bonding of Radicals |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118018170 |
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1118018176 |
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