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1 online resource (418 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 |
Intro -- Chemistry as a Game of Molecular Construction -- Contents -- Foreword -- Building -- Preface -- Comments to the Teachers/Students -- A Conversation on the Textbook and Its Intended Readers -- References and Notes -- 1 Molecular Blues -- 1.1 Conversation on Contents of Lecture 1 -- 1.2 The Universal Aspect of Chemistry -- 1.3 Love, Addiction, Psychological Balance, etc. -- 1.4 The Chemical Mechanism of Neurotransmission -- 1.5 Molecules of Pleasure, Wellness, and Pair Bonding -- 1.6 More Chemical Control -- 1.7 The Chemical Matter |
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1.8 Molecular Architecture and Its Emergent Properties -- 1.8.1 Diamond, Graphite, and More -- 1.8.2 And There Was Light -- 1.9 Chirality, and the Magic By Which Molecules Recognize Others in Nature -- 1.10 Our Genetic Code is Chemical -- 1.11 Chemistry and Its Emergent Expressions -- 1.12 References and Notes -- 1.A Appendix -- 1.A.1 Proposed Demonstrations -- 1.A.2 References for Appendix 1.A -- 1.R Retouches -- 1.R.1 More Drugs Looking like PEA -- 1.R.2 The Atomic Hypothesis -- 1.R.3 The Uncertainty Principle, The Exclusion Rule, and Valence -- 1.R.4 Units of Size |
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1.R.5 References for Retouches -- 2 The Chemical Bond and The LEGO Principle -- 2.1 Conversation on Contents of Lecture 2 -- 2.2 The Periodic Table: The Storehouse of Atoms -- 2.2.1 The Chemical Language -- 2.3 The LEGO Principle -- 2.3.1 The Covalent Bond in H2 -- 2.4 The Bonding Capability of Atoms and The Law of Nirvana for Main Group Elements -- 2.4.1 The Valence Shell and Connectivity in a Family -- 2.4.2 The Octet and Duet Rules: The Law of Nirvana -- 2.5 Making Molecules Using the Available Atom Connectivity and The Law of Nirvana |
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2.5.1 Using the Table of Connectivity to Make Molecules That Attain Nirvana -- 2.5.2 Bonding in Atoms with Multiple Connectivity -- 2.6 The Principle of Conservation of The Number of Atoms in Chemical Reactions -- 2.7 Summary -- 2.8 References -- 2.A Appendix -- 2.R Retouches -- 2.R.1 Elements versus Atoms -- 2.R.2 Electron Pairing -- 2.R.3 Enzymes and Catalysis -- 2.R.4 Alchemy -- 2.R.5 References for Retouches -- 2.P PROBLEM SET -- 3 Electron-Deficient Molecules, Giant Molecules, and Connectivity of Large Fragments -- 3.1 Conversation on Contents of Lecture 3 -- 3.2 Electron-Deficient Molecules |
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3.2.1 Electron-Deficient Free Radicals -- 3.3 The Power of Multiple Connectivity: SiO2-A Giant Molecule -- 3.3.1 SiO2-A Giant Molecule -- 3.3.2 Definitions of Terms That Follow from the SiO2 Story: Stoichiometry and Polymers -- 3.4 SiO2 and Glass Making -- 3.5 Glass Making from WATER GLASS -- 3.6 Must We Work So Hard To Construct Large Molecules? -- 3.6.1 Creating Larger Modular Building Blocks -- 3.6.2 Making New Molecules from the New Modular Fragments -- 3.7 Summary -- 3.8 References -- 3.A Appendix -- 3.A.1 Proposed Demonstrations -- 3.A.2 References for Appendix 3.A -- 3.R Retouches |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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3.R.1 Formal Charges |
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Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119001447 |
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1119001447 |
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