Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry
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Book Description
This book for advanced undergraduates covers areas of mechanistic and physical organic chemistry in a non-mathematical way. The topics included are essential in any modern chemistry degree, yet are not included in standard organic chemistry textbooks for undergraduates. The book starts with a
consideration of molecular vibrations and intermolecular interactions, and introduces the use of potential energy profiles and reaction maps to describe organic chemical transformations. The relationship between kinetics and organic reaction mechanisms is then explored with special emphasis on the
interpretation of activation parameters. The relationship between molecular structure and chemical reactivity, i.e. correlation analysis, is then covered, followed by a chapter on catalysis of organic chemical reactions in solution by small molecules. The treatment of catalysis explores how the
molecular structure of compounds determines their reactivity either as substrates or as catalysts. The final chapter is devoted to isotope effects in mechanistic organic chemistry, concentrating on deuterium kinetic isotope effects.
Book Info
Provides accessible accounts of a range of essential topics in chemistry and chemical engineering. Designed for advanced undergraduates covering areas of mechanistic and physical organic chemistry in a non-mathematical way. Softcover.
Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry,Howard Maskill,Oxford University Press, USA,0198558201,Chemistry - Organic,Organic Chemistry,Organic compounds,Reactivity (Chemistry),Science,Science/Mathematics,Structure,Chemistry | Organic Chemistry,Physical chemistry,Science / Chemistry / Organic
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