Molecular orbitals and organic chemical reactions / / Ian Fleming

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139364603321
• Autore: Fleming Ian <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010
• ISBN: 1-119-96467-9; 1-282-55013-6; 9786612550133; 0-470-68949-8; 0-470-68950-1
• Edizione: [Reference ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (529 p.)
• Disciplina: 547/.2
• Soggetti: Molecular orbitals; Chemical bonds; Physical organic chemistry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Molecular Orbital Theory; 1.1 The Atomic Orbitals of a Hydrogen Atom; 1.2 Molecules Made from Hydrogen Atoms; 1.3 C-H and C-C Bonds; 1.4 Conjugation-Hückel Theory; 1.5 Aromaticity; 1.6 Strained Bonds-Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutanes; 1.7 Heteronuclear Bonds, C-M, C-X and C=O; 1.8 The Tau Bond Model; 1.9 Spectroscopic Methods; 2 Molecular Orbitals and the Structures of Organic Molecules; 2.1 The Effects of Conjugation; 2.2 Hyperconjugation- Conjugation; 2.3 The Configurations and Conformations of Molecules; 2.4 The Effect of Conjugation on Electron Distribution; 2.5 Other Noncovalent Interactions3 Chemical Reactions-How Far and How Fast; 3.1 Factors Affecting the Position of an Equilibrium; 3.2 The Principle of Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB); 3.3 Transition Structures; 3.4 The Perturbation Theory of Reactivity; 3.5 The Salem-Klopman Equation; 3.6 Hard and Soft Nucleophiles and Electrophiles; 3.7 Other Factors Affecting Chemical Reactivity; 4 Ionic Reactions-Reactivity; 4.1 Single Electron Transfer (SET) in Ionic Reactions; 4.2 Nucleophilicity; 4.3 Ambident Nucleophiles; 4.4 Electrophilicity; 4.5 ; Ambident Electrophiles; 4.6 Carbenes; 5 Ionic Reactions-Stereochemistry5.1 The Stereochemistry of the FundamentalOrganic Reactions; 5.2 Diastereoselectivity; 6 Thermal Pericyclic Reactions; 6.1 The Four Classes of Pericyclic Reactions; 6.2 Evidence for the Concertedness of Bond Makingand Breaking; 6.3 Symmetry-allowed and Symmetry-forbidden Reactions; 6.4 Explanations for the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules; 6.5 Secondary Effects; 7 Radical Reactions; 7.1 Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Radicals; 7.2 The Abstraction of Hydrogen and Halogen Atoms; 7.3 The Addition of Radicals to Bonds; 7.4 Synthetic Applications of the Chemoselectivity of Radicals7.5 Stereochemistry in some Radical Reactions; 7.6 Ambident Radicals; 7.7 Radical Coupling; 8 Photochemical Reactions; 8.1 Photochemical Reactions in General; 8.2 Photochemical Ionic Reactions; 8.3 Photochemical Pericyclic Reactions and Related Stepwise Reactions; 8.4 Photochemically Induced Radical Reactions; 8.5 Chemiluminescence; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Winner of the PROSE Award for Chemistry & Physics 2010 Acknowledging the very best in professional and scholarly publishing, the annual PROSE Awards recognise publishers' and authors' commitment to pioneering works of research and for contributing to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields. Judged by peer publishers, librarians, and medical professionals, Wiley are pleased to congratulate Professor Ian Fleming, winner of the PROSE Award in Chemistry and Physics for Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions. Molecular orbital theory is