

Preview Chapter 6 on Stereochemistry in PDF FormatĬhapter 1: Introduction to Structure and Models of Bondingġ.2 A More Modern Theory of Organic Bondingġ.3 Orbital Mixing – Building Larger Moleculesġ.4 Bonding and Structure of Reactive Intermediatesġ.5 A Very Quick Look at Organometallic and Inorganic BondingĢ.2 Thermochemistry of Reactive IntermediatesĢ.3 Relationships between Structure and Energetics Basic Conformational AnalysisĬhapter 3: Solutions and Noncovalent Binding ForcesĬhapter 4: Molecular Recognition and Supramolecular ChemistryĤ.1 Thermodynamic Analyses of Binding Phenomenaĥ.6 Lewis Acids/Bases and Electrophiles/NucleophilesĦ.4 Reaction Stereochemistry: Stereoselectivity and StereospecificityĦ.6 Topological and Supramolecular StereochemistryĦ.7 Stereochemical Issues in Polymer ChemistryĦ.8 Stereochemical Issues in Chemical BiologyĬhapter 7: Energy Surfaces and Kinetic Analysesħ.2 Transition State Theory (TST), and Related Topicsħ.3 Postulates and Principles Related to Kinetic Analysisħ.5 Complex Reactions – Deciphering Mechanismsħ.8 Considering Multiple Reaction CoordinatesĬhapter 8: Experiments Related to Thermodynamics and KineticsĨ.3 Hammett Plots, The Most Common LFER.

It will also serve as a landmark new reference text, and as an introduction to many of the more advanced topics of interest to modern researchers.

Written by two distinguished researchers in this field, Modern Physical Organic Chemistry can serve as a text for a year-long course targeted to advanced undergraduates or first-year graduate students, as well as for a variety of shorter courses on selected aspects of the field. The foundations and applicabilities of modern computational methods are also developed. In addition to covering thoroughly the core areas of physical organic chemistry – structure and mechanism – the book will escort the practitioner of organic chemistry into a field that has been thoroughly updated. This completely new landmark text is intended to bridge that gap. Contemporary chemists must be just as familiar with these newer fields as with the more established classical topics. In the latter part of the 20th century, the field of physical organic chemistry went through dramatic changes, with an increased emphasis on noncovalent interactions and their roles in molecular recognition, supramolecular chemistry, and biology the development of new materials with novel structural features and the use of computational methods. This is the first modern textbook, written in the 21st century, to make explicit the many connections between physical organic chemistry and critical fields such as organometallic chemistry, materials chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and biochemistry.
