Part I: Molecular Structure and Thermodynamics
Chapter
1. Introduction to Structure and Models of Bonding ............. 3
2. Strain and Stability ....................................... 65
3. Solutions and Non-Covalent Binding Forces ................. 145
4. Molecular Recognition and Supramolecular Chemistry ........ 207
5. Acid-Base Chemistry ....................................... 259
6. Stereochemistry ........................................... 297
Part II: Reactivity, Kinetics, and Mechanisms
Chapter
7. Energy Surfaces and Kinetic Analyses ...................... 355
8. Experiments Related to Thermodynamics and Kinetics ........ 421
9. Catalysis ................................................. 489
10. Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Part 1: Reactions Involving
Additions and / or Eliminations ........................... 537
11. Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Part 2: Substitutions at
Aliphatic Centers and Thermal Isomerizations /
Rearrangements ............................................ 627
12. Organotransition Metal Reaction Mechanisms and
Catalysis ................................................. 705
13. Organic Polymer and Materials Chemistry ................... 753
Part III: Electronic Structure: Theory and Applications
Chapter
14. Advanced Concepts in Electronic Structure Theory .......... 807
15. Thermal Pericyclic Reactions .............................. 877
16. Photochemistry ............................................ 935
17. Electronic Organic Materials ............................. 1001
Appendix
1. Conversion Factors and Other Useful Data ................. 1047
2. Electrostatic Potential Surfaces for Representative
Organic Molecules ........................................ 1049
3. Group Orbitals of Common Functional Groups:
Representative Examples Using Simple Molecules ........... 1051
4. The Organic Structures of Biology ........................ 1057
5. Pushing Electrons ........................................ 1061
6. Reaction Mechanism Nomenclature .......................... 1075
Index ........................................................ 1079
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