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Title

Deciphering the chemical code : bonding across the periodic table / Nicolaos D. Epiotis.

Author

Epiotis, N. D., 1944-

Publication

New York : VCH, ©1996.

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Details

Description

xlvii, 933 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

This work presents a theory of chemical bonding across the periodic table. It challenges the conventional chemical concepts that underlie popular theories of chemical bonding. It presents chemical formulae that lead to the self-consistent rationalization of existing facts.

Subject

• Valence (Theoretical chemistry)
• Chemical bonds
• Chemical bonds
• Chemische Bindung
• Chemische Formel
• Periodensystem
• Theoretische Chemie
• Valence-Bond-Methode
• Valenz Chemie
• Chemische binding
• Elektronenbanen
• Elektronenstructuur
• VALENCE
• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMICAL BONDS
• CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
• Valence (chimie théorique)
• Liaisons chimiques

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Pt. I. The VB Theory for Chemical Bonding. Ch. 1. Why Today's Theoretical Models Do Not Make Sense. Ch. 2. The Concepts of Nonorthogonal Valence Bond Theory. Ch. 3. The New Valence Theory -- Pt. II. The T Bond. Ch. 4. The Shell Model of Rings. Ch. 5. The Five-Membered Ring as a Key Piece of the Bonding Puzzle. Ch. 6. The Valence Bond Formulas of Organic Molecules. Ch. 7. The Central Problem of Fluorine Symbiosis. Ch. 8. Reinterpretation of Structural Organic Chemistry Through the T Formulas. Ch. 9. The Signature Concept. Ch. 10. T Formulas and Molecular Association. Ch. 11. Why "Crowded" Rotational Isomers End Up Being Global Minima -- Pt. III. The Molecular I Bond. Ch. 12. What Is Aromaticity and How Has It Been Misinterpreted? Ch. 13. VB Aromaticity Is Different from Huckel Aromaticity. Ch. 14. Resonance Theory and Huckel MO Theory Are Unphysical Versions of VB Theory. Ch. 15. The Association Rule and the I Formula. Ch. 16. The Benzene Problem. Ch. 17. The Pericyclic Transition State. Ch. 18. Torquoselectivity. Ch. 19. Alkali Dimers as Coordination Compounds. Ch. 20. Arrow Trains and I-Bond Activation. Ch. 21. The Relay I Bond as the Foundation of Organometallic Bonding. Ch. 22. The Gordian Knot of Chemistry: What Is a Base and What is a Nucleophile? Ch. 23. The Difference Between Kinetics and Thermodynamics. Ch. 24. The Chemical Code Cracks in the p-Block. Ch. 25. VB Selection Rules for Metal Hybridization. Ch. 26. ...and It Shatters in the d Block. Ch. 27. The Transmutation of Endothermic into Exothermic Reaction. Ch. 28. The Importance of Nonvalence Functions. Ch. 29. The Electronic Structures of Metal Dimers. Ch. 30. VB Formulas For Transition Metal Dimers. Ch. 31. The Starring Concept and the Docking Rule. Ch. 32. The Mechanism of Oxidative Addition. Ch. 33. The Regioselectivity of Nucleophilic Addition to Coordinated Ligands. Ch. 34. Error-Free and Error-Full Organometallic Transition States -- Pt. IV. The Cluster I Bond. Ch. 35. The Many Important Lessons of the Li[subscript 4] Metal Cluster. Ch. 36. Rotated Molecules or Aromaticity Where Least Expected. Ch. 37. The Multicatenation Model of Polyhedral Metal Clusters. Ch. 38. The Toy Model. Ch. 39. The Collapse of the Isoelectronic (Isolobal) Analogy -- Pt. V. Chemoelectricity, Chemomagnetism, and Beyond. Ch. 40. The Representation of the Electrical Properties of Solids by the I Formulas. Ch. 41. Normal and High T[subscript c] Superconductors. Ch. 42. Is There Hyperbonding and Hyperchemistry? Ch. 43. Computational Chemistry: Curse or Panacea?

ISBN

• 1560819464
• 9781560819462

LCCN

95048282

OCLC

• ocm33970184
• 33970184
• SCSB-2096624

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library