Research Catalog

Title

The mechanisms of fast reactions in solution / by E.F. Caldin.

Author

Caldin, Edward.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2001.

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Description

xi, 329 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Published a few years after the author's death, this volume is a sequel to his 1964 book, Fast Reactions in Solution; the material is entirely new, extending investigation beyond now well-established fast-reaction techniques to consider their contribution to understanding events on the molecular scale. After an introductory chapter on origins, methods, mechanisms, and rate constants, coverage includes the rates of diffusion-controlled reactions, mathematical theory of diffusion, flash photolysis techniques, fluorescence quenching, Marcus theory involving proton-transfer and group-transfer reactions in solutions, and electron-transfer reactions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Subject

• Chemical kinetics
• Solution (Chemistry)
• Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry)
• Chemical reaction, Conditions and laws of
• solution
• Chemical reaction, Conditions and laws of
• Chemical kinetics
• Reaktionsmechanismus
• Schnelle Reaktion
• Lösung

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Part One -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Origins, Methods, Mechanisms, Rate Constants -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The structure of this book -- 1.3. Theory of rate constants for diffusion-controlled reactions -- References -- Chapter 2. The Rates of Diffusion-Controlled Reactions -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Application of the diffusion law to rates of encounter and of chemical reac- -- tion: the Smoluchowski equation -- 2.3. A molecular model for translational diffusion and diffusion-influenced rates -- of reaction: random-walk theory -- 2.4. Encounter in solution: the solvent 'cage' -- 2.5. The course of an encounter -- 2.6. Alternative theoretical approaches: refinement of theory -- References -- Chapter 3. The Mathematical Theory of Diffusion and Diffusion-Controlled -- Reaction Rates -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Theory of rates of diffusion, in terms of concentration gradients -- 3.3. Calculation of diffusion-controlled rate constant -- 3.4. Diffusion coefficients: theory and experiment -- References -- Chapter 4. Flash Photolysis Techniques -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Experimental flash techniques -- 4.3. Some applications of flash techniques -- References -- Chapter 5. Initiation by High-Energy Radiation: Pulse Radiolysis -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Experimental techniques -- 5.3. Some applications of pulse radiolysis -- References -- Part Two -- Chapter 6. Fluorescence Quenching and Energy-Transfer from Excited -- Molecules -- 6.1. General principles -- 6.2. Theory of fluorescence quenching -- 6.3. Experimental investigation of fluorescence quenching -- 6.4. Kinetic and mechanistic applications of fluorescence measurements -- 6.5. Physical mechanisms for non-radiative energy transfer between molecules -- References -- Chapter 7. Ultrafast Processes: Sub-Picosecond and Femtosecond Techniques -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Femtosecond studies of the entire reaction path -- 7.3. Some systems studied by sub-picosecond and femtosecond techniques -- References -- Part Three -- Chapter 8. Proton-Transfer and Group-Transfer Reactons in Solution: -- Marcus Theory (I) -- 8.1. Marcus theory. Introduction -- 8.2. Application of Marcus theory to proton-transfer reactions in solution -- 8.3. Application of Marcus theory to group transfer -- 8.4. Refinements and extensions of the Marcus treatment -- References -- Chapter 9. Electron-Transfer Reactions: Marcus Theory (II) -- 9.1. Introduction -- I. Electron-transfer in outer-sphere reactions of metal ions -- 9.2 -- II. Electron-transfer reactions in organic systems -- 9.3. Tailpiece: a brief re-capitulation -- References -- Epilogue -- List of symbols used frequently in the Marcus theory of reactions -- Subject Index.

ISBN

• 1586031031
• 9781586031039
• 4274904091
• 9784274904097

LCCN

00109666

OCLC

• ocm48231810
• 48231810
• SCSB-1252196

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library