Moss R.A., Platz M.S., Jones M. (Eds.) Reactive intermediate chemistry

Wiley, 2004. - 1072 p.Reactive Intermediate Chemistry presents a detailed and timely examination of key intermediates central to the mechanisms of numerous organic chemical transformations. Spectroscopy, kinetics, and computational studies are integrated in chapters dealing with the chemistry of carbocations, carbanions, radicals, radical ions, carbenes, nitrenes, arynes, nitrenium ions, diradicals, etc. Nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond kinetic realms are explored, and applications of current dynamics and electronic structure calculations are examined. Reactive Intermediate Chemistry provides a deeper understanding of contemporary physical organic chemistry, and will assist chemists in the design of new reactions for the efficient synthesis of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agricultural products. Among its features, this authoritative volume is:
Edited and authored by world-renowned leaders in physical organic chemistry.
Ideal for use as a primary or supplemental graduate textbook for courses in mechanistic organic chemistry or physical chemistry.
Enhanced by supplemental reading lists and summary overviews in each chapter.Reactive Intermediates
Carbocations
Crossing the Borderline Between S[subscript N]1 and S[subscript N]2 Nucleophilic Substitution at Aliphatic Carbon
Carbanions
Radicals
Non-Kekule Molecules as Reactive Intermediates
Organic Radical Ions
Singlet Carbenes
Stable Singlet Carbenes
Triplet Carbenes
Atomic Carbon
Nitrenes
Synthetic Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry
Nitrenium Ions
Silylenes (and Germylenes, Stannylenes, Plumbylenes)
Strained Hydrocarbons: Structures, Stability, and Reactivity
Arynes
Methods and Temporal Regimes
Matrix Isolation
Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis: A Tool for Physical Organic Chemistry
The Picosecond Realm
Reactions on the Femtosecond Time Scale
Potential Energy Surfaces and Reaction Dynamics
The Partnership between Electronic Structure Calculations and Experiments in the Study of Reactive Intermediates