Molecular orbital theory is used by chemists to describe the arrangement of electrons in chemical structures. It is also a theory capable of giving some insight into the forces involved in the making and breaking of chemical bonds--the chemical reactions that are often the focus of an organic chemist's interest. Organic chemists with a serious interest in understanding and explaining their work usually express their ideas in molecular orbital terms, so much so that it is now an essential component of every organic chemist's skills to have some acquaintance with molecular orbital theory.
Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions is both a simplified account of molecular orbital theory and a review of its applications in organic chemistry; it provides a basic introduction to the subject and a wealth of illustrative examples. In this book molecular orbital theory is presented in a much simplified, and entirely non-mathematical language, accessible to every organic chemist, whether student or research worker, whether mathematically competent or not. Topics covered include:
* Molecular Orbital Theory
* Molecular Orbitals and the Structures of Organic Molecules
* Chemical Reactions -- How Far and How Fast
* Ionic Reactions -- Reactivity
* Ionic Reactions -- Stereochemistry
* Pericyclic Reactions
* Radical Reactions
* Photochemical Reactions
Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions: Student Edition is an invaluable first textbook on this important subject for students of organic, physical organic and computational chemistry.
"The new "Fleming" is a must for every lecturer and every student of chemistry--a fantastic book. In this new form the textbook will last for another 30 years and remain as fresh as did its predecessor!" - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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"Fleming uses nonquantitative molecular orbital theory to explain many common phenomena in organic chemistry. As such, this is a very powerful tool for students of advanced organic chemistry. Much of what is taken simply on faith or with some hand waving in sophomore organic chemistry can be readily explained with molecular orbital theory, which is usually considered too advanced for students at that level. Though this book could be used as theprimary textbook for a course solely on molecular orbitals in organic chemistry, it will more likely be used as a reference source for an advanced organic chemistry course for upper-level undergraduates or graduate students." (CHOICE, August 2010)
"The new 'Fleming' is a must for every lecturer and every student of chemistry-a fantastic book. In this new form the textbook will last for another 30 years and remain as fresh as did its predecessor!" (Angewandte Chemie International Edition March 2010)
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Professor Ian Fleming, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Ian Fleming is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the University of Cambridge, and an Emeritus Fellow of Pembroke College. He is the author of five textbooks: Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry (McGraw Hill, now in its 6th edition), Spectroscopic Problems in Organic Chemistry (McGraw Hill); Selected Organic Syntheses (Wiley), Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions (Wiley) and Pericyclic Reactions (OUP Oxford Chemistry Primer series).
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Preface.
1 Molecular Orbital Theory.
1.1 The Atomic Orbitals of a Hydrogen Atom.
1.2 Molecules made from Hydrogen Atoms.
1.3 C--H and C--C Bonds.
1.4 Conjugation--Hückel Theory.
1.5 Aromaticity.
1.6 Strained à Bonds--Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutanes.
1.7 Heteronuclear Bonds, C--M, C--X and C=O.
1.8 The Tau Bond Model.
1.9 Spectroscopic Methods.
1.10 Exercises.
2 The Structures of Organic Molecules.
2.1 The Effects of À Conjugation.
2.2 Ã Conjugation--Hyperconjugation.
2.3 The Configurations and Conformations of Molecules.
2.4 Other Noncovalent Interactions.
2.5 Exercises.
3 Chemical Reactions--How Far and How Fast.
3.1 Factors Affecting the Position of an Equilibrium.
3.2 The Principle of Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB).
3.3 Transition Structures.
3.4 The Perturbation Theory of Reactivity.
3.5 The Salem-Klopman Equation.
3.6 Hard and Soft Nucleophiles and Electrophiles.
3.7 Other Factors Affecting Chemical Reactivity.
4 Ionic Reactions--Reactivity.
4.1 Single Electron Transfer (SET) in Ionic Reactions.
4.2 Nucleophilicity.
4.3 Ambident Nucleophiles.
4.4 Electrophilicity.
4.5 Ambident Electrophiles.
4.6 Carbenes.
4.7 Exercises.
5 Ionic Reactions--Stereochemistry.
5.1 The Stereochemistry of the Fundamental Organic Reactions.
5.2 Diastereoselectivity.
5.3 Exercises.
6 Thermal Pericyclic Reactions.
6.1 The Four Classes of Pericyclic Reactions.
6.2 Evidence for the Concertedness of Bond Making and Breaking.
6.3 Symmetry-Allowed and Symmetry-Forbidden Reactions.
6.4 Explanations for the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules.
6.5 Secondary Effects.
6.6 Exercises.
7 Radical Reactions.
7.1 Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Radicals.
7.2 The Abstraction of Hydrogen and Halogen Atoms.
7.3 The Addition of Radicals to À Bonds
7.4 Synthetic Applications of the Chemoselectivity of Radicals.
7.5 Stereochemistry in some Radical Reactions.
7.6 Ambident Radicals.
7.7 Radical Coupling.
7.8 Exercises.
8 Photochemical Reactions.
8.1 Photochemical Reactions in General.
8.2 Photochemical Ionic Reactions.
8.3 Photochemical Pericyclic Reactions and Related Stepwise Reactions.
8.4 Photochemically Induced Radical Reactions.
8.5 Chemiluminescence.
8.6 Exercises.
References.
Index.
