Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions

ISBN-13: 9780470746592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str.

UK) Fleming Ian (University of Cambridge

Opis

Winner of the PROSE Award for Chemistry & Physics 2010 Acknowledging the very best in professional and scholarly publishing, the annual PROSE Awards recognise publishers' and authors' commitment to pioneering works of research and for contributing to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields. Judged by peer publishers, librarians, and medical professionals, Wiley are pleased to congratulate Professor Ian Fleming, winner of the PROSE Award in Chemistry and Physics for Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions. 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

Slides for lectures and presentations are available on the supplementary website: www.wiley.com/go/fleming_student 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 Reference Edition edition takes the content and the same non-mathematical approach of the Student Edition, and adds extensive extra subject coverage, detail and over 1500 references. The additional material adds a deeper understanding of the models used, and includes a broader range of applications and case studies. Providing a complete in-depth reference for a more advanced audience, this edition will find a place on the bookshelves of researchers and advanced students of organic, physical organic and computational chemistry. Further information can be viewed here. "These books are the result of years of work, which began as an attempt to write a second edition of my 1976 book Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions. I wanted to give a rather more thorough introduction to molecular orbitals, while maintaining my focus on the organic chemist who did not want a mathematical account, but still wanted to understand organic chemistry at a physical level. I'm delighted to win this prize, and hope a new generation of chemists will benefit from these books."
-Professor Ian Fleming

Recenzje

"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 the primary 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)

Spis treści

Preface.

1 Principles.

1.1 The Orbital Model.

1.2 Mathematical Methods.

1.3 Basic Postulates.

1.4 Physical Interpretation of the Basic Principles.

2 Matrices.

2.1 Definitions and Elementary Properties.

2.2 Properties of Determinants.

2.3 Special Matrices.

2.4 The Matrix Eigenvalue Problem.

3 Atomic Orbitals.

3.1 Atomic Orbitals as a Basis for Molecular Calculations.

3.2 Hydrogen–like Atomic Orbitals.

3.3 Slater–type Orbitals.

3.4 Gaussian–type Orbitals.

4 The Variation Method.

4.1 Variational Principles.

4.2 Nonlinear Parameters.

4.3 Linear Parameters and the Ritz Method.

4.4 Applications of the Ritz Method.

Appendix: The Integrals J, K, J´ and K´.

5 Spin.

5.1 The Zeeman Effect.

5.2 The Pauli Equations for One–electron Spin.

5.3 The Dirac Formula for N–electron Spin.

6 Antisymmetry of Many–electron Wavefunctions.

6.1 Antisymmetry Requirement and the Pauli Principle.

6.2 Slater Determinants.

6.3 Distribution Functions.

6.4 Average Values of Operators.

7 Self–consistent–field Calculations and Model Hamiltonians.

7.1 Elements of Hartree Fock Theory for Closed Shells.

7.2 Roothaan Formulation of the LCAO MO SCF Equations.

7.3 Molecular Self–consistent–field Calculations.

7.4 H uckel Theory.

7.5 A Model for the One–dimensional Crystal.

8 Post–Hartree Fock Methods.

8.1 Configuration Interaction.

8.2 Multiconfiguration Self–consistent–field.

8.3 Møller Plesset Theory.

8.4 The MP2–R12 Method.

8.5 The CC–R12 Method.

8.6 Density Functional Theory.

9 Valence Bond Theory and the Chemical Bond.

9.1 The Born Oppenheimer Approximation.

9.2 The Hydrogen Molecule H₂.

9.3 The Origin of the Chemical Bond.

9.4 Valence Bond Theory and the Chemical Bond.

9.5 Hybridization and Molecular Structure.

9.6 Pauling s Formula for Conjugated and Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

10 Elements of Rayleigh Schroedinger Perturbation Theory.

10.1 Rayleigh Schroedinger Perturbation Equations up to Third Order.

10.2 First–order Theory.

10.3 Second–order Theory.

10.4 Approximate E2 Calculations: The Hylleraas Functional.

10.5 Linear Pseudostates and Molecular Properties.

10.6 Quantum Theory of Magnetic Susceptibilities.

Appendix: Evaluation of µ and .

11 Atomic and Molecular Interactions.

11.1 The H H Nonexpanded Interactions up to Second Order.

11.2 The H H Expanded Interactions up to Second Order.

11.3 Molecular Interactions.

11.4 Van der Waals and Hydrogen Bonds.

11.5 The Keesom Interaction.

12 Symmetry.

12.1 Molecular Symmetry.

12.2 Group Theoretical Methods.

12.3 Illustrative Examples.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

O autorze

Ian Fleming ist emeritierter Professor für Organische Chemie an der Universität Cambridge und emeritierter Fellow am Pembroke College. Nach seiner Promotion verbrachte er ein Postdoc-Aufenthalt bei R.B. Woodward an der Harvard Universität. Er ist Autor vieler internationaler Publikationen und hat fünf Lehrbücher verfasst wovon ein das Standardwerk zur Grenzorbitaltheorie ist.
Joachim Podlech hat Chemie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München studiert, gefolgt von einer Doktorarbeit in München in der Gruppe von Prof. Dr. Günter Szeimies. Nach einem Postdoc-Aufenthalt an der ETH-Zürich in der Gruppe von Prof. Dr. Dieter Seebach, hat er sich an der Universität Stuttgart habilitiert. Seit 2003 ist er Professor für Organische Chemie an der Universität Karlsruhe.

Blurb

Molecular orbital theory I 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 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 or every organic chemist s stills 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 it 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 serves in a sense as a second edition of the author s influential earlier book Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions, but has been completely rewritten, greatly enlarging the chapters on molecular orbital theory itself, and on the theoretical basis for the principle of hard and soft acids and bases, and a whole chapter on the stereochemistry of the fundamental organic reactions. Correlation diagrams have been added to the discussion of pericyclic chemistry, and a great deal more in that, the largest chapter. A number of new topics, both omissions from the earlier book and work that has taken place in the intervening years, are included, and there are more words of caution in discussing frontier orbital theory itself.

Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions: Student Edition is an individual textbook on this important subject for student or organic, physical organic and computational chemistry.