Foreword to first edition .
Foreword to second edition
Symbols and abbreviations
Mechanistic designations
1 Models of chemical bonding
1.1 Covalency and molecular structure
1.2 Approximate molecular orbital theory
1.3 Properties of covalent bonds
1.4 Intermolecular forces
Problems
References
2 Kinetics and tbermodynamics
2.1 Enthalpy
2.2 Entropy
2.3 The Gibbs function, G
2.4 Factors that contribute to entropy
2.5 Chemical equilibrium
2.6 Some useful thermodynamic relationships
2.7 The application of thermodynamics to rate processes
2.8 Properties of the transition state
2.9 The uses of activation parameters
2.10 The location of the transition state
Problems
References
3 Reagents and reaction mecbanisms
3.1 Polar and radical pathways
3.2 A classification of fundamental reaction types
3.3 Reaction mechanism
3.4 Electron supply and demand
3.5 Transition-state properties an structural change
Problems
References
4 Correlation of sturcture with reactivity
4.1 Electronic demansds
4.2 The Hammett equation
4.3 Substituent constants e
4.4 Theories of substituent effects
4.5 Interpretation of e-values
4.6 Reaction constans,p
4.7 Deviations from the Hammett equation
4.8 Dual-parameter correlations:the fowering of LFER
4.9 Molecular orbiatl considerations
4.10 Cross-interactin terms
Problems
References
5 Solvent effects
5.1 The structure of liquids
5.2 Solutions
5.3 Solvation
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6 Acids and bases, electrophiles and nucleopbiles
7 Kinetic isotope effects
8 Steric and conformational properties
9 Homogeneous catalysis
10 Substitution reactions at carbon
11 Elimination reactions
12 Polar addition reactions
13 Intramolecular reactions
14 Pericyclic reactions
15 Reactions via free readicals
16 Organic photobemistry
Index