Chemical Kinetics: From Molecular Structure to Chemical Reactivity

Chemical Kinetics: From Molecular Structure to Chemical Reactivity, second edition is written for both the specialist in the field as well as upper undergraduate and graduate-level chemistry students. It bridges the gap between the two with a path that leads the reader from the phenomenological approach to the rates of chemical reactions to the state-of-the-art calculation of the rate constants of the most prevalent reactions: atom transfers, catalysis, proton transfers, substitution reactions, energy transfers and electron transfers. In the process, the reader is presented with the details of collision and transition state theories. Readers are offered a simple rational to interpret and predict the rates of chemical reactions, both in the gas and condensed (liquid, supercritical fluids, enzymes) phases. The book places great emphasis on the clarity of the concepts and does not compromise rigor and exactitude. This is achieved by illustrating all the theories and mechanisms with recent examples, some of them described with sufficient detail and simplicity to be used in General Chemistry and lab courses. Chemical Kinetics: From Molecular Structure to Chemical Reactivity is a journey in the world of atoms and molecules, guided by the explanation of how molecular structures change with time. For students and less experienced young researchers, the book provides the basics: the simplest concepts, the fundamental experiments, and the underlying theories. For the seasoned specialist, it takes them to the viewpoint where sophisticated experimental and theoretical methods combine to offer a panorama of time-dependent molecular phenomena connected by a new rational. Features two new chapters on Fractals, Chaos and Oscillatory Reactions and Pharmacokinetics, and all chapters from the first edition are thoroughly revisedIncludes practical examples, detailed theoretical calculations, and cross-relations between reactions throughout the text to underscore key conceptsProvides a state-of-the-art presentation on the kinetics of reactions implicated in the most active research fields INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Reaction rate laws3. Experimental methods4. Rate constants and reaction orders5. Collisions and molecular dynamics6. Reactivity in thermalized systems7. Structure-Reactivity Relationships8.Unimolecular Reactions9. Reaction in solution10. Reactions in surfaces11. Nucleophilic substitution reactions12. Chain reactions13. Acid-base catalysis and proton-transfer reactions14. Enzyme catalysis15. Transitions between electronic states16. Electron transfers17. Fractals, chaos and oscillatory reactions18. Pharmacokinetics

• ISBN: 978-0-444-64039-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 600
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés