Overview
- New edition now covering increased-valence and 3-electron-3-centre bonding, recoupled-pair bonding, and spiral chain O4 polymers
- Written by an expert
- Provides a clear overview for advanced graduate and post-graduate students as well as researchers
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry (LNC, volume 90)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This second edition was updated to include some of the recent developments, such as “increased-valence” structures for 3-electron-3-centre bonding, benzene, electron conduction and reaction mechanisms, spiral chain O4 polymers and recoupled-pair bonding. The author provides qualitative molecular orbital and valence-bond descriptions of the electronic structures for primarily electron-rich molecules, with strong emphasis given to the valence-bond approach that uses “increased-valence” structures. He describes how “long-bond” Lewis structures as well as standard Lewis structures are incorporated into “increased-valence” structures for electron-rich molecules. “Increased-valence” structures involve more electrons in bonding than do their component Lewis structures, and are used to provide interpretations for molecular electronic structure, bond properties and reactivities. Attention is also given to Pauling “3-electron bonds”, which are usually diatomic components of “increased-valence” structures for electron-rich molecules.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
The University of Melbourne,
Victoria 3010
Australia. r.harcourt@unimelb.edu.au
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bonding in Electron-Rich Molecules
Book Subtitle: Qualitative Valence-Bond Approach via Increased-Valence Structures
Authors: Richard D. Harcourt
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16676-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16675-9Published: 10 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30751-0Published: 03 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16676-6Published: 30 October 2015
Series ISSN: 0342-4901
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6603
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XV, 326
Topics: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Organic Chemistry