Overview
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Vladimir I. Minkin
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Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Rostov University, Rostov on Don, USSR
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Boris Ya. Simkin
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Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Rostov University, Rostov on Don, USSR
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Ruslan M. Minyaev
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Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Rostov University, Rostov on Don, USSR
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 1-60
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 61-87
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 88-105
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 106-115
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 116-169
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 170-180
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 181-189
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 190-209
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 210-237
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- Vladimir I. Minkin, Boris Ya. Simkin, Ruslan M. Minyaev
Pages 238-263
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Back Matter
Pages 265-270
About this book
Chemistry is the science of substances (today we would say molecules) and their transformations. Central to this science is the complexity of shape and function of its typical representatives. There lies, no longer dependent on its vitalistic antecedents, the rich realm of molecular possibility called organic chemistry. In this century we have learned how to determine the three-dimensional structure of molecules. Now chemistry as whole, and organic chemistry in particular, is poised to move to the exploration of its dynamic dimension, the busy business of transformations or reactions. Oh, it has been done all along, for what else is synthesis? What I mean is that the theoretical framework accom panying organic chemistry, long and fruitfully laboring on a quantum chemical understanding of structure, is now making the first tentative motions toward building an organic theory of reactivity. The Minkin, Simkin, Minyaev book takes us in that direction. It incorporates the lessons of frontier orbital theory and of Hartree-Fock SCF calculations; what chemical physicists have learned about trajectory calculations of selected reactions, and a simplified treatment of all-important solvent effects. It is written by professional, accomplished organic chemists for other organic chemists; it is consistently even-toned in its presentation of contending approaches. And very much up to date. That this contemporary work should emerge from a regional university in a country in which science has been highly centralized and organic chemistry not very modern, invites reflection.
