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Selectivity in Chemical Reactions

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Editors:
  1. J. C. Whitehead

    1. Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 245)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Selectivity in Elementary Chemical Reactions

      • Richard B. Bernstein
      Pages 1-21

  3. Specificty of Reagent States in Chemical Reactions

    1. Laser Studies on the Selectivity of Elementary Chemical Reactions: Products, Energy, Orientation

      • Jürgen Wolfrum
      Pages 23-45

    2. Rotational and Steric Effects in Three Centre Reactions

      • W. Grote, M. Hoffmeister, R. Schleysing, H. Zerhau-Dreihöfer, H. J. Loesch
      Pages 47-78

    3. Selectivity of Translational Excitation in Reactive Collisions. The Alkaline Plus Alkyl Halide Reaction Family

      • A. Gonzalez Ureña
      Pages 79-94

    4. The Effect of Changing Reagent Translation on Reaction Dynamics: F + CF3I → IF + CF3

      • M. Trautmann, K. Wagemann, J. Wanner, X. K. Zeng
      Pages 95-104

    5. Internal Energy Distributions in AlO Given by the Reactions of Aluminium Atoms with Several Oxidant Molecules

      • Michel Costes, Christian Naulin, Gérard Dorthe, Guy Nouchi
      Pages 105-116

    6. The Effect of Electronic Excitation in the Reactions of Oxygen Atoms with Simple Hydride Molecules

      • J. J. Sloan, E. J. Kruus, B. I. Niefer
      Pages 117-133

    7. Laser Studies of Reaction Dynamics: The Ca* + HF → CaF(X2Σ+,v) + H and Ca* + SF6 → CaF(X2Σ+,v) + SF5 Reactions

      • F. Engelke, K. H. Meiwes-Broer
      Pages 135-146

  4. Spin-Orbit Effects in Chemical Reactions

    1. Spin-Orbit Effects in Chemical Reactions

      • Paul J. Dagdigian
      Pages 147-177

    2. Open Shell Atomic Beam Scattering and the Spin Orbit Dependence of Potential Energy Surfaces

      • V. Aquilanti, R. Candori, G. Liuti, F. Pirani
      Pages 179-194

  5. Orientation and Alignment in Chemical Reactions

    1. Reactive Scattering with Oriented Molecules: Selectivity in the Ba + N2O → BaO* + N2 Reaction

      • Henk Jalink, Maurice H. M. Janssen, Michiel Geijsberts, Steven Stolte, David H. Parker, John Z. W. Wang
      Pages 195-220

    2. Product Alignment in Reactive, Inelastic and Half-Collisions

      • J. P. Simons
      Pages 221-244

    3. Alignment Effects in Electronic Energy Transfer and Reactive Events

      • Stephen R. Leone
      Pages 245-263

    4. Fundamental Considerations in the Study of Inelastic and Reactive Collisions Involving Atoms in 1P Electronic States

      • Millard H. Alexander, Brigitte Pouilly
      Pages 265-305

    5. Ionizing Collisions of Fast K Atoms with Oriented Symmetric Top Molecules: Preliminary Results

      • Howard S. Carman Jr, Leon F. Phillips, Philip R. Brooks
      Pages 307-310

    6. Saturation in Laser-Induced Fluorescence: Detection of Nascent Product Rotational Angular Momentum Alignment

      • M. H. M. Janssen, M. A. Quesada, D. H. Parker, S. Stolte
      Pages 311-321

    7. Investigation of the Orientation Dependence of the F + H2 Reaction Using Scaled Barrier Functions in the Angle-Dependent Line-of-Centres Model

      • J. N. L. Connor, W. Jakubetz
      Pages 323-339

  6. Reactions of van der Waals Complexes and Clusters

    1. Chemistry and van der Waals Complexes

      • C. Jouvet, M. Boivineau
      Pages 341-352

    2. A Theoretical Study of the Oriented Reaction HBr·CO2 + hv → OH + CO + Br

      • George C. Schatz, Michael S. Fitzcharles
      Pages 353-364
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About this book

The aim of this Workshop on "Selectivity in Chemical Reactions" was to examine the specific preferences exhibited by simple chemical reactions with regards to reagents having particular energy states, symmetries, alignment and orientation and the resulting formation of certain products with their corresponding energies, states, alignment and polarisation. Such problems come close to the ultimate goal of reaction dynamics of being able to determine experimentally and theoretically state-to-state cross sections and stereochemical effects under well defined and characterised conditions. There are many examples of highly selective and specific processes to be found in atmospheric and combustion chemistry and the production of population inversions amongst vibrational and electronic states lies at the heart of the development of chemical laser systems. Only when we can understand the fundamental processes that underlie the selectivity in the formation of products in a chemical reaction and the specific requirements of initial states of the reagents, can we expect to be able to develop the explanatory and predictive tools necessary to apply the subject to the development of new laser systems, efficient combustion schemes and specific methods of chemical synthesis, to the control of atmospheric pollution and to all problems in which it is necessary to direct the outcome of a chemical reaction in a specific way. The brief given to the Workshop was to critically review the field, to discuss the present limitations and difficulties and to identify new directions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    J. C. Whitehead

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selectivity in Chemical Reactions

  • Editors: J. C. Whitehead

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3047-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2791-6Due: 31 October 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7870-2Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3047-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 588

  • Topics: Physical Chemistry

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