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Orbital Symmetry and Reaction Mechanism

The OCAMS View

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. E. Amitai Halevi

    1. Department of Chemistry, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXII
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  2. Preliminary Survey

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Woodward-Hoffmann Rules in Perspective

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      Pages 3-26

  3. Symmetry and Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Atoms and Atomic Orbitals

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      Pages 29-55

    3. Diatomic Molecules and Their Molecular Orbitals

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      Pages 57-76

    4. Formation and Deformation of Polyatomic Molecules

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      Pages 77-105

  4. The Classical Thermal Reactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Electrocyclic Reactions and Related Rearrangements

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      Pages 109-133

    3. Cycloadditions and Cycloreversions I. [2+2]-Cycloaddition

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      Pages 135-159

    4. Cycloadditions and Cycloreversions II. Beyond [2+2]

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      Pages 161-186

    5. Degenerate Rearrangements

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      Pages 187-212

  5. Spin and Photochemistry

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      Pages 213-213
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    2. Electron Spin

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      Pages 215-242

    3. Excited State Reactions

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      Pages 243-265

    4. Into Inorganic Chemistry

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      Pages 267-279

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 281-310
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About this book

Criteria of orbital symmetry conservation had a profound influence on mechanistic thinking in organic chemistry and are still commonly applied today. The author presents a coherent set of operational rules for the analysis of scope and reliability. It is written from the viewpoint of Orbital Correspondence Analysis in Maximum Symmetry (OCAMS). Its advantage lies in its provision of a coherent overview of the relation between symmetry and mechanism. For reasons of consistency, the book remains within the framework of molecular orbital theory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel

    E. Amitai Halevi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Orbital Symmetry and Reaction Mechanism

  • Book Subtitle: The OCAMS View

  • Editors: E. Amitai Halevi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83568-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-83570-4Published: 20 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-83568-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 312

  • Topics: Organic Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

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