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Why chemical reactions happen /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keeler, James
Other Authors: Wothers, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Chemical reactions.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • What makes a reaction go?
  • Ionic interactions
  • Electrons in atoms
  • Electrons in simple molecules
  • Electrons in larger molecules
  • Reactions
  • Equilibrium
  • Rates of reaction
  • Bonding in extended systems--conjugation
  • Substitution and elimination reactions
  • The effects of the solvent
  • Leaving groups
  • Competing reactions.