The chemist's electronic book of orbitals /

This new electronic textbook introduces chemistry students to the world of orbitals using 3D and VRML representation of molecular orbitals. The electronic components of the book are included - together with the necessary representation tools - in the CD-ROM accompanying the book. A short introductio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Tim, 1949-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Koch, Rainer, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1999]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals: H2 and He2 - The Simplest Examples; The Effect of Electronegativity; p-Orbitals and pi-Overlap; Combining AOs to Build MOs; The AH2 Walsh Diagram
  • Larger Molecules: Ethylene; Cyclopropane; pi-Systems; Hyperconjugation
  • Reactions: Lewis Acid/Lewis Base Interactions; Selectivity; Frontier MO Theory; The Woodward-Hoffmann Rules
  • Elementary Symmetry: Symmetry Elements; Point Groups; Irreducible Representations and Character Tables; Degenerate Orbitals
  • General Information - Installation - Use
  • List of Molecules
  • Glossary.