A chemist's guide to valence bond theory : insights into chemical bonding, reactivity, and excited states /
Updated resource on theoretical aspects and applications of valence bond methods to chemical calculations A Chemist's Guide to Valence Bond Theory explains how to use valence bond theory to think concisely and rigorously and how to use VB computations.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2026]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Updated resource on theoretical aspects and applications of valence bond methods to chemical calculations A Chemist's Guide to Valence Bond Theory explains how to use valence bond theory to think concisely and rigorously and how to use VB computations. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. 4.2 Mapping a Molecular Orbital-Configuration Interaction Wave Function into a Valence Bond Wave Function |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Bibliography: | References -- Exercises -- Answers -- Chapter 6 Valence Bond Diagrams for Chemical Reactivity -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Two Archetypal Valence Bond Diagrams -- 6.3 The Valence Bond State Correlation Diagram Model and its General Outlook on Reactivity -- 6.4 Construction of Valence Bond State Correlation Diagrams for Elementary Processes -- 6.4.1 Valence Bond State Correlation Diagrams for Radical Exchange Reactions -- 6.4.2 Valence Bond State Correlation Diagrams for Reactions Between Nucleophiles and Electrophiles -- 6.4.3 Generalization of Valence Bond State Correlation Diagrams for Reactions Involving Reorganization of Covalent Bonds -- 6.5 Barrier Expressions Based on the Valence Bond State Correlation Diagram Model -- 6.5.1 Some Guidelines for Quantitative Applications of the Valence Bond State Correlation Diagram Model -- 6.6 Making Qualitative Reactivity Predictions with the Valence Bond State Correlation Diagram -- 6.6.1 Reactivity Trends in Radical Exchange Reactions -- 6.6.2 Reactivity Trends in Allowed and Forbidden Reactions -- 6.6.3 Reactivity Trends in Oxidative-Addition Reactions -- 6.6.4 Reactivity Trends in Reactions Between Nucleophiles and Electrophiles -- 6.6.5 Chemical Significance of the f Factor -- 6.6.6 Making Stereochemical Predictions with the VBSCD Model -- 6.6.7 Predicting Transition-State Structures with the Valence Bond State Correlation Diagram Model -- 6.6.8 Trends in Transition-State Resonance Energies -- 6.7 Valence Bond Configuration Mixing Diagrams: General Features -- 6.8 Valence Bond Configuration Mixing Diagram with Ionic Intermediate Curves -- 6.8.1 Valence Bond Configuration Mixing Diagram for Proton-Transfer Processes -- 6.8.2 Insights from Valence Bond Configuration Mixing Diagrams: One Electron Less-One Electron More -- 6.8.3 Nucleophilic Substitution on Silicon: Stable Hypercoordinated Species. |
| ISBN: | 9781394238804 1394238800 9781394238828 1394238827 |