| Reviews |
| - 'I feel that Peter and James have done a tremendous job of explaining chemical reactions using perspectives that are not used in traditional text books. They explain reactions in terms of bonding theories and orbitals rather than solely using kinetics and equilibrium. The author's use of visual representations throughout the book increases the comprehension of the material covered in the text.
I look forward to using this textbook in my organic chemistry courses. Physical Sciences Educational Reviews 2004.' -
- ''Why Chemical Reactions Happen is one of nature's secrets....This insightful book reveals in clear and impressive style what motivates molecules to metamorphose into something new. It supplies all the essentials for understanding entrophy and how to choreograph molecular transformations to its music' Times Higher Education Supplement, February 2004.' -
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| Description | | - Unique unified approach helps the reader to see the connections between different ideas and concepts across the traditional divisions of chemistry
- Mathematical content is kept to a minimum, making the book suitable for readers from all backgrounds
- Informal written style with the emphasis on understanding through models and real examples keeps the text accessible and relevant
- Builds on and reinforces students' prior knowledge by expanding on many ideas and examples first encountered at school or college
- All the figures from the book will be available to download free from the Online Resource Centre
- Numerous illustrations, many custom drawn, support the explanations given in the text
| By tackling the most central ideas in chemistry, Why Chemical Reactions Happen
provides the reader with all the tools and concepts needed to think like a chemist. The text takes a unified approach to the subject, aiming to help the reader develop a real overview of chemical processes, by avoiding the traditional divisions of physical, inorganic and organic chemistry.
To understand how
chemical reactions happen we need to know about the bonding in molecules, how molecules interact, what determines whether an interaction is favourable or not, and what the outcome will be. Answering these questions requires an understanding of topics from quantum mechanics, through thermodynamics, to "curly arrows". In this book all of these topics are presented in a coherent and coordinated
fashion, showing how each leads to a deeper understanding of chemical reactions.
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Readership: Students in their first year of a university chemistry course, or about to embark on such a course.
| Contents |
1.
What this book is about and who should read it
2.
What makes reactions go?
3.
Electrons in atoms
4.
Electrons in simple molecules
5.
Electrons in larger molecules
6.
Reactions
7.
Equilibrium
8.
Rates of reactions
9.
Bonding in extended systems - conjugation
10.
Substitution and elimination
11.
Nucleophilic substitution at carbonyl
12.
Electrophilic addition to double bonds
13.
Electrophilic aromatic substitution
14.
Role of solvent
15.
Acid and Base Catalysis
16.
Different sites of attack
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
James Keeler, Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge and
Peter Wothers, Teaching Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, St Catherine's College, Cambridge
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