Advances in Molecular Structure Research

✍ Scribed by Jeffrey M. Lemm

• Publisher: JAI Press
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The study of the structure of molecular systems is an enduring area of research. This series is devoted to bringing together articles from leading workers in the field that draw together recent theoretical and experimental results and advances in understanding.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR STRUCTURE RESEARCH......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
CHAPTER 1. CONFORMATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF CONGESTED ORGANIC MOLECULES: TRANS IS NOT ALWAYS MORE STABLE THAN GAUCHE......Page 12
CHAPTER 2. TRANSITION METAL CLUSTERS: MOLECULAR VERSUS CRYSTAL STRUCTURE......Page 36
CHAPTER 3. A NOVEL APPROACH TO HYDROGEN BONDING THEORY......Page 78
CHAPTER 4. PARTIALLY BONDED MOLECULES AND THEIR TRANSITION TO THE CRYSTALLINE STATE......Page 114
CHAPTER 5. VALENCE BOND CONCEPTS, MOLECULAR MECHANICS COMPUTATIONS, AND MOLECULAR SHAPES......Page 140
CHAPTER 6. EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS IN STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY......Page 174
CHAPTER 7. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION USING THE NMR "INADEQUATE" TECHNIQUE......Page 202
CHAPTER 8. ENUMERATION OF ISOMERS AND CONFORMERS: A COMPLETE MATHEMATICAL SOLUTION FOR CONJUGATED POLYENE HYDROCARBONS......Page 224
INDEX......Page 258