Organic and Bio-organic Mechanisms

Description
Provides a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the investigation of organic and bioorganic reaction mechanisms. It addresses questions such as: 'How are bonds between atoms rearranged?', 'What sort of structural changes take place to cause bond fission and formation?' and 'How do catalysts lower the activation energies of reactions?'.

Contents
1.  The Transition State  2. Kinetics and Mechanism 3.  The Effect of Changes in Reactant Structure 4.  Kinetic and Equilibrium Isotope Effects 5.  Transition States from External Effects 6.  Transition State Structures - Anomalies 7. Bioorganic Group Transfer Reactions 8.  Catalysis 9.  Complexation Catalysis 10.Some Enzyme Systems

Features

• Techniques for diagnosis of mechanism not previously compiled from research literature.
• An important bridge between fundamental studies and mechanisms in solution.
• Key references from classic papers to the latest research literature.