Making and breaking symmetry in chemistry : (Record no. 93502)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789811249655 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 541.22 MCG-M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McGlinchey, Michael J. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Making and breaking symmetry in chemistry : |
| Remainder of title | syntheses, mechanisms and molecular rearrangements / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael J. McGlinchey |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | World Scientific |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 274p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | This book emphasises the crucial role played by symmetry in modern synthetic chemistry, from famous classical experiments to advances brought about by the introduction of new techniques. The first part presents the breaking of molecular symmetry to resolve mechanistic problems, while the second part discusses the making of molecular symmetry, i.e., preparation of highly symmetrical molecules<br/><br/>The elucidation of reaction mechanisms generally requires the carefully designed control of molecular symmetry to distinguish between the many possible reaction pathways. Making and Breaking Symmetry in Chemistry emphasises the crucial role played by symmetry in modern synthetic chemistry. After discussion of a number of famous classical experiments, the advances brought about by the introduction of new techniques, in particular NMR spectroscopy, are exemplified in numerous cases taken from the recent literature. Experimental verification of many of the predictions made in Woodward and Hoffmann's explication of the Conservation of Orbital Symmetry are described. Applications that involve the breaking of molecular symmetry to resolve these and other mechanistic problems in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry are presented in the first sections of the book, together with many examples of the detection of hitherto hidden rearrangement processes.Subsequently, under the aegis of making molecular symmetry, examples of the preparation of highly symmetrical molecules found in the organic, organometallic or inorganic domains are discussed. These include Platonic hydrocarbons or boranes, tetrahedranes, cubanes, prismanes, dodecahedrane, fullerene fragments such as corannulene, sumanene or semibuckminsterfullerene, and other systems of unusual geometries or bonding characteristics (Möbius strips, molecular brakes and gears, Chauvin's carbomers, Fitjer's rotanes, persubstituted rings, metal-metal multiple bonds, etc.). The text also contains vignettes of many of the scientists who made these major advances, as well as short sections that briefly summarise key features of important topics that underpin the more descriptive material. These include some aspects of chirality, NMR spectroscopy, and the use of isotopic substitution to break molecular symmetry. A brief appendix on point group symmetry and nomenclature is also helpfully provided. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Molecular theory. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Symmetry (Physics) |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 540 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | New Book Display (Welcome to Reserve) | 31/03/2025 | 541.22 MCG-M | 49961 | 22/05/2025 | 22/05/2025 | New books on display | Display - 08 |