Stereo-Differentiating reactions

The nature of asymmetric reactions

Yoshiharu Izumi

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780123778505
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323155038
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Organic Chemistry

Stereo-Differentiating Reactions: The Nature of Asymmetric Reactions provides an introduction to asymmetric reactions. It brings together synthetic organic chemistry, stereochemistry, group theory, the theory of optical rotation, experimental methods, etc., all of which are basic to the study of stereo-differentiating reactions, to form a unified approach based on the new concept of "differentiation." The authors hope that the value of the new concept, which is rather more complex than conventional treatments of asymmetric reactions, will become clear in the present book. This new concept should be useful in many fields of study, not only the development of stereo-differentiating reactions, but also in the study of general reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry. The book contains nine chapters and begins with a historical background of studies on asymmetric reactions. This is followed by separate chapters on molecular symmetry and chirality; nomenclature for chirality, prochirality, and stereo-differentiating reactions; the mechanisms of stereo-differentiating reactions; methods for studying stereo-differentiating reactions; and the basic principle of optical activity.

Table of contents

• Fornt Cover
• Stereo-Differentiating Reactions: The Nature of Asymmetric Reactions
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• CHAPTER 2. MOLECULAR SYMMETRY AND CHIRALITY
• CHAPTER 3. NOMENCLATURE FOR CHIRALITY AND PROCHIRALITY
• CHAPTER 4. NOMENCLATURE FOR STEREO-DIFFERENTIATING REACTIONS
• CHAPTER 5. STEREO-DIFFERENTIATING REACTIONS
• CHAPTER 6. MISCELLANEOUS STEREO-DIFFERENTIATING REACTION SYSTEMS
• CHAPTER 7. MECHANISMS OF STEREO-DIFFERENTIATING REACTIONS
• CHAPTER 8. METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF STEREO-DIFFERENTIATING REACTIONS
• CHAPTER 9. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF OPTICAL ACTIVITY
• APPENDIX A: Maxwell's Equations for a Plane Wave
• APPENDIX Β: Relationship between Incident and Reflected Light,
• APPENDIX C: Fresnel's Equations
• APPENDIX D: The Spiral Model; Electric moment induced by an alternating magnetic field
• APPENDIX Ε: The spiral model: Magnetic Moment Induced by an Alternating Electric Field
• APPENDIX F: Derivation of Eqs. 9.45 and 9.46
• APPENDIX G: Derivation of Eq. 9.53
• APPENDIX Η: Perturbed Wave Equation
• APPENDIX I: Vector Treatment of Electromagnetic Waves
• APPENDIX J: Derivaion of Eq. 9.85
• APPENDIX K: Derivation of Eqs. 9.89 and 9.90
• APPENDIX L: Derivation of Eq. 9.92
• APPENDIX Μ: Derivation of Eq. 9.94
• APPENDIX Ν: Value of Reicht) Cm(t)cm(t)}r (Eq. 9.103)
• Author Index
• Subject Index