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The fascinating world of hydrocarbon chemistry provides insights into the most fundamental principles in chemistry like the bond and helps in discovering new synthetic procedures for the lattice build-up.In clearly structured chapters, this book covers the fascinating world of hydrocarbons, providing an insight into the fundamental principles of chemistry. The monograph covers modern aspects of the topic, such as carbon nanotubes, molecular flask inclusion, and fullerenes, with new synthetic procedures for the build up of the structural lattice included.
List of contents
INTRODUCTIONInitial RemarksHydrocarbons with Unusual Spatial Structure: The Need to Finance Basic ResearchComputations on Strained Hydrocarbons Gallery of Molecules That Could Have Been Included in this BookDISTORTED SATURATED HYDROCARBONSMolecules with Inverted Carbon AtomsMolecules with Planar and Pyramidal Carbon AtomsA Theoretical Approach to Study and Design of Prismane Systems(CH)2n Cage Structures, 'in'-'out' Isomerism in Perhydrogenated Fullerenes and Planar Cyclohexane RingsUltralong C-C bondsUltrashort C-C bondsDISTORTED ALKENESNonplanar Alkenes Small Ring and Cage Structures Involving Nonplanar C=C BondsStrained Cyclic Allenes and CumulenesSTRAINED AROMATIC MOLECULESNonstandard BenzenesDistorted CyclophanesHelicenesCycloproparenesFULLERENESIntroductionChemistry Influenced by the Nontypical Structure: Modification of [60]FullerenePhysicochemical Properties and the Unusual Structure of FullerenesFullerene AggregatesEndohedral Fullerenes with Neutral Atoms and MoleculesHydrogenated FullerenesApplications of FullerenesCARBON NANOTUBESThe Structure and Properties of Carbon NanotubesThe Functionalization of Carbon NanotubesApplications of Carbon NanotubesANGLE-STRAINED CYCLOALKYNESIntroductionCyclopropyne and Cyclobutyne: Speculations and Calculations on Non-Isolable CycloalkynesCyclopentyne, Cyclohexyne, Cycloheptyne: From Reactive Intermediates to Isolable CompoundsThe Isolable Angle-Strained Cycloalkynes: Cyclooctyne, Cyclononyne, and BeyondCyclic PolyacetylenesSpectroscopic Properties of Angle-Strained CycloalkynesMOLECULES WITH LABILE BONDS: SELECTED ANNULENES AND BRIDGED HOMOTROPILIDENESIntroductionAnnulenesCyclooctatetraeneBond Shifting, Ring Inversion and AntiaromaticityValence IsomerizationIons Derived from COTThe Higher AnnulenesBridged HomotrophilidenesRecent DevelopmentsMOLECULES WITH NONSTANDARD TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES: CENTROHEXAINDANE, KURATOWSKI´S CYCLOPHANE AND OTHER NONPLANAR MOLECULESIntroductionTopologically Nonplanar Graphs and Molecular Motifs CentrohexaindaneK5 Versus K3,3 MoleculesKuratowski?s CyclophaneSHORT-LIVED SPECIES STABILIZED IN 'MOLECULAR' OR 'SUPRAMOLECULAR FLASKS'CONCLUDING REMARKS
About the author
Professor Dodziuk is working at the Physical Chemistry Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is interested in conformational analysis of hydrocarbons, classification of chirality, NMR spectra and structure of cyclodextrin complexes, endohedral fullerene complexes and carbon nanotubes. She has written more than 70 publications, several reviews and two books.
Summary
In clearly structured chapters, this book covers the fascinating world of hydrocarbons, providing an insight into the fundamental principles of chemistry. The monograph covers modern aspects of the topic, such as carbon nanotubes, molecular flask inclusion, and fullerenes, with new synthetic procedures for the build up of the structural lattice included.
Report
?It provides a nice overview of the subject and some in-depth discussions of selected topics in the field. Everyone from students to seasoned experts will find interesting new molecules to ponder in this book, including some that have yet to be synthesized.? ( Angewandte Chemistry , September 2009)
?This comprehensive review of current literature is intended for PhD students, readers interested in learning about the field, and specialists. The book is clearly illustrated and well-written.? ( Book News , September 2009)
?I would emphasize that any organic chemist who picks up this volume and leafs through it will have difficulty putting it down again. Almost every section stimulates fresh thoughts and research ideas.? ( The Journal of the American Chemical Society , July 2009)
