Investigation of Organic Reactions and their Mechanisms is a guide for the trained chemist who needs to characterize an organic chemical reaction and investigate its mechanism, but who is not an expert in physical organic chemistry.

Investigation of Organic Reactions and their Mechanisms is a coherent account of the principal methods currently used in mechanistic investigations, at a level accessible to academic researchers and graduate chemists in industry, the book is highly practical in approach.

The book covers basic aspects such as product analysis, kinetics, catalysis, and investigation of reactive intermediates. It also includes material on significant recent developments, e.g. computational chemistry, calorimetry, and electrochemistry, in addition to topics of high current industrial relevance, e.g. reactions in multiphase systems, and synthetically useful reactions involving free radicals and catalysis by organometallic compounds.

Special Features:

• Explains in detail how to investigate the course of an organic chemical reaction, rather than explaining what the various mechanisms are.
• A highly practical approach, giving the reader access to the processes and techniques required to perform these investigations
• Written by both industrial and academic authors, ensuring the coverage is detailed and can easily be applied in the chemical laboratory

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Investigation Of Reaction Mechanisms By Product Studies
3. Experimental Methods For Investigating Kinetics.
4. The Relationship Between Mechanism And Rate Law
5. Reaction Kinetics In Multiphase Systems
6. Electrochemical Methods Of Investigating Reaction Mechanisms
7. Computational Chemistry And The Elucidation Of Mechanism
8. Calorimetric Methods Of Investigating Organic Reactions
9. The Detection And Characterization Of Intermediates In Chemical Reactions
10. Investigation Of Reactions Involving Radical Intermediates
11. Investigation Of Catalysis By Acids, Bases, Other Small Molecules, And Enzymes
12. Catalysis By Organometallic Compounds

Index

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