Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (1992)

Copyright © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (1992)

Editor(s): Saul Patai, Zvi Rappoport

Published Online: 8 AUG 2006

Print ISBN: 9780471924982

Online ISBN: 9780470034378

DOI: 10.1002/0470034378

Series Editor(s): Saul Patai

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Multinational contributors provide extensive coverage regarding the synthesis and properties of this important functional group. Structural chemistry; NMR and mass spectrometry; analytical factors such as thermochemistry; reactivity, namely electrophilic, acidity, basicity and rearrangements; natural occurrence and biochemistry are among the subjects discussed.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

    2. Chapter 1

      Atomic and Group Properties in the Alkanes (pages 1–77)

      Richard F. W. Bader

    3. Chapter 2

      Structural Chemistry of Alkanes—A Personal View (pages 79–94)

      Eiji Ōsawa

    4. Chapter 3

      Conformational Analysis of Acyclic and Alicyclic Saturated Hydrocarbons (pages 95–133)

      J. E. Anderson

    5. Chapter 4

      Chiroptical Properties of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 135–184)

      James H. Brewster

    6. Chapter 5

      Enumeration, Topological Indices and Molecular Properties of Alkanes (pages 185–213)

      Lowell H. Hall and Lemont B. Kier

    7. Chapter 6

      The Thermochemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 215–287)

      N. Cohen and S. W. Benson

    8. Chapter 7

      The Analysis of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 289–349)

      Zeev Aizenshtat

    9. Chapter 8

      NMR Spectroscopy of Alkanes (pages 351–393)

      Stefan Berger

    10. Chapter 9

      The Mass Spectra of Alkanes (pages 395–454)

      Tino Gäumann

    11. Chapter 10

      The Photoelectron Spectra of Saturated Hydrocarbons (pages 455–529)

      E. Heilbronner

    12. Chapter 11

      Acidity and Basicity (pages 531–551)

      A. C. Hopkinson

    13. Chapter 12

      Alkanes: Modern Synthetic Methods (pages 553–608)

      Goverdhan Mehta and H. Surya Prakash Rao

    14. Chapter 13

      Electrophilic Reactions on Alkanes (pages 609–652)

      George A. Olah and G. K. Surya Prakash

    15. Chapter 14

      Organometallic Chemistry of Alkane Activation (pages 653–679)

      Robert H. Crabtree

    16. Chapter 15

      Rearrangements and Photochemical Reactions Involving Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 681–741)

      T. Oppenländer, G. Zang and W. Adam

    17. Chapter 16

      Radiation Chemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 743–780)

      A. Hummel

    18. Chapter 17

      Electrochemical Conversion of Alkanes (pages 781–808)

      Hans J. Schäfer

    19. Chapter 18

      Syntheses and Uses of Isotopically Labelled Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 809–893)

      Mieczysław Zielinski and Marianna Kanska

    20. Chapter 19

      Natural Occurrence, Biochemistry and Toxicology (pages 895–926)

      Derek V. Banthorpe

    21. Chapter 20

      Inverted and Planar Carbon (pages 927–962)

      William C. Agosta

    22. Chapter 21

      Radical Reactions of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes (pages 963–997)

      Glen A. Russell

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      Author Index (pages 999–1060)

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      Subject Index (pages 1061–1078)

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