Energetics of Stable Molecules and Reactive Intermediates [Hardcover]

Covers the major experimental and theoretical methods currently used to study the energetics of stable molecules and reactive intermediates. Reviews the ate of the art and shows the interplay of experimental and theoretical methods used to probe bonding energetics and reactivity and a wide range of chemical species.
A modern and invaluable introduction to the study of molecular energetics. A reference for workers currently involved in the field.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Castelo Blanco, Portugal 14-24 July 1998Covers the major experimental and theoretical methods currently used to study the energetics of stable molecules and reactive intermediates. Reviews the ate of the art and shows the interplay of experimental and theoretical methods used to probe bonding energetics and reactivity and a wide range of chemical species.
A modern and invaluable introduction to the study of molecular energetics. A reference for workers currently involved in the field.Preface. 1. Experimental Methods to Derive Bond Energy Data. A Schematic Overview; J.A. Martinho Sim?es, M.A.V. Ribeiro da Silva. 2. Oxygen Bomb Combustion Calorimetry: Principles and Applications to Organic and Organometallic Compounds; M.E. Minas da Piedade. 3. The Nuts and Bolts and Results of Fluorine Bomb Calorimetry; P.A.G. O'Hare. 4.Titration Calorimetry for the Determination of Basicities of Transition Metal Complexes; R.J. Angelici. 5. Photocalorimetry, Methods and Applications; C. Teixeira. 6. Photoacoustic Calorimetry; the Determination of Bond Dissociation Enthalpies in Solution and in the Gas Phase; L.J.J. Laarhoven.7. Energetics of Transition Metal-X Bonding Probed by Electrochemical Techniques; M. Tilset. 8. A Protocol for Deriving Values for DeltafusHm(298.15 K) and DeltavapHm(298.15 K). Applications in Obtaining DeltasubHm(298.15 K); J. Chickos, et al. 9. Measurements of Enthalpies of Sublimation: the Importance of Correlating lÓ)