Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry
- 1st Edition, Volume 57 - October 17, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Nick Williams, Jason Harper
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 4 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 4 1 - 5
Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Volume 57 presents the latest reviews of recent work in physical organic chemistry, providing a valuable source of information that is ide… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Physical Organic Chemistry, Volume 57 presents the latest reviews of recent work in physical organic chemistry, providing a valuable source of information that is ideal not only for physical organic chemists applying their expertise to both novel and traditional problems, but also for non-specialists across diverse areas who identify a physical organic component in their approach to research. The book's hallmark is its quantitative, molecular level understanding of phenomena across a diverse range of disciplines.
- Reviews the application of quantitative and mathematical methods to help readers understand chemical problems
- Provides the chemical community with authoritative and critical assessments of the many aspects of physical organic chemistry
- Covers organic, organometallic, bioorganic, enzymes and materials topics
- Presents the only regularly published resource for reviews in physical organic chemistry
- Written by authoritative experts who cover a wide range of topics that require a quantitative, molecular-level understanding of phenomena across a diverse range of disciplines
Researchers at all levels and in all sectors who need access to definitive reviews of topics requiring a quantitative, molecular-level understanding of chemical phenomena
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One: Mechanism and catalysis of nonenzymatic analogs of amino acid biosynthesis
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction—Amino acid synthesis in metabolism and its relevance for prebiotic chemistry
- 2 Transamination
- 3 Reductive amination
- 4 Summary and outlook
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Nickel and palladium catalysed cross-coupling: Factors effecting the oxidative addition step
- Abstract
- 1 Scope and purpose of this review
- 2 Historical background and the identification of key mechanistic steps
- 3 Factors influencing the rate and mechanism of oxidative addition
- 4 Conclusions
- 5 Ligand summary
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 57
- Published: October 17, 2023
- No. of pages (Hardback): 94
- No. of pages (eBook): 264
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443193408
- eBook ISBN: 9780443193415
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Nick Williams
Nick Williams has been Professor of Physical Organic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield since 2011. He has many years experience in experimental studies that are focused on understanding mechanism and reactivity in organic chemistry. He studied for his first degree at the University of Cambridge, where he stayed for his PhD under the supervision of Tony Kirby. After a further short post doctoral period and a position as temporary lector in organic chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent two years at McGill University in the laboratory of Jik Chin as a Royal Society/NSERC research fellow. He was appointed to a lectureship in Sheffield in 1996, where he has remained since, and has taught physical organic chemistry at all undergraduate levels and is currently Chair of the Curriculum Committee. His research involves the design, synthesis and analysis of organic and inorganic compounds to dissect and quantify contributions to reactivity and catalysis. This has been particularly focused on biologically relevant reactions and artificial models that functionally mimic natural systems, but has embraced topics as diverse as light induced surface patterning and transmembrane signaling. He has been a past chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry Organic Reaction Mechanisms Committee (renamed the Physical Organic Group at the end of his tenure) and took a particular effort to provide events to nurture the younger physical organic chemistry community. He is not related to the other Co-Editor of Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry!
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physical Organic Chemistry, University of Sheffield, UKJH
Jason Harper
Jason Harper Ph.D. works in the School of Chemistry at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Affiliations and expertise
University of New South Wales, AustraliaRead Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry on ScienceDirect