Survey of Progress in Chemistry

List of Contributors

Preface

New Research Tools of Chemists

I. Introduction

II. Magnetic Resonance Methods

III. Mass Spectrometry

IV. Diffraction Methods

V. Spectroscopic Methods

VI. Optical Rotatory Dispersion

References

High-Temperature Reactions

I. Introduction

II. Factors That Determine Equilibrium Reaction Products

III. The Displacement of a Metal From Compounds by a Second Metal

IV. Displacement of One Nonmetal by a Second Nonmetal

V. Conclusion

References

The Implications of Some Recent Structures for Chemical Valence Theory

I. Introduction

II. The Rare Gas Rule and Valence Orbitals

III. Outer D-Orbital Compounds

IV. Summary

References

Metallocenes

I. Introduction

II. Ferrocene

III. Other Metallocenes

References

Oxidation-Reduction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry

I. Introduction

II. General Methods of Investigating Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

III. Ester Mechanisms

IV. Hydride Transfer Mechanisms

V. Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Mechanisms

VI. Electron Abstraction Mechanisms

VII. Displacement Mechanisms

VIII. Addition-Elimination Mechanisms

IX. Conclusion

References

The Chemistry of Biological Energy Transfer

I. Introduction

II. Terminology and Some Examples

III. The Source of Useful Energy in Biological Systems

IV. Group Transfer Reactions

V. Utilizations of Chemical Energy

VI. Future Developments

References

The Structure of the Grignard Reagent and the Mechanisms of Its Reactions

I. Structure of the Grignard Reagent

II. Mechanisms of Grignard Reactions

References

Author Index

Subject Index