INDICE: Preface1. Physico–Chemical Foundations1.1 Generalities1.2 Classification of solvents1.3 Solvents in the workplace and the environment1.4 Some essential thermodynamics and kinetics: tendency and rate1.5 Equilibrium considerations1.6 Thermodynamic transfer functions1.7 Kinetics considerations; Collision theory1.8 Transition–state theory1.9 Reactions in solution1.10 Diffusion–controlled reactions1.11 Reaction in solution and the transition–state theoryProblems2. Unreactive solvents2.1 Intermolecular potentials2.2 Activity and equilibrium in non–electrolyte solutions2.3 Kinetic solvent effects2.4 Solvent polarity2.5 Electrostatic forces2.6 Electrolytes in solution2.7 Solvation2.8 Single–ion solvation2.9 Ionic association2.10 Solvent mixtures2.11 Salt effectsProblems3. Reactive solvents3.1 Specific solute/solvent interactions3.2 Hydrogen bonding3.3 Acids and bases in solvents3.4 Brønsted–Lowry acids and bases3.5 Acidity functions3.6 Acids and bases in kinetics3.7 Lewis acids and bases3.8 Hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB)3.9 Scales of hardness or softness3.10 Acids and bases in reactive aprotic solvents3.11 Extremes of acidity and basicity3.12 Oxidation and reduction3.13 Acidity/redox diagrams3.14 Unification of acid/base and redox conceptsProblems4. Chemometrics: solvent effects and statistics4.1 Linear free–energy relationships4.2 Correlations between empirical parameters and measurable solvent properties4.3 Representation of correlation data on the hemisphere4.4 Some particular cases4.5 Acidity and basicity parameters4.6 Base softness parameters4.7 Conclusion5. Theories of solvent effects5.1 Introduction: Modelling5.2 Quantum–mechanical methods5.3 Statistical–mechanical methods5.4 Integral equation theories5.5 Solvation calculations5.6 Some results6. Dipolar non–HBD solvents6.1 Introduction6.2 Acidities in DMSO and the H scale in DMSO–Water mixtures6.3 Use of thermodynamic transfer functions6.4 Classification of rate profile–medium effect reaction types6.5 Bimolecular nucleophilic substitution6.6 Proton transfer6.7 D2 OH exchange7. Examples of other solvent classes7.1 Introduction7.2 Acidic solvents7.3 Basic solvents7.4 Chiral solvents8. New solvents and green chemistry8.1 Introduction: neoteric solvents8.2 Supercritical fluids8.3 Room–temperature ionic liquids8.4 Low–transition–temperature mixtures8.5 Bio–based solvents8.6 Fluorous solvents8.7 Switchable solvents8.8 Green solvent chemistry9. Concluding observations9.1 Choosing a solvent9.2 EnvoiAppendixAnswer to selected problemsReferencesIndex .
- ISBN: 978-1-119-03098-0
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 24/08/2015
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- Idioma: Inglés