Author : Edward Stephen Amis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Solvent Effects on Reaction Rates and Mechanisms by : Edward Stephen Amis
Download or read book Solvent Effects on Reaction Rates and Mechanisms written by Edward Stephen Amis and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Solvent Effects on Reaction Ratyes and mechanisms" is a title that will conjure up visions of different things to different investigators in the field of reaction kinetics. The physical chemist will envision the effects on rates of reactions of dieelectric constant, viscosity, internal cohesion, and externaL pressure as these are iinfluenced by the solvent. The physical-organic chemist will perhaps call to mind acidity, basicity, hydrogen bonding, structure effects, electro-negativity, and solvating ability as related to the solvent. The stricly organic chemist may simplyt think in terms of a medium in which reactants can be made to form products merely because of solubility relations, and his choice of solvent may depend on the ease of obtaining in a reasonable length of time a relatively pure product by extraction or other procedures. And, in fact, the topic includes all these and much more. Some of the phenomena are merely recorded as experimental observations. Some factors are subject to theoretical explanation, but even when theoretically explained or mathematically formulated they may not be sufficiently dominant ti justify the applicaton of the theory. Other effects may not be subject to theoretical explanations but may be included in correlations that are widely applicable. The explanation of some effects may be purely conjectural, but at least give some satisfaction to the seekers of the answer to the question, why? The material presented in the following pages will run the gamut of all the above possibilities.