The Electronic Conception Of Valence And The Constitution Of Benzene

Author : Harry Shipley Fry
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ISBN 13 : 9781331925538
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book The Electronic Concept on of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene (Classic Reprint) written by Harry Shipley Fry and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Electronic Concept on of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene The electronic conception of valence as developed and applied in this monograph is concerned neither with the question of the ultimate nature of chemical affinity nor with the intimately related problem of the constitution of the atom. The variety of hypotheses now current, which deal with the constitution of the atom, has signally failed to furnish a uniform valence hypothesis which will enable chemists to elucidate chemical formulae and reactions, or, in other words, to present more complete pictures of the relationships existing between the chemical constitution of substances and their chemical, physicochemical and physical properties. After studying the many anomalous hypotheses on atomic structure and valence, the author has adopted the early and relatively simple suggestion of Sir J. J. Thomson that "if we interpret the 'bond' of the chemist as indicating a unit Faraday tube, connecting charged atoms in the molecule, the structural formulae of the chemist can be at once translated into the electrical theory." Accordingly, the symbol - a short straight line between atoms - which indicates a "bond" in a structural formula, assumes an added significance since one end of the bond corresponds to a positive, the other to a negative charge, through the transference of an electron from the one atom to the other. This, briefly, is the electronic conception of positive and negative valence which is employed herewith, solely as a formulative hypothesis. It is applied to the formulae of many substances but chiefly to the constitution of benzene. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."