Organic chemistry Books

Book SynopsisDiscusses some of the major developments that have taken place in the field of organic synthesis, analytical methods and synthetic applications in (bio)material sciences. This volume serves as a useful reference source for students and researchers in both academia and industry.

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Book SynopsisThis monograph will clearly depict much of the current, leading research into the reactions and properties of organic and bioorganic materials in which electron transfer plays an important role. Organic electrochemistry is increasingly expanding to various interdisciplinary fields and is of major interest to a growing number of researchers and engineers. The contents of this book emphasize the scope of the reaction field at the electrode interface, specifically, electrogenerated active species, new mediatory reactions, and new trends in organic electrochemistry. Many of the results demonstrated in these reports may have broad applications to the development of science and new technologies. The twenty contributing authors are all active researchers in organic electrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry, electrocoordination chemistry, or electroanalytical chemistry.Table of Contents1. New Concepts and Methodologies for Electrode Interface Modification 2. Electrochemical Reaction Control by Magnetic Fields 3. Reaction Selectivity Control on Electron Transfer Processes in Photoirradiated Semiconductor Surface 4. Specific Control of Electrogenerated Reactive Species and Their Synthetic Applications 5. Synthetic Application of Active Organophosphorus Species by Paired Electrolysis 6. Novel Trends of Electrooxidation Chemistry on Silicon and Tin Compounds 7. Construction of Mediatory Reactions 8. Novel Electroorganic Synthesis Using Mediators 9. Development of Controlled Electron Transfer on Organometallic Compounds 10. New Trend of Bioelectrochemistry

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the use of quantum theory to understand and explain experiments in organic chemistry. High level ab initio calculations, when properly performed, are useful in making quantitative distinctions between various possible interpretations of structures, reactions and spectra. Chemical reasoning based on simpler quantum models is, however, essential to enumerating the likely possibilities. The simpler models also often suggest the type of wave function likely to be involved in ground and excited states at various points along reaction paths. This preliminary understanding is needed in order to select the appropriate higher level approach since most higher level models are designed to describe improvements to some reasonable zeroth order wave function. Consequently, most of the chapters in this volume begin with experimental facts and model functions and then progress to higher level theory only when quantitative results are required.In the first chapter, Zimmerman discusses a wide variety of thermal and photochemical reactions of organic molecules. Gronert discusses the use of ab initio calculations and experimental facts in deciphering the mechanism of β-elimination reactions in the gas phase. Bettinger et al focus on carbene structures and reactions with comparison of the triplet and singlet states. Next, Hrovat and Borden discuss more general molecules with competitive triplet and singlet contenders for the ground state structure. Cave explains the difficulties and considerations involved with many of the methods and illustrates the difficulties by comparing with the UV spectra of short polyenes. Jordan et al discuss long-range electron transfer using model compounds and model Hamiltonians. Finally, Hiberty discusses the breathing orbital valence bond model as a different approach to introducing the crucial σπ correlation that is known to be important in organic reactions.

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Book SynopsisChirogenesis in Chemical Science is an exciting new book that takes readers inside the world of chirality and chirogenesis, guided by Victor Borovkov and Riina Aav, both internationally renowned experts on chirality. Chirality is a fundamental property of the universe and has significance in different organic/inorganic materials, living organisms, and human beings. The basic principle of chirality is existence of an object in two mirror image forms, which are not superimposable. This phenomenon is widely seen in various fields of knowledge including mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology and ranging in scale from galaxies to nuclear particles.In chemical science, chirality is generally associated with a single molecule or group of molecules, which symmetry properties belonging to the Cn or Dn point groups with the simplest example of sp3 carbon atom bonded to four different substituents. The dynamic processes of chirality generation, modulation, transfer, amplification, etc. are termed chirogenesis.This is a fast-growing and interdisciplinary field of research, which is widely seen in many natural systems (such as DNA double helix, the secondary alpha-helix structure of proteins, lipid membranes, saccharides, heme proteins, and other biological molecular objects) and various artificial systems. It is of prime importance not only for fundamental science but also for a number of practical applications in such areas as pharmacology and agrochemistry, perfumery and food industry, materials and polymer sciences, enantioselective catalysis and nonlinear optics, nanoscience and nanotechnology, molecular devices and chemical sensors, and others. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms and various influencing factors is of particular significance for smart control and further effective application of chirogenesis in chemistry.

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Book SynopsisModern Sustainable Techniques in Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products comprises five parts for green tools, such as ultrasonic waves, microwave heating, visible-light photochemistry, organic electrochemistry, and flow chemistry, along with 72 chapters for each bioactive molecule of natural origin. Each chapter explores the natural source, structure, systematic name, structural features, compound class, biological activity, conventional approaches for their chemical synthesis, and demerit(s) of conventional approaches (where applicable). Finally, critical features of total synthesis using modern sustainable techniques, including reaction types, synthetic strategy, and synthetic route utilizing modern sustainable tools for each bioactive natural product and secondary metabolites, are discussed brilliantly. The spectrum of application of total synthesis of bioactive natural products using modern sustainable techniques may promote the development of more eco-friendly synthetic processes so that the next generations can live on this planet with a minimum energy requirement for chemical reactions with the least pollution.

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Book SynopsisFew books cover experimental and theoretical methods to characterize decomposition, combustion and detonation of energetic materials. This volume, by internationally known and major contributors to the field, is unique because it summarizes the most important recent work, what we know with confidence, and what main areas remain to be investigated. Most chapters comprise summaries of work spanning decades and contain expert commentary available nowhere else. Although energetic materials are its focus, this book provides a guide to modern methods for investigations of condensed and gas-phase reactions. Although these energetic reactions are complex and difficult to study, the work discussed here provides readers with a substantial understanding of the behavior of materials now in use, and a predictive capability for the development of new materials based on target properties.Table of ContentsEnergetic Molecules, Energetic Materials (R W Shaw); Connecting Molecular Properties to Decomposition, Combustion and Explosion Trends (T B Brill); Thermal Decomposition Processes of Energetic Materials in the Condensed Phase at Low and Moderate Temperatures (R Behrens); Study of Energetic Material Combustion Chemistry by Probing Mass Spectrometry and Modeling (O P Korobeinichev); Optical Spectroscopic Measurements of Energetic Material Flame Structure (T P Parr & D M Hanson-Parr); Role of Intermediates in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials (P J Dagdigian); Role of Excited Electronic States in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials (E R Bernstein); Gas-Phase Kinetics for Propellant Combustion Modeling: Requirements and Experiments (W R Anderson & A Fontijn); Gas-Phase Decomposition of Energetic Molecules (D L Thompson); Modeling Energetic Materials Reactions in the Condensed Phase (L E Fried et al.); Multiphonon Up-Pumping in Energetic Materials (D D Dlott); Applications of Theoretical Chemistry in Assessing Energetic Materials for Performance or Sensitivity (B M Rice); Combustion and Ignition of Nitramine Propellants: Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (E S Kim & V Yang); Burning Rate Models and Their Successors (M Miller); Synthesis of New Energetic Materials (J Bottaro).

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Book SynopsisHeats of hydrogenation constitute a body of thermochemical information that has had an on-going significance despite the small number of research groups engaged in the work. Recent highly accurate quantum mechanical calculations requiring reference standards of high accuracy have brought hydrogen thermochemistry back into contemporary focus.This book concentrates on distinctive features of hydrogen thermochemistry such as the practical and historical aspects of experimental determination of the enthalpies of hydrogenation and formation of organic compounds, primarily hydrocarbons, literature on hydrogen thermochemistry over the last 70 years, as well as the impact of contemporary advances in computer hardware and software on the calculation of heats of hydrogenation.Table of ContentsHydrogen Thermochemistry: Definition; History; Theory and Methodology; Accuracy; Applications; Details of Calorimeter Construction; Design Modifications; Experimental Results: Enthalpies of Hydrogenation; Computational Thermochemistry: Introduction to Computational Thermochemistry; Molecular Modeling; Additivity Methods; Molecular Mechanics; Molecular Orbital Calculations; Semiempirical Methods; Ab Initio Methods.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book presents an original account of the principles of conformational theory. It has a strong focus on computational methodologies for conformational space exploration. By revisiting basic conformational conventions, considering experimental results which are often misinterpreted by organic chemists, and qualitatively analyzing the potential energy surface, the book helps non-experts to understand molecular flexibility at the level required in contemporary research.The book shows synthetic organic chemists how to perform successful conformational studies using widespread calculation packages ('click computational chemistry') instead of being misguided by textbook-based conformational analysis. The monograph actually offers to synthetic chemists a new research tool that can significantly upgrade their ability to predict, or at least explain, regioselectivity and stereoselectivity in their own reactions.Table of ContentsConformations of Organic Molecules; Quantitative Description of Conformational Space; Experimental Conformational Studies; Computational Conformational Studies; Conformations and Reactivity.

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Book SynopsisPorphyrins, phthalocyanines and their numerous analogs and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and medicine. They comprise the red color in blood (heme) and the green in leaves (chlorophyll); they are also excellent ligands that can coordinate with almost every metal in the Periodic Table. Grounded in natural systems, porphyrins are incredibly versatile and can be modified in many ways; each new modification yields derivatives demonstrating new chemistry, physics and biology, with a vast array of medicinal and technical applications.Because porphyrins are currently employed as platforms for study of theoretical principles and applications in a wide variety of fields, the Handbook of Porphyrin Science represents a timely ongoing series dealing in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles. It is noteworthy that every year, new applications for tetrapyrrole ligands are developed and exploited.Professors Karl Kadish, Kevin Smith and Roger Guilard are internationally recognized experts in the research field of porphyrinoids, each having his own separate but complementary area of expertise in the field. Between them, they have published over 1750 peer-reviewed papers and jointly edited more than 55 books on diverse topics related to porphyrins and phthalocyanines. In assembling the set of new volumes of this unique handbook, they have selected and attracted the very best scientists in each sub-discipline as contributing authors.The Handbook of Porphyrin Science will prove to be a modern authoritative treatise on the subject as it continues as a collection of up-to-date works by world-renowned experts in the field. Complete with hundreds of figures, tables and structural formulas, and thousands of literature citations, all researchers and graduate students in this field will find it to be an essential, major reference source now, and for many years to come.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive approach to the versatile and fascinating field of carbohydrate chemistry. It covers, besides the colorful historical perspective within the utilization of carbohydrates and their derivatives, all modern aspects on their properties, nomenclature, uses, and natural occurrence as such or as residues in a variety of biologically active molecules. Special emphasis is paid to various conversion techniques for producing value-added chemicals, biofuels, and other products from carbohydrate-rich renewable resources.This book can be primarily used as an advanced textbook for a wide range of readers in many disciplines; not only students and teachers but also everyone who works in the laboratory as a researcher or in production and planning or who generally needs relevant knowledge of carbohydrates.

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Book SynopsisActions of living beings at any stage of life are of general interest; molecular machines can be a replica of such activities. Stimuli guided movements and shape changes of molecules are one of the rapidly developing areas on which fundamental principles of molecular machine banks. Thus, the understanding of intriguing concepts of molecular machines is essential. Miniaturization, efficiency, stability and robustness in performing activities are some of the important points associated with molecular machines. Using molecular machines for practical purposes will further strengthen fundamentals of science and technology and also guide future market economy. Recent advent of techniques to handle materials at microscopic level has benefited the topic of molecular machines and is ready to be taken to a higher level as compared to other competing topics of science and technology. Molecular machines is a contemporary hot topic with future scope. The Nobel Prize in the year 2016 was shared by three scientists Prof. Ben Feringa, Prof. J Fraser Stoddart and Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage for their contribution to the topic. This book on molecular machines is aimed to cater to the need of graduate students and researchers by providing the fundamental aspects on molecular machines.

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Book SynopsisGreen Chemistry has evolved in response to several environmental issues in the second half of the last century, mostly due to the almost freely expanding chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries. During the past two decades Green Chemistry grew rapidly and we can now consider this area as a mature and powerful field. Tremendous development has taken place in many important areas including renewable energy and resources, reaction environments, catalysis, synthesis, chemical biology, green materials, in situ monitoring and facile recycling. The combination of Green Chemistry with engineering, biology, toxicology, and physics will lead to novel interdisciplinary systems, which can now lift Green Chemistry to the next, advanced level.The editors of this book have assembled as authors among the best specialists of this growing area of research. This collection of reviews and perspectives provides an exciting vision of the more recent developments in Green Chemistry. It illustrates the breath of the field and its role to address environmental issues. This volume will serve as a book of reference showing a panoramic view of the field and a preview of its future direction as well as a book of inspiration for those aiming to further advance its frontiers.

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Book SynopsisCyclodextrins are an extremely versatile class of chemicals highly prized for their ability to incorporate a plethora of organic, inorganic and biologic guest molecules into their hydrophobic cavities and form host-guest inclusion complexes. As excellent molecular receptors, they have long been exploited in many important industries such as food and agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textiles, analytical chemistry and enzyme mimics.Researchers, technicians and application specialists in many industries will appreciate this handy volume that systematically discusses how cyclodextrins are applied in their industries. Special attention is devoted to the preparation of inclusion complexes, novel properties of the resultant complexes, and details on applying those properties to industry.

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Book SynopsisResearchers in the fields of organic synthesis, pharmaceutical research as well as cosmetic and agrochemicals industries need to confirm the structures of products they obtain. This was previously a time-consuming a process that took up much time. Spectroscopic methods however, made it easier, and initially R and UV helped chemists conclude structures one way or another. Initially 1D NMR, 2D NMR and sophisticated NMR measurements like COESY and NOESY were of great assistance. We demonstrate principles to conclude structures of our simple molecules, mainly heterocycles of interest for researchers in fields indicated above.However, it is insufficient to only understand the principles, and one should also master problem solving and thinking. We demonstrate simple problems like the utility of coupling constants, NOE, COESY and NOESY and show how firm conclusions are obtained in real life. Most NMR books usually demonstrate these principles utilizing a pit sophisticated examples. The methodology suggested by us is simpler and quite useful for researchers in heterocyclic chemistry where combination of proton and carbon NMR should be dealt together.Our research results previously been used intensively (Cf. citations in Google Scholar) and still draw attention. Students in the fields indicated will find this book of value to sign the spectra of the molecules they synthesize. Researchers in the field of heterocyclic chemistry as well as instructors in the field of structure proof utilizing spectroscopic identification will also find this book of interest.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers physical characteristics and spectral data of 150 selected natural compounds arranged according to their chemical structures in various sub-classes. These include natural source, molecular formula, chemical structure, physical characteristics (melting point, molecular weight, and specific rotation) and detailed spectral data (UV, FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, 2D-NMR, Mass) along with their assignments for each compound.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers a wide range of topics related to functional dyes, from synthesis and functionality to application. Making a survey of recent progress in functional dye chemistry, it provides an opportunity not only to understand the structure-property relationships of a variety of functional dyes but also to know how they are applied in practical use, from electronic devices to biochemical analyses. From classic dyes such as cyanines, squaraines, porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and others to the newest functional π-conjugation systems, various types of functional dyes are dealt with extensively in the book, focusing especially on the state of the art and the future. Readers will benefit greatly from the scientific context in which organic dyes and pigments are comprehensively explained on the basis of chemistry. Table of ContentsPart I. Important structures for functional dyes.- 1. Cyanine dyes.- 2. Squaraine dyes.- 3. Porphyrins and their analogues.- 4. Phthalocyanines and their analogues.- 5. BODIPY dyes and their analogues.- 6. Heteropolycyclic dyes.- Part II. Properties of functional dyes.- 7. Crystal polymorphism and dye aggregation in functional dyes.- 8. Photochromism.- 9. Two-photon absorption properties.- 10. Solid-state photoluminescence.- 11. Circular polarized luminescence.- Part III. Applications of functional dyes.- 12. Chemosensors and bioimaging.- 13. White-light emissive materials based on supramolecular approach.- 14. Photodynamic therapy.- 15. Photoenergy conversion (DSSC).- 16. Photoenergy conversion (OPV).- 17. Organic light-emitting diode.

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Book SynopsisThis is the third set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science.Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and medicine. They are the red color in blood (heme) and the green in leaves (chlorophyll); they are also excellent ligands that can coordinate with almost every metal in the Periodic Table. Grounded in natural systems, porphyrins are incredibly versatile and can be modified in many ways; each new modification yields derivatives, demonstrating new chemistry, physics and biology, with a vast array of medicinal and technical applications.As porphyrins are currently employed as platforms for study of theoretical principles and applications in a wide variety of fields, the Handbook of Porphyrin Science represents a timely ongoing series dealing in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles. Professors Karl Kadish, Kevin Smith and Roger Guilard are internationally recognized experts in the research field of porphyrins, each having his own separate area of expertise in the field. Between them, they have published over 1500 peer-reviewed papers and edited more than three dozen books on diverse topics of porphyrins and phthalocyanines. In assembling the new volumes of this unique Handbook, they have selected and attracted the very best scientists in each sub-discipline as contributing authors.This Handbook will prove to be a modern authoritative treatise on the subject as it is a collection of up-to-date works by world-renowned experts in the field. Complete with hundreds of figures, tables and structural formulas, and thousands of literature citations, all researchers and graduate students in this field will find the Handbook of Porphyrin Science an essential, major reference source for many years to come.Table of ContentsVolume 11: Catalysis and Bio-Inspired Systems - Part II; Volume 12: Applications; Volume 13: Synthesis and Structural Studies; Volume 14: Biochemistry of Tetrapyrroles - Part I; Volume 15: Theoretical, Electron Transfer and Physical Studies.

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Book SynopsisGraphene, a single sheet of graphite, has an unconventional electronic structure that can be described in terms of massless Dirac Fermions. This interesting electronic feature is not only an important fundamental issue in condensed matter physics but also holds future promise in post-Si electronic/spintronics device applications.Graphene is the most fundamental building block, with which a variety of carbon-based materials such as graphite, fullerene and carbon nanotubes can be created. The diverse chemical, electronic and magnetic properties of nanographene and graphene are mainly due to their geometrical electronic structure. This book presents the frontiers of graphene research ranging from important issues in condensed matter physics and chemistry to advanced device applications.Table of ContentsGraphene, Massless Dirac Fermion; Electron Transport; Kondo Effect; Zero-Mode Anomalies; Band-Gap Opening; Landau Quantization; Quantum Hall State; Kohn Anomaly Effect; Raman Spectroscopy; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; Low-Frequency Noise; Field Effect Transistors; Spintronics; Half Metallicity; Edge States; Magnetism; Graphene Oxide; Open-Shell Character of Aromatic Molecules; Clar's Sextet Rule; Ripples in Graphene.

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Book SynopsisThis book is important because it is the first textbook in an area that has become very popular in recent times. There are around 250 research groups in crystal engineering worldwide today. The subject has been researched for around 40 years but there is still no textbook at the level of senior undergraduates and beginning PhD students. This book is expected to fill this gap.The writing style is simple, with an adequate number of exercises and problems, and the diagrams are easy to understand. This book consists major areas of the subject, including organic crystals and co-ordination polymers, and can easily form the basis of a 30 to 40 lecture course for senior undergraduates.Table of ContentsCrystal Engineering; Intermolecular Interactions; Crystal Design Strategies; Crystallization and Crystal Growth; Polymorphism; Multi-component Crystals; Coordination Polymers.

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Book SynopsisWritten for students taking either the University of Cambridge A-level examinations or the International Baccalaureate examinations, this textbook covers essential topics under both stipulated chemistry syllabi. The chapters on analytical techniques are also very enlightening to students doing higher level biology courses where a good understanding of the theoretical background of common analytical techniques is required. The book is written in such a way as to guide the reader through the understanding and applications of essential chemical concepts by introducing a discourse feature — the asking and answering of questions — that stimulates coherent thinking and hence, elucidates ideas. Based on the Socratic Method, questions are implanted throughout the book to help facilitate the reader's development in forming logical conclusions of concepts. The book helps students to master fundamental chemical concepts in a simple way.Topics are explored through an explanatory and inquiry-based approach. They are interrelated and easy to understand, with succinct explanations/examples being included, especially in areas that students frequently find difficult. Topics address the whys and hows behind key concepts to be mastered, so that the concepts are made understandable and intuitive for students. The focus is on conceptual learning so as to equip students with knowledge for critical learning and problem solving.Existing A-level textbooks and guidebooks generally introduce concepts in a matter-of-fact manner. This book adds a unique pedagogical edge which few can rival. Through their many years of teaching experience, the authors have acquired an acute awareness of students' common misconceptions which are relayed through the questions and thus help to reinforce concepts learnt.Table of ContentsStructure and Bonding; Isomerism in Organic Compounds; Organic Reactions and Mechanisms; Alkanes; Alkenes; Arenes; Halogen Derivatives; Alcohols and Phenols; Carbonyl Compounds; Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives; Amines; Amino Acids; Polymers; Mass Spectrometry; Ultra-violet and Visible Spectroscopy; Infrared Spectroscopy; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Chromatography and Electrophoresis.

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Book SynopsisThis is the fifth set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science.Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and medicine. They are the red color in blood (heme) and the green in leaves (chlorophyll); they are also excellent ligands that can coordinate with almost every metal in the Periodic Table. Grounded in natural systems, porphyrins are incredibly versatile and can be modified in many ways; each new modification yields derivatives, demonstrating new chemistry, physics and biology, with a vast array of medicinal and technical applications.As porphyrins are currently employed as platforms for study of theoretical principles and applications in a wide variety of fields, the Handbook of Porphyrin Science represents a timely ongoing series dealing in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles. Professors Karl Kadish, Kevin Smith and Roger Guilard are internationally recognized experts in the research field of porphyrins, each having his own separate area of expertise in the field. Between them, they have published over 1500 peer-reviewed papers and edited more than three dozen books on diverse topics of porphyrins and phthalocyanines. In assembling the new volumes of this unique handbook, they have selected and attracted the very best scientists in each sub-discipline as contributing authors.This handbook will prove to be a modern authoritative treatise on the subject as it is a collection of up-to-date works by world-renowned experts in the field. Complete with hundreds of figures, tables and structural formulas, and thousands of literature citations, all researchers and graduate students in this field will find the Handbook of Porphyrin Science an essential, major reference source for many years to come.

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Book SynopsisThis is the seventh set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science.Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and their numerous analogue and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and medicine. They are the red color in blood (heme) and the green in leaves (chlorophyll); they are also excellent ligands that can coordinate with almost every metal in the Periodic Table. Grounded in natural systems, porphyrins are incredibly versatile and can be modified in many ways; each new modification yields derivatives, demonstrating new chemistry, physics and biology, with a vast array of medicinal and technical applications.As porphyrins are currently employed as platforms for study of theoretical principles and applications in a wide variety of fields, the Handbook of Porphyrin Science represents a timely ongoing series dealing in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles. Professors Karl Kadish, Kevin Smith and Roger Guilard are internationally recognized experts in the research field of porphyrins, each having his own separate area of expertise in the field. Between them, they have published over 1500 peer-reviewed papers and edited more than three dozen books on diverse topics of porphyrins and phthalocyanines. In assembling the new volumes of this unique handbook, they have selected and attracted the very best scientists in each sub-discipline as contributing authors.This handbook will prove to be a modern authoritative treatise on the subject as it is a collection of up-to-date works by world-renowned experts in the field. Complete with hundreds of figures, tables and structural formulas, and thousands of literature citations, all researchers and graduate students in this field will find the Handbook of Porphyrin Science an essential, major reference source for many years to come.Table of ContentsVolumes in Preparation (Volume 31 - 35): Bioinspired Systems; Applications II; Electrochemistry; Solar Fuels; Materials.

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Book SynopsisCyclodextrin Chemistry covers the preparation of cyclodextrins and cyclodextrin derivatives (CDs), and their applications in industrial and non-industrial areas. An overall theme in the book is the screening of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase), the preparation of sugar-branched cyclodextrins and CDs, and the use of CDs for reconstructing various supermolecule systems. The specific content also includes preparation methods, spectroscopy techniques for CDs analysis, and potential applications in food packaging, nutrient fortification, medicine, cosmetics, textiles, chemicals, feed, agriculture, and environment.It summarizes the research merit of CDs in the past twenty years and also emphasizes hot topics and important areas of cyclodextrin chemistry in the future.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Cyclodextrins; Enzymes in Preparing Cyclodextrins; Preparation and Analysis of Cyclodextrin; Preparation of Branched Cyclodextrins; Preparation and Analysis of Cyclodextrin Derivatives; Basic Application of Cyclodextrins in Supermolecule Chemistry; Uses of Cyclodextrins in Food, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries; Application of Cyclodextrins in Non-industrial Areas.

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Book SynopsisThe development of molecular electronics has become the mainstream of scientific research in recent decades. Applications include light-emitting diodes, solar cells, thin-film transistors, and sensors, among others. New-generation organic materials possess the virtues of softness, light weight, easy processing, design flexibility, and so on. This book focuses on the preparation of new functional organic materials. It includes a brief theoretical/kinetic discussion. The text lays special emphasis on the design of organic structures and the way they perform the designated functional properties. It will help organic chemists, particularly synthetic chemists, to light up their inspirations.Trade Review"Presenting an overview of the syntheses and properties of organic molecules and their applications in optical and electronic devices, this book covers aspects concerning theoretical modeling for electron transfer, solution-processed micro- and nanomaterials, donor–acceptor cyclophanes, molecular motors, organogels, polyazaacenes, fluorogenic sensors based on calix[4]arenes, and organic light-emitting diodes. The publication of this book is timely because these topics have become very popular nowadays. The book is definitely an excellent reference for scientists working in these areas."—Prof. Henry N. C. Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongTable of ContentsNanomaterials, molecular machines,organic gels,donor-acceptor systems,chemical sensors,light-emitting diodes,molecular structural design and synthesis,electro-polymerization and deposition,organic field-effect transistors,stacked -systems, modeling study of electron-transfer phenomena,nanostructure processing technology.

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Book SynopsisEndohedral fullerenes represent a novel family of carbon nanostructures, which are characterized by a robust fullerene cage with atoms, ions, or clusters trapped in its interior. Since the first separation of the endohedral metallofullerene La@C82 in 1991, a large variety of endohedral structures have been isolated and their endohedral nature has been proved by experimental studies. Within the past two decades, the world of endohedral fullerenes was significantly enlarged by the clusterfullerenes and the new carbon cages including non-IPR (IPR=isolated pentagon rule) structures. Resulting from the charge transfer from the encaged species to the fullerene cage, endohedral fullerenes hold a lot of fascinating properties inaccessible by the empty fullerenes, and consequently promise potential applications in biomedicine, molecular electronics and photonics etc.The book provides a comprehensive overview of endohedral fullerenes focused on the new advances in the past decade, including its fundamentals (structures), synthesis, isolation, characterization, properties, functionalization as well as the applications, thus representing the most updated and broad review of this exciting field.Table of ContentsConventional Endohedral Metallofullerenes; Synthesis and Isolation of Endohedral Fullerenes; Structure of Endohedral Fullerenes; Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes; Metal Carbide Clusterfullerenes; Non-IPR Endohedral Fullerenes; Metal Oxide Clusterfullerenes; Nitrogen Atom-Based Endohedral Fullerenes; Rare Gas Atoms-Based Endohedral Fullerenes; Electrochemical Properties of Endohedral Fullerenes; Chemistry of Endohedral Metallofullerenes; Computational Study of Endohedral Fullerenes; Biomedical Applications of Endohedral Fullerenes; Photovoltaic Applications of Endohedral Fullerenes.

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Book SynopsisThis monograph describes the behavior of molecules confined to small spaces. The small spaces are created by the self-assembly of modules into hollow capsular structures through hydrogen bonding; capsules assembled by metal/ligand binding or other forces are not included. Topics discussed include how assembly of capsules occurs, how molecules get in and out of the capsules, new spatial arrangements (stereochemistry) created in the capsules, and the altered shapes, interactions and reactivities of molecules held inside the small spaces. The descriptions emphasize molecular recognition phenomena and the perspective is that of physical organic chemistry.The book is the first monograph to treat reversible molecular encapsulation. More than 20 university and institute groups worldwide engage in this research, which represents the leading edge of activity in molecular recognition and the physical organic chemistry of confined molecules.Table of ContentsSpherical Capsules; Calixarene Capsules; Cylindrical Capsules; Resorcinarene and Pyrogallolarene Capsules; Stereochemistry; Chiral Capsules; Expanded and Contracted Capsules; Reactions in Capsules;

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Book SynopsisThis 2-volume set provides the reader with a basic understanding of the foundational concepts pertaining to the design, synthesis, and applications of conjugated organic materials used as organic semiconductors, in areas including organic photovoltaic devices, light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors, spintronics, actuation, bioelectronics, thermoelectrics, and nonlinear optics.While there are many monographs in these various areas, the emphasis here is both on the fundamental chemistry and physics concepts underlying the field of organic semiconductors and on how these concepts drive a broad range of applications. This makes the volumes ideal introductory textbooks in the subject. They will thus offer great value to both junior and senior scientists working in areas ranging from organic chemistry to condensed matter physics and materials science and engineering.Number of Illustrations and Tables: 168 b/w illus., 242 colour illus., 13 tables.Table of ContentsVolume 1: Basic Concepts: An Introduction to the Electronic Structure of pi-Conjugated Molecules and Polymers, and to the Concept of Electronic Bands (Jean-Luc Bredas, Seth R Marder & Jean-Marie Andre); DFT 101 and Applications to pi-Conjugated Systems (Thomas Korzdorfer & Jean-Luc Bredas); The Molecular Dynamics Method: An Introduction (Claudio Zannoni); Photophysical Properties of Molecular Aggregates "101" (Frank C Spano & David Beljonne); Introduction to the Theory of Metal/Organic Interfaces (Georg Heimel); Experimental Characterization of Interfaces of Relevance to Organic Electronics (Gabriel Man, James Endres, Xin Lin & Antoine Kahn); Charge Transport in Crystalline Organic Semiconductors (Yuan Li, Veaceslav Coropceanu & Jean-Luc Bredas); Experimental Characterization of Charge and Exciton Transport in Organic Semiconductors (Wei Xie, S Matthew Menke, C Daniel Frisbie & Russell J Holmes); Impact of Organic Semiconductor Microstructure on Transport: Basic Concepts (Alberto Salleo); Nonlinear Optics (Andre Persoons); Understanding the Relationships among Molecular Structure, Excited-State Properties, and Polarizabilities of pi-conjugated Chromophores (Rebecca L Gieseking, Chad Risko, Seth R Marder & Jean-Luc Bredas); Volume 2: Fundamental Aspects of Materials and Applications: Conducting Polymers: Redox States in Conjugated Systems (James F Ponder Jr & John R Reynolds); OFETs: Basic Concepts and Material Designs (Wen-Ya Lee, Jianguo Mei & ZhenanBao); Engineering Applications of OFETs in Flexible and Stretchable Electronics (Martin Kaltenbrunner & Takao Someya); Semiconducting Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications (Rene Janssen); Organic Photovoltaics: Physical Concepts Behind Device Operation (Bernard Kippelen); Organic Semiconductors: Manipulation and Control of the Microstructure of Active Layers (Neil D Treat, Paul Westacott & Natalie Stingelin); Organic Light-Emitting Devices (Rasha Hamze, Peter I Djurovich & Mark E Thompson); Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (Dan Credgington and Richard H Friend); Thermoelectric Properties of Conducting Polymers (Xavier Crispin); Effects of Magnetic Fields in Organic Devices: Basic Concepts (Eitan Ehrenfreund & Z Valy Vardeny); Organic Conducting Polymer Actuators (W Zheng, G M Spinks & G G Wallace); Organic Bioelectronics for Interfacing with the Brain (Christophe Bernard, Daniel T Simon & George G Malliaras); NLO: Electro-Optic Applications (Larry Dalton, Matthias Lauermann & Christian Koos); Two-Photon Absorption: Concepts, Molecular Materials and Applications (Joel M Hales, San-Hui Chi, Vincent W Chen & Joseph W Perry );

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