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Chemical Reactivity
Volume 1: Theories and Principles

An insightful overview of the latest developments in theoretical and computational chemistry principles and theories for chemical reactivity assessment

Savas Kaya (Edited by), Laszlo von Szentpaly (Edited by), Goncagul Serdaroglu (Edited by), Lei Guo (Edited by)

9780323902571, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 18 May 2023

606 pages, Approx. 115 illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.45 kg

The growth of technology for chemical assessment has led to great developments in the investigation of chemical reactivity in recent years, but key information is often dispersed across many different research fields. Combining both original principles and the cutting-edge theories used in chemical reactivity analysis, Chemical Reactivity, Volume 1 present the latest developments in theoretical chemistry and its application for the assessment of chemical processes.

Beginning with an exploration of different theories and principles relating to electronic structure and reactivity of confined electronic systems, the book goes on to highlight key information on such topics as Dyson orbitals, target-ion overlaps, reaction fragility, magnetizability principles and the Fuki function. Density Functional Theory is discussed in relation to numerous different principles and approaches, with further information on constrained methods and diabatic models, bonding evolution theory, orbital-based population analysis models and charge transfer models, and Quantum chemistry and QTAIM.

Consolidating the knowledge of a global team of experts in the field, Chemical Reactivity, Volume 1: Theories and Principles is a useful resource for both students and researchers interested in gaining greater understanding of the principles and theories underpinning chemical reactivity analysis.

1. The importance of correlation in the molecular orbital picture

2. Dyson orbitals and chemical bonding

3. Coupled-cluster theory and chemical reactivity

4. New developments in the Interacting Quantum Atoms (IQA) approach

5. Conceptual Ruedenberg theory of chemical bonds: the necessary step beyond conceptual DFT

6. Electron-density-based analysis and electron density functional theory (DFT) methods

7. Information-theoretic concepts in theory of electronic structure and chemical reactivity

8. Excited-state density functional theory

9. Reaction fragility method: monitoring evolution of atoms and bonds on a reaction path

10. Looking behind the scenes of Grubbs catalysis with the Unified Reaction Valley Approach

11. The diabatic model of intermediate stabilization for reaction mechanism analysis: a link to valence bond and Marcus theories

12. Main concepts and applications of DFTB approach

13. Chemical reactivity insights from the use of constrained methods

14. On the analysis of the Fukui function

15. Analytic calculation of Fukui functions and related reactivity descriptors

16. New insights from a bonding evolution theory based on the topological analysis of the electron localization function

17. Experimental quantum chemistry and chemical reactivity

18. Quantum similarity description of a unique classical and quantum QSPR algorithm in molecular spaces: the connection with Boolean hypercubes, algorithmic intelligence, and Gödel’s incompleteness theorems

Subject Areas: Physical chemistry [PNR]

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