{"product_id":"the-electron-capture-detector-and-the-study-of-reactions-with-thermal-electrons-hardback-9780471326229","title":"The Electron Capture Detector and The Study of Reactions With Thermal Electrons (Hardback) 9780471326229","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Electron Capture Detector and The Study of Reactions With Thermal Electrons\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. C. M. Chen (Author), E. S. D. Chen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471326229, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 May 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages, Drawings: 177 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.4 x 2.5 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“…contains a wealth of thermochemical information.” (\u003ci\u003eChemPhysChem\u003c\/i\u003e, 2005; Vol. 6, 9)  \u003cp\u003e\"This book is thorough and comprehensive in its coverage of ECDs and ECDs to study the reactions with thermal electrons…\" (\u003ci\u003eE-STREAMS\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBroad in scope, this book describes the general theory and practice of using the Electron Capture Detector (ECD) to study reactions of thermal electrons with molecules. It reviews electron affinities and thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of atoms, small molecules, and large organic molecules obtained by using various methods.\u003cbr\u003e * Summarizes other methods for studying reactions of thermal electrons with molecules\u003cbr\u003e * Discusses applications in analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry\u003cbr\u003e * Provides a data table of electron affinities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Scope and History of the Electron 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 General Objectives and Organization 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 General Scope 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 History of the Electron 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Definitions, Nomenclature, Reactions, and Equations 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Definition of Kinetic and Energetic Terms 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Additional Gas Phase Ionic Reactions 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Electron Affinities from Solution Data 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Semi-Empirical Calculations of Energetic Quantities 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Herschbach Ionic Morse Potential Energy Curves 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Summary 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Thermal Electron Reactions at the University of Houston 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 General Introduction 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The First Half-Century, 1900 to 1950 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Fundamental Discovery, 1950 to 1960 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 General Accomplishments, 1960 to 1970 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Introduction 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 The Wentworth Group 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Stable Negative-Ion Formation 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.4 Dissociative Thermal Electron Attachment 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.5 Nonlinear Least Squares 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Milestones in the Wentworth Laboratory and Complementary Methods, 1970 to 1980 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Negative-Ion Mass Spectrometry and Morse Potential Energy Curves, 1980 to 1990 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Experimental and Theoretical Milestones, 1990 to 2000 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Summary of Contributions at the University of Houston 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Theoretical Basis of the Experimental Tools 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Kinetic Model of the ECD and NIMS 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Nondissociative Electron Capture 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Dissociative Electron Attachment 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Electron Affinities and Half-Wave Reduction Potentials 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Electron Affinities and Ionization Potentials of Aromatic Hydrocarbons 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Electron Affinities and Charge Transfer Complex Energies 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Summary 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Experimental Procedures and Data Reduction 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Experimental ECD and NICI Procedures 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Reduction of ECD Data to Fundamental Properties 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Introduction 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 Acetophenone and Benzaldehyde 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 Benzanthracene, Benz[a]pyrene, and 1-Naphthaldehyde 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.4 Carbon Disulfide 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.5 Nitromethane 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.6 Consolidation of Electron Affinities for Molecular Oxygen 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Reduction of Negative-Ion Mass Spectral Data 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Precision and Accuracy 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Evaluation of Experimental Results 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Summary 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Complementary Experimental and Theoretical Procedures 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Equilibrium Methods for Determining Electron Affinities 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Photon Techniques 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Thermal Charge Transfer Methods 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Electron and Particle Beam Techniques 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Condensed Phase Measurements of Electron Affinities 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Complementary Theoretical Calculations 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.1 Atomic Electron Affinities 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.2 Polyatomic Molecules 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Rate Constants for Attachment, Detachment, and Recombination 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Summary 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Consolidating Experimental, Theoretical, and Empirical Data 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Semi-Empirical Quantum Mechanical Calculations 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Morse Potential Energy Curves 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Classification of Negative-Ion Morse Potentials 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2 The Negative-Ion States of H 2 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.3 The Negative-Ion States of I 2 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.4 The Negative-Ion States of Benzene and Naphthalene 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Empirical Correlations 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Summary 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Selection, Assignment, and Correlations of Atomic Electron Affinities 168\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Evaluation of Atomic Electron Affinities 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Mulliken Electronegativities 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Electron Affinities of Atomic Clusters 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Summary 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Diatomic and Triatomic Molecules and Sulfur Fluorides 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Diatomic Molecules 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Electron Affinities and Periodic Trends of Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Electron Affinities and Morse Potential Energy Curves: Group VII Diatomic Molecules and Anions 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Electron Affinities and Morse Potential Energy Curves: Group VI Diatomic Molecules and Anions 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 Electron Affinities and Morse Potential Energy Curves: Group IA and IB Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules and Anions 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.5 Electron Affinities and Morse Potential Energy Curves: NO and NO(-) 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Triatomic Molecules and Anions 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Electron Affinities and Morse Potential Energy Curves: Sulfur Fluorides and Anions 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Summary 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Negative Ions of Organic Molecules 234\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Electron Affinities and Potential Energy Curves for Nitrobenzene and Nitromethane 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Electron Affinities Determined Using the Magnetron, Alkali Metal Beam, Photon, and Collisional Ionization Methods 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.1 Electron Affinities Determined Using the Magnetron Method 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.2 Electron Affinities Determined Using the AMB Method 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.3 Electron Affinities Determined Using Photon Methods 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.4 Electron Affinities Determined Using Collisional Ionization Methods 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Electron Affinities Determined Using the ECD, NIMS, and TCT Methods 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Electron Affinities of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by the ECD Method 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.2 Electron Affinities of Organic Carbonyl Compounds by the ECD Method 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3 Electron Affinities of Organic Nitro Compounds the ECD and TCT Methods 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Electron Affinities of Charge Transfer Complex Acceptors 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Substituent Effect 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Summary 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Thermal Electrons and Environmental Pollutants 266\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Alkyl Halides 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.1 Morse Potential Energy Curves 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.2 Experimental Activation Energies 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.3 Alkyl Fluorocompounds 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.4 Electron Affinities of the Alkyl Halides 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Aromatic Halides 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.1 Electron Affinities of Fluoro- and Chlorobenzenes 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.2 Electron Affinities from Reduction Potentials and CURES-EC 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.3 Negative-Ion Mass Spectra and Electron Affinities 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Negative-Ion Mass Spectrometry 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Calculation of the ECD and NIMS Temperature Dependence 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Summary 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Biologically Significant Molecules 296\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Electron Affinities of Purines and Pyrimidines 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.1 Predictions of Electron Affinities 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.2 Electron Affinities from Reduction Potentials 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.3 Gas Phase Measurements of Electron Affinities 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.4 Theoretical Electron Affinities 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Electron Affinities of Biological Molecules from Reduction Potentials 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Gas Phase Acidities of Nucleic Acids 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Morse Potential Energy Curves for Thymine and Cytosine 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Gas Phase Acidities and Electron Affinities of the Amino Acids 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 The Calculation of the ECD and NIMS Temperature Dependence 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Electron Affinities of AT AU and GC 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.9 Radiation Damage in DNA 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.10 Summary 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendices 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Symbols 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Structures of Organic Molecules 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII General Least Squares 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Tables of Evaluated Electron Affinities 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A.1 Atoms 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A1.2 Main Group Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A2.1 and A.2 CH Molecules 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A2.3 and A2.4 CHX Molecules 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A3.1 and A3.2 CHNX Molecules 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A4.1 and A4.2 CHO Molecules 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A4.3 and A4.4 CHOX Molecules 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A5.1 and A5.2 CHON Molecules 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A5.3 and A5.4 CHONX Molecules 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.1 Bergman Dewar set 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.2 Values Different from NIST Values (from Tables A2.1 to A5.4) 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.3 Unpublished or Updated Gas Phase Values not in NIST Tables 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.4 Values for Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil, Thymine, and Their Hydrates 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.5 Values for Charge Transfer Complex Acceptors not in NIST Tables 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.6 Values for Chlorinated Hydrocarbons from Reduction Potentials and CURES-EC 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable A6.7 Values for Biological Compounds from Reduction Potentials 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 395\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Chemistry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Chemistry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Chemistry%20%5BPN%5D%22\"\u003ePN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Interscience","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52286448468248,"sku":"9780471326229","price":150.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471326229.jpg?v=1781552318","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-electron-capture-detector-and-the-study-of-reactions-with-thermal-electrons-hardback-9780471326229","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}