The essential new edition of the book that put hypercarbonchemistry on the map
A comprehensive and contemporary treatment of the chemistry ofhydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatics) towardselectrophiles, Hypercarbon Chemistry, Second Edition dealswith all major aspects of such chemistry involved in hydrocarbontransformations, and of the structural and reaction chemistry ofcarboranes, mixed hydrides in which both carbon and boron atomsparticipate in the polyhedral molecular frameworks.
Despite the firmly established tetravalency, carbon can bondsimultaneously to five or more other atoms. "Hypercarbon" bondingpermeates much organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry, andthe book serves as the compendium for this phenomenon.
Copious diagrams illustrate the rich variety of hypercarbonstructures now known, and patterns therein. Individual chaptersdeal with specific categories of compound (e.g. organometallics,carboranes, carbocations) or transformations that proceed throughtransient hypercarbon species, detailing fundamental chemistry,including reactivity, selectivity, stereochemistry, mechanisticfactors and more.
George A. Olah
Anorganische Chemie Chemie Chemistry Coordination Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Koordinationschemie Organic Chemistry Organische Chemie
"Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduatesthrough professionals." (Choice, 1 March 2012)
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