Organic & Bio-Organic Mechanisms

Provides a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the investigation of organic and bioorganic reaction mechanisms. It addresses questions such as: 'How are bonds between atoms rearranged?', 'What sort of structural changes take place to cause bond fission and formation?' and 'How do catalysts lower the activation energies of reactions?'.

1.  The Transition State  2. Kinetics and Mechanism 3.  The Effect of Changes in Reactant Structure 4.  Kinetic and Equilibrium Isotope Effects 5.  Transition States from External Effects 6.  Transition State Structures - Anomalies 7.  Bioorganic Group Transfer Reactions 8.  Catalysis 9.  Complexation Catalysis 10.Some Enzyme Systems