Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Texts in Chemistry and Biochemistry

This 1973 book was written to provide senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students with a guide to the Hammett equation.

This 1977 book covers in a comprehensive manner the detailed kinetic analysis of a number of different enzyme models.

The fourth edition of this well-known textbook discusses the key methods used in organic synthesis, showing the value and scope of these methods and how they are used in the synthesis of complex molecules. All the text from the third edition has been revised, to produce a modern account of traditional methods and an up-to-date description of recent advancements in synthetic chemistry since the previous edition. A new chapter on the functionalisation of alkenes has been included and greater emphasis on highly stereoselective reactions and radical chemistry has been placed. Reference style has been improved to include footnotes on each page, allowing easy and rapid access to the primary literature. The book will be of significant interest to chemistry and biochemistry students at advanced undergraduate and graduate level, as well as researchers in academia and industry who wish to familiarise themselves with modern synthetic methods.

Alicyclic chemistry is a fundamentally important area of chemistry. It exemplifies the concepts of bonded and non-bonded interactions of atoms, and the ideas of molecular strain and their impact on the stability and reactivity of a range of molecular types. This 1983 book aims to present the experimental basis for these concepts.

An important part of inorganic chemistry is the study of the behaviour of chemical elements and their compounds. Thermodynamics provides a quantitative language to describe this, and Dr Johnson's 1982 book is concerned with the theoretical explanations that become possible after the translation into thermodynamic language has taken place.

In the decade after this book first appeared in 1974, research involving organic photochemistry was prolific. In this updated and expanded 1986 edition the authors summarise those classes of reaction that best illustrate the types of photochemical behaviour commonly observed for simple organic molecules.

Inorganic Chemistry gives an introduction to descriptive inorganic chemistry, a systematic survey of the chemistry of the elements according to the Periodic Classification. Its approach is to present theory as a background to the facts rather then as an end in itself, making it a useful companion to any intermediate inorganic chemistry course.

This is an overview of current work on macrocyclic ligand systems. It dicusses structure and properties of macrocyclic systems; the synthesis of macrocycles; polyether crown ligands and related systems; metal-ion and molecular recognition and kinetic, thermodynamic and electrochemical aspects.

In the natural world colour is obvious and its importance in advertising the presence of flowers to pollinators and in camouflage is well known. This book describes the structures and properties of the main groups of natural pigments, their distribution in Nature, their biosynthesis and functions and their associated chemistry and biology.

In this 1976 book, Professor de la Mare shows how those halogenations involving the whole gamut of unsaturated organic molecules can be linked through considering them as reactions involving the development of carbocationic centres which develop through electrophilic attack by halogen and then determine the fate of the resulting intermediate.

This 1978 textbook was originally intended primarily for students who wanted to obtain a simplified picture viruses. Today, it still provides a general overall picture of virology, emphasising the underlying fundamental biochemical principles rather than detailing the complexities of different viruses or clinical problems.

First published in 1979 as the second edition of a 1972 original, this textbook provides a systematic account of an important area of organic chemistry - that of cycloadditions and molecular rearrangements. The theoretical background to these reactions is presented in non-mathematical form and various alternative approaches to the theory are compared.

This 1981 introduction to the chemistry of a single element, phosphorus, covers many of the major themes of chemistry. By presenting a detailed treatment of selected topics, this book provides a concise account of phosphorus chemistry suitable for anyone with an interest in the field.

This 1969 book analyses the special properties of benzene and its derivatives, which give them their distinct aromatic character.

Originally published in 1973, this book is concerned with the principles upon which the versatility of electrophilic and nucleophilic attack on the enamine function and cycloaddition reactions are based. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in enamines and the development of chemistry.

The 1982 revised second edition of W. E. Dasent's Inorganic Energetics, an established and important teaching text.