The Birth of the 3rd Dimension in Chemistry

Name: The Birth of the 3rd Dimension in Chemistry
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By Arthur Greenberg

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Part I: Introductory Chapters.- Stamps are Planar, Carbon is Not: A Philatelic History of Chemistry.- The History of Stereochemistry: Progress and Prospects.- Part II: Stereochemical Pioneers.- Joseph-Achille Le Bel: Polymath Extraordinary.- Alfred Werner: Coordination Theory and the Stereochemistry of Metal Complexes.- Studies of Chiral Centers Other than Carbon. William Jackson Pope and Kurt Mislow: Pioneers of Stereochemistry.- Missed It by That Much! How Butlerov Almost Proposed the Tetrahedral Carbon.- Rene Just Hauy and the Contribution of Crystallography to 3-Dimensional Chemistry.- Part III: Using Stereochemistry to Study Reactions and Structure.- L'Inversione di Walden: The Undergraduate Thesis of Primo Levi, Chemist and Writer.- ''How Sweet It Is!" Emil Fischer’s Stereochemical Studies of Glucose.- Part IV: Exploring the Limits of Organic Structure.- Historical Evolution, Stereochemistry, and Structural Limitations for the C=C Bond.- Exploring Variation in Bonding and Structure for Tetrahedral Carbon: [1.1.1]Propellane and Inverted Carbons.- Expansion of the Definition of "Stereochemistry" to Include Quantum Chemistry. When ‘Funny’ is Fun but not Funny.- Although sp3 Hybridization is Not Found for The Carbon in Methane Nor in Isoelectronically Related Species. The Concept of Hybridization is Still Useful and Powerful.

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Number of Pages:: 352
Release Date:: 2025-11-18
Publication Date:: 2025-11-18
Publisher:: Springer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3031977424
ISBN13:: 9783031977428
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 755 g
Height:: 160 cm
Width:: 241 cm
Thickness:: 24 cm

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