Survey of Progress in Chemistry

Contributors

Preface

Editor's Notes to Volume 6

Ruthenium (II) Ammines—A Study in Reactivity

I. Historical Introduction

II. Comparison Chemistry

III. Radial Extension of d Electrons and Reactivity

IV. Chemical Manifestations of the Unusual Features of the Electronic Structure of Ru(II)

V. The Affinity of Ru(II) for Unsaturated Ligands

VI. Chemical Effects of Back-Bonding on the Properties of Ligands

VII. Evidence for Electrophilic Attack on πd Electrons

VIII. Other Reactions

IX. Qualifications and Elaborations

Note Added in Proof

References

Prebiotic Biochemistry ("Chemical Evolution")

I. Introduction

II. Cosmic Locales for Chemical Evolution and Life

III. The Prebiotic Earth

IV. Laboratory Investigations of Chemical Evolution

V. Tables of Selected Prebiotic-Earth Syntheses

VI. Origins of Biological Optical Activity

VII. Summary and Conclusions

References

Rates of Ionization of Carbon Acids

I. Introduction

II. Methods

III. Results

IV. Discussion

References

Pericyclic Reactions and Orbital Symmetry

I. Introduction

II. Terminology

III. Investigations of Pericyclic Reaction Mechanisms

IV. Theory of Pericyclic Reactions

V. Examples of Pericyclic Reactions

VI. Current and Future Areas of Research

References

Conformation-Function Relationships in Peptides and Proteins Part 1. Naturally Occurring Peptides

I. A Brief History of Polypeptide Chemistry

II. Description of Polypeptide Conformation

III. Prediction of Conformation from Energy Calculations

IV. Experimental Determination of Conformation

V. Naturally Occurring Peptides

VI. Value of Peptide Studies

Reading List

References

Author Index

Subject Index