Book,
An Introduction to Molecular Orbitals
Oxford University Press, New York, (1993)
Abstract
A text to develop methods for drawing molecular orbitals of
chemical systems. Chapter titles are: from the periodic table
to molecules; properties of atoms; interaction of two atomic
orbitals on different centres; the fragment orbital method ---
applications to some model systems; interaction between two
fragment orbitals --- linear AH2, trigonal AH3, and
tetrahedral AH4; interaction between three fragment
orbitals --- AH, bent AH2, and pyramidal AH3;
interactions between four fragment orbitals --- the diatomic
molecules A2 and AB; large molecules; orbital
correlation diagrams --- the model systems H3+ and
H3-; geometry of AH2 and AH3 molecules;
molecular geometry using fragment molecular orbitals; an
introduction to the study of chemical reactivity. Appendix
titles are: stabilisation of a planar tetravalent carbon atom
$\pi$ effects; nucleophilic attack on a carbonyl group;
structure and reactivity of substituted cyclopropanes;
conformational consequences of hyper-conjugation.
