Donald T. Sawyer

Oxygen Chemistry (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book places oxygen on the center stage of chemistry in a manner that parallels the focus on carbon by 19th century chemists. One measure of the significance of oxygen chemistry is the greater diversity of oxygen-containing molecules than of carbon-containing molecules. One of the most important compounds is water, containing the properties of being a unique medium for biological chemistry and life, the source of all the dioxygen in the atmosphere, and the moderator of the earth's climate. Sawyer first introduces the biological origins of dioxygen and role of dioxygen in aerobic biology and oxidative metabolism, and in separate chapters discusses the oxidation-reduction thermodynamics of oxygen species, and the nature of the bonding for oxygen in its compounds. Additional chapters focus on the reactivities of specific oxygen compounds. The book will be of interest to chemists and biochemists, as well as graduate students, life scientists, and medical researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 1991
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780195363326
• Artikelnr.: 38140645

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why oxygen chemistry
Redox thermodynamics for oxygen species
Effects of media and pH
Nature of chemical bonds for oxygen in its compounds
Reactivity of hydrogen peroxide, alkyl hydroperoxides, and peracids
Reactivity of oxygen radicals: Reactivity of dioxygen and its activation for selective dioxygenation, mono-oxygenation, dehydrogenation, and auto-oxidation of organic substrates and metals (corrosion)
Reactivity of superoxide ion
Reactivity of oxy-anions and O2 as nucleophiles and one-electron reducing agents.