Hypercarbon Chemistry

by Robert E. Williams, Kenneth Wade, L.D. Field, et al.

This pioneering text is the first to point out the emerging significance of higher-valent carbon compounds. Describes the compounds of carbon with coordination numbers greater than four. Explores the delocalized bonds of pi l.c. Greek letter] aromatic molecules as a basis for rational description of orbitals; localized multicentered orbitals; the interactions of metallic ions with other atoms and molecules; the skeletal electron counts as a guide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471064734
• ISBN13: 9780471064732
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 311 Pages