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Polycyclic hydrocarbons are of interest in many fields of science: theoretical chemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, dyestuff chemistry and biology. With regard to the latter, I am indebted to Dr. Regina Schoental of the Medical Research Council for the review in this present work of carcinogenesis by polycyclic hydrocarbons. This book is designed to present the facts in a simple and clear order and to derive empirical rules from them, but it does not present a com­ prehensive theory about polycyclic hydrocarbons. An attempt is made instead to extend classical symbolism into modern structural chemistry. Thus extensive use is made of Robinson's aromatic sextet, which is applied in an uncompromising and strict way. This quasi-classical attempt is encouraged further by such completely unexpected dis­ coveries as those of Dewar benzene and of the electronic asymmetry of formally symmetric hydrocarbons. How difficult it is to break away from any established way of thinking has been admirably expressed by Kekule (""Organische Chemie"", 1861, Part 1, page 4, translated from the German): ""All our ideas are based, to an extent much greater than we ordinarily believe, on those of our predecessors. Our accumulated experience, the notions of which our training has accustomed us to, of whatever kind they have been, influence the course of our thoughts far more than we are willing to admit; only too frequently the following of our regularly used, well trodden way of thinking leads us to overlook the simplest of correlations.

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Author:   Eric Clar ,  Regina Schoental
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1964
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.678kg
ISBN:  

9783662016671

ISBN 10:   3662016672
Pages:   487
Publication Date:   20 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

General.- Nomenclature of Polycyclic Hydrocarbons.- Carbon Atoms, p-Electrons and Hybridization.- The C=C Double Bond and Conjugation in Butadiene.- Theories about the Aromatic Bonds in Benzene.- The Significance of Double Bonds and Kekulé Structures for the Stability of Aromatic Systems.- The Aromatic Sextet and its Significance in Relation to the Stability of Aromatic Systems.- The Annellation Principle.- Asymmetric Annellation Effects.- The Relation between ?-, ?- and ?-Bands, Phosphorescence Bands and the Reactive ?-State in Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- The Ionization Potentials and the Electronic Levels of the Aromatic Sextet.- The Tautomerism of Phenols.- The Relation between Hydroquinols and Quinones.- Magnetic Properties of Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- The Electrical Conductivity of Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- The C—C Bond Length in Polycyclic Hydrocarbons.- Non-coplanar, Overcrowded Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- The Possibility of Bond Fixation by Substitution.- Carcinogenesis by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and by Certain Other Carcinogens.- General Methods for the Preparation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- kata-Annellated Hydrocarbons.- Benzene.- Hydrocarbons Containing up to Two Linearly Annellated Benzene Rings.- Hydrocarbons Containing Three Linearly Annellated Benzene Rings.- Hydrocarbons with Four Linearly Annellated Benzene Rings.- Hydrocarbons with Five Linearly Annellated Rings.- Hydrocarbons with Six Linearly Annellated Rings.- Hydrocarbons with Seven Linearly Annellated Rings.- Hydrocarbons with Eight and More Linearly Annellated Rings.

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