INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR THERMODYNAMICS

Classical tliennody namics is a deductive science, in which the general features of macroscopic-system beliaviorfollow from a few laws and postulates. However, the practical application of thermodynamics requires values for the properties of individual chemical species and their mixtures. These may be presented either as numerical data (e.g., the steam tables for water) or as correlating equations (e.g., a P VT equation of state and expressions for the temperatnre dependence of ideal-gas heat capacities). 

The usual source of property values is experiment. For example, the ideal-gas equation of state evolved as a statementof observedvolnmetricbehaviorof gasesatlow pressures. Similarly, the rule of thumb that C/ 29Jmoi fordiatomicgasesat normal temperaturesis based 

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The classical introduction to molecular mechanics calculations. The authors describe common components of force fields, parameterization methods, and molecular mechanics computational methods. Discusses th e application of molecular mechanics to molecules comm on in organic,and biochemistry. Several chapters deal w ith thermodynamic and chemical reaction calculations. 

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Topics covered include an Introduction to biological molecules spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and hydrodynamics of macromolecules a bluffer s guide" to molecular thermodynamics biomolecular kinetics chromatography and electrophoresis and single-molecule methods. 

Hancock BC, Shambhn SL, Zografi G (1995) Molecular mobility of amorphous pharmaceutical solids below their glass transition temperatures. Pharm Res 12 799-806 Herschler B, Humer C (2012) FDA new drug approvals hit 16-year high in 2012. Reuters Oiiline. 2012. http //www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/31/us-pharmaceuticals-fda-approvals-idUSBRE8BU0EK20121231. Accessed 31 Dec 2012 Hildebrand J, Scott R (1950) Solubility of non-electrolytes, 3rd edn. Rheinhold, New York Hill TL (1986) An introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Dover, New York House JE (2007) Principles of chemical kinetics, 2nd edn. Elsevier, Amsterdam Khawam A, Flanagan DR (2006) Basics and applications of solid state kinetics a pharmaceutical perspective. J Pharm Sci 95 472 98... 

M. Dole, "Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics." Prentice-Hall, New York, 1954 R. E. Dickerson, "Molecular Thermodynamics." W. A. Benjamin, New York, 1969 or any advanced physical chemistry text. For an advanced treatment see also M. Blackman, "The Specific Heat of Solids," in S. Fliigge, ed., "Encyclopedia of Physics," Vol. VII, Part 1. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1955. 

Throughout the book I have tried to constrain the wonders of imagination inspired by the subject by using simple calculations. Can all of the water on the Earth have been delivered by comets if so, how many comets How do I use molecular spectroscopy to work out what is happening in a giant molecular cloud Calculations form part of the big hard-sell for astrochemistry and they provide a powerful control against myth. I have aimed the book at second-year undergraduates who have had some exposure to quantum mechanics, kinetics, thermodynamics and mathematics but the book could easily be adapted as an introduction to all of these areas for a minor course in chemistry to stand alone. 

A. Reisman, Phase Equilibria, Basic Principles, Applications, and Experimental Techniques, Academic Press, New York, 1970 H. E. Stanley, Introduction to Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena, Oxford University Press, New York, 1971 J. R. Cunningham and D. K. Jones, eds.. Experimental Results for Phase Equilibria and Pure Component Properties, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, 1991 S. Malanowski, Modelling Phase Equilibria Thermodynamic Background and Practical Tools, Wiley, New York, 1992 J. M. Prausnitz, R. N. Lichtenthaler, and E. G. de Azevedo, Molecular Thermodynamics of Eluid-Phase Equilibria, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999. 

John H. Knox, Molecular Thermodynamics An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics for Chemists, Interscience, New York, 1971. 

Alexis Bell We ve recently revised the undergraduate curriculum at Berkeley, and very heavy consideration was given to what is taught in both the courses that we teach and in the service courses. We ve implemented a new physical chemistry sequence that was developed by the chemists. One of the two courses is largely devoted to statistical thermodynamics and the introduction of thermodynamics at the molecular level, then going up to the continuum level. In the future, our students will see the molecular picture as taught by chemists and the continuum picture in a separate course taught by our own faculty. 

His main monographs include Introduction to Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes (Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1954), The Molecular Theory of Solutions (with A. Bellemans and V. Mathot, North-Holland Publishing Co., 1957), Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics (John Wiley Sons, 1962), Order Out of Chaos (Bantam, 1984), From Bein to Becoming (W. H. Freeman Co., 1980), and The End of Certainty (The Free Press, 1996). 

This book is both a simplified account of frontier orbital theory and a review of its applications in organic chemistry it provides a basic introduction to the subject and a wealth of illustrative examples. Frontier orbital theory looks at how the transition state of an organic reaction is affected by the interaction of the molecular orbitals of the starting materials. It thus complements the more familiar thermodynamic picture of transition states, in which product-like character is seen as influencing the ease and the course of reactions. 

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