Matthew S. Platz & Robert A. Moss 
Reviews of Reactive Intermediate Chemistry 

The chemistry of reactive intermediates is central to a modern
mechanistic and quantitative understanding of organic chemistry.
Moreover, it underlies a significant portion of modern synthetic
chemistry and is integral to a molecular view of biological
chemistry. Reviews in Reactive Intermediate Chemistry
presents an up-to-date, authoritative guide to this fundamental
topic. Although it follows Reactive Intermediate Chemistry by the
same authors, it serves as a free-standing resource for the entire
chemical and biochemical community.

The book includes:

* Relevant, practical applications

* Coverage of such topics as mass spectrometry methods, reactive
intermediates in interstellar medium, quantum mechanical
tunnelling, solvent effects, reactive intermediates in biochemical
processes, and excited state surfaces

* Discussions of emerging areas, particularly those involving
dynamics and theories

* Concluding sections identifying key directions for future
research are provided at the end of each chapter

Table of Content

PREFACE.

CONTRIBUTORS.

PART 1 REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES.

1. Tetrahedral Intermediates Derived from Carbonyl Compounds,
Pentacoordinate Intermediates Derived from Phosphoryl and Sulfonyl
Compounds, and Concerted Paths Which Avoid Them (J.P.
Guthrie).

2. Silicon-, Germanium-, and Tin-Centered Cations, Radicals, and
Anions (V.Y. Lee and A. Sekiguchi).

PART 2 METHODS AND APPLICATIONS.

3. An Introduction to Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
and Its Application to Reactive Intermediates (D.L. Phillips,
W.M. Kwok, and C. Ma).

4. Time-Resolved Infrared (TRIR) Studies of Organic Reactive
Intermediates (J.P. Toscano).

5. Studies of the Thermochemical Properties of Reactive
Intermediates by Mass Spectrometric Methods (P.G.
Wenthold).

6. Reactive Intermediates in Combustion (J.K. Merle and C.M.
Hadad).

7. Reactive Intermediates in Crystals: Form and Function
(L.M. Campos and M.A. Garcia-Garibay).

8. The Chemical Reactions of DNA Damage and Degradation (K.S.
Gates).

9. Conical Intersection Species as Reactive Intermediates
(M.J. Bearpark and M.A. Robb).

10. Quantum Mechanical Tunneling in Organic Reactive
Intermediates (R.S. Sheridan).

INDEX.

About the author

Matthew S. Platz, Ph D, is Distinguished University Professor
at The Ohio State University, with more than 200 research articles
and more than a dozen patents to his credit. Dr. Platz has been an
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar,
and a Cope Scholar of the American Chemical Society.

Robert A. Moss, Ph D, is the Louis P. Hammett Professor of
Chemistry at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Dr. Moss
has been an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and has published 400 articles
in the areas of reactive intermediates and chemistry in molecular
aggregates.

Maitland Jones Jr., Ph D, is David B. Jones Professor of
Chemistry at Princeton University. He has published a textbook on
organic chemistry and more than 200 papers focusing on the
chemistry of reactive intermediates. He has also been an Alfred P.
Sloan Fellow.