Circular Dichroism

Multidisciplinary coverage of circular dichroism's principles, applications, and latest advances The four years since the publication of the first edition of Circular Dichroism: Principles and Applications have seen a rapid expansion of the field, including new applications, improved understanding of principles, and a growing interest in circular dichroism (CD) among researchers from a wide variety of disciplines. The Second Edition keeps pace with this phenomenal growth with up-to-date contributions from dozens of the world's leading researchers and practitioners in chirality, chemistry, biochemistry, and analytical chemistry, as well as vibrational and luminescence spectroscopy. With nine entirely new chapters and substantial updates of existing material, Circular Dichroism, Second Edition provides important insight into the immense potential of CD and bridges the gap between theory and practice. The book begins with coverage of historical developments and moves quickly to fascinating reports on recent advances and emerging new fields in CD. New and updated coverage includes: VOA theory Solid-state CD applications Fast time-resolved CD measurements A model illustrating how polymers amplify chirality Induced CD of polymers CD of nucleic acids: nonclassical conformations and modified oligonucleotides DNA-drug and DNA-protein interactions Applications of CD to important pharmaceutical compounds Featuring an increased emphasis on biological molecules and extensive applications to organic stereochemistry and biopolymers, Circular Dichroism: Principles and Applications, Second Edition will prove a valuable and frequently consulted reference for organic chemists, biochemists, and medicinal and pharmaceutical chemists.

ISBN 0471330035   Pages 912 ISBN13 9780471330035 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc   Weight (grammes) 1606 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc   Published in New York Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9781560816188 Publication date 23 May 2000   Height (mm) 264 Library of Congress QD473.C57, QD473.C57   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 541.7   Spine width (mm) 49 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
		Contributors
1		Circular Dichroism: An Introduction by Gunther Snatzke		1
2		From Pasteur to Parity Nonconservation: Theories of the Origin of Molecular Chirality by Stephen F. Mason		37
3		Theoretical Approach To Electronic Optical Activity by Axel Koslowski and Narasimha Sreerama and Robert W. Woody		55
4		Vibrational Optical Activity Theory by Laurence A. Nafie and Teresa B. Freedman		97
5		Circular Dichroism of Oriented Molecules by Hans-Georg Kuball and Tatiana Hofer		133
6		Solid-State CD: Application to Inorganic and Organic Chemistry by Reiko Kuroda		159
7		Circularly Polarized Luminescence: A Probe for Chirality in the Excited State by Harry P. J. M. Dekkers		185
8		Chiroptical Luminescence Spectroscopy as a Probe of the Chirality-Dependent Electronic State Structure, Stereochemical Dynamics, and Intermolecular Interaction Properties of Dissymmetric Metal Complexes in Solution by F. S. Richardson and David H. Metcalf		217
9		Fast Time-Resolved Circular Dichroism Measurements by David S. Kliger and James W. Lewis		243
10		The Octant Rule by David A. Lightner		261
11		Circular Dichroism and Chirality of Dienes by J. K. Gawronski		305
12		Exciton Chirality Method: Principles and Applications by Nina Berova and Koji Nakanishi		337
13		S-Substituted Aromatics and Exciton Chirality by Chantal Andraud and Chantal Garcia and Andre Collet		383
14		Applications of the Benzene Sector and Benzene Chirality Rules by Howard E. Smith		397
15		Circular Dichroism of Twisted [pi]-Electron Systems: Theoretical Determination of the Absolute Stereochemistry of Natural Products and Chiral Synthetic Organic Compounds by Nobuyuki Harada		431
16		Determination of Conformations and Absolute Configurations by Semiempirical Calculation of CD Spectra by Jan Sandstrom		459
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"Reviews historical developments and recent advances in the field of circular dichroism, bridging the gap between theory and practice." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2000) "I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all who are interested in chirality. For medicinal and synthetic chemists working with chiral substances...very useful reference book." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Vol. 44, No. 7, 2001) "...this book will make a valuable addition to the libraries of the cognoscenti..." (Analytical Biochemistry, Vol. 294, 2001) "...this book serves as an excellent resource for information regarding circular dichroism." (Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, April 2001)

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