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Non-Covalent Interactions - Theory and Experiment (Hardcover, Edition.)
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Non-Covalent Interactions - Theory and Experiment (Hardcover, Edition.)
Series: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Series, Volume 2
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The aim of this book is to provide a general introduction into the
science behind non-covalent interactions and molecular complexes
using some important experimental and theoretical methods and
approaches. It is the first monograph on this subject written in
close collaboration between a theoretician and an experimentalist
which presents a coherent description of non-covalent interactions
viewed from these two perspectives. The book describes the
experimental and theoretical techniques, and some results obtained
by these, which are useful in conveying the principles underlying
the observable or computable properties of molecular clusters. The
chemical and physical background underlying non-covalent
interactions are treated comprehensively and non-covalent
interactions is contrasted to ionic, covalent and metallic bonding.
The role of dispersion and electrostatic interactions, static and
induced multipole moments, charge transfer and charge localisation
and de-localisation are described. In addition, the nomenclature
and classification of non-covalent interactions and molecular
clusters is discussed since there is still no unique agreement on
it. The authors were among first who coined the term non-covalent
for intermolecular interactions and all interactions can thus be
categorised as metallic, covalent and non-covalent. The book covers
covalent bonding where the properties of a moiety in a molecular
cluster are concerned, for instance its electrostatic multipole
moments. The historic development of the field is also briefly
outlined, starting from van der Waals who first recognized the fact
that molecules in the gas phase interact, through London who
explained the fact that non-polar uncharged systems attract each
other, making a connection to modern work of theoreticians and
experimentalists who have contributed to the present knowledge in
the field. The role of non-covalent interactions in nature is
discussed and the book also argues why non-covalent interactions
and not covalent ones play a key role in biological systems. The
authors show the unique significance of non-covalent interactions
in biological systems and describe several important processes
(molecular recognition, structure of biomacromolecules, etc) that
are fundamentally determined by non-covalent interactions. The book
is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students who need to learn
more about non-covalent interactions and their role in chemistry,
physics and biology. It also provides valuable information to
non-specialist scientists and also those who work in the area who
will find it interesting reading. As both experimental and
theoretical procedures are covered, this enables the reader to
orientate themselves in this very intensely growing area.
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