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CONTENTS

Preface ix

1 THE COVALENT BOND 1
1.1 MODELS OF CHEMICAL BONDING 1
- 1.2 MOLECULAR ORBITALS 9

1.3 HYBRID ORBITALS 20
1.4 DELOCALIZED P BONDING 27
1.5 AROMATICITY 28
PROBLEMS 40

Appendix 1 : Hybrid Orbitals 43
Appendix 2: Molecular Orbital Theory 50

2 SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC
CHEMISTRY 57
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2.1 STEREOCHEMISTRY
2.2 LINEAR FREE-ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS 60
2.3 THERMOCHEMISTRY 71
2.4 SOLUTIONS 84
2.5 KINETICS 90
2.6 INTERPRETATION OF RATE CONSTANTS 94
2.7 ISOTOPE EFFECTS 105
PROBLEMS 111