KineticsandMechanism

ThethirdeditionofaclassictextoriginallybyFrostandPearson,thatdescribesthefundamentalprinciplesandestablishedpracticesthatapplytothestudyandtheratesandmechanismsofhomogeneouschemicalreactionsinthegasphaseandinsolution.Incorporatesnewadvancesmadeduringthepast20yearsinthestudyofindividualmolecularcollisionsbymolecular–beam,laserapplicationstoexperimentalkinetics,theoreticaltreatmentsofreactionratesandourunderstandingoftheprinciplesthatgovernratesofreactioninsolution.Presentsnumerousexamplesofthedeductionofmechanismfromexperiment,includingintimatedetailssuchasstereochemistryandthedependenceofreactionpathwayontheexactenergystatesofreactingparticles.