Stereochemistry and Reaction Mechanism

Description

Stereochemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with the spatial management of atoms and molecules and the effects of these arrangements on the chemical and physical properties of substances. The study of stereochemistry in life sciences is important in that all biochemical reactions progress based on the spatial orientations of certain atoms or groups in reacting molecules. Stereochemistry includes methods for determining and describing these relationships; the effect on the physical or biological properties these relationships impart upon the molecules in question, and the manner in which these relationships influence the reactivity of the molecules in question (dynamic stereochemistry). A study of stereochemistry now form an essential part of the chemistry courses in all universities. It is inseparably linked with virtually all branches of chemistry notably synthetic and mechanistic chemistry, and polymer chemistry. Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry is primarily written for the students of undergraduate chemistry honours/major programmes to elucidate the sequence of various organic reactions. A study of stereochemistry now form an essential part of the chemistry courses in all universities. It is inseparably linked with virtually all branches of chemistry notably synthetic and mechanistic chemistry, and polymer chemistry. It has an important bearing on such diversified subjects as spectroscopy, engineering and exobiology.