Reviews for Mechanisms in Homogeneous Catalysis: A Spectroscopic Approach

The average rating for Mechanisms in Homogeneous Catalysis: A Spectroscopic Approach based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-06-09 00:00:00 Waldo Galan This book begins with a history of the topic, proceeds into industrial uses and processes, then dives into details with substantial reaction rate modeling of chemical kinetics where molecules absorb on a surface, get help from that surface to carry out some useful reaction, then desorb as the product, including temperature and pressure dependence, often in a multi-step manner. You'll need a number of physical constants from elsewhere, but you can build reaction math models on your PC with what's given. For me, the most fun came in extensive treatment of orbital bonding / anti-bonding established between the various molecules (remember those s, p, d orbitals from school?). Particularly useful are how those orbitals look in various molecules with electron pairing, spin, and energy of each individual reactant and the combined result included in diagrams. It's a kooky place down there at the quantum level, but this 560 page books goes a long way to making sense of it. Sadly, it's hard to find this book on the cheap.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-05 00:00:00 Stacey Laxen As the description promises, it provides an in-depth look at how FTIR works, without launching into detailed technical explanations of how to do the transforms (interesting, but not applicable to the text in question). Information is presented in a way that is clear and easy to follow (as I would expect from the CRC press!), and the explanations are simple enough that even those that are unfamiliar with how FTIR works can glean much from the text. It's not the first book I would recommend for those interested in FTIR, but it's a great resource for those working in the lab who need to look something up quickly.