1. Edition - October 2006
590.- Euro
2006. XLIV, 1559 Pages, 4 Volumes, Hardcover
539 Fig. (48 Colored Fig.), 69 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-30777-X
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-30777-7 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
This multivolume work is the only comprehensive, up-to-date reference on the theory, occurrence and application of hydrogen transfer processes. It provides vital information on the fundamental types and the latest techniques for revealing, monitoring and measuring such reactions.

From the contents
PART 1
Prototropic rearrangements
Hydrogen transfer in the gas phase
Hydrogen transfer in liquids and solids
Hydrogen isotope effects and transition-state structure
Quantum theoretical treatments of hydrogen transfer
Principles of hydrogen transfer in solution
Multiple isotope effects as diagnostic tools of mechanism
NMR Methods in the study of hydrogen transfer
Hydrogen transfer in ice
Hydrogen bonding and hydrogen transfer
Hydrogen transfer in designed catalysts
Hydrogen-atom transfer in solution

PART 2
Proton transfer in solution reactions
Theory of proton transfer in enzymic and model reactions
Model reactions for enzymic hydride transfer
Proton transfer in enzymic acid-base catalysis
Proton conduction in enzyme action
Hydrogen bonding and enzyme catalysis
Prototropic rearrangements in enzymic systems
Proton transfer in thiamin activation and other enzymic C-H fissions
Proton transfer and protein folding
Quantum tunneling in enzymic hydrogen transfer
Hydrogen-atom transfer in enzymic systems
Hydrogen transfer and protein stability