Effects of Electric Fields on Structure and Reactivity

Abstract

This is a multi-author book, and as such it cannot be uniform in terms of the style or language.This variability is augmented by the different aspects of the topics of EFs in chemistry, its interplay of theory and experiment, and its overlaps with physics.As such, the present chapter tries to introduce some uniformity by outlining briefly the essence of the various chapters and the invisible thread that links them.Much of this link has to do with the chemical/physical insights that the book tries to derive for the sake of the community.At the end of this chapter, we provide a glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, which are uniformly used by all authors.However, by necessity, there will be a host of terms and symbols that are typical to each chapter.Nevertheless, we are hopeful that the final product is a coherent book that shows the many facets of applying EFs to molecules, reactions, molecules, and aggregates. The Chapters that Make this BookThe chapter that follows this introductory chapter is written by the two editors, K. D. Dubey and D. Danovich.It deals with the impact of EEFs/LEFs on chemical structure and reactivity.It introduces valence bond reactivity

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