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The Perturbation Treatment of Chemical Reactivity
Author(s) -
Hudson Robert F.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197300361
Subject(s) - perturbation (astronomy) , computational chemistry , chemical reaction , chemistry , perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) , simple (philosophy) , transition state , theoretical physics , thermodynamics , statistical physics , chemical physics , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , catalysis , philosophy , epistemology
The perturbation method of treating chemical reactions is discussed in a simple manner, by invoking the general hypothesis that the initial perturbation determines the course of a reaction. This approach is used to develop a general theory, as an alternative to the transition state theory. Such apparently diverse concepts as the symmetry rules for cyclic processes, and hard and soft acids and bases can be derived by this treatment, which is applied to radical reactions and aliphatic and aromatic substitution.