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Polycyclic Hydrocarbons

Volume 2

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  • © 1964

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  1. E. Clar

    1. University of Glasgow, Scotland

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. peri-Condensed Hydrocarbons consisting of Six- and Five-membered Rings in which no Carbon Atom Is Linked with more than One Hydrogen Atom

    1. Hydrocarbons Containing Two Five-membered Rings

      • E. Clar
      Pages 339-365

    2. Hydrocarbons Containing Three Five-membered Rings

      • E. Clar
      Pages 366-368

    3. Hydrocarbons Containing Four Five-membered Rings

      • E. Clar
      Pages 369-371

  2. peri-Condensed Hydrocarbons consisting of Six-membered Rings in which One Carbon Atom is linked with Two Hydrogen Atoms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 373-373
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    2. Hydrocarbons Consisting of Six-membered Rings in which One Carbon Atom Is Linked with Two Hydrogen Atoms

      • E. Clar
      Pages 375-430

  3. peri-Condensed Hydrocarbons consisting of Six-membered Rings in which Two Carbon Atoms Are Linked with Two Hydrogen Atoms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 431-431
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    2. Hydrocarbons Consisting of Six-membered Rings in which Two Carbon Atoms Are Linked with Two Hydrogen Atoms

      • E. Clar
      Pages 433-444

  4. Hydrocarbons consisting of Six-membered Rings which have Formally Fixed Double Bonds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 445-445
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    2. Hydrocarbons Consisting of Six-membered Rings which Have Formally Fixed Double Bonds

      • E. Clar
      Pages 447-463

  5. Hydrocarbons consisting of Five- and Six-membered Rings which Have Formally Fixed Double Bonds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 465-465
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    2. Hydrocarbons Consisting of Six- and Five-membered Rings which Have Formally Fixed Double Bonds

      • E. Clar
      Pages 467-472

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 473-487
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Polycyclic hydrocarbons are of interest in many fields of science: theoretical chemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, dyestuff chemistry and biology. With regards to the latter, I am indebted to Dr. Regina Schoental of the Medical Research Council for the review in this present work of carcinogenesis by polycyclic hydrocarbons. This book is designed to present the facts in a simple and clear order and to derive empirical rules from them, but it does not present a com­ prehensive theory about polycyclic hydrocarbons. An attempt is made instead to extend classical symbolism into modern structural chemistry. Thus extensive use is made of Robinson's aromatic sextet, which is applied in an uncompromising and strict way. This quasi-classical attempt is encouraged further by such completely unexpected dis­ coveries as those of Dewar benzene and of the electronic asymmetry of formally symmetric hydrocarbons. How difficult it is to break away from any established way of thinking has been admirably expressed by Kekule ("Organische Chemie", 1861, Part 1, page 4, translated from German): "All our ideas are based, to an extent much greater than we ordinarily believe, on those of our predecessors. Our accumulated experience, the notions of which our training has accustomed us to, of whatever kind they have been, influence the course of our thoughts far more than we are willing to admit; only too frequently the following of our regularly used, well trodden way of thinking leads to us overlook the simplest of correlations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Glasgow, Scotland

    E. Clar

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Polycyclic Hydrocarbons

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2

  • Authors: E. Clar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01668-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1964

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-01670-1Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-01668-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LVII, 487

  • Topics: Pharmacy, Medicine/Public Health, general

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