The Chemogenesis Webbook

The Chemogenesis Web Book

Mark Leach's Chemogenesis Webbook tells how chemistry emerges from the Periodic Table and bifurcates into the rich and extraordinary science that we know and experience:

1 Atoms – Elements – Periodic Tables

• Lewis Acid/Base Matrix Database

• Introduction

• Nucleophiles, Bases & The Fluoride Ion

• Nucleosynthesis

• The Lewis and Brønsted Models Compared

• The Segré Chart of Isotopes

• Pearson's HSAB Principle

• Quantum Numbers to Periodic Tables

• Redox Reaction Chemistry

• The Periodic Table: What is it Showing?

• Redox Chemistry Synthlet

• The Periodic Table: Formulations

• Radical Reaction Chemistry

• The Periodic Table: Data Mapping

• Diradical Reaction Chemistry

• INTERNET Database of Periodic Tables

• Photochemistry

2 Structure – Bonding – Material Type

• Species/Species Interactions

• Binary Compounds

• The Simplest Mechanistic Step: STAD

• Binary Compound Synthlet

• Unit & Compound Mechanistic Steps

• Electronegativity

• The Mechanism Matrix

• van Arkel-Ketelaar Triangles of Bonding

• Addition To Double Bond Synthlet

• Tetrahedra of Structure, Bonding & Material Type

• Pericyclic Reaction Chemistry

• Structure, Bonding & Material Type Synthlet

4 Theory

• Classification of Matter

• Timeline of Structural Theory

• Why Do Chemical Reactions Occur?

• Lewis Theory

• Thermochemistry Synthlet

• Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

3 Mechanism

• MO Theory: Diatomic Molecules & Ions

• Overview of the Analysis

• Polyatomics: Hybrid & Molecular Orbitals

• Main Group Elements & Hydrides

• Linear & Aromatic Organic π-Systems

• The Five Hydrogen Probe Experiments

• Functional Group Database

• Congeneric Arrays

5 Complexity

• Quantifying Congeneric Behaviour

• Systems Thinking

• Ligand Replacement Congeneric Arrays

• Linear Chemistry Systems

• Exploring Congeneric Array Interactions

• Complex Chemistry Systems

• Congeneric Array Database

6 Extras

• The Emergence of Organic Chemistry

• Afterword

• The Five Reaction Chemistries

• Chemogenesis: The Paper

• Lewis Acids & Lewis Bases

• The Chemical Thesaurus Reaction Database

• Lewis Acid/Base Interaction Matrix

• Literature Refs & Further Reading

• Patterns in Reaction Chemistry Poster

• Chemistry Tutorials & Drills

This chemistry webbook contains dynamic Synthlet and Database pages that explore aspects of structure & reactivity.

Thanks go to the authors of websites linked to from these pages and members of the ChemEd internet discussion list. This web book is being continually updated. Please send comments, link suggestions, factual errors, browser problems, bug & broken link reports, etc., to the author:

Dr Mark R. Leach mark@meta-synthesis.com
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