Practical approaches to biological inorganic chemistry / edited by Robert R. Crichton, Ricardo O. Louro.
| Other author | Crichton, Robert R. editor. |
| Other author | Louro, Ricardo O., editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication | Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource (ix, 494 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Front Cover; Practical Approaches to Biological Inorganic Chemistry; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 An overview of the role of metals in biology; Introduction; Essential metal ions and their functions; Toxic metals; Metals in diagnosis and therapeutics; References; Further reading; 2 Introduction to ligand field theory and computational chemistry; Introduction; Introduction to quantum chemistry; Approximations in quantum chemistry; Electronic structure of atoms; Hydrogen atom; Angular momentum; Electron spin; Many-electron atoms; Periodic system of elements; Pauli principle |
| Contents | Two electrons in two orbitals electronic terms; Symmetry; Ligand field theory; Some qualitative considerations; Symmetry in ligand field theory; Some quantitative considerations; Tanabe-Sugano diagrams; Introduction to computational chemistry; The wave function-based methods; The Hartree-Fock method; Post-Hartree-Fock methods; Density functional theory; Density functional approximations; Density functionals and spin states; Computational methods for excited states; Computational methods for biological systems containing transition metal; Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References |
| Contents | 3 Molecular Origin of magnetism; Contributions to angular momentum in free atoms and ions; Term symbols for free atoms and ions with one electron outside a closed inner shell; Spin-orbit coupling; Term symbols for free atoms and ions with more than one electron outside a closed inner shell; Units and definitions; Magnetic moment and the Bohr magnetron; Magnetic field and magnetization; Zeeman effect; Normal Zeeman effect; Anomalous Zeeman effect; Magnetic susceptibility, effective magnetic moment and magnetization saturation |
| Contents | Curie law for noninteracting paramagnets; Boltzmann treatment of magnetization; Langevin paramagnetism; Brillouin function; Van Vleck equation; Curie constant and spin-only effective magnetic moment; Temperature-independent paramagnetism and the second-order Zeeman effect; Contributions to magnetism in biologically relevant ions; Orbital splitting of transition metal ions in crystal field; Effect of crystal field on magnetic properties of 3d compounds; Dimeric sites: exchange mechanisms and J values; Curie-Weiss law; Superexchange; Spin Hamiltonian; Bleaney-Bowers equation; Diamagnetism |
| Contents | Experimental methods; Magnetometry; Force methods; SQUID-super conducting quantum interference device; What is measured in the SQUID?; Evans NMR method; Magnetic circular dichroism; Conclusion; Problems; Answers; References; Further reading; 4 EPR spectroscopy; Why electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy?; What is electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy?; Anisotropy; A comparison of electron paramagnetic resonance versus NMR; Electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer; What (bio)molecules give electron paramagnetic resonance? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on July 2, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Practical approaches to biological inorganic chemistry. Second edition 9780444642257 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780444642264 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 0444642269 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (print) |
| Stock number | 9780444642264 Ingram Content Group |
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