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
EditionSecond edition.
PublicationAmsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2020.
Description1 online resource (ix, 494 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource, title from digital title page (viewed on July 2, 2020).
Issued in other formPrint version: Practical approaches to biological inorganic chemistry. Second edition 9780444642257
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780444642264 (electronic book)
ISBN0444642269 (electronic book)
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