| Description |
xx, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. How petroleum is converted into useful materials : carbocations and free radicals are the keys -- 2. Polymerization, polypropylene and the principles of stereochemistry -- 3. The central role of electrophilic aromatic substitution -- 4. From nucleophilic chemistry to crosslinking, with a side trip to glycerol, in the synthesis of commercially important plastics -- 5. The nylon story -- 6. Competition for the best industrial synthesis of methyl methacrylate -- 7. Natural rubber and other elastomers -- 8. Ethylene and propylene : two very different kinds of chemistry -- 9. The demise of acetaldehyde : a story of how the chemical industry evolves -- 10. Doing well by doing good --An epilogue. The future |
| Summary |
Publisher description: In this textbook, designed to be used with classic texts of organic chemistry at the undergraduate level, or standing alone for more advanced students, the two experts, M. M. Green and H. A. Wittcoff bring together the principles and the practice. Written for students, while also giving much information that may be used to enhance teaching of the subject, the book's ten concise chapters combine important commercial and practical processes with the principles of organic chemistry. The result is a source of otherwise barely accessible information. In addition, personal anecdotes from the authors' vast experience make this a fascinating and indispensable textbook for everyone wishing to enhance an appreciation of this subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Chemical engineering.
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Chemistry, Organic.
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| Author |
Wittcoff, Harold, author
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| LC no. |
2004425626 |
| ISBN |
3527302891 (paperback) |
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