Frontiers of Chemistry : Plenary and Keynote Lectures Presented at the 28th IUPAC Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 16-22 August 1981

Frontiers of Chemistry reviews the plenary and keynote lectures presented in the 28th International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Congress. The book discusses the future development and applications of chemistry. The text is divided into two main parts, where the first part covers the plenary lectures and the second part covers the keynote lectures. Part 2 is organized into sections, according to contents, such as the role of chemistry in the solution of energy problems; the study of the environment; and the beneficiation of resources. The book will be of great interest to chemists, since it tackles topics that are significant in the advancement of the field of chemistry. Content: Some Other IUPAC Titles of Interest from Pergamon Press , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Inside Front Cover , Page vii PREFACE , Page ix , Keith J. Laidler ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page x THE BINDING OF CARBOHYDRATE STRUCTURES WITH ANTIBODIES AND LECTINS , Pages 3-24 , Raymond U. Lemieux ELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELLS , Pages 27-40 , Adam Heller POLLUTANT FORMATION AND DESTRUCTION IN FLAMES , Pages 41-53 , C.P. Fenimore STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY , Pages 57-63 , Harold I. Schiff WASTEWATER BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE SCEPTICAL CHEMIST , Pages 65-73 , R.L. Earle CORROSION IN THE POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT , Pages 75-85 , A. Rahmel URANIUM CHEMISTRY IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY , Pages 89-98 , H.A.C. McKay CHEMISTRY AND THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT — SURFACES AND SORPTION PROCESSES , Pages 99-110 , D.J. Greenland CONTRIBUTION OF WOOD CHEMISTRY FOR PROGRESS OF PULPING STUDIES , Pages 111-124 , Junzo Nakano BIOTECHNOLOGY - TRENDS IN THE '80s , Pages 125-140 , H. Dellweg MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND REACTION MECHANISMS AS STUDIED BY THE AB INITIO ENERGY GRADIENT METHOD , Pages 143-158 , Keiji Morokuma SOME COMPUTATIONAL TRENDS IN THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY , Pages 159-167 , William A. Lester Jr., Michel Dupuis, Terence J. O'Donnell, Arthur J. Olson BEYOND MERE AUTOMATION , Pages 169-178 , Christie G. Enke COMPUTER AIDED STUDIES OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION , Pages 179-203 , Robert Rein, Masayuki Shibata, Thomas Kieber Emmons MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE MOLECULES, PREFORMED ORGANIC IONS AND ZWITTERIONS , Pages 207-216 , Catherine Fenselau, Robert J. Cotter ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE , Pages 217-226 , Wilhelm Simon, Daniel Ammann, Walter Bussmann, Peter C. Meier METAL ATOMS IN SYNTHESIS AND RELATED ASPECTS , Pages 229-246 , M.L.H. GREEN REDUCTIVE ELIMINATION , Pages 247-263 , Roald Hoffmann MACROPOLYCYCLIC STRUCTURES FOR BIO- AND ABIO-INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FROM DINUCLEATING TO POLYNUCLEATING CRYPTANDS , Pages 265-272 , JEAN-MARIE LEHN BIOMIMETIC CHEMISTRY , Pages 275-286 , Iwao Tabushi TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF POLYETHER ANTIBIOTICS NARASIN AND SALINOMYCIN , Pages 287-304 , Yoshito Kishi, Susumi Hatakeyama, Michael D. Lewis RESOLVING MECHANISTIC AMBIGUITIES , Pages 305-314 , Ronald Breslow THE ROLE OF CATALYSIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES , Pages 317-337 , Frank S. Stone IS X-RAY DIFFRACTION A NOVEL METHOD FOR STRUCTURES? , Pages 339-343 , William N. Lipscomb THE STUDY OF RADICAL REACTION KINETICS BY TIME-RESOLVED ESR , Pages 345-352 , Richard W. Fessenden, Joseph P. Hornak VIBRATIONALLY HIGHLY EXCITED MOLECULES AND INTRAMOLECULAR MODE COUPLING THROUGH HIGH OVERTONE SPECTROSCOPY , Pages 353-358 , James S. Wong, C. Bradley Moore STATE-SELECTED STUDIES OF GAS-SURFACE ENCOUNTERS , Pages 359-369 , J.W. Hepburn, K. Honma, M. Keil, F.J. Northrup, G. Ogram, J.C. Polanyi, J.M. Williamson, R.J. Wolf Edited By Keith J. Laidler ; International Union Of Pure And Applied Chemistry In Conjunction With The Chemical Institute Of Canada. Includes Bibliographical References.