🧵 How many of you could survive all of the Cambridge Chemistry Tripos's suggested secondary reading?
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M0: Introduction to polymers
Recommended books
>Principles of Polymerization, 4th Edition, G. Odian, 2004, John Wiley & Sons.
>Polymer Chemistry: An Introduction, 3rd Edition, M.P. Stevens, 1999, Oxford University Press.
>Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Part A, Ed H.R. Kricheldorf, 1992, Marcel Dekker.
>Polymer Chemistry & Physics, 2nd Edition, J.M.G. Cowie, 1991, Blackie.
>Introduction to Industrial Polymers, 2nd edition, H. Ulrich, 1993, Hanser.
>Polymer Physics, U. Gedde, 1995, Chapman & Hall.
M1: Inorganic materials
Recommended Books
>Magnetism and Transition Metal Compounds, Carling, R.L., and van Duyneveldt, A.J., Springer-Verlag, 1977
>Molecular Magnetism, Kahn, O., VCH, 1993
>Magnetism and Transition Metal Complexes, Mabbs, F.E., Machin, D.J., London, 1973
>Magnetochemistry, Orchard, A.F., Oxford, 2003
>Magnetism in Condensed Matter, Blundell, S., Oxford, 2001
M2: Advanced diffraction methods
Recommended books
>Clegg, W., Crystal Structure Determination, Oxford Chemistry Primer.
>Ladd, M. F. C. and Palmer, R. A., Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography, Plenum Press.
>Glusker, J. P., Lewis, M. and Rossi, M., Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists, V. C. H. Publishing.
>Young, R. A., The Rietfeld Method, O.U.P.
>Bacon, G. E., Neutron Diffraction, O.U.P.
>Bacon, G. E., Applications of Neutron Diffraction in Chemistry, Pergammon Press.
>Grundy, P. J. and Jones G. A., Electron Microscopy in the Study of Materials, Edward Arnold Ltd.
>Spence, J. C. H., Experimental High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, Clarendon Press.
>Fultz, B. and Howe, J. M., Transmission Electron Microscopy and Diffractometry of Materials, Springer-Verlag.
>Thomas, G. and Goringe, M. J., Transmission Electron Microscopy of Materials, John Wiley and Sons.
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M4: Energy landscapes and soft materials
Recommended books
>J. L. Barrat and J. P. Hansen, Basic concepts for simple and complex liquids, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
>D. J. Wales, Energy Landscapes, Cambridge University Press,2003.
M5: Stereocontrolled organic synthesis
Recommended books
>Organic Chemistry, J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, OUP 2012 (the first edition, OUP 2001, is also suitable)
>Classics in Total Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, E. J. Sorensen, Wiley-VCH 1996.
Further reading/reference
>Classics in Total Synthesis, Part II, K. C. Nicolaou, S. Snyder, VCH, 2003.
>Classics in Total Synthesis, Part III, K. C. Nicolaou, S. Snyder, VCH, 2011.
>Organic Chemistry, J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, P. Wothers, , OUP, 2000.
>Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds E. L. Eliel, S. H. Wilen, L. N. Mander, , Chapter 12, Wiley, 1994.
>The Logic of Chemical Synthesis, E. J. Corey, X.-M. Cheng, Wiley, 1989.
>Selected Organic Syntheses I. Fleming, Wiley, 1993.
>Organic Synthesis, J. Fuhrop, G. Penzlin, , 2nd Edn, VCH, 1994.
>Stereoselectivity in Organic Synthesis, G. Procter, Oxford Chemistry Primer, OUP, 1998.
>Pericyclic Reactions, Fleming, I.,, Oxford Chemistry Primer 67, OUP, 1998.
M6: Computer simulation methods in chemistry and physics
Recommended books
>Understanding Molecular Simulation, From Algorithms to Applications, D. Frenkel and B. Smit, (Academic Press).
>Computer Simulation of Liquids, M. P. Allen and D. J. Tildesley (Clarendon Press).
>Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics, D. Chandler (Oxford University Press).
>Molecular Modelling, Principles and Applications, A. R. Leach (Longman).
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M7: Solid electrolytes
Recommended books
>Basic Solid State Chemistry, 2nd ed, A.R. West, Wiley, 1999.
>The Physical Chemistry of Solids, R.J. Borg and G.J. Dienes, Academic, 1992.
>Physics and Chemistry of Solids. S.R. Elliott, Wiley, 1998.
>Solid State Electrochemistry, ed. P.G. Bruce, CUP, 1995.
>Elements of the Random Walk, J. Rudnick and G. Gasperi, CUP, 2004.
>Hopping Conduction in Solids, H. Bottger and V. Bryskin, VCH, 1986.
>Atomic Transport in Solids, A.R. Allnatt and A.B. Lidiard, CUP, 1993.
M8: Main group organometallics
Recommended reading for Dr Wheatley’s lectures
>Structures of organonitrogen-lithum compounds, K. Gregory, P. v. R Schleyer, R. Snaith, Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, 1991, 37, 47(review).
>Controlling chemoselectivity in the lithiation of substituted aromatic tertiary amides, D. R. Armstrong, S.
>R. Boss, J. Clayden, R. Haigh, B. A. Kirmani, D. J. Linton, P. Schooler, A. E. H. Wheatley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004, 43, 2135.
>Ligand effects in the formation of tertiary carbanions from substituted tertiary aromatic amides, A.C
>Smith, M. Donnard, J. Haywood, M. McPartlin, M.A. Vincent, I.H. Hillier, J. Clayden, A.E.H. Wheatley, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 8078.
>Deprotonative metalation using ate compounds: synergy, synthesis, and structure building, R.E. Mulvey, F. Mongin, M. Uchiyama, Y. Kondo, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 3802 (review).
Reference material for p-block organometallics
>Organometallics, C. Elschenbroich, (Wiley).
>Chemistry of the Elements, N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, (Elsevier)
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M9: Medicinal chemistry
Recommended Books
>The Chemistry of Heterocycles: Structure, Reactions, Synthesis and Applications, Eicher, T. and Hauptmann, S., Wiley-VCH, 2003.
>Heterocyclic Chemistry, Joule, J.A., Mills, K. and Smith, G.F., Chapman & Hall, 1995.
>Heterocyclic Chemistry at a Glance, Joule, J.A. and Mills, K., Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
>Aromatic Heterocyclic Chemistry, Davies, D.T., Oxford Chemistry Primers, OUP, 1991.
>Organic Chemistry, Clayden, J., Greeves, N., Warren, S. and Wothers, P., OUP, 2000 (Ch. 43 and 44).
>Top Drugs, Top Synthetic Routes, Saunders, J. Oxford Chemistry Primers, OUP, 2000.
>Process Development: Fine Chemicals from Grams to Kilograms, Lee, S. and Robinson, G., Oxford Chemistry Primers, OUP, 1995.
>On Medicinal Chemistry, Stocks, M., Alcaraz, L. and Griffen, E., On Chemistry Series, Sci-Ink, 2007.
>Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, Williams, D. A. and Lemke, T. L., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2002.
M10: Organic Solids
Recommended books
>J.W. Steed and J.L. Atwood, Supramolecular Chemistry, Wiley, 2000.
>W. Jones, Organic Molecular Solids, Properties and Applications, CRCPress, 1997.
>J. Bernstein, Polymorphism in Molecular Crystals, Oxford Science Publications, 2002.
>D. Braga and F. Grepioni, Making Crystals by Design, Wiley-VCH, 2007.
>A. J. Pertsin and A. I. Kitaigorodsky, The Atom-Atom Potential Method – Applications to Organic Molecular Solids, Springer Verlag, 1986.
>A. I. Kitaigorodsky, Molecular Crystals and Molecules, Academic Press, 1973.
>A. Gavezzotti, Molecular Aggregation – Structure Analysis and Molecular Simulation of Crystals and Liquids,Oxford Science Publications, 2007.
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I1: Atmospheric chemistry and global change
Recommended books
>R. P. Wayne, Chemistry of Atmospheres, Third Edition (2000), OUP.
>G. P. Brasseur, J. J. Orlando and G. S. Tyndall, Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change, (1999), OUP.
>T. E. Graedel and P. J. Crutzen, Atmospheric Change - An Earth System Perspective, (1993) W. H. Freeman and Co (New York).
>B. J. Finlayson-Pitts and J. N. Pitts, Jr Chemistry of the upper and lower atmosphere, Academic Press.
>D. J. Jacob, Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, (2004) Princeton University Press.
The following two items contains useful introductory material
>J. T. Houghton, Global warming, the complete briefing, (2004), CUP.
>http://www.ipcc.ch International Panel on Climate Change.
I2: Climate dynamics and critical transitions in the climate system: from
past to future
I3: Materials, electronics and renewable energy
Recommended books
>Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air, Mackay D. J. C. UIT : Cambridge (2009)
>The Physics of Solar Cells, Nelson J. Imperial College Press (2003)
>Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis, Blankenship R. E. Blackwell Science (2002)
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L1: Catalysis in synthesis
Recommended books
>Transition metals in the synthesis of complex organic molecules, Louis S. Hegedus, University Science Books, 2009.
>Organic Synthesis Using Transition Metals, Roderick Bates, Wiley, 2012. (Available as eBook downloadable from University Network. DOI: 10.1002/9781119942863)
>Organotransition metal chemistry: from bonding to catalysis, John F. Hartwig, University Science Books, 2010.
>Fundamentals of Asymmetric Catalysis, Patrick J. Walsh and Marisa C. Kozlowski., University Science Books, 2008.
>New Frontiers in Asymmetric Catalysis, Wiley, 2007. (Available as eBook downloadable from University Network. DOI: 10.1002/0470098007)
>Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, I Ojima (Ed.), Wiley, 2010. (Available as eBook downloadable from University Network.DOI: 10.1002/9780470584248)
L2: Nano science and colloid science – chemistry at small lengthscales
Recommended Books
>Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Ed K. J. Klabunde
>Characterisation of Nanophase Materials, Ed Zhong Lin Wang
>Introduction to Modern Colloid Science, R. Hunter
>Surfactants and Polymer in Aqueous Solution, Jonsson et al.
>Basic Principles of Colloid Science, D.H. Everett
>An Introduction to Ultra Thin Organic Films, from Langmuir-Blodgett to Self-Assembly, A. Ulman
>Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena, M.J. Rosen
>The Colloidal Domain, D.F. Evans and H. Wennerstrom
L3: Electronic structure of solid surfaces
Recommended books
>A. Zangwill, Physics at Surfaces, Cambridge University Press, 1988
>D.P. Woodruff and T.A. Delchar, Modern Techniques of Surface Science, Cambridge University Press, 1994
>G. Attard and C. Barnes, Surfaces, Oxford University Press, 1998
>J.A. Venables, Introduction to Surface and Thin-Film Processes, Cambridge University Press, 2000
>G.A. Somorjai and Y. Li, Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
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L4: Chemical biology and drug discovery
Recommended books
General
>An introduction to enzyme and coenzyme chemistry, T. D. H. Bugg, Blackwell 2004
>Medicinal chemistry, principles and practice, Ed. F. D. King, RSC 2002
>The organic chemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, R. B. Silverman, Academic Press, 2000
>Bioconjugate Techniques (Third Edition) by Greg T. Hermanson, Academic press
More specialized
>Evaluation of enyzme inhibitors in drug discovery, R. A. Copeland, Wiley 2005
>Posttranslational modification of proteins, C. T. Walsh, Roberts 2006
>Fragment based approaches in drug discovery, Ed. W. Jahnke, D. A. Erlanson, Wiley VCH 2006
L5: Chemical dynamics
Recommended Books
>Theories of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Niels E. Henriksen and Flemming Y. Hansen, Oxford University Press.
>Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics, David Chandler, Oxford University Press.
L6: Supramolecular chemistry and self-organisation
Recommended Books
>Modern Physical Organic Chemistry, E. V. Anslyn and D. A. Dougherty, University Science Books, 2006.
>Supramolecular Chemistry, P. D. Beer, P. A. Gale and D. K. Smith, Oxford Chemistry Primer, OUP 1999.
>Supramolecular Chemistry, J. W. Steed and J. L. Atwood, Wiley, 2000.
>Principles and methods in supramolecular chemistry, H. J. Schneider and A. Yatsimirski, Wiley, 1999.
L8: Total synthesis
Recommended reading
>The Logic of Chemical Synthesis, Corey, E. J. and Cheng, X.-M., Wiley, 1989.
>Classis in Total Synthesis, K. C. Nicolaou, VCH, 1996.
>Comprehensive Organic Transformations: A Guide to Functional Group Preparations, R. C. Larock, Wiley VCH, 1999.
>Tactics in Organic Synthesis, T. L. Ho, Wiley, 1994.
>Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, S. Warren, 1982.
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L9: Biosynthesis
Recommended books
>Derwick P. M., Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosythetic Approach, 3rd edition, Wiley, 2003.
>McMurray J. E. and Begley T.P., The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways, Roberts and Co., 2005.
>Herbert R. B. Biosynthesis of Secondary Metabolites, Chapman and Hall, second edition, 1989.
>Walsh C. Antibiotics: Actions, Origins, Resistance, ASM Press, 2003.
>Mann J. , Secondary Metabolism, OUP, second edition, 1987.
>O’Hagan D. The Polyketide Metabolites, Ellis Horwood, 1991.
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:18:54 UTC No. 16138440
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yeah let me just spend 1000+ hours reading sterilized theory slop written by a jew who's never worked in their life
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:24:19 UTC No. 16138447
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>Those grapes are sour anyway!
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:35:59 UTC No. 16138459
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read patents faggot
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:10:51 UTC No. 16138574
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:03:08 UTC No. 16139149
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Anyone have links to PDFs of these?
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:29:41 UTC No. 16139433
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Anonymous at Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:50:09 UTC No. 16139470
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Anyone who has a PhD in Chemistry would’ve read most of these.