Accurate molecular structures : their determination and importance / edited by Aldo Domenicano and István Hargittai

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Structural chemistry / Massimo Simonetta and Angelo Gavezzotti -- The potential energy surface and the meaning of internuclear distances / Kozo Kuchitsu -- Reliability of structure determinations by microwave spectroscopy / Bouke P. van Eijck -- Determination of accurate molecular structure by vibration-rotation spectroscopy / Georges Graner -- Gas-phase electron diffraction / István Hargittai -- X-ray crystallography : an introduction / Jenny P. Glusker and Aldo Domenicano -- Measurement of accurate Bragg intensities / Paul Seiler -- Diffraction studies of molecular motion in crystals / Kenneth N. Trueblood -- Lattice-dynamical interpretation of crystallographic thermal parameters / Carlo M. GramacciolitThe role of electron density in X-ray crystallography / Fred L. Hirshfeld -- Accurate crystal structure analysis by neutron diffraction / George A. Jeffrey -- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and accurate molecular geometry / Peter Diehl -- Quantum mechanical determination of static and dynamic structure / James E. Boggs -- Molecular mechanics / Norman L. Allinger -- Crystallographic databases : retrieval and analysis of precise structural information from the Cambridge Structural Database / Frank H. Allen -- The importance of accurate structure determination in organic chemistry / Georges Wipff and Stéphane Boudon -- Structure correlations, reaction pathways, and energy surfaces for chemical reactions / Valeria Ferretti, Katharina C. Dubler-Steudle, and Hans-Beat Bürgi Structural substituent effects of benzene derivatives / Aldo Domenicano -- Effect of crystal environment on molecular structure / Joel Bernstein -- The importance of accurate determination in inorganic chemistry / Jeremy K. Burdett -- Structural variability in metal cluster compounds Vincenzo G. Albano and Dario Braga