The amide linkage : structural significance in chemistry, biochemistry, and materials science

Preface.Contributors.The Electron Density Distribution of Amides and Related Compounds (C. Breneman & M. Martinov).Origin of the Amide Rotational Barrier (K. Wiberg).The Amide Linkage as a Ligand--Its Properties and the Role of Distortion (A. Greenberg).Studies in Amide Hydrolysis: The Acid, Base, and Water Reactions (R. Brown).The Thermochemistry of Amides (J. Liebman, et al.).Stereospecificity in the alpha-Lactam (Aziridinone) Synthon (R. Hoffman).beta-Lactams: Cyclic Amides of Distinction (A. Bose, et al.).Sterically Hindered Twisted Amides (S. Yamada).Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Amides and Lactams (P. Rademacher).The Role of Amides in the Noncovalent Synthesis of Supramolecular Structures in Solution, at…