Oxygen Chemistry(English, Hardcover, Sawyer Donald T.)

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Oxygen Chemistry(English, Hardcover, Sawyer Donald T.) is written by Sawyer Donald T. and published by Oxford University Press Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195057988 (ISBN 10) and 9780195057980 (ISBN 13).

This book places oxygen on the centre stage of chemistry in a manner that parallels the focus on carbon by 19th century chemists. One measure of the significance of oxygen chemistry is the greater diversity of oxygen-containing molecules than that of carbon-containing molecules. One of the most important compounds is water, containing the properties of being a unique medium for biological chemistry and life, the source of all the dioxygen in the atmosphere, and the moderator of the earth's climate.Sawyer first introduces the biological origins of dioxygen and role of dioxygen in aerobic biology and oxidative metabolism, and in separate chapters discusses the oxidation-reduction thermodynamics of oxygen species, and the nature of the bonding for oxygen in its compounds. Additional chapters focus on the reactivities of specific oxygen compounds.