New theoretical concepts for understanding organic reactions

Multidimensional theoretical stereochemistry and conformational potential energy surface topology.- Some practical suggestions for optimizing geometries and locating transition states.- Reaction topology and quantum chemical molecular design on potential energy surfaces.- Topology of molecular shape and chirality.- Adiabatic and diabatic surfaces in the treatment of chemical reactivity. I. Theory.- Adiabatic and diabatic surfaces in the treatment of chemical reactivity. II. An illustrative application to the Diels Alder reaction.- A qualitative valence bond model for organic reactions.- Solvent effects on potential energy surfaces and chemical kinetics.- Modifications of potential energy surfaces by solvation and catalysis.- Computational tests of potential energy surfaces from dynamical properties.- Dynamical formulation of transition state theory: variational transition states and semiclassical tunneling.- Theoretical models for reaction dynamics in polyatomic molecular systems.- Practical applications of new theoretical concepts in organic chemistry.