title: A perspective on physical organic chemistry.
abstract: A perspective on the development of mechanistic carbene chemistry is presented. The author will point out questions that have been answered, and a next generation of questions will be proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Platz
mesh_terms: D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D055601:Organic Chemistry Phenomena
chemical_list: C030011:carbene; D008697:Methane