HANDBOOK OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA OF AROMATIC MOLECULES
DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC STRUCTURES BY PHYSICAL METHODS
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by ISADORE B. BERLMAN, Radiological Physics Division, A r g o n n e National Laboratory, A r g o n n e , III. T h e second edition of t h i s i n f o r m a t i v e h a n d b o o k o u t l i n e s t h e fluorescence and a b s o r p t i o n characteristics of m o r e t h a n 200 aromatic c o m p o u n d s , b e g i n n i n g w i t h b e n z e n e a n d proceeding to larger and m o r e c o m p l i c a t e d s y s t e m s ; t h e list covers over twice t h e n u m b e r of c o m p o u n d s in t h e first e d i t i o n . It i n c l u d e s data characteristic of t h e fluorescence process, s u c h as decay t i m e , q u a n t u m y i e l d , statistical w i d t h , Stokes loss, a n d average w a v e l e n g t h . Special a t t e n t i o n has been paid to t h e currently popular organic scintillators and t h o s e f l u o r s used in liquid lasers. 7971, 490 pp., $79.00
Volume 3/CONTENTS: C. R. BRUNDLE and M. B. ROBIN: Photoelectron Spectroscopy. ROBERT F. STEWART and SYDNEY R. HALL: X-Ray Diffraction. PIERRE CRABBE': Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism in Organic Chemistry. KENNETH B. WIBERG: Thermochemistry. DUDLEY WILLIAMS: Structures. GLEN A. RUSSELL: Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy. F. A. L. ANETand RAGINI ANET: Configuration and Conformation by NMR. Author Index-Subject Index. 7971, 480 pp., $22.50 Volume 4/CONTENTS: W. NAEGELE: Applications of HighField NMR Spectroscopy. N. BODEN: Pulsed NMR Methods. W. McFARLANE: Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance Spectroscopy. ROBERT L. LICHTER: lsN Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. PETER R. WELLS: NMR Spectra of the Heavier Elements. P. S. PREGOSIN and E. W. RANDALL: l3C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. JOHN R. VAN WAZER: 3I P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Author Index-Subject Index.
PHYSICAL METHODS IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY Volume 4
1971, 396 pp., $19.50
e d i t e d by ALAN R. KATRITZKY, Univ. of East Anglia, School of Chemical Sciences, Univ. Plain, Norwich, England CONTENTS: S. WALKER: Dielectric Absorption of Heterocyclic Molecules. E. A. C. LUCKEN: Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constant. J. H. RIDD: Heteroaromatic Reactivity. R. F. M. WHITE and H. WILLIAMS: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra. J. KRAFT and S. WALKER: Recent Applications of Electric Dipole Moments to Heterocyclic Systems. A. R. KATRITZKY and P. J. TAYLOR: Infrared Spectroscopy of Heterocycles. Author Index-Subject Index. 7 977, 496 pp., $32.00
CARBON-13 NMR SPECTROSCOPY by J . B. STOTHERS, D e p a r t m e n t of C h e m i s t r y , Univ. of Western O n t a r i o , L o n d o n , O n t a r i o , Canada TENTATIVE CONTENTS: Introduction. [EXPERIMENTAL METHODS] Measurements of l3C Parameters. [CARBON-13 SHIELDINGS] Hydrocarbon Shieldings. Theory of l3C Shieldings in Hydrocarbons. Substituted Hydrocarbons. Organometallic and Ionic Species. Heterocyclic Systems. Functional Groups. [CARBON-13 COUPLING CONSTANTS] General and Theoretical Considerations. Al3 Survey of l3C Spin-Spin Couplings. [APPLICATIONS OF C NMR] Structural and Stereochemical Applications. December 197},
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PULSE AND FOURIER TRANSFORM NMR I n t r o d u c t i o n to T h e o r y a n d M e t h o d s by T H O M A S C. FARRAR, National Bureau of S t a n d a r d s , W a s h i n g t o n , D.C., a n d EDWIN D. BECKER, National Instit u t e s of H e a l t h , B e t h e s d a , M d . Based on a graduate-level course in pulse t e c h n i q u e s , t h e book describes t h e c o m m o n l y used t y p e s of pulse experim e n t s , provides t h e t h e o r e t i c a l b a c k g r o u n d necessary for u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e s e t e c h n i q u e s , and evaluates their practical application a n d i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n . C o n c e p t s are explained clearly, w i t h a m i n i m u m of m a t h e m a t i c a l d e t a i l . CONTENTS: Basic Concepts in NMR. Free Induction and Spin Echoes. Instrumentation. Relaxation Mechanisms. Fourier Transform NMR. Rotating Frame Experiments. Selected Applications. References. Subject Index. 7977, 128 pp., $7.50
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SYMMETRY IN COORDINATION CHEMISTRY by J O H N P. FACKLER, Jr., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio CONTENTS: MOLECULAR SYMMETRY AND POINT GROUPS: Molecular Symmetry. Coordination Numbers. Symmetry Classification. Symmetry Point Groups. Multiplication of Symmetry Operations. Point Group Symmetry. Supplementary Reading. ATOMIC AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF d-BLOCK TRANSITION ELEMENTS: Transition Elements. Periodic Build-Up. Electronic Properties of the Atoms and Ions. Energy Considerations. Atomic Spectra. RussellSaunders Classification. Magnetic Properties. Supplementary Reading. ORBITALSYMMETRI ES AND THEIR REPRESENTATION: Orbital Symmetry. Representations of Symmetry. Reducible Representations. Reduction of Reducible Representations. Supplementary Reading. SYMMETRY APPLIED TO MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS: Representing Vibrational Symmetry. Types of Molecular Vibrations. Selection Rules. Infrared-Active Vibrations. Structural Conclusions. Supplementary Reading. CHEMICAL BONDING IN TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS: Crystal Field Theory. Ligand Field Theory. Molecular Orbital Theory. Supplementary Reading. THE d-BLOCK TRANSITION ELEMENTS AND THEIR CHEMISTRIES: First Transition Series. Jahn-Teller Behavior. Second and Third Transition Series. Miscellaneous Coordination Compounds. Appendix: Some Important Character Tables. Subject Index. 1977, 794 pp., paper $4.95/cloth $7.95
A STATISTICAL MANUAL FOR CHEMISTS Second E d i t i o n by EDWARD L. BAUER, W i n t h r o p Laboratories, Rensselaer, New York This book is for c h e m i s t s w h o perform e x p e r i m e n t s , m a k e m e a s u r e m e n t s , a n d interpret d a t a . It shows how to a p p l y statistics to their greatest a d v a n t a g e in all areas of analytic and research c h e m i s t r y t h r o u g h t h e use of a d d i t i o n , subt r a c t i o n , a n d t h e slide rule. CONTENTS: Fundamentals. The Average. Experimental Design and the Analysis of Variance. The Comparison of Two Averages. Analysis of Variance by Range. Control Charts. Correlated Variables. Sampling. Control of Routine Analysis. 7977, 208 pp., $9.50
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