book reviews Part 1 of the book, comprising the theoretical introduction, shows the most extensive revision. The first chapter of the 2nd edition, The Electmnic Structures of Atoms, has been deleted "to eliminate the more elementary material now covered in other courses.'' Instead, the student is plunged immediately into a new 43-page introductory chapter, Symmetry and Structure, expanded from a 7-p. section in Chapter 4 of the 2ndedition. Chapter 4 of the has been incor~orated . ~2nd ~ edition into the new and ~ x p a n d r dChapter 'i.The Naturr of Chrrnjral Bundmg. Chapter 5 of the 2nd edition. Coordinatiun Compounds, has been eliminated ns n separate chapter. but the material has heen assimilated into Chapter 1 and Chsprer 21. Classical Cbm. plex&. Part 1 now concludes with a 21page chapter, Stereochemistry and Bonding in Compounds of Non-transition Elements, revised from Chapter 15 of the older edition. A welcome feature of the first two editions was a separate 8-page chapter, The Elements of the First Short Period, along with the assignment of the introductory elements of each group of non-transition elements to separate chapters, thus effeetively emphasizing their divergences from their heavier congeners. The chapter on first short period elements has been deleted, and only B, C, N, and 0 have retained their separate.chapters. Increased emphasis has been placed on organometallic compounds. Complexes with CO, CNR, ~~~~
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NP,0 2 , and NO ligands, compounds with metal-metal bonding, and metal cluster compounds are now treated in greater detail. Discussions of topics that have diminished in importance have been eondensed or in some cases, e.g., separation of the lanthanides, eliminated completely. Once again, the authors have spared no pains in revising their popular bwk. Many of the numerous figures, graphs, and tables have been redrawn. In many eases, the number of collateral reading references a t the ends of the chapters, mast made more useful by inclusion of brief evaluations or critical comments, have been increased to include citations as recent as 1971. A new 3-page up-to-date reference list of ligands in transition-metal compounds as well as a handy section an SI units and conversion factors are provided. Although the index has been increased from 14 pages to 25 pages, i t is still inadequate fot a hook of this size and scope. The instructor temoted to use this book fur a n elementar). rexr should wnlize thnr tvpics such as electronic strurturr, nomenclature, redox potentials, nuclear chemistry, acid-base theories, and nonaqueaus solvents are not considered. Furthermore, the study prohlems included in the first edition have been eliminated. The adjeetive "advanced" in the title should therefore he considered quite literally. Aside from these limitations, then, this new edition, dedicated to Ranald S. Nyholm, who was killed in a n automobile accident in December, 1971, continues to fulfill the authors' goal of providing a "comprehensive textbook . . . a t a n advanced level ~~
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California State University, Fresno Fresno, Calif.
Chemical Thermodynamics
Iruing M. Klotz, Northwestern University, and Robert M. Rosenberg, Lawrence University. W . A. Benjamin, Inc., Menlo
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Park, California, 1972. xvi 444 pp. Figs. and tables. 16.5 X 24 cm. $13.50. The popular and widely used textbook of Klotz has acquired a coauthor, has been reset and printed on better paper in a more compact and convenient format. (See This Journal, 42, A142 (1965) for a review of the 1964 second edition.) Textual revisions are actually quite minor (hut generally commendable). For example eight pages on phase rule and a (very) few problems now involve biological and geological applications. Omission of most of a former excellent chapter on relative partial molal thermal effects is a real loss.
No involvement with the system of SI units has been incorporated nor is it evident that the authors made many concessions to IUPAC international nomenclature or symbolism. Edgar F . Westrum. Jr. university of Michigan Ann Arbor. Michigan
New Volumes in Continuing Series The following titles a m those of volumes i n eatinuing series. Many of these series are familiar to readers who are best served by prompt announcement of the appearance of the new titles. The policy of T H I S JOURNAL will be to publish full reviews only of inaugural volumes i n new series.
Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics. Vol. 7. Reactions of Metallic Salts and Complexes, and Organometallic Compounds
Ediied by C H. Bamford and C. F. H. Tipper, both of University of Liverpool. Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, 1972. nv + 615 pp. Figs. and tables. 25 X 17 cm. $62.
Contributors: D . Benson; L. J. Csanyi; T. J. Kemp; D. H. Langford; M. Parris; P. J. Proll Ring-Forming Polymerizations. Part 6 , 1: Heterocyclic Rings
Robert J. Cotter and Markus Matzner, Union Carbide Corp. Academic Press, New York, 1972. xxi + 422 pp. Figs. and tables. 23.5 X 16 cm. $37.95.
Edited by William Theilheimer. S. Karger, New York, 1972. xx 573 pp. 23.5 x 16 cm. $79.80.
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Edited by Ernest I. Beeker, Univ. of Mass., and Minoru Tsutsui, Texas A & M Univ. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1972. 434 pp. Figs. and tables. 23.5 X 15.5 cm. $26.
Contributors: Reinhard Jira; Werner Freieslehen; Vaclav Cbvalovsky William Kitching. Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics. Vol. 6 Reactions ot Non-Metallic lnorgaoic Compounds
Edited by C. H. Bamford and C. F . H. Tipper, both of University of Liverpool. Elsevier Publishing Co., New York, 1972. xv 517 pp. Tables. 25 X 17 cm. $51.75.
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Progress in Surface and Membrane Science. Vol. 5
Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry. Yearbook 1972. Vol. 26
Contributors: M . C. Hobson, Jr.; M. C. Phillim:. Harold Schonhnm. - ~ ~ ,~ V. .~ 1. -.- ~ ~ ~ Snoeyink; D. J. Triggle; Shinnosuke Usui; Walter J. Weber, Jr.
Edited by J. F. Danielli, State Univ. of New Yark, Amherst; M . D. Rosenberg, Univ. o f Minnesota; and D. A. Cadenhead, State Univ. of New York, Buffalo. Academic Press, New York, 1972. xii 353 pp. Figs. and tables. 23.5 X 16 cm. $21.45.
Contributors: G . J . Buist; N. Cohen; J. R. Gilbert; J. Heicklen; J. H. Thomas; J. M. White: I. R. Wilson.
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