book reviews The text is orranized around the functional gmup approach including topical chapters on bonding, isomerism, purification methods, structure determination, petroleum, the petrnleum industry and polymers. One feature of the text is the inclusion of a chapter covering laboratory techniques complete with diagrams of representative apparatus commonly used. Chapter 3 presents the hasics of structure determination including a brief discussion of spectroscopic methods. However, little use is made of spectral data in the remainder of the hook. A rather unique feature of this text is the practical work-testtuhe scale experiments-illustrating eharacterislic properties of functional group classes are reeularlv included in each chanter.
tory nature of organic chemistry. Further readings and films are listed a t the end of some chapters. However, these refer primarilv to British sources. Brief practical annlications are rerularlv included a t the end ,, of chapters. Common to organic texts, prablems are also included-some chapters have only a few pmblems, i.e., alkanes ehapter-4 problems; derivatives of earboxylic acids chapter-39 problems. No answers are given f i r any prnblems. Nomenclature in the text emphasizes the IllPAC systematic names beginning with earbamide (instead of urea) on page 1. Trivial names, when included, are given in parenthesis, such as, triehloramethane(chloroform). Although students will applaud the hanishment of trivial names, it will indeed be difficult toacamplish fhissineeseveral such names as used are for indexing purposes. In the IUPAC svstem the authors follow the
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