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reetions. On the other hand, a teachers' supplement will he available which will contain, in addition to the umal lists of apparatus and reagents, detailed directions for making the soliltions and a list of synonyms for stockroom personnel. The style throughout is that of classic organic ehemistry-straightforward, ,precise, detailed but not wordy, with nelbher talking dawn t o students nor aiming over their heads. The book is obviously written by chemists who enjoy their laboratory work and who are able to communicate. Highly recommended.
preparations of similar t r m p o ~ n d s reqniring only sohstitrdion of reagents (a simple way to add a little exbra interest), Ralph L. Dannley, Case Western ReIRWIN COHEN and, for special assignments, improved serve University, and James D. Crum, Youngslown State Uniuersily background, and correlation with lecture California State College a t San BernarYoungsloum, Ohio work, literature citations of different. dino. The M~cmillanCo., New Yark, ~ y n ~ I w , e ~ tiwgivvt~ o i ~ y p c o L i ~ ~ n ~ ~ p , , o ~ . , l . 341 pp. Figs. and tables. 1968 x m?Iys!.. c~perimm.~.. 'I'hc q > d i ~ a ~ w c~ 16 X 24 cm. $7.25. iw ludr aJubilit\.. clcnw.tnl an.rlvri~ ir " ~~~ dium fusion), functional group tests, and The special features of this new elementary organic chemistry laboratory derivatization (with brief tables of derivtext are tbat it provides for excellent coratives). These can be taken up as Rodd's Chemirtrv of Carbon Comthey appear with each fonctional group, relation of laboratory and lecture and pounds. Volume 11, Alicyciic Comor they can he used as a separate section that i t offers an unusually thorough and Port A, Monocarbocyclir pounds: well-integrated introduction to qualitsi of the course, or both approaches could Compounds l o a n d Including Five he used, or (but one would hope not!) tive analysis. Ring Atoms they eonld be skipped over. The overall organiention is according to functional groups, with interspersed The last six of the 80 experiments are Edited by S. Coffey (2nd ed.), Amerispecial problems: col~tmn, thin-layer, special topics such as fats, proteins, the can Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., New paper, and gas-liquid chromatography, acetoacetic ester synthesis, dyes, etc. 228 pp., Tables. York, 1968. xvi infrared, and hdloon-technique hydrogenThe breakdown is suffioiently detailed X 23 em. $16. 16 ation. These and perhaps a. third to to allow use with either the clsssical or the integrated approach. Within each a half of the regular sections could he Part A of Volume I1 (Alicyelic Comfunctional group category there are skipped far a course of 30 three-hour pounds) of the revisiou of "Rodd's Chemtypically three sections: t a t tribe experiods, hut most of the book would be istry of Carbon Compounds" has recently periments, synthesis, and analysis. Each needed for 30 weeks of two three-hour appeared, some fifteen years after the periods each unless a few weeks are reof these sections is introduced by a snmpublication of its counterpart in the first mary of t,ho relevant chemistry. The served for exbra work in qualitative analyedition. The volume consists of four sis. test tube experiments check oot salient, chapters covering the topics of a general physical and chemical properties such All work is small scale, in test tnhes or introduction to alicyclic ring systems as odor, solnbility, and simple chazac100-200 ml flasks. Directions and dia(Chapter 1, 18 pages, M. Smith), cycloteristic reactions. There is more than grams are given for both ball-and-socket, propane compounds (Chapter 2, 53 pages; the N S U ~selection of slrch work, md i t ~ n dconventional glassware. The qnesM. Smith), cyclohutane and its derivaappears to be well chosen from the standtions at the end, of each section are tives (Chapter 3 , 3 2 pages; B. C. Uff) and points of both feasibility and maximal relevant and of appropriate diffieuky and finally the eyclopentane group (Chapter relevance to t,helecture course. interest. 4, 100 pages; M. Green, G. R. Knox, and The synthesis experiments me of Some omissions which may or may not P. L. Pauson). The pseudo-aromat,ic course the heart of the elementary organic be desirable, according to the t,aste of cyclopentadienyls (metallocenes) have laboratory. These experiment,^ include, the user: no first-aid section, no w~g- been moved from Volume I I I B of the gested times for the experiments, no kinetbeside the usual detailed procedures, infirst edition and are now included under frared spectra of t,he prodoeta, snggeated ics or opt.icnl activity, no noLehook dithe general consideration of cyclopentadiene derivatives in Chapter 4. A 22page index with almost 1900 entires pertaining to this volume i~ provided, as well as an Errata sheet containing only 6 entries. Four more suh-vohlmes (B through E ) are to appear before the &part revision -Reviewed in this Issue of Volume I1 will be completed. The volume gives the gratifying overall impression of being about as up-todate as possible. Of the over 2300 literaRalph L. Dannley and James D. Cmm, Experimental Orgnnic Chemistry ture references cited throughout the book, more than ane-third past-date 1960, and almost twa-thirds post-date 1950. Many Ring Atoms references duenment discoveries in 1906, and even work as late as 1967 has on ocJohn K.Slille, Industrial Organic Chemktry casion been inchtded. I t seems reasonable, therefore, to assume that this volrlme J . M. Thomas and W . J . Thomas, Introduction of the Principles of Heterogeneous provides quite adeqnate coverage of the Catalysis mare recent literature on the topics it considers. Herberl Childs, An American Genius The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence, The overall organization of the present Father of the Cyclotron volume follows quite closely that of the Raymond Daydcl, The Fundamentals of Theoretical Chemistry-Wave Mechanics first four chapters (123 pages) of Volume Applied to the Study of Atoms and hlolecules IIA of the first edition. The present 203-page coverage of these same topics Experimental Organic Chemistry
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