topics, the striking minimum of textual errors, together with a good index, xre items which enhance the value of this handbook. ROY G . BOSSERT 0x10 WESLGYAN UNIVERBITT DELIWIRE. om0
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TRAIT^ DE MICRO-ANALYSEMINERALE: QUALITATIVE ET QUANTITATIVE. VOLUME rn Clement Duvol. Presses Scientifiques Internationdes, Paris, 1956. 548 pp. 68figs. Tables. 17 X 24.5 cm.
phate beads and the tests by means of the blow pipe which appear on the same page (280). A feature seldom found in other u~orksof anelytieel chemistry is the frequent summary by means of graphs of data obtained through the themnobalance on the behavior of precipitates and in general of the forms of matter which the analytical chemist weighs a t various temperatures. As indicated in the review of Volume I1 of the series, the work represents an aceumulstion and systematisation of a tremendous amount of information which should be of use to all practicing chemist8 and teachers. A. A. BENEDETTl-PICHLER COLLEGE l'~usn,ua, New Yon= QUEEN.
T~18is the third volume of the series nhich the present reviewers called "Trait6 NICHOLAS D. CHERONIS Duvalique Analitique" (see THIS JOURNAL B n o o a ~ rCOLLEGE ~ 33, 519 (1956)). The present volumc BROOKLYN, NEWYDAY includes the elements iron, cobalt, nickel, the platinum metals, copper, silver, zinc, eadn~ium,and mercury. F h a t was suggested in reviewing VolHETEROCYCIIC COMPOUNDS ume I1 of the series can now he stated in VOLUME 5 plain words. The title of the series is somewhat misleading. I t is not merely a Edited by R o b e ~ C. f Elderfield, University treatise. I t is a Comprehensive Treatise of Michigan. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., of Inorganic Analysis, both Qualitative 1957. vii $ 744 pp. 16 X 23.5 cm. and Quantitative, with special emphasis $20. upon methods suited for the investigation VOLUME5 of this standard reference of small samples and the detection and work deals with fivemembered hetercestimation of trace constituents. To cyclic compounds, containing two hetero illustrate the extent and depth of coverage atoms, and their benzo derivatives. the section dealing with iron will be cited Chapter titles, authors, pages per as an example: (a) occurrence; ( b ) properties of its compounds and ions; ( e ) chapter and number of references are given below. The latter numbers are preparation of analytical solutions; ( d ) npplications and uses; ( a ) methods of only approximate, since many references dissolving samples; (f) chemical separahave several suh-references. Chap. I. l,3-Dioxolanes and Derivatives, R. C. tions (from 18 different elements or gmups); ( g ) chromatographio separations Elderfield tlnd F. W. Short (44 pp., 162 Pyrazoles and Related Com(both column adsorption, paper and elecref; I pounds, T. L. Jacobs (117 pp., 829 refs.); trophoresis me given in detail); (h) qualitative detection through: borax 111. Indseoles, R. C. Elderfield (32 pp., beads, flame, various types of spectra, 77 refs.); IV. Indoles and Condensed Indamles, E. S. Schipper tlnd A. R. Day microscopied tests, reactions with organic (104 pp., 254 refs.); V. Oxazole and I t s and inorganic reagents, and polarogrsphy; ( i ) quantitative estimation by: gravimIlerivatives, J . W. Cornforth (164 pp., etry (18 listed of which 8 are in detail), 363 refs.); VI. Benaoxazole and Related electrolysis, titrimetry (8 m e t h ~ d s ) ,couSystems, J. W. Cornforth (34 pp., 130 refs.); VII. Isoxazoles, R. H. Barnes lametry, amperometry, potentiometry, (32 pp., 87 refs.); and VIII. Thiazoles polarography, colorimetry, spectography and Benzthiazoles, J. M. Sprague and and activation analysis; G.) bibliography, A. H. Land (239 pp., 1014 refs.). lirtinfi530 references. The total treatThese chapters are a. welcome addition ment of iron covers 67 pages with 15 to the review literature, and the authors graphs, spectra, and chrometograms and have done a thorough and competent job 9 tables. of the presentations. Indeed, cts is eviAs indicated in the treatment for iron, the emphasis is on recent trends sueh as dent from the shove tabulation, the book sepawt,ion by extraction, electrolysis, represents several volumes in one, since column adsorption, paper chromatogsome of the chapters are themselves of raphy, and electrophoresis and use of the book lmgth, and the clear, but smilller type font selected allows far much maso-called instrumental methods of analyterial per page. Thus, although the price sis such as ~pectrography,polarography, seems high, the cost is not out of line for a colorimetry, and use of radioactivity. book of this type. The style of the In an undertaking of this acope one should expect that omissions and errors inadauthors is concise and clear throughout, and s, goad job of proofreading and invertently appear. I n the opinion of the clusion of a general index enhance the reviewers such an omission occurs on page value of the volume. Structure formulas 280 where the well-known test for mesare used generously and effectively to eury based on precipitation upon copper assist the reader to visualhe the numerous fallowed by distillation in a capillary relationships discussed. The physical is not found. However, the meticulous makeup of the book is excellent. attention to minor detail which permeates the entire work can he judged from the I n the several items which this rediscussion of the flame test for copper and viewer checked with oare, the presentation was well documented and the total litthe description of the borax and phos-
erature and patent muroes were eonsulted. Chemical Abstmets references are generally given for articles from foreign journals which may he hard for the general reader to get at. I n every chapter, earlier major reviews are also cited. The chapters me more than a summary of synthetic results. Throughout, an attempt has been made to evaluate struet u r d features in terms of modern electronic theory, t o discuss reaction meehanisms, and to cite and discuss correlative aspects of properties. The ohoice of topics for inclusion seems appropriate, and a good balance has been struck between topics where stimulation of further work is desirable versus those in which great effort has already been concentrated. The discussions are also well halanced to include the published data, speculation, as well as known and potontial applications of the compounds discussed. I t may also he noted that the following volume of the series will extend the contents of Volume 5 to the six-memhered hcteracycles containing two hetero atoms. The most interesting aspect of a book of this type, to this reader, is the inclusion of examples of unfinished work which challenges further speculation and interest. For example (p. 182), the conversion of X-phenilcyl-2-nitrobonzenesulfonamide to 3-phenylindaeole (in 46% yield, by heating with 10% alkali) is reported in a manner which challenges the attention of those concerned with elucidation of mechanism or synthetic aspects of sueh a conversion. Other chapters have similar items which are worthy of notice. Volume 5 of "Heterocyclic Compounds" is highly recommended to libraries and individuals who require thorough reference n-orks on substances of this type. NORMAN KHARASCH U ~ ~ I V L B S I TOI F S O O T ~ E R NCALIIORFI*
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HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS. VOLUME 6 Edited by Robert C. Elderfield, UniverJohn Wiley & Sons, 753 pp. Inc., New York, 1957. vii 16 X 23.5 cm. $25.
sity of Michigan.
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VOLUME 6 of "Heterocyclic Compounds" is yet mother example of that enormous amount of literature-helps and aids with which modern American chemistry is blessed. These books are not only enormously useful to the worker in the fields discussed, because of the organization and summary presented, but they are also very valuable to others who are not directly involved with the chemistry treated. Not the least of this latter group is the ever-busy chemistry teacher who does not have the time, or is some eases the background, to keep up with the various aspects of the field. A short perusal of the volume by anyone with a fair knowledge of orgenic chemistry will afford a surprisingly clear understanding of the topics discussed even though he may not be working with the chemicals. The authors have limited themselves t o s discussion of the literature and pres(Conlinued on page A360) JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
ont knonltdge of sia-meml~ered heterocyclic rings, and bensa derivativer, in which tnm at,oms of the common hetero elements, nitrogen, aulfur, and oxygen are found. Thus the mntrrinl covered in Volume 6 follows the logirnl sequcnw estahlished in earlier volumes. For t,he major part of the material discussed the English and German liternturc up to 1956 is included, in spite oT the fact, that this required the rewriting or enlarging of some of the chapters nhose original completion date was not synchronized with the find publication date. The fact that hoth English and German abstract,^ were used makes t,he presmtat,ion enson on ably completp and up-to-date. Hmrever, no attempt has heen m d e hy t,he ;tuthars t o "present encyclopedic coverage," hut only t,o describe the major prinriples outlined by tho reforenc~a. A further cont,rihutian of this book lics in its systcmntir mtd upll organized treatment of t h r nomenclature of the chemicals discussed. A grcst deal of confusion is possible in the field undrr consideration because of the tendmey of t,he older literat,ure t o follow individuslist,ic naming methods. A conscious s t tempt was made in t,his presentation to eliminate this confusion. Various means were used t o implement this aim. For example, the aid of the Ring Indcx is confitantly utiliacd. Marcover, w h e c ever alternate namcs are poasihla, both are given. Blso, the p a s i l k variations of nsming or numbering due t,o protonic shifts are included. I n nddit,ion t o this the most rommonly used names for the compounds alp given prominence. The combination oi all of these factors serves t o largrly eliminatr any ronfusion that existed. In spite of the fact that many ot the compounds are physio1ogir:nllp active, th? sut,hors h w e not allotted much time or space to the di~cusrianof prart,iral applications. Considering the nature of t,hc preaentntion t,lri~would seem to have heen a wise course. The practice of thorough and complete indexing which is follawod in this volumr and series is very de~irahle. FRANK 0.G R E E N \Var;nros
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LABORATORY EXERCISES IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY
Morris F. Stubbs, Professor of Chemis try, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and W. Norton Jones, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, McMurry College. William C. Brown Co.. Dubuque, Iowa, 1956. vi 280 pp. 22 figs. 22 X 28 cm. Paper bound. $3.25.
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THE m a n l d includes experiments demonstrating general principles of chemifitry but is enrefolly dcsigned t o give prominence to descriptive chemistay. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
