Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions - American Chemical Society

PREFACE

T h e S u m m e r S y m p o s i u m o n " M e c h a n i s m s of I n o r g a n i c R e a c t i o n s " w a s h e l d i n J u n e 1964 a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s i n L a w r e n c e , u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of P r o ­ fessor J a c o b K l e i n b e r g . I t w a s s p o n s o r e d b y t h e I n o r g a n i c C h e m i s t r y D i v i s i o n of

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T h e A m e r i c a n C h e m i c a l S o c i e t y . F o l l o w i n g t h e s u g g e s t i o n of t h e D i v i s i o n , t h e s y m p o s i u m was patterned after the F a r a d a y meetings a n d was devoted

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e n t i r e l y t o d i s c u s s i o n . T h u s , t h i s conference w a s a n e x p e r i m e n t t o see if t h i s t y p e of m e e t i n g w o u l d be m o r e v a l u a b l e t h a n t h a t u s u a l l y h e l d . A t t e n d a n c e w a s l i m i t e d t o 160 speakers, d i s c u s s i o n leaders, a n d p a r t i c i p a n t s . I n o r d e r for o t h e r s i n t h i s a n d r e l a t e d fields t o r e a d t h e p a p e r s a n d t h e d i s c u s s i o n , the entire meeting was recorded o n tape a n d b y the shorthand reporters, S u d d r e t h , H o s t e t l e r , L e w i s , a n d S h i p l e y ( K a n s a s C i t y ) . T h e s t a t e m e n t s of t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s were s e n t t o each i n d i v i d u a l for c o r r e c t i o n , m o d i f i c a t i o n , o r d e l e t i o n a n d t h e n c o m ­ p i l e d w i t h the p a p e r s i n t o t h i s b o o k . I w i s h t o express m y a p p r e c i a t i o n t o J o h n B a u m a n a n d R . T . M . F r a s e r f o r t h e i r e x t e n s i v e assistance i n p r e p a r i n g the p r o g r a m a n d t h i s m a n u s c r i p t . T h e a u t h o r s , d i s c u s s i o n leaders, a n d p a r t i c i p a n t s w e r e e x c e p t i o n a l l y h e l p f u l d u r i n g t h e conference a n d i n t h e p r o m p t m o d i f i c a t i o n a n d r e t u r n of t h e i r p a p e r s a n d c o m m e n t s . T h e success of t h e conference w a s d u e i n large p a r t t o the e x c e l l e n t p r e p a r a t i o n s of J a c o b K l e i n b e r g a n d t h e U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s staff. R.

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