BOOK REVIEWS of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry a t the undergraduate level.
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Orgmophosphorus Polymers
Monomers
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E. L. Geflw, Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. Translated by G. M. Kosolapoff, Auburn University, Alabama. Trans. ed. by Leon Jacolw, Associated Technical Services, Inc., Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Associated Technical 288 pp. Services, Inc., 1962. xix Figs. andtables. 17.5 X 26em. 814.75.
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The present monograph is the first to appear which deals with heteroorganic polymers other than those containing nitrogen and silicon. The author has attempted t o generalize and systematize the existing information concerning the synthesis and physical properties of polymers containing phosphorus ss a constituent in the main skeleton or in side chains. I n addition, considerable attention has been paid to synthetic methods leading t o monomers of use in palymerizatian reactions. Much of the information concerning both monomers and polymers is presented in easily accessible tahular farm; included here are such items a8 reaction conditions, nature of the reaction product, yields, analyses, and certain physical data. One very helpful feature is the inclusion of a section on nomenclature. The United Kingdom and United States of America, journals use the system proposed by joint agreement in 1952 and which has been recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (1960). Although agreement on this score is far from unanimous and is not practiced in non-English-speaking countries, the translator has used the "new" 8ystem and included parenthetically same of the more familiar "old" names in preparing illustrations of name types. Part I of the monograph (136 pages) describes the chemistry and properties of starting materials used for the preparation of organophosphorus high polymers. Chapter I deals with unsaturated organophosphorus compounds. Included in the discussion are certain unsaturated acids and their derivatives such as esters formed from acids and unsaturated alcohols, vinyl compounds, and unsaturated phosphines, their oxides and related compounds. Chapter I1 concerns the preparation and properties of saturated organophosphorus compounds having reactive functional groups as, far example, the dichlorides of some saturated acids of phosphorus, polyhydroxyl compounds, palycarhoxylic acids and their esters, amides, etc. Chapter 111 provides tables of the refraction of some
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BOOK REVIEWS atomic groups of rxganophosphorus eompounds. Part I 1 of the monograph (114 pages) deals with the chemistry of high polymers. Chapter IV descrihes carbon-chain and hetero-chain polymers containing phosphorus in the side chains. Examples of subjects dealt with in this chapter are polymers and copolymers of amides, amide esters and eth,vlenamides of phosphorus acids, and carbon-chain products of polyeandensat,ions of organophosphorus compounds. Chapter V is concerned with hetwochain high polymerseontaining phosphorus in t,he main chain. Examples here include polymers having phosphorus and carbon in the main chain or those cantaining phosphorus, oxygen and carbon orphusphorus, nitrogen and some other element in the main chnin. Polymers with apurely inorganic skeleton are also considered as, for example, those having phosphorus, oxygen, and horon in the main chain. Chapter VI deals with miscelleneous products of undetermined structure and considers products of telomerisation with p~rticipation of organnphmphorus compounds. Chapter VII considers applications of organophosphorus polymers. Topics discussed include uses in plastics and arr flame-resistant coatings, adhesives, oil additives, and catalysts. The hihliography contains 834 references, some of which are multiple listings. All h m e been carefully checked and verified with the exception of 22 references which could not he checked because journals or patents were not available. Very adequate indices of tahles and subjects are given. This reviewer feels t h a t the monograph is excellently done and represents a valuable addition t o tbe chemical literature. It should he welcomed particularly by those involved in specific prohlems relating t o t,he practical uses of polymer systems. I t is, however, a valuable source of collected information in t,he field of organophasphon~s compounds for those generally concerned with the theory and practire of polymer chemistry. E. CHARLES EVERS TJniuersily of Pennsylvania Philadel~hia
Scientiflc Method: Optimizing Applied Resetlrch Decisions
Russell I,. Aekoff, with the collabaration of Shiv K. Gupla and J . Sayer ATinas, Case Institute of Technolow, Clevo land, Ohio. aii 464 pp. Figs. and t,ahles. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1962. 15.5 X 23.5 rm. 810.25.
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As the author states in his preface, this is IL "hook on planning or designing the useofsciencein the pursuit ofohjeetives.. . I t is essentially s. 'how to do it' hook rather than a. 'whet t o do i t for' book.. . . This book is intended t o improve the
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