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Modem Organic Chemlshy
Iblgrr 11'. Crifin, Jr., Scw IAllepe, Ssmwtn, Florid:,. >ld:rnw-llill ILwk nlilon clncrve prniw for the logirnl o m (it., lnr., Xpw Ywk, l!ll;!!,>I:! pp. nirntinn of the vnrinw ~IIBP~PW, choice F~F. nnd tal~ln. I!).: X 24 tw. 01 nulhon nntl fnr pwvrnting duplirnlion SIO.!IT,. of nmtrrinl in Ih? dillvrrnl clxqMrn. I l w i n g xtntnl nlrnuly thnl dl chapten rotl4itlttc exrrllrnl. rontrihlltionr, only hricf mrnticm of the mntrrinl r o v e m l fnlltwr. T h r tint. twn rhnpten rrrve n* nn inlnulucti~mto the rrmnining onm whirh tmnt l x ~ t ha q ~ ~ n nnd ~ t x non-nquc our mnlin. Chnptrr I, r n t i t l n l llpntil n r d 1Cntnqy of l o ~ ~ i r n l i ohy n J. \V. L n ~ m nut1 I..(:. Ifeplvr prw~nt.*in 46 pry- an rxnrt. r r v i r w of thc Ihcrmwlynnmir* of a h t i o n * of arid* w n l i n n l trr 111" wlvest of 501111~ m t r r . No wp:hrntr dis~111~inn m t r r i n t w n r f i m is givon, h111 the n m t c rinl is p m l i m h r l y useltd in wmnrrtion with r h n p t r n 1; and i.11. (;. B n t n nl1.n ill Chnptrr 2 in 30 p r y m n wnrfhwhile rrvicw nf .\lc*liwn IilTcrt* nnrl p l l i n Xnn-Aqunua Sdventr. >low thnn half of the chapter is devoted to an anspect h t i v o but ~ u n dintmleetory di* rur&n of s t n n d ~ n lreferrnee rtnten nad wl.irnnlinn of trnn.~frr r n r m y n l single i n The*c rrrticm* nre pnrt.ic~llarly wrlcnme l r r n l ~ a rt h r editon "niter CRIC1111 rcmridcrntion have c x r l ~ ~ d ef d n m tbi* vr~hlmcr k clrtnild dircuwinn of ntlempl.* tcl rvnl~nntefree c n r n i w of ruh.tinn of riinglr ih.; nntl nf singlc elcctmlc p t e n tinls i n dilierrnt w b ~ t l l s . " The renqcln is th:tt thew i s wrh n disnqmmrnt in the litcrntwc that even thc sign nf the lm enemy trnnxlrr f n m wnlcr In othrr u,lI rnnnot. Ir d v r n iannmhipluourly (rrr 'lkhle 2 4 on pnqe 6.5 i n Bntm' r h n p trr). I.:vcn w, msyy rmdrc. will regret thnt no wpnrste rlmptr-r i s drvotecl In this lupir. An exhnwlive revirw might s t i l l e n Ic,mnl* morr rxnrl. nppn,nchw t h ~ nthnsr w d w Inr, rvcn Ihmglt nrw #Inla might mnke the litrr:tlwc for the time )wing mow ronfming lhnn i t is nl. prwent. ('Itnp11-r 3 hy 11. 11. Ilc~ydc w e n in 11.7 prqn nll w p w l a of i\viclity F u n r l i n w in r a t e r R I I ~ 1 ~ m nqwour r ~ l v e n t s nnd n,ixt~~rc;. The II. function is c l i r p m t r,f in hnlf a pnge (1'. I l i i ) , h111forttlnntrly n mow romplrte tnnlment is givrn I,y K. Rowclen in Ap pendix 11 (why not in the main text?). ('. I). Ritrhit., who hn* nmtrihuted m w h l~imxelf14% the field, g i v n in ('haptrr 4 in i . pngw i n rril.icnl nn,l u p t c ~ l n t ereview of inlwwl~innsin dipolar nprntic snlvet~ts. P ~ i n 37 ('hnptrr #-. Ily 11. S ~ I I I I - ~ ~drsls pnxw w i l h The Sclerlivr Solvntinn of John 11.' MrFarland, 1)ePnaw VniIcnw i n Xlixel .%lvrntx, C h ~ p t r r6 b y vrrsity, (:wnmn-tlc, Indinnn. C, V. K, XI. Arwtt. and I).11, > l c l i d v ~ yand l l ~ h yCh., Snint I ~ w i c , I . xv ('hnpter iI,y P. 31. Inughton and R. 15. 2 . S p p Fig*. nnd tnhlw. 18.5 Ilnlwrt.*on with Solvent lsntupr El(ert X 2A..;rm. S.r5.!l.i. on Thrrmnclynamirx of Sonrenrting tjr I u t n (.;I pnaes) and Solvent Iwtope I : f i r t * for l i l i h r i I Ilrnrtion* I .p i v l y . The Inst r h n p tcr hy J. F. (;:w4 cli-rawes in 42 pngp. Orp(nnonlknli ('cnnpunds in l ~ l h c nxnd rnnlninx m w b informntion of gencral intcrwt, NI do the other rhnpters. I n n,nrlusion, this l r ~ , k i*n v n l ~ ~ n ad&ld~ t i w ~tu th? lilwmtur~.
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J o u r m l of Chemicol Education
