book reviews contains a well-written "overview" by Anthony M. Schwartz which discusses each of the topic areas and the papers presented. The conference itself was held in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Colloid and Surface Science Symposium arid this volume in accordance with this contains the historical remarks of J. H. Mathews and Lloyd H. Reyerson made a t the occasion of the 40th National Colloid Symposium. The hook is verv well oroduced with the
This series is a valuable reference work for researchers and advanced students. It is an indispensable addition to the lihrary of a synthetic organic chemist and a useful addition to many others. Shelton Bank State University of New York at Albany Albany, 12222
The Organlc Chemistry of Iron Koerner uon Gustorf, Friedrich Wilhelm Greuels, andIngridFischler, Max Planek Institut. Academic Press, New York, 1978. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.4 cm. xii 673 pp. $29.50.
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of that journal. The papers presented here are
recommend that this book he available in ever" librarv servine the needs of faeultv.
of these individuals. Roben A. Pieroni Georgis Institute of Technology Atlanta, 30332
Survey of Organic Syntheses. Volume 2 Coluin A. Auehler and Donald E. Peorson, Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1977. Figs. and tahles. 16 X 23 em. x + 1105 pp. $25. This volume in the series has a similar organization to Volume 1,namely 20 chapters each dealing with a functional group. Coverage begins in 1969 where Volume 1 ends and extends through 1975. An unfortunate orintinz delav detracts in oart from the
ways an improvement over the remarkable and successful volume 1. As the previous volume, this vulume is written with the aim of presenting to the reader the newer synthetic methods and, equally important, a brief critical review. Thus, utilizing frequent reference to Volume 1, all reasonable methods for preparing a particular functional group are presented in a logical fashion. Of direct utility for planning and carryingout asynthesis, the merits of the various methods are discussed. Additionally. experimental conditions for select reactions and yields for virtually all reactions are included. An exceedingly valuable addition to Volume 2 is the reaction index. These 94 pages of structural formulas indicate clearly the synthetic change and then refer the reader to Volume 1 andlui 2 for the methods. The organization and simplicity of this scheme is likely to prove highly useful. The subject index is reasonable, hut unfortunately this volume does not contain an author index. A90 I Journal of Chemical Education
This book is the latest in the Organomet a l k Chemistry monograph series that Academic Press has been publishing over the last decade. It is the first of two vulumes devoted tu theorganic chemistryof iron,an area that has been the vital center of organometallic chemistry since the discovery of ferrocene in l 9 5 t The volume has twelve chapters and includes not only compounds with iron-carbon bonds hut also compounds having organic groups linked to iron through N, 0 , S, ete. The opening chapter, which is also the longest, gives a comprehensive review of reported structural parameters of iron organics. The next six chapters discuss, successively, the applications of nmr, mass spectrometry, Mossbauer, magnetic properties, epr, and optical activity to these compounds. The next four chapters deal with the Fe-C linkage in the form of D honds, and n2,nJ, and $camplexes. The final chapter deals with a topic of particular interest to organic chemists and one that is rarely discussed by itself: The stabilization of reactive organic intermediates by formation of complexes with iron. The text is generally readable, and the illustrations are good to excellent. The twelve chapters have a combined total of over 2600 references (including duplications). The forthcoming second volume will cover topics not included in the first, and the set will give a comprehensive coverage of this vital area through 1975. The price, while high, is not prohibitive. This book will make an excellent addition to the reference library of researchers and teachers interested in organoimn chemistry. John S. Thayer University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 45224
Analytical Pyrolysis
Edited by C. E. Roland and Carl A. Crom e w Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1977. ix 424 pp. Figs. and tables. 17 X 25 cm. $39.25.
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ical Pyrolysis, held in Amsterdam, September 7-9, 1976. Thirty-four full papers are e a k gorized under the general headings (the
