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BOOK REVIEWS Complexometric Titrations. BY GEROLDSCHWARZENBACH, The other chapters of the book deal with the properties of Professor of Chemistry a t t h e Eidg. Technische Hoch- the higher oxo alcohols a n d their derivatives a n d the indusschule, Zurich. Translated and revised in collaboration trial applications of these compounds. Commercial prowith the author by HARRYIRVING,M.A., D . Phil., D.Sc., ducers of chemicals a r e very conscious of t h e market’s interF.R.I.C., Vice-principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and est in product purity. Even when their product is a mixUniversity Demonstrator in Inorganic Chemistry. Inter- ture, they tend t o regard i t as “pure,” relying on quality science Publishers, Inc., 250 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, control t o assure reproducible material. This attitude may help explain the choice of the names “isooctyl” and “decyl” N. Y . xviii 132 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price, $3.75. (why isooctyl and not isodecyl)) a n d the avoidance of a n T h e general principle of using a complexation reaction etymologically sound prefix like “mixo” which is unamfor the titration of metal ions has, of course, long been derivation recognized. Until recently, however, only a few applica- biguous, descriptive, a n d of unimpeachable tions of complexometric titrations had been made, such a s (Chem. Eng. Sews 34, 131 (1956)). “Isooctyl” alcohol is a mixture of a t least five alcohols and “decyl” probably conthe titration of silver, nickel and a few other metal ions with cyanide ion a n d the titration of +2 mercury with thio- tains ten or more alcohols; it seems odd t h a t the author can report specific gravities t o 0.0001, viscosities to 0.1 centicyanate ion. Studies b y Professor Schwarzenbach, begun poise, index of refraction to 0.0001, etc. about 1945, of the unusually stable, and stoichiometrically This little book is packed with valuable information. simple, complexes formed between metal ions and certain The writing is polished; most of the photographs, however, polyaminocarboxylic acids (especially nitrilotriacetic acid a n d ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) initiated the full ex- are neither interesting nor instructive. The book will be particularly useful t o persons interested in the applications ploitation of complexation in the titrimetry of metals. of the commercially-available higher oxo alcohols. Professor Schwarzenbach’s “Die komplexometrische Titration” which appeared in 1955 ( F . Enke, S t u t t g a r t ) D E P A R ~ X E N OFT CHEMISTRY provided the first comprehensive account of complexometric UXIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MILTONORCHIN titrations based on E D T A and similar chelating agents CINCINSATI21, OHIO (complexones). T h e present monograph is a very able translation of the German edition, with considerable revision and rearrangement, and with many additions which Cahiers d e S y n t h b e Organique. MBthodes e t Tableaux bring the treatment u p to date. T h e rapid growth of the d’hpplication. Volume 1. B y JEAN MATHIEU a n d subject is reflected in the fact t h a t this edition contains ANDRB ALLAIS, Ingenieurs-Dorteurs. Edited b y nearly twice as many literature references (305) as the origiLBON VELLUZ. Masson et Cie, Editeurs, Librairies de nal German edition (181). l’Acad6mie d e hledecine, 120 Boulevard Saint-Germain, The material is presented in seven chapters. T h e first Paris VI, France. 1957. xi 232 pp. 16 X 22.5 cm. five survey seriatim the complexing properties of polyamines Price, Broch6, 3.800 Frs., Cartonne toile, 4.200 Frs. and complexones, the fundamental theory of complexometric This volume is the first of a series of ten t o twelve voltitrations, the visual indicators t h a t have been used, the titration of mixtures of metal ions, and practical details umes covering all types of reactions of organic chemistry. T h e material is derived from lectures delivered by one of the on the preparation of standard titrant solutions a n d indiauthors and possesses a n excellent didactic value. Its cator solutions. T h e sixth chapter reports in detail all of the procedures t h a t have been developed. T h e concluding chief interest lies in its new classification of reactions; for instance this volume describes the different methods of atchapter discusses some limitations, difficulties and probtachment of a function-bearing carbon t o a n aliphatic chain able f u t u r e developments. T h e treatment is concise, b u t or t o a n aromatic ring. Mechanisms of reactions are only admirably lucid. briefly discussed before each chapter, a more detailed treatI t is interesting t o note t h a t virtually all the titrations dement being reserved for a separate volume “Principes de scribed employ visual end-point indication, which, of course, is highly convenient b u t not very selective. I n some cases synthese organique.” T h e amount of material selected is i t should be possible t o employ electrometric e.p. detection intermediate between conventional treatises (Fieser, Karrer) techniques, whose selectivity ought to be advantageous and more elaborate compilations such as Houben-Weyl. T h e subject matter is well chosen and up-to-date, tlic in the titration of mixtures of metal ions. coverage being complete through 1954. A large amount of I n m y opinion the only major fault of this excellent monopractical d a t a are presented in tabular form. Only an graph is the grouping together of all literature references alphabetical index of chemical function is given, b u t the a t the end of the book. These references would have been type of classification used throughout the book makes a much easier to use if they had been printed as footnotes in subject index quite unneccssary. Of special interest fnr the text. English-speaking readers is the large number of references to English and American publications. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY The book is well presented and printed, strongly bound, HARVARD UNIVERSITY JAMES J. LISCANE CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS a n d will be a valuable addition t o libraries of organic chemistry departments, where i t will at the same time serve as a n excellent introduction t o French chemical terminology. W. LOVETTMEMORIAL LABORATORIES Higher Oxo Alcohols. B Y LEWISF. HATCH,Technical Con- ROBERT W. JEAXLOZ MASSACHUSETTS GENERALHOSPITAL ROGER sultant, Enjay Laboratories. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., BOSTON14, MASSACHUSETTS 440 Fourth Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. 1957. ix 120 pp. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. Price, $4.50.
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T h e author’s foreword states t h a t “the (oxo) reaction has been little noted except in the patent literature,” a n d one of the purposes of this book is t o review this extensive literature. This questionable judgment aside, i t is doubtful whether t h e chapter devoted to the review h a s added substantially t o our knowledge of t h e oxo reaction. Since the author concedes the inappropriateness of the term “oxo” t o describe the process, how much more inappropriate then his use of t h e word “oxonating” which has neither the virtue of euphony nor the sanction of general acceptance. “Hydroformylation” which appears only once in the text is a widely-accepted a n d meaningful term.
T h e Foundations of Quantum Theory. B y H. A. KRAMERS, Late Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Leiden. Interscience Publishers, Inc., 250 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, New York. 1957. xv 228 pp. 16 X 23 cm. Price, $6.50. This is a separate publication of t h e first five chapters of the author’s book “Quantum Mechanics”: I . Quantum Theory of Free Particles. 11. Non-Relativistic Quantum Theory of Bound Particles. 111. T h e I\r’on-Relativistic Treatment of t h e Many-Body Problem. IV. Transformation Theory. V. Perturbation Theory.
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