free energy expression. Since the fact that this treatment is inapplicable to dilute solutions was recagniaed over ten years ago, and treatments vslid for dilute solutions are available, it would appear that textbooks should begin to reflect this state of affairs. This book hhs much in its favor. I t fills 8 definite gap, is well written, and is quite reasonably priced. The reviewer recommends that it he given serious consideration by those who contemplate teaching laboratory techniques of polymer chemistry.
The reagents required for these identifications sre not highly specialized and are present in most laboratories. Tables of derivatives am absent from thi~work. The author's most importmt contribution is his comnlete referencine of the
discussed with recent additions and modifications given proper weight and attention. Numerous references, listed by topics as well as by authors, follow each chapter. Also included are tables required or useful in the caleul&m of the results of analyses. The book should well serve multiple purpose: an up-*date manual for the practicing analyst, a reference for anaiytioal ohemists, and a. text for organic chemists to whom, unfortunately, the ways and means of determining the composition and constitution of their materials are often terra inoognita.
certainly many new developments have been made in this area. in the past few years. The a n a h i s procedures are outlined and discussed in terms of the scope of application of these methods. It should be noted that the author makes WILLIAM R. KRIGBAUM no attempt to hring in modern instruDuke University FUNK L. SCENEIOER mental techniques. This has not limited Durham, North Carolina Queens Colkge the effeotivenessof the text. Flushing, New York There are very few texts available for coursesinqualitativeorganic chemistry and even fewer references that use quantitative The Determination of Stability Constants techniques. This work of Viebel's is and Other Equilibrium Constants in highly recommended espeoially his sucSolution Fatty Acids: Their Chemistry, cessful effort to hring this neglected Properties, Production and Uses. Part 2 Francis J . C. Rossotli and Hazel Rossotli, field up to date. both of the University of Edinburgh, Edited by Khre S. Markley, AgriculT m o n o R. ~ ~WILLIAMS Edinburgh, Scotland. McGraw-Hill tural Research Service, U. S. DepartCollege of Wooster Book Co., Inc., New York, 1961. ment of Agriculture, Rio de Jaueiro, Wooste Ohio xiv 425 pp. Figs. and tables. 16 X Brazil. Interscience Publishers, Inc., 23.5 em. $12.50. 1485 pp. Figs. New York, 1961. ix and tables. 16 X 23.5 cm. $27.50. This book is of direct interest to all those who are, or intend to be, involved in Quantitative Organic Microanalysis The enlargement of this well-known the determination of metal ion complex work in its second edition from one volume A1 Steyermark, Hoffmmn-La. Rocbe, formation constants since it provides a to four and the introduction of co-author8 Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. 2nd ed. comprehensive coverage of hoth the as contributors of some of its chanters experimental and computational aspects of Aoademic Press, Inc., New York, 1961. methods used to study these mlution xvii 665 pp. Figs. and tables. equilibria. The authors have a teohnioal 16 X 23.5 cm. $16.50. approach to the business of obtaining because of new progress to be reported. It may have required an event such ae reliable values for theee equilibrium Much of it resulted from the decision to the recent orbital flight to hring an "autoconstants and make no pretense of conbroaden the scope of the work to embrace mation consoious" public, both lay and sidering their theoretical significance. types of chemically related acids not scientific, to the realization that no device They are to be commended for their included in the first edition and to give has yet been found which c m substitute critical evaluation of the experimental for the judgment and initiative of the increased emphasis to the industrial promethods for hoth mono- and poly-nuclear human operator. duction and utilimtion of fatty acids. oomplexes now in uee. Each of the But the outstanding feature of the new I t is particularly in the field of noneighteen chapters is amply documented. routine quantitative organic analysia edition, which is mainly responsible for In this reviewer's opinion, the major that the peculiar and individual behavior and amply justifies its increase in size, is obstacle to clarity of presentation is the of the subetmces under investigation its more thorough and comprehensive profusion of symbols employed. A list requires the analytical chemist's skill, treatment of the subject matter throughof the main symbols used fills four pages. guidance, and quick and intelligent r e out the text. sponse to unprogrammed ocourrence. Pert 2 comprises seven chapters dealing The appearance of the second edition of with chemical reactions of the fatty acids. University of A r i z m They correspond, with some modification Tucson Steyerma~k's hook is evidence of the of titles and content, to seven of 11 chapreoognition of this continued need for the ters grouped under that general heading human element in both manipulation and in the first edition. The chapters ininterpretation. The ldentiflcotion of Organic Comcluded are the following: (8) Salts of Although it is quite extensive in its pounds: A Manual of Qualitative and Fatty Acids (42 pp., 102 refs.); (9) coverage of the topics included in this QuantitativeMethods Esters and Esterfication (228 pp., 587 field, it is not a superficial survey but a genuine, thoroughly detailed description refs.); (10) Dehydration, Pyrolysis, and Stig Va'bel, University of Technology, and critical discussion of the procedures. Polymerization (87 pp., 433 refs.); (11) Copenhagen, Denmark. 5th ed. G. E. As the mthor is quick to point out, each Hdogenation, Dehalagenation, and DehyC. Gad Publisher, Copenhagen, 1961. analyst has his own way of performing a drohalogenation (113 pp., 475 refs.); 426 pp. Figures. 14.5 X 21.5 xvi Jrtwu>irration and ~rlrviouulyno rnnnusl (12) Hydrogenation (119 pp., 275 refs.); cm. 57. plus postage. rrm he rigid or dogntatic i n im Jrsrription (13) Chemical Oxidation (79 pp., 284 01the mvtns or mmaw in uhwh i t ie to he Viebel's approach to the identification reis.); and (14) Oxidation by Atmospheric done. Nevertheless, the present hook of organic compoundsinvolves adeterminttOxygen (Autaxidation) (57 pp., 205 refs.). carries with it the assurance and authority tion of the functional group present Yet to appear are the ohapters on alkylof long experience and trial with the without a rigid series of classification tests, ation and alkoxvlation. bioloeical - axidation, nitrogen derivatives, and sulfur or preparation of derivatives, hut by methods. Much in the way of new apestimation of the compounds' equivalent paratus and procedures is inoluded alderivatives. weights. The author conducts a course though the author is careful to state when In the preparation of the present volleading to a Master's degree in which this these have not been tested in his laboraume, Dr. Markley had the able oolmethod of analpis is used and thus the Iahoration of Norman 0. V. Sonntag tory. procedures presented in the text are not (Chapters 10 and 11) and Daniel Swern The uaual determinations for elements, elaborate. (Chapters 13 and 14). unsaturation, active hydrogen, molecular Both general and apeeific new tests This is a volume primarily for the weight, and some functional groups and organic research chemist. Like Part 1, it are given for each functional group. physical constants are described and
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