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Analytical Chemistry of Nitrogen and its Compounds. Parts 1 and 2
Strucli and P. R. Avcrell. Chemical Analysis: vii+332 pp.. Wiley-lntcrsciencc, New York,
Vol. 2X. Part 1 : vii +429 pp.. Part 1971. price X16.50 (both parts).
2:
This volume (in two separate parts) is the latest addition to the well-known Intcrsciencc Chemical Analysis series and sets out to cover the analytical chemistry of nitrogen in organic and inorganic compounds. The entire work is composed of sixtc‘cn chapters cnch contributed by a specialist on the particular subject and divided in such a way that all the inorganic material is contained in Part I along with some of the organic material ; Part 2 deals exclusively with organic aspects. This division is purely for convcnicncc; it is not possible to purchase the one or other part of this volume scparatcly. Part 1 begins with an account of the dctcrmination of total nitrogen. This subject has a particularly wide intcrcst and it is disappointing to find it dealt with rather superficially in a mere 22 pages. Surprisingly. the now well-established CI-iN analyscrs are collcctcd together in it section headed “Future Direction” containing all of tivc and a half lines of text. It is unfortunate that the book begins with such a cursory account of what might well have been considered one of the main aspects of the work. The remaining fifteen chapters cover spccialiscd topics and include the n.m.r. of nitrogen, inorganic nitrogen compounds associated with hydrogen, oxygen. carbon. silicon, boron. halogens, sulphur and phosphorus, amincs, amides. nitroand nitroso-compounds, urea and r&ted compounds, compounds with - CrN linkages, -.N=Nlinkages, hcterocyclic nitrogen compounds. aminoacids, polypcptides and proteins, and finally synthetic nitrogen-containing polymers. Whilst one might sympathisc with the editors in their cndeavours to product a comprchcnsivc account of the analytical chemistry of nitrogen in all its various organic and inorganic forms (the alkaloids being a deliberate cxccption). ncvcrthclcss the present volume falls short of expectations. The individual chapters on organic material are simply attenuated accounts of well-established methods of organic functional group analysts which arc much better discussed in existing monographs devoted to’this aspect of organic analysis. Of much grcatcr value arc the chapters on the inorganic nitrogen functions, the analysts of which are much less well documented; more information on thcsc compounds of nitrogen. particularly in combination with analytically troublesome elements would have been welcomed by the analyst. Indeed, more comprchcnsive accounts of the analysis of the commoner inorganic nitrogen functions would not be amiss, cspccially when one discovers that the section on the detcrmination of, for example, the nitrate ion, is far from complctc. On the whole, this volume leaves one with the impression of what it might have been, rather than what it is -a somewhat uninspired and unsuccessful attempt to cover a very wide field of analytical chemistry. It has the advantage of doing this within the confines of a single volume (in two separate parts), but it seems to lack the authority which has been the hallmark of most of the previous volumes in this hitherto excellent series. W. I. Stephen Ad.
Chim. Actct. 59 ( 1972)
(Birmingham)
Vol. 2X. Part 1 : vii +429 pp.. Part 1971. price X16.50 (both parts).
2:
This volume (in two separate parts) is the latest addition to the well-known Intcrsciencc Chemical Analysis series and sets out to cover the analytical chemistry of nitrogen in organic and inorganic compounds. The entire work is composed of sixtc‘cn chapters cnch contributed by a specialist on the particular subject and divided in such a way that all the inorganic material is contained in Part I along with some of the organic material ; Part 2 deals exclusively with organic aspects. This division is purely for convcnicncc; it is not possible to purchase the one or other part of this volume scparatcly. Part 1 begins with an account of the dctcrmination of total nitrogen. This subject has a particularly wide intcrcst and it is disappointing to find it dealt with rather superficially in a mere 22 pages. Surprisingly. the now well-established CI-iN analyscrs are collcctcd together in it section headed “Future Direction” containing all of tivc and a half lines of text. It is unfortunate that the book begins with such a cursory account of what might well have been considered one of the main aspects of the work. The remaining fifteen chapters cover spccialiscd topics and include the n.m.r. of nitrogen, inorganic nitrogen compounds associated with hydrogen, oxygen. carbon. silicon, boron. halogens, sulphur and phosphorus, amincs, amides. nitroand nitroso-compounds, urea and r&ted compounds, compounds with - CrN linkages, -.N=Nlinkages, hcterocyclic nitrogen compounds. aminoacids, polypcptides and proteins, and finally synthetic nitrogen-containing polymers. Whilst one might sympathisc with the editors in their cndeavours to product a comprchcnsivc account of the analytical chemistry of nitrogen in all its various organic and inorganic forms (the alkaloids being a deliberate cxccption). ncvcrthclcss the present volume falls short of expectations. The individual chapters on organic material are simply attenuated accounts of well-established methods of organic functional group analysts which arc much better discussed in existing monographs devoted to’this aspect of organic analysis. Of much grcatcr value arc the chapters on the inorganic nitrogen functions, the analysts of which are much less well documented; more information on thcsc compounds of nitrogen. particularly in combination with analytically troublesome elements would have been welcomed by the analyst. Indeed, more comprchcnsive accounts of the analysis of the commoner inorganic nitrogen functions would not be amiss, cspccially when one discovers that the section on the detcrmination of, for example, the nitrate ion, is far from complctc. On the whole, this volume leaves one with the impression of what it might have been, rather than what it is -a somewhat uninspired and unsuccessful attempt to cover a very wide field of analytical chemistry. It has the advantage of doing this within the confines of a single volume (in two separate parts), but it seems to lack the authority which has been the hallmark of most of the previous volumes in this hitherto excellent series. W. I. Stephen Ad.
Chim. Actct. 59 ( 1972)
(Birmingham)