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Organic analysis, volume IV
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BOOK
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Taken together, the two volumes represent one of the best practical manuals for the separation and identification of compounds of biological significance. These volumes belong in the laboratory of the organic chemist, the biological chemist, and the clinical chemist. They make a major contribution in the field covered. Samuel Natelson Department of Riochemistry Roosevelt Hospital New York, New York
Organic Analysis, Volume IV.
Editorial Board: JOHN MITCHELL, I. M. KOLTHOFF, E. S. PROSKAUER and A. WEIRSBERGER. Interscience, New York-London, 1960. vii + 429 pp. $13.50.
JR.,
Classical organic analysis is usually concerned with the quantitative determination of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen; less frequently the halogens, sulfur, phosphorus, and a few other constituent atoms. The modern trend, however, emphasizes functional group analysis and a wide variety of instrumental techniques are employed. Volume IV in this series describes further techniques and procedures for direct analyses of organic materials, maintaining the high standard set in Volumes I-III. There are six sections, each written by specialists in the respective fields: (1) Determination of Organic Peroxides, including details of recommended chemical and instrumental procedures, by A. J. Martin (64 pp., 191 ref.); (2) Enzyme Analytical Reactions, including a description of the characteristics of enzymes and enzyme-catalyzed reactions and some specific analytical applications, by J. B. Neilands (26 pp., 100 ref.); (3) Gas Chromatography, covering theory, apparatus, and applications, by S. D. Nogare and L. W. Safranski (137 pp., 340 ref.); (4) Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Organic Analysis, by H. Foster (63 pp., 82 ref.); (5) Crystallographic Methods for the Analysis of Crystalline Substances, using visual microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and fusion procedures, by J. Krc, Jr. (68 pp., 109 ref.); and (6) Differential Thermal Analysis, especially as applied to high polymers in elucidating their structure and properties, by B. Ke (33 pp., 39 ref.). The book contains many figures, graphs, and tables of useful data, and concludes with a subject index which includes the major subjects in Volumes I-III. Paper, printing, and cloth binding are of high quality. This volume makes a useful addition to the three preceding ones and presents an authoritative and up-to-date treatment of the six topics covered, further emphasizing functional group analysis and modern instrumental techniques. John H. Yoe Department of Chemistry University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia XHCROCHEMICAL
JOURNAL,
VOL. V, ISSUE 4
BOOK
REVIEWS
Taken together, the two volumes represent one of the best practical manuals for the separation and identification of compounds of biological significance. These volumes belong in the laboratory of the organic chemist, the biological chemist, and the clinical chemist. They make a major contribution in the field covered. Samuel Natelson Department of Riochemistry Roosevelt Hospital New York, New York
Organic Analysis, Volume IV.
Editorial Board: JOHN MITCHELL, I. M. KOLTHOFF, E. S. PROSKAUER and A. WEIRSBERGER. Interscience, New York-London, 1960. vii + 429 pp. $13.50.
JR.,
Classical organic analysis is usually concerned with the quantitative determination of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen; less frequently the halogens, sulfur, phosphorus, and a few other constituent atoms. The modern trend, however, emphasizes functional group analysis and a wide variety of instrumental techniques are employed. Volume IV in this series describes further techniques and procedures for direct analyses of organic materials, maintaining the high standard set in Volumes I-III. There are six sections, each written by specialists in the respective fields: (1) Determination of Organic Peroxides, including details of recommended chemical and instrumental procedures, by A. J. Martin (64 pp., 191 ref.); (2) Enzyme Analytical Reactions, including a description of the characteristics of enzymes and enzyme-catalyzed reactions and some specific analytical applications, by J. B. Neilands (26 pp., 100 ref.); (3) Gas Chromatography, covering theory, apparatus, and applications, by S. D. Nogare and L. W. Safranski (137 pp., 340 ref.); (4) Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Organic Analysis, by H. Foster (63 pp., 82 ref.); (5) Crystallographic Methods for the Analysis of Crystalline Substances, using visual microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and fusion procedures, by J. Krc, Jr. (68 pp., 109 ref.); and (6) Differential Thermal Analysis, especially as applied to high polymers in elucidating their structure and properties, by B. Ke (33 pp., 39 ref.). The book contains many figures, graphs, and tables of useful data, and concludes with a subject index which includes the major subjects in Volumes I-III. Paper, printing, and cloth binding are of high quality. This volume makes a useful addition to the three preceding ones and presents an authoritative and up-to-date treatment of the six topics covered, further emphasizing functional group analysis and modern instrumental techniques. John H. Yoe Department of Chemistry University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia XHCROCHEMICAL
JOURNAL,
VOL. V, ISSUE 4