Practical organic chemistry, including qualitative organic analysis

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and 5ccond cthtluns appcarctl in 1948 anti 19.51 rcxpcctively and rccclvcd many rcvicws, including one in Chls Journal [Anvil. Claim. AcCn, z (1g.+8) z8Gj. For the prcscnt cchtion the cntirc text has been cxhanst~vcly rcvisccl ant1 moclernised and there is consl~lcrahlc arltlitional matter, Icatling Lo an increase in the length of the volume by some ISO An cxamplc of up-to-clatencs9 is that mention is matlc of the carcinogenic propcrtics pi1&y!s* of P-naphtliylamine ant1 the fact that, as a rcsnlt. this hubxtancc is not now manufncturcd on CIW commercial scale in Great 13ritain. For the preparation of P-bromonaphthalenc P-naphthylacid. A new and valuallc fcaturc amine is avoitlccl by the use of I-;LtninonaphthaIcne-I-slllplionic 15 the account of the clcctrcmic mechanisms (in outline) of the numerous reactions dcscrlbccl in Lhc text. Further :I(k~itlcJnS arc il chapter on scmimicro tccliniquc antl an appcnclix describing nl,plications of infrarccl and ultrnviolct spectra to organic chemistry. After prolimlnary chapters on theoretical antI practical aspects of gcncral technique, the prcl~:iration of about go0 compounds is tlcscribcrl, by methods which have been tried out by the mcl his students, ancl which incorporate ant1 illustrate the major organic reactions. illlth~ll ‘L’hc book is far from being merely :L collection of recipes; it can, indeed, bc consiclcrctl as a gcncral tcxtbouk of organic chemistry in which the main emphasis is Iaitl on prcparativc tlctails. ‘I’hc cliaptcr an qualitatlvc organic analysis (74 pages) is a compnrativc_f small portion of Lhc book, although it mnst I,c hornc m mind that in many CRSCS preparation of dcrivativcs (nn important part of organic analysis) is given In the mam section of the book. The analytical mcthotls dc$cribctl WC on a sountl basis, cmphasin being laid on a study of class rcactiona and solubility behavionr. An Appcntlix gives to the stuclcnt valuable assistance in starching the literature of organic chemistry. ‘I’hc 1~001~ has nlrcacly niaclc Its IlillllC ant1 (to quote the original A RtctlylrcrcCliituica .4cfn review) 1s uncloubtcclly worth cvcry penny of its modcrate cost. N. STRAIWORD (Manchester) ‘I’lx

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