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Kinetics, Vol. 1, Senior Reporter P. G. Ashmore, The Chemical Society, London, pp. xi + 396, price s13.50.
Reaction
This volume is the first one of a proposed series on Reaction Kinetics, published by the Chemical Society as part of their specialist coverage on various topics in chemistry. It is meant for the research worker either in kinetics who wants to keep abreast of the continuing advances in his subject, or for workers in other areas who want to “research” into a particular topic. There are eight subjects covered in this volume by different authors. Some articles cover the published rate data (e.g. reactions of atoms in different electronic states),-and some are more in depth treatment of particular topics (e.g. analysis and modelling of chemical reactions by computers). The standard of the articles is good and well sectionalised for easy read-hg; a complete author index is provided for the reader’s convenience. Lnthis volume the emphasis is almost completely on gas phase kinetics although soIution work is mentioned in the introductory chapter and in Kinetics of Oscillatory Reactions. The editor explains that topics on other phases will be featured in future volumes. The book opens with an introductory survey of kinetics by S. W. Benson. In this the author attempts to compare generally the data obtained from the gas phase with that from solution. This sort of bridging between different fields I think is very necessary in today’s context but so rarely attempted. I should like to see more of this type of article in future volumes. The book is well produced with a minimum of typographical errors and can be strongly recommended for purchase. P. c.
Vol. 14 Supplement Part 3, edited by R. A. Abramovitch, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1974, pp. xvii + 1249, price $42.00.
Pyridine and its Derivatives,
The series of monographs on heterocyclic chemistry, edited by A. Weissberger and E. C. Taylor must be one of the best known and most useful to the organic chemist. The appearance of Vol. 14, in four parts, during the period 1960-1964 marked a milestone in pyridine chemistry. The speed of growth of this branch of chemistry has made it necessary to publish four supplements, each larger than the original volumes, only 10 years later. That this monumental work has appeared at all is a credit to the editor and the individual authors, whose task at times must have appeared as a nightmare. Part 3, which covers the literature from 1959-1970 (in some cases references appear up to 1972), includes Chapters VIII-XZI on Nitropyridines and Reduction Products (Except Amines), by R. H. Mizzoni (81 refs.), Aminopyridines, by C. S. Giam (723 refs.), Pyridinecarboxylic Acids, by
Kinetics, Vol. 1, Senior Reporter P. G. Ashmore, The Chemical Society, London, pp. xi + 396, price s13.50.
Reaction
This volume is the first one of a proposed series on Reaction Kinetics, published by the Chemical Society as part of their specialist coverage on various topics in chemistry. It is meant for the research worker either in kinetics who wants to keep abreast of the continuing advances in his subject, or for workers in other areas who want to “research” into a particular topic. There are eight subjects covered in this volume by different authors. Some articles cover the published rate data (e.g. reactions of atoms in different electronic states),-and some are more in depth treatment of particular topics (e.g. analysis and modelling of chemical reactions by computers). The standard of the articles is good and well sectionalised for easy read-hg; a complete author index is provided for the reader’s convenience. Lnthis volume the emphasis is almost completely on gas phase kinetics although soIution work is mentioned in the introductory chapter and in Kinetics of Oscillatory Reactions. The editor explains that topics on other phases will be featured in future volumes. The book opens with an introductory survey of kinetics by S. W. Benson. In this the author attempts to compare generally the data obtained from the gas phase with that from solution. This sort of bridging between different fields I think is very necessary in today’s context but so rarely attempted. I should like to see more of this type of article in future volumes. The book is well produced with a minimum of typographical errors and can be strongly recommended for purchase. P. c.
Vol. 14 Supplement Part 3, edited by R. A. Abramovitch, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1974, pp. xvii + 1249, price $42.00.
Pyridine and its Derivatives,
The series of monographs on heterocyclic chemistry, edited by A. Weissberger and E. C. Taylor must be one of the best known and most useful to the organic chemist. The appearance of Vol. 14, in four parts, during the period 1960-1964 marked a milestone in pyridine chemistry. The speed of growth of this branch of chemistry has made it necessary to publish four supplements, each larger than the original volumes, only 10 years later. That this monumental work has appeared at all is a credit to the editor and the individual authors, whose task at times must have appeared as a nightmare. Part 3, which covers the literature from 1959-1970 (in some cases references appear up to 1972), includes Chapters VIII-XZI on Nitropyridines and Reduction Products (Except Amines), by R. H. Mizzoni (81 refs.), Aminopyridines, by C. S. Giam (723 refs.), Pyridinecarboxylic Acids, by