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Transition metal hydrides
and Raman spectroscopy by N. B. Colthup; NMR spectroscopy by D. L. Rabenstein; ESR spectroscopy by C. P. Poole- , gas chromatography/mass spectrometry by R. A. Flath; mass spectrometry by D. H. Smith; electroanalytical methods by D. D. Gilbert; and differential thermaland thermogravimetric analysis by E. M. Barrall. The emphasis throughout the book is on the practical aspect of each technique: sample preparation, instrumental operation, interpretation of data etc. The chapters dealing with the spectroscopic methods, of necessity, also deal with the theoretical basis of each method. The book is well edited with adequate cross references where necessary. The section in chapter 1 dealing with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry does however seem superfluous in view of the fact that the whole of chapter 9 deals with this topic. It would also surely have been better that the chapter on gas chromatography/mass spectrometry followed, rather than preceeded, the chapter on mass spectrometry. This volume should prove to be a very useful reference book to the research worker. It is however left to the reader to compare the different techniques and to decide on the best technique for his particular problem. A useful addition to the book would have been a concluding chapter comparing the merits and the applicability of each technique. J. E. D.
Transition Metul Hydrides, edited by EARL L. MUE-ITERTIES, The Hydrogen Series Volume I, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1971, pp. xv+ 342, price $6.90. This is the first volume in a series which sets out to provide a “hydrogen view” of chemistry and give, as far as possible, a picture of all aspects of hydrides. This book is the first of this series and it supplies the demand for an explicit and organised presentation of the chemistry of molecular transition metal hydrides. At the present time, there is a great deal of research work being carried out into the structure and stereochemistry of transition metal hydrides since these hydrides have played a large part, by virtue of their cataiytic properties, in industrial and laboratory scale chemical synthesis. The principal theories dealt with in this volume are: the properties of the hydrogen molecule that relate to transition metal hydride chemistry; binary metal hydrides; the structure of hydrides; the stereochemistry of molecular transition metal hydride complexes; the synthesis and chemistry of hydrides and the role of the transition metal-hydrogen bond in homogeneous catalysis. As an encouragement to further research, areas of transition metal chemistry not yet well defined have been incorporated. This work will be invaluable to both inorganic and physical chemists, as well as to organic and industrial chemists. W. J. O.-T. J. Mol. Smrrure, 14 (1972)
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Transition Metul Hydrides, edited by EARL L. MUE-ITERTIES, The Hydrogen Series Volume I, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1971, pp. xv+ 342, price $6.90. This is the first volume in a series which sets out to provide a “hydrogen view” of chemistry and give, as far as possible, a picture of all aspects of hydrides. This book is the first of this series and it supplies the demand for an explicit and organised presentation of the chemistry of molecular transition metal hydrides. At the present time, there is a great deal of research work being carried out into the structure and stereochemistry of transition metal hydrides since these hydrides have played a large part, by virtue of their cataiytic properties, in industrial and laboratory scale chemical synthesis. The principal theories dealt with in this volume are: the properties of the hydrogen molecule that relate to transition metal hydride chemistry; binary metal hydrides; the structure of hydrides; the stereochemistry of molecular transition metal hydride complexes; the synthesis and chemistry of hydrides and the role of the transition metal-hydrogen bond in homogeneous catalysis. As an encouragement to further research, areas of transition metal chemistry not yet well defined have been incorporated. This work will be invaluable to both inorganic and physical chemists, as well as to organic and industrial chemists. W. J. O.-T. J. Mol. Smrrure, 14 (1972)
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