The Organic Chem Lab Survival reading the fust 60pages.

Extraction requires Chemistry of t h e Elements

Manual: A Student's Guide t o
Techniques
J a m s W. Zubrick, John Wiley & Sons.
+ formation provided and the additional com-
Inc.. Somerset, NJ, 1984. ui 244 pp.
Figs. 16 X 23.5 cm. $11.95 PB.
M) more and distiition an additional 40. The
large initial reading requirement is justiiied, N. N. Oeenwwd and A. Eamshaw,
however, by the amount of background in- Pergamon Ress, New York, NY, 1984 xxi
+ 1542 pp. Flg. and tables. 17 X 25 cm.
.
oetence it eives the students.
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Altbougk I found the "Survival Manual"

$34.95 PB.

This book is designed for the one-year,
suphomore-level organic laboratory course in
schools that me their own experiments. Like
the lab manuals of Fessenden' and Marmor,'
i t concentrates on the techniques of organic
chemistry without emphasizing specific ex-
oeriments. The coveraee of the "Survival
Manual" is slightly less than that of Fessen.
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delightful to read, I have a major philosoph-
ical reservation about its approach. The book
is written as if working in the organic labo-
ratory is like walking across a river an the
backs of crocodiles. As the title suggests, or-
ganic lab is something to besuruiued, hoped
with one's eves. skin. and GPA intact. The
porsihility that'the s;udent might onjoy the
work and choose chemistry a s a career is nor
considered. One gets the impression that the
In perhapa the most significant one-volume
inorganic chemistry work since Cotton and
Wilkinson's "Advanced Inorganic Chemis-
try" which f m t appeared in 1962, Greenwood
and Farnshawhave produced a landmark
contribution with their "Chemistry of the
Elements." Even in the Enzliuh tradition of
thoroughness in coverage of descriptive in-
organic chemistry, one would have to go back

den, and much less than the exhaustive cov-
erage of Marmor.
In contrast to the dry, authoritative prose
of most laboratory manuals, Juhn Zubrick's
style is deliahtfullv irreverent. He has antic.
in&d t b e c o m m h misadventures in the
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author's interesting style and humor serve to
spice up an otherwise dull and uninteresting
subject.
The "Survival Manual" would he an ex-
cellent supplement to a procedures manual
to Partington's teats to find material which
is included in this book.
It is hoped that we are in the beginning of
a new wave in descriptive inorganic chemis-
try. The authors have organized their mate-
rial following the families and the periodic

&eanie
~"~ laboratorv and has exolsined how to~~~ ~
or a set of experiments generated by the in- table. Nearly 213 of the 1542 pages are de-
structor. In addition, the book would be
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avoid them. &her than simply giving de-
rcriptions of techniques, he explains wh)
eacb sequence of operations is necessary. His
viewpoint is like that of a senior fraternity
brother giving advice to the sophomores.
Some instructors may feel that the friendly
tone is excessive, but I found the style to be
valuable in a c o m e taught by many different
graduate students of varying abilities. It
would amplify the graduate instructors*lab
lectures and ensure that every student bas
access to the needed information. The book's
..
tone and anoroach are suited to a service
voted to the chemistry of the representative
elements. There is agood blend of descriptive
and structural chemistry. The major reac-
tions and major compounds are frequently
summarized in product d i r a m a , using ar-
rows radiatinr! out from the center of the
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l i i . Much i%omtion on industrial pro-

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both eniovableand interesthe. Of the current
crop o~laboratorymanuals,"rhis one is the
most entertaining and the easiest to read.
Every laboratory instructor should read this
book for ideas to use in his own lab lec-
tures.
The organization of topics is standah,
beginning with safety, notebook, and glass-
ware, and proceeding through recrystalliza-
tion, extraction, and distillation to the more
advanced topics. It also covers some of the
often-neglected topics such as sublimation,
dry mlumn chromatography, HPLC, and the
proper use of jointware, clamps, and drying
agents. The illustrations and diagrams are of
excellent aualitv throuehout. An index ao-
pears a t the bafk of t h i book, allowing fbr
convenient retrieval of information.
As with most technique manuals, the stu-
dents must read a large portion of the book in
the first weeks of the course. To do a reuys-
tallization and a melting point requires
course for premedical students, and the cov-
erage is appropriate fur this group. For a class
of chemistry majors and chemical engineers,
however, I prefer a book with more coverage
of the principles and a more enthusiastic at-
titude toward laboratory organic chemistry
as an interesting discipline. Fessenden gives
a more oositive outlook in a book of sliehtlv
greateriength and depth, while ~armc;;h i
wrirlen for the chemistry majom and his book
can serve as a reference throughout the stu-
dent's undergraduate and graduate study.
'Fessenden, R. J., and Fessenden. J. S.,
"Organic Laboratory Techniques," Willard
Grant. Boston. 1984.
hiarmor. s., "Laboratory Methods in Or-
ganic Chemistry," Burgess. Minneapolis,
1981.
Leorv G. Wade. Jr.
cesses and commercial uses of chemicals is
included. The authors obtained much of this
information directly from major chemical
manufacturers throughout the world.
The first member (and occasionally the
second member) of each family is generally
treated in a separate chapter. Each chapter
is organized around the occurrence of the el-
ements, production, atomic and physical
properties, chemical properties of the ele-
ments, followed by the chemistry of the major
classes of compounds. Frequent insertsgiving
a chronology of the landmark developments
and interesting presentations of industrial
processes add to the completeness of cover-
age. The many excellent fxures showing
structures of key compounds reflect the
structural background of the authors.
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A e v i e w e d in This issue
Reviewer
James W. Zubrick, The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual: A Student's Guide to Leory G. Wade, Jr. A133
Techniques
N. N. Greenwoodand A. Earnshaw, Chemistry and the Elements Wayne C. Wolsey A133
P. A. H. Wyatt, A Thermodynamic Bypass GOT0 Log K S. 0. Colgate A134
R. Daudel, G. Leroy, D. Peeters, and M. Sana, Quantum Chemistry William C. Herndon A134
J. W. Akin, NMR and Chemistry: An Introduction to the Fourier Transform- Juana V. Acrivos A134
Multinuclear Era
F. W. J. McCosh, Boussingault, Chemists and Chemistry George 0. Kauffman A134
William L. Jolly, Modern inorganic Chemistry E. J. Billo A137
C. J. Adkins, Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Third Edition Robert G. K w s e r A137
Irwin Talesnick, Idea Bank Collation: A Handbwk for Science Teachers Frank Mikan A140
David A. Pipitone, Safe Storage of Laboratory Chemicals Malcolm M. Renfrew A140
X F. Careke, Making Science Laboratory Equipment Dennis Sievers A140

Volume 62 Number 4 April 1985 A133


Needless to say, the boron chapter is espe-
eiallv well done. The onlv maior omission is,
R dldruasion
~-~~- - the a n a l v t h chemistrv &
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elements. Frequent references are given to
o r i g i n a l a e and key review grticles.
References to 1982 literature were noted
The transition metal coverage is again or-
ganized by families following a chapter on
coordination chemistrv. Theoretr. 7L con-
.
ceots.. TanabeSueano" diaerams and the like.
are given at appropriav spots in the chapters
on the families of elements. Some may com-
plaim about the lack ofspace given to reaction
mechanisms, but the organometallicwverage
is good. Frequent mention is made of
bioinorganic compounds. The book concludes
with chapters on the lanthanides and acti-
nides.
A verv, detailed index is included. Here.
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finally ia a place (since Partiogton or ~ e m y j
where one can find listings of such ivms a.i
Pharoah's serpents, obsidian, Marsh test,
Nessler's reagent, and Caro's acid.
One would naturally wonder if this is an
appropriate text for the senior advanced in-
organic chemistry course. The authors have
done a good job of blending theoretical con-
cepts into the descriptive chapters and give
wave equations and symmetry elements in
the appendices, but it is the opinion of this
reviewer that this book is not an ideal student
text. Sharpe's, "Inorganic Chemistry,"
(Longman, 1981), is more appropriate. Its
more limited coverage and expanded theo-
retical presentation is better for a text with
a descriptive focus. Greenwood and Earn-
shaw's book is one, however, which every in-
structor of inorganic chemistry should have
on hidher shelf. It should be included in
every library collection as well as be in the
hands of industrial chemists. This book will
be astandard reference work for many years
to come.
Wayne C. Wolsey
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN 55105
A Thermodynamic Bypass OOTO Log K
P. A. H W ,,Royel Society of Chemistly,
England, Dlstributd by American Chemical
Society,Washington. CC,1983. vii 70 pp.
Figs.13.5 X 21.5 an. $9.00 B.
Elementary thermodynamics is probably
the most abundantly documented and least
develooine tooic in ohvsicd chemistrv. For
this reason it b easv-to-aooroachnew works
on the subject w&;autiok skepticism even
while hoping to find perhaps a uniquely lucid
development, applications in some new areas,
or a fresh appmacb to some tiresome proh-
lem. In the preaent case, the author's offering,
suggested by the title, involves a revision of
standard thermodynamic tables to include
entries of the common logarithm of the
equilibrium constant for the formation of one
mole of material at temperature T from its
elements, each in its standard state at the
temperature T. These columns which take
the place of -(Go-HT,O)IT entries in con-
p134 Journal of Chemical Education
ventional tables-"permit a good deal of
chemistry to he discussed in quantitative
terms before anything which passes for
'tbermodynamies' is tackled."
While the desirability of that goal may be
uestioned, it is certainly true that tabula-
$ ~ o n of
s log K facilitate the computation of
. ~
equilibrium constants and should be wel-
comed by students. The author makes his
case for tabulating log K in ashort chapter (6
pp.) then illustrates it with ten well-solved
problems. The remainder of the w a t i v e
sxtions of the hook constitute yet another
condensed survey for elementary chemieal
thermodynamics. I t is little noteworthy ex-
cept for its unusually forceful treatment of
the inadequacy of equilibrium thermody-
namics to predict the outcome of reactions in
which equilibrium is never allowed to o c m
including both induntrial and biologid
processes.
The main value of the work is the appendix
in which data from standard tabulations
(JANAF, Pitser and Brewer, Lahy etc.) has
been converted to log Kvalues and tabulated
a t 298.15,500 K and 1000°K along with the
unusual AH& and S& values. Authors
searching for a gimmick to help justify the
apparently insatiable urge to write physical
chemistry and thermodynamics text8 could
do worse than adont this method. It desewes
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to be introduced ibca chemistry curricula; it
seems a shame that the essential featurev
were not simply published as a short paper
plus tables in a journal such as this.
S. 0. Colgate
University d Florida. Oainesville
Oainesvllle, Fl32611
Quantum Chemistry
R. Daudel, G. Leroy, D. Peeters, and M.
Sam, John Wiley 8 Sons, lnc., New York.
NY, 1984. xv +
558 pp. Figs. and tables.
15.5 X 23.5 cm. $97.00.
This is not an elementary quantum
chemistry textbook, and it is also not a suit-
able text for sole use in an advanced course.
Why then, do I feel that every chemist with
a more than casual interest in quantum
chemistry should have a copy? The reason
lies in the authors' idiosyncratic approach to
the subject. For example, the theory of par-
titioning electrons into regions of space called
"loges" in one of the central themes of the
first part of the hwk. The relationship of loge
+ theory to the bond-orbital concept (Leon-
ard-Jones and Hall), information theorv
(Adangal)and Rader partitioning is careid;
presented. The relationships to qualitative
ideas uf Cillespie and Linnett are also delin-
eated, along with many summaries of results
and comparisons with experiment. Nowhere
else can one find such a useful and under-
standable exposition of the loge idea, which
of course was developed and espoused by this
group of theoreticians.
The latter half of the book is concerned
with more general questions about the prac-
tice and applications of quantum chemistry.
Many topics are covered including hybrid-
ization, the SCF method, and technical
questions regarding computations, but the
treatment of reactivity by quantum methods
is the main focus of the material. One can
again detect the personalized viewpoint, and
the many practical examples reflect an em-
phasis on structure and reactivity problems
that have been of particular interest to these
authors.
This book is a worthy successor to its pro-
genitor, "Quantum Chemistry" by Dsudel,
Lefevre, and Moser. Prof. Bernard Pullman
states in the preface to the new book that the
authors have accomplished a remarkable
synthesis of concepts, ideas, and methods. I
certainly agree, and I think the new "Quan-
tum Chemistry" is a required addition to the
personal libraries of those interested in
quantum chemical concepts.
William C. Herndon
Universiv of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
NMR and Chemistry: An lntroductlon to
t h e Fourier Transform-Muninuclear
Era
J. W. Akin, Chapman 8 Hall, New York,
+
NY, 1983. xiii 283 pp. Figs. and tables.
13.5 X 21.5 cm. $39.93 HB $16.95 PB.
"NMR and Chemistry" is the second edi-
tion of a book published ten yeam ago. It gives
in the first four chaoters a thoroueh review of
the theory of spin-spin coupling kcessary to
interpret 'H and I3C NMR spectra. This
topic is of interest to organic chemistry stu-
dent and this intmductory material is usually
covered in undergraduate courses. The other
chapters require more knowledge of instru-
mental techniques. The chapters on modern
spectroscopy systems may be used in ad-
vanced courses, such as instrumental anal&
where the students have a background in
electronicstechniques. The laat two chapters
are devoted to the brief description of new
(1970 and later) developments in the field.
There are simple problems at the end.
NMR is a fast growing field and there are
still new techniaues beine develooed todav.. .
e.g., for body im&ogandiolid sla'teanalyais
(multiple quantum transitions). Therefore,
this book may be used as a reference for un-
dergradate courses together with others de-
scribing the more recent developments.
Juana V. Acrivos
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA 95912
Bousslngault: Chemist and
Agriculturist
F. W. J. McCosh. D. Reidel Publishing
Company, Boston, MA, 1984. xv 280 +
pp. Figs. 16 X 23 cm. $53.50.
How many of you have heard of Jean
Baptiste Joseph DieudonnC Boussingault?
Not many, I would guess. Yet the develop-
ment of agriculture from an art and empirical
bodv of facts to the status of a science in the
nmeteenrh century can be artr~butedlargely
tu the fundamental research of thls French
agricultural chemist in the study of soil
science and the study of plant nutrition. This