(1) Organic Chemistry (2) Systematic Organic Chemistry: (3) Laboratory Practice of Organic Chemistry

Abstract

(1) PROF. WHITMORE has written “a one volume reference-text... designed for those already possessing reasonable knowledge and experience in organic chemistry”. It is certainly a long time since an author has claimed to treat “the whole of organic chemistry in a single volume” of rather more than 1,000 pages. Of the book 0·57 is given to the description of the aliphatic compounds, 0·07 to the alicyclic compounds, 0·17 to the aromatic compounds, 0·08 to the heterocyclic compounds and 0·11 to the index which comprises no less than 122 pages. This index has a character of its own; under 'linkage', for example, references to twenty-three different types are given. It is not only an index but also a special type of dictionary of organic chemistry. No organic chemist will be surprised that Prof. Whitmore has been occupied during eight years in making this most readable and, so far as a reviewer can test it, accurate and up-to-date compilation.

(1) Organic Chemistry

By Prof. Frank C. Whitmore. Pp. x+1080. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1937.) 40s. net.

(2) Systematic Organic Chemistry:

Modern Methods of Preparation and Estimation. By Prof. William M. Cumming , Dr. I Vance Hopper and Prof. T. Sherlock Wheeler. Third edition, revised by William M. Cumming and I. Vance Hopper. Pp. xxvi+548. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1937.) 25s. net.

(3) Laboratory Practice of Organic Chemistry

By Prof. G. Ross Robertson. Pp. xi+326. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1937.) 10s. net.