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Books in Chemistry

Chemistry topic areas include: physical and theoretical, computational, organic, organometallic and inorganic, pharmaceutical and medicinal, analytical and bioanalytical, nuclear, general, nanochemistry, geochemistry, materials and polymer, as well as environmental, green and sustainable chemistry.

  • TRAC: Trends in Analytical Chemistry

    Volume 5
    • 1st Edition
    • C. J. W. Brooks + 2 more
    • English
    Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Volume 5 focuses on the advancements of processes, technologies, automation, and applications of analytical chemistry. The selection first offers information on graphics programming for the IBM PC using FORTRAN, PASCAL, and C, including graphics hardware system software, assembly language routines, and high level interface. The text then elaborates on the place of affinity chromatography in the production and purification of biomolecules from cultured cells and zone electrophoresis in open-tubular capillaries. Discussions focus on column and instrument design, applications, affinity chromatography in protein production from cells, and economic aspects of production and purification of proteins from cell cultures. The manuscript takes a look at polarographic and voltammetric techniques and their application to the determination of vitamins and coenzymes and activation analysis with charged particles. Topics include accelerators, principle of charged particle activation analysis, and applications. The text then examines the development of microbiological and immunological assays for antibiotics and the use of computer system for a small analytical research laboratory. The book is a dependable reference for readers interested in the trends in analytical chemistry.
  • Physical Organic Chemistry—Ii

    Specially Invited Lectures Presented at the Second IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry Held at Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, 29 April–2 May 1974
    • 1st Edition
    • Th. J. De Boer
    • English
    Physical Organic Chemistry—II provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of physical organic chemistry. This book discusses the common phenomenon in ionic organic chemistry. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of electrochemical methods to obtain thermodynamic information on unstable species. This text then presents a brief summary of the experimental method in low temperature photochemical studies. Other chapters consider the general approach to understanding the molecular basis of enzyme catalysis and regulation. This book discusses as well the reactivity model for concerted cycloaddition reactions, which allows a systematization of substituent effects. The final chapter deals with the relative stabilities of phosphoranes in terms of the relative apicophilicities of groups, ring strain and steric factors, and experiments. This book is a valuable resource for organic and inorganic chemists. Postdoctoral students and scientists who are interested in physical organic chemistry will also find this book extremely useful.
  • The Chromatography of Steroids

    International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology: Biochemistry
    • 1st Edition
    • I. E. Bush
    • R. K. Callow + 2 more
    • English
    The Chromatography of Steroids details the fundamental concepts and underlying principles of laboratory techniques utilized in separating steroid mixtures. The text first covers the basic theory of chromatography, and then proceeds to tackling the chromatographic separation of steroids. Next, the selection details the techniques and apparatus employed in chromatography of steroids. Chapter IV talks about the colorimetric and radioisotopic techniques, while Chapter V deals with the structural analysis and identification of steroids by chromatography. The text also coves the typical analytical problems of steroid biochemistry. The book will be of great use to researchers who utilizes chromatographic methods in their work with steroids.
  • XXIIIrd International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry

    Special Lectures Presented at Boston, USA, 26-30 July 1971
    • 1st Edition
    • Sam Stuart
    • English
    XXIIIrd International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Volume 7 contains the lectures presented at the 23rd International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, held at Boston, USA in July 1971. This volume is organized into two parts. The first part presents papers discussing structure determination by the use of spectroscopy. Topics covered under this section include ion cyclotron resonance, some aspects of photoelectron spectroscopy, and the LASER-Raman spectroscopy of biological macromolecules. The second part provides the advances in conformational analysis. This section considers the study of small model molecules by NMR, the conformational analysis of polymers and their model compounds using spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and energy calculations, and the theoretical and experimental studies which are being carried out to determine the factors which affect the folding of polypeptide chains in proteins. Chemists will find this text highly invaluable and insightful.
  • Orbital Symmetry

    A Problem-Solving Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Roland E. Lehr + 1 more
    • English
    Orbital Symmetry: A Problem-Solving Approach was born of the necessity to present to students Woodward and Hoffmann's approach to pericyclic reactions. Hence the tone is introductory, and the book is addressed primarily to an audience of advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. The text seeks to familiarize the readers with several of the more often encountered methods of analyzing pericyclic reactions, and these methods should enable the analysis of virtually all of them. Problem solving is the foundation of the approach. Both the introductory and theory sections include problems to prepare the reader for the more extensive chapters of problems that follow. All problems (except those in Chapter VII) are answered in the text and are fully referenced where appropriate. Many of the problems require the use of molecular models if they are to be appreciated. Prentice-Hall's ""Framework Molecular Models"" and Benjamin's ""Maruzen Models"" are best suited for the construction of the highly strained molecules often encountered in the problems, and their use is recommended.
  • Hazard Assessment of Chemicals

    Current Developments
    • 1st Edition
    • Jitendra Saxena
    • English
    Hazard Assessment of Chemicals: Current Developments, Volume 4 serves as a forum for the exposition, evaluation, and analysis of methods, techniques, applications, and approaches in the field of chemical hazard assessment. The text consists of articles tackling subjects in certain areas of chemical hazard assessment. Topics discussed include hazardous substances data bases; field instruments for identifying hazardous materials; water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life; and the role of environmental chemicals in reproductive failure and teratogenicity. Environmentalists, ecologists, toxicologists, public safety officers and workers, and those concerned with the health effects of chemical agents in the environment will find this book very interesting.
  • Structure of Molecules and Internal Rotation

    • 1st Edition
    • San-Ichiro Mizushima
    • Eric Hutchinson
    • English
    Structure of Molecules and Internal Rotation focuses on the processes, methodologies, and reactions involved in internal rotation. The manuscript first offers information on studies on dihalogenoethanes, as well as the spectroscopic and thermal measurements of ethane and its derivatives. Discussions focus on the dielectric constant of halogenoethanes, electron diffraction, Raman effect in ethane derivatives, and entropy difference between rotational isomers. The text also ponders on internal rotation in simple molecules and paraffinic hydrocarbons. The publication examines polypeptides and related compounds and the principles and experimental methods of structure determination. Topics include Raman effect, infrared absorption, molecules with two peptide bonds, and the configuration of a polypeptide chain. The manuscript is a valuable source of data for chemists and readers interested in the structure of molecules and internal rotation.
  • Liquids and Liquid Mixtures

    Butterworths Monographs in Chemistry
    • 3rd Edition
    • J S Rowlinson + 1 more
    • Patrick Perlmutter + 2 more
    • English
    Liquids and Liquid Mixtures, Third Edition explores the equilibrium properties of liquids and liquid mixtures and relates them to the properties of the constituent molecules using the methods of statistical thermodynamics. Topics covered include the critical state, fluid mixtures at high pressures, and the statistical thermodynamics of fluids and mixtures. This book consists of eight chapters and begins with an overview of the liquid state and the thermodynamic properties of liquids and liquid mixtures, including vapor pressure and heat capacities. The discussion then turns to the thermodynamics of and inequalities at the critical point; measurement of thermodynamic functions in the critical region; experimental values of the critical exponents; and scaling of the free energy. The change of thermodynamic functions with composition is the subject of the next two chapters, followed by an analysis of fluid mixtures at high pressures. The final chapter is devoted to the statistical thermodynamics of fluids and mixtures, paying particular attention to the thermodynamic properties in terms of the forces between the molecules; the balance of intermolecular potentials between like and unlike molecules; and phase behavior. This monograph will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering.
  • Selected Readings in Chromatography

    The Commonwealth and International Library: Selected Readings in Analytical Chemistry
    • 1st Edition
    • R. J. Magee
    • English
    Selected Readings in Chromatography describes the series of extractions by adsorption or partition involved in chromatography. This book discusses the counter-current process that is analogous to fractional distillation. The text describes the use of thin-layer chromatography that combines the advantages of column chromatography with the rate of speed achieved in paper chromatography. The book explains chromatography with electrophoresis when used with paper or with amino acids. The text analyzes the phenomena of an ion exchanger first observed by Thompson in 1845, as well as the two types of ion-exchange resins, namely, anion exchangers and cation exchangers. Experiments conducted verify the theory of the partition columns which has been extended to cover a compressible mobile phase. The book also compares the two methods of calculating the height equivalent of a theoretical plate in the partition columns; the book also discusses the factor influencing the degree of separation. The book describes gas-liquid partition columns during separation of volatile fatty acids from formic acid to dodecanoic acid. This book is intended for students of sixth formers, of technical schools, and undergraduates of biochemistry or analytical chemistry.
  • Paper Chromatography

    A Laboratory Manual
    • 1st Edition
    • Richard J. Block + 2 more
    • English
    Paper Chromatography: A Laboratory Manual focuses on methods, technologies, and processes, and aims to provide readers with a readily accessible source for the uses and adaptations of paper chromatography. The book first offers information on general methods, including descending, ascending, and ascending-descending chromatography, filter paper ""chromatopile"", ""reversed phase"" paper chromatography, and paper electrophoresis. The text then elaborates on quantitative methods and amino acids, amines, and proteins. Discussions focus on visual comparison, elution, area of spot, total color of spot, maximum color density, identification of amines, separation of proteins, and general directions. The publication examines carbohydrates and aliphatic acids and steroids. Topics include simple sugars, miscellaneous derived sugars, and aliphatic acids. The text also ponders on purines, pyrimidines, and related substances and phenols, aromatic acids, and porphyrins. The text is a valuable reference for readers interested in paper chromatography.