Abstract
IN his preface the author states that he wishes to find a stimulating approach to organic chemistry, and so has deliberately departed from the usual arrangement found in most organic text-books of dealing first with methods of purification and analysis, and then with the paraffins, etc.; in fact, he has definitely omitted all practical details throughout the book, leaving these to be dealt with in a practical course. The alcohols are chosen as a starting-point, in view of their relationship to water, and from these there is a natural development of derived compounds.
Organic Chemistry: a Brief Introductory Course.
By Prof. James Bryant Conant. Pp. x + 291. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1928.) 10s. 6d.
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W., J. Our Bookshelf. Nature 123, 274 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123274a0
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