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Klappentext Originally published in 1936, this textbook covers a wide variety of topics in the area of general chemistry and physics. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1936! this textbook covers a wide variety of topics in the area of general chemistry and physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introductory. Quadrivalency of carbon and deduction of types of carbon compounds; qualitative and quantitative analysis of organic compounds; determination of empirical and molecular formulae. The 'architecture' or constitution of the molecule; 1. Aliphatic hydrocarbons: paraffins, ethylenes (olefines), cycloparaffins, acetylenes and other unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons; 2. Aromatic hydrocarbons: benzene and its homologues. Aromatic derivatives of unsaturated hydrocarbons. Diphenyl, diphenylmethane, triphenylmethane, naphthalene, anthracene and phenanthrene; 3. Monohydroxy-derivatives of hydrocarbons: alcohols and certain derivatives; 4. Hydroxy-derivatives of cyclic hydrocarbons: phenols and certain derivatives; 5. Ethers; 6. Aldehydes and ketones and certain derivatives; 7. Simple monobasic acids: acid chlorides, acid anhydrides, amides and esters; 8. Homologues of acetic acid. Monobasic unsaturated acids and some derivatives; 9. Aromatic acids and some derivatives; 10. Organic bases: aliphatic amines and some derivatives; aromatic amines and some derivatives; heterocyclic bases and some derivatives; 11. Amino acids: x-amino acids and their derivatives; peptides. Aromatic amino acids. Indigo; 12. Stereoisomerism and optical activity; 13. Glycols (dihydric alcohols) and some derivatives; malonic and acetoacetic acid and some derivatives; 14. Glycerol and some derivatives. The erythritols and tartaric acids: hemihedrism and enantiomorphism; resolution of racemic acid; 15. n-pentitols and pentoses. n-hexitols and hexoses or monosaccharides: glycosides, disaccharides and polysaccharides. Estimation of reducing sugars. Fermentation of hexoses; 16. Derivatives of carbonic acid. Urea and certain derivatives; ureides; guanidine and certain derivatives; purines; 17. Organo-metallic compounds: syntheses by means of zinc alkyls and magnesium alkyl and aryl halides; Appendix. Isolation and purification of organic compounds; identification and determination of physical constants of organic compounds; typical apparatus used in the preparation and isolation of organic compounds; Table of symbols, atomic numbers and atomic weights; References; Index....
