Essential Principles of Organic Chemistry [Paperback]

Originally published in 1936, this textbook covers a wide variety of topics in the area of general chemistry and physics.Originally published in 1936, this textbook was primarily aimed at undergraduate students who already held a familiarity with the elementary principles of general chemistry and physics. It covers a wide variety of topics, with a particular emphasis on laboratory work and 'the practical side of the subject'. Chapter titles include, 'Aliphatic hydrocarbons', 'Aldehydes and ketones' and 'Amino acids'.Originally published in 1936, this textbook was primarily aimed at undergraduate students who already held a familiarity with the elementary principles of general chemistry and physics. It covers a wide variety of topics, with a particular emphasis on laboratory work and 'the practical side of the subject'. Chapter titles include, 'Aliphatic hydrocarbons', 'Aldehydes and ketones' and 'Amino acids'.Originally published in 1936, this informative and engaging textbook was primarily aimed at undergraduate students, who already held a familiarity with the elementary principles of general chemistry and physics. The book covers a wide variety of topics, with a particular emphasis on laboratory work and 'the practical side of the subject'. Chapter titles include, 'Aliphatic hydrocarbons', 'Aldehydes and ketones' and 'Amino acids'. Diagrams, a table of symbols, atomic numbers and atomic weights are included for reference. This book will be of considerable value to scholars of chemistry as well as to anyone with an interest in the history of education.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: benzenelc(