Mechanisms of Reactions at Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds

THIS is the first of a proposed series of books by visiting lecturers to the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, who are reviewing progress in chemical topics. The treatment is not comprehensive, but stimulates interest by an able summary of many recent trends in olefinic chemistry. About half the book deals with the electronic theory of double-bond reactivity in ionic and free-radical processes ; in the remainder these themes are developed with special reference to polymerization. Prof. Price writes from the point of view of an organic chemist ; but is quick to perceive relevant physical evidence, and makes a number of interesting suggestions on problems of mechanism. Mechanisms of Reactions at Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds By Prof. Charles C. Price. (Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn: Lectures on Progress in Chemistry.) Pp. viii + 120. (New York and London: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1946.) 15s.