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THE identification of organic substances—a matter of obvious interest and importance—stands in a somewhat different category from that of inorganic compounds, for we are not concerned here so much with the elementary constituents of the substance as with the recognition of the compound itself. Moreover, we are restricted in our method of treatment by its nature; energetic reagents or high temperatures cannot be used for fear of destroying it. This fact and the absence of any detailed method of procedure (it is impossible to compile a compact analytical table) lend to the process much of the educational value of an original investigation.
The Identification of Organic Compounds.
By Dr. G. B. Neave Dr. I. M. Heilbron. Pp. viii + 103. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1911.) Price 4s. net.
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C., J. The Identification of Organic Compounds . Nature 89, 346 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089346a0
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