Literature Sources for Data

Physical Properties

A1: American Petroleum Institute. Research Project 44, "Selected Values of Properties of Hydrocarbons and Related Compounds." Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 1973.

A2: Aldrich Chemical Company, "Aldrich Catalog-Handbook of Fine Chemicals," Milwaukee, WI, 1984.

B: Beilstein, F. K., "Beilsteins Handbuch der Organischen Chemie," Springer, Berlin, 1972.

M1: Dreisbach, R. R., "Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds," Vol. I, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1955.

M3: Dreisbach, R. R., "Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds," Vol. III, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1961.

R1: Wilhoit, R. C., "Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Aliphatic Alcohols," (Supplement to Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Vol 2, No. 1.), American Chemical Society, Washington, 1973.

Infrared Spectra

F: Pouchert, C. J., "The Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra," Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, 1985.

S: "Standard Grating Spectra," Sadtler Research Laboratories, Philadelphia.

NMR Spectra

A: Pouchert, C. J., "The Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra," 2nd ed, Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, 1983.

S: "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra," Sadtler Research Laboratories, Philadelphia.

V: Bhacca, N. S., et. al., "High Resolution NMR Spectra Catalog," Varian Associates, Palo Alto, CA, 1963.

J: "High Resolution NMR Spectra," Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Mass Spectra

8PI: "Eight Peak Index of Mass Spectra," 3rd ed, Mass Spectrometry Data Centre, Royal Society of Chemistry, Nottingham, UK, 1983.

REG Registry of Mass Spectral Data, Wiley, 1989.

Ultraviolet Spectra

S: "Standard Ultraviolet Spectra," Sadtler Research Laboratories, Philadelphia.

A-E: "UV Atlas of Organic Compounds," Plenum Press, New York, 1970.

L: (or LIT) A few spectra taken from the original literature.

All Spectra:

HB: Entries thus marked are taken from the personal collection of Prof. H. M. Bell, Dept of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
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