Reviews and Reports

Kocheshkov, K. A., Metalloorganic Compounds of Elements of the Fourth Group, Sint. Metody Obi. Metalloorg. Soedin. Inst. Org. Khim. Akad. Nauk SSSR 1947 No. 5, pp. 1/131 C.A. 1952 11102. 

Noltes, J. G., van der Kerk, G. J. M., Synthesis of Linear IVth Group OrganometaUic Polymers by Polyaddition, Chimia (Switz.) 16 [1962] 122/7. 

Bradley, D. C., Polymeric Metal Alkoxides, Organometalloxanes, and Organome-talloxanosiloxanes, in Stone, F. G. A., Graham W. A. G., Inorganic Polymers, Academic, New York 1962, pp. 410/46. 

Azerbaev, I. N., Kochkin, D. A., Advances and Prospects of the Development of the Organotin and Organolead Chemistry, Vestn. Akad. Nauk Kaz. SSR 19 No. 10 [1963] 18/26. 

Beattie, I. R., The Acceptor Properties of Quadripositive Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead, Quart. Rev. [London] 17 [1963] 382/405. 

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Fluorine thermochemistry itself has not been previously reviewed, but has tended to be included in more general reviews and reports, or in data compilations (141,123,151). The most comprehensive literature survey, covering the years 1949-1961 (9), supplements the N.B.S Circular and Notes (203). (N.B.S. Technical Notes 270-3 to 270-7 issued from 1969-1973 were unfortunately published without literature references.) Subsequent work was conveniently traced from annual issues of the Bulletin of Chemical Thermodynamics, and from 1977 to 1979 (May) by accessing the Chemical Abstracts data files. Experimental aspects of fluorine thermochemistry are included in two rather dated volumes (214), and only general detail will be given in this review. 

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