Physical Chemistry II CHEM 235

Below is a list of resources helpful in completing the lab assignments for CHEM 235. If you need help in using these resources, please contact the chemistry librarian.

Because this is likely to be an older, "classic" article published in the early 1900's, you may have trouble finding something good in SciFinder (older articles are not completely indexed).

Instead, try searching the American Chemical Society journal package online. Concordia subscribes to the archives of these journals as well as the newest journals. Their search function is quite good. Here's how to search:

• Go to the ACS e-journal package.
• In the search box at the top of the page, type acid.
• From the results page, select REFINE SEARCH.
• In the second search box below your search for acid, select Title from the dropdown, and then enter inversion of sucrose.
• Hit the search button. You should get a number of hits that are useful. You can link directly to the PDF of the article.

Another source that is quite useful is the book Experimental Physical Chemistry. You will be able to find references to measurements of the rate of inversion of sucrose in this text.

Try searching the American Chemical Society journal package online. Here's how to search:

• Go to the ACS e-journal package.
• In the search box at the top of the page, type decomposition.
• From the results page, select REFINE SEARCH.
• In the second search box below your search for acid, select Title from the dropdown, and then enter hydrogen peroxide AND iodide.
• Hit the search button. You should get a number of hits that are useful. 

Try searching the following:

• SciFinder is a good database to search. Run a search from the SciFinder landing page, for kinetics of the bromination of acetone in acid. Select the "References" tab to see a list of documents that might be helpful. You should get a number of good hits. To get access to an article, click on the "Full text" button for that article, and then select "Find it @ Concordia" from the dropdown menu.  

• American Chemical Society journal package online    
  • In the search box at the top of the page, type (bromination or halogenation) and acid.
  • From the results page, select REFINE SEARCH.
  • In the second search box below your original search terms, select Title from the dropdown, and then enter acetone.
  • Hit the search button.  You should get a number of hits that are useful.  You can link directly to the PDF of the article.

• Journal of Chemical Education (use the ACS/CRKN link). Run an advanced search (in the title) for halogenation of acetone. You should get at least one result.

Try searching the following:

• The American Chemical Society journal package online:
  • Use the search box at the top of the screen to run a search for methanolysis.
  • From the results screen, select the REFINE SEARCH option.
  • In the second search box below your original search term, select Title from the dropdown, and then enter kinetics and acetal.
  • Hit the search button. You should get at least one hit. You can link directly to the PDF of the article.
• SciFinder also has some good hits. Do a search for kinetics of the methanolysis of diethyl acetal from SciFinder's landing page. Then select the "References" tab to see a list of documents that could be helpful.

This is a classic chemistry experiment so try searching the following:

• Journal of Chemical Education. Run an advanced search (in the title) for iodine clock reaction. You should get a couple of good results.
• SciFinder also has some good hits. Try running a search for kinetics of the iodine clock reaction.