Web strikes - The
Orange Book is a hit!
One feature of David Moore's time as Division President is the energy
he has put into the preparation of a web version of the Orange Book
(Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature).
The success
of this development is indicated by the number of "hits"
on the IUPAC website. In the first 3 months of 2003 the Orange Book
accounted for 1/6 (99432) of the total hits (578399) on the IUPAC
publication folder! This is most encouraging, especially as the
"Orange Book project' has only taken the first step - a verified
transcription of 'hard copy' into html.
This success
does show us how much the scientific community values the information
contained in the OB. But we all know that much of the content is
rather dated. Therefore a process to update the Orange Book has
been implemented. It has begun with the Chapters on Electrochemical
techniques (2002-002-2-500)
and Separation methods (2001-063-1-500),
to be followed by the other chapters systematically over the next
few years. Perhaps this 'success' tells us that serving the analytical
chemistry community through web-based compendia such as the OB should
be identified as 'core business' of the Division. [The editor notes
that two other projects that will impact on the content of the OB
are currently being drafted or reviewed.]
To view the
on-line version of the Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (Orange
Book): (http://www.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium)
Progress reports
from Task Groups
The Division asks the leader of each Task Group to submit a brief
project report every 6 months. These are invaluable to the Division
officers as a means of monitoring the progress of projects and of
identifying concerns or difficulties that may arise.
The months
since the previous reporting period have been very productive! Publications
completed include:
The experimental
determination of solubilities, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-49708-8,
March 2003. See CI,
25, No. 4 (2003).
Task Group Leader: R. Tomkins.
Project number: 2001-084-1-500
Chemicals
in the Atmosphere - Solubility, Sources and Reactivity. John
Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-98651-8. See CI,
25, No. 4 (2003).
Task Group Leader: Peter Fogg.
Project number: 2001-037-1-500
IUPAC-NIST
Solubility Data Series. 79. Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Pseudohalides
JPCRD (2003).
Task Group Leader: J. Hala.
Project number: 2001-085-1-500
Critical
evaluation of stability constants for alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid
complexes with protons and metal ions and the accompanying enthalpy
changes. Part II. Aliphatic 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids (IUPAC
Technical Report), by R. Portanova, L. H. J. Lajunen, M. Tolazzi1,
and J. Piispanen. Pure
Appl. Chem.
75(4), pp. 495-540, 2003
Critical
review of analytical applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy
illustrated by mineralogical and geological examples (IUPAC
Technical Report), by E. Kuzmann, S. Nagy, and A. Vértes.
Pure
Appl. Chem.
75(6), pp. 801-858, 2003
Here are some
'snippets' from the latest round of Progress Reports:
We are finishing
the project, hopefully it will be done by June 30. We have 432 pages
of data sheets and evaluations. Indexes are in progress.
[Lawrence Clever: IUPAC-NIST
Solubility Data Series. Gaseous Fluorides of Boron, Nitrogen, Sulfur,
Carbon and Silicon and Solid Xenon Fluorides in all Solvents.]
The revised
final text will be send to the Division in July.
[Konstantin Popov: Critical
evaluation of Stability Constants of Metal Complexes of Complexones
for Biomedical and Environmental Applications]
[I am] going
to attend suitable Conference in 2004 in order to disseminate results.
[Konstantin Popov: Recommendations
for NMR Measurements of high pK Values and Equilibrium Constant
in Highly Basic solutions]
Currently
the database holds stability constant data on 8453 ligands -130
new ligands since November 2002 (all with .mol file structures)
from 21254 references - nearly 800 new references (since November)
- and holds 98701 records - an increase of over 4000. The interrogation
software has been improved and the searching on CAS registry numbers
extended.
[Leslie Pettit: IUPAC
Stability Constants database]
An important
new feature has been added. Experimental data (pairs of ionic strength
and log K value) may now be entered interactively, or as a text
file. The SIT parameters can then be calculated by on-screen curve
fitting, with standard deviations. The latest version of the PC-compatible
computer program is available on www.acadsoft.co.uk and will be
added to the IUPAC web-site shortly. Dr Igor Sukhno is currently
adding more SIT parameters and preparing a Russian version.
[Leslie Pettit: Ionic
Strength Corrections for Stability Constants]