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Chemical Literature (Chem 184/284)

Assignment 1
Data Collections

Using the various reference books discussed in Lectures 4 and 5 or listed on the various Chemistry Guide pages, locate information about the subjects below. For each compound, you must give the CAS Registry Number. What other information you find is optional, but you must locate each compound or concept in at least three of the print sources I discussed in class, plus one Web source for the compounds. Describe clearly and thoroughly the type of information each source provides. DO NOT use indexes to the journal literature or give me journal references for this assignment.

Note that the name I give for the compound may not always be the name the compound is listed under in every source. In some cases, you may need to find the molecular formula or the structure of the compound in order to use a given source -- but remember that some sources will give you the keys you need to search other sources. Concepts have synonyms, too. Be creative!

Answers to these questions may be found at http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184asn01a.html after the due date of the assignment.

Sample questions 1, 2 and 3 and answers 1 and 2 for this assignment using different compounds may be found at http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184samq1.html, http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184samq2.html and http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184samq3.html and at http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184sama1.html and http://www.library.ucsb.edu/classes/chem184/184sama2.html respectively if you want additional practice or some pointers on likely sources.

Compound 1: Zeise's salt   CAS Registry #:______________
Source (full name)   Vol. #   Page(s)   Types of information given
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
Web Source   URL   Types of information given  
 
  		 
  		 
 

Compound 2: Retin-A   CAS Registry #:_________________
Source (full name)  Vol. #  Page(s)  Types of information given
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
Web Source  URL  Types of information given 
 
  		 
  		 
 

Concept 1: Baeyer-Villiger reaction  
Source (full name)  Vol. #  Page(s)  Types of information given
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 

Concept 2: Applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)  
Source (full name)  Vol. #  Page(s)  Types of information given
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 

Concept 3: Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR)  
Source (full name)  Vol. #  Page(s)  Types of information given
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
  		 
 
 
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