5. Research Notes and Notebooks. 1941-1989.
Series 5 consists of research notes, arranged alphabetically by subject, and research
notebooks, arranged chronologically. The diversity of topics represented in this
series are indicative of the many scientific interests maintained by Dunitz over the
course of his career.
5 boxes
5.001.
Research Notes. 1946-1950, 1953-1954, 1966, 1970. 9 folders
1.1.
Notes, Background Materials re: "Couper's Compound". 1966, 1970.
Includes x-ray crystallographic photographs labeled "Cooper's Compound."
1.2.
Notes re: crystal structure determinations. ca. 1950s.
Includes examinations of adamantane, cyclohexane, cyclohexene and cyclooctadiene among
others.
1.3.
Notes re: electromagnetism. ca. 1950s.
1.4.
Notes re: hemoglobin. 1953-1954.
1.5.
Notes: "Method of Finding Maximum of Fourier Peak by Least Squares (Shoemaker)". ca. 1950s.
Notes on a technique devised by David Shoemaker.
1.6.
Notes: "Molecular Statics". 1949-1950.
1.7.
Notes re: nitrogen. ca. 1950s.
1.8.
Notes re: research reports. 1946-1949.
1.9.
Notes re: ribonucleic acid. 1953.
1.10.
Notes re: statistical thermodynamics. 1946.
Notes primarily from a lecture delivered by W. C. Orr.
1.11.
Notes re: sulphur. ca. 1950s.
1.12.
Notes: "Waves". ca. 1950s.
5.002.
Research Notebooks. 1941-1946. 6 folders
2.1.
Research Notebook: "Mathematics: Calculus, Infinite Series". 1941-1942.
2.2.
Research Notebook: "Mathematics: 3 Dimensional Coordinate Geometry, Partial Differentiation". 1944.
2.3.
Research Notebook: "Mathematics: Integral Calculus (Adv.), Differential Equations". 1944-1945.
2.4.
Research Notebook: "Acetylene Dicarboxylic Acid Dihydrate, Diacetylene Dicarboxylic
Acid Dihydrate, Research Book I". 1944-1946.
2.5.
Research Notebook: "Physics; Triple Bond Calculations". 1944-1946.
2.6.
Research Notebook: "Acetylene Dicarboxylic Acid Dihydrate, Diacetylene Dicarboxylic
Acid Dihydrate, Research Book II". 1945.
5.003.
Research Notebooks. 1948-1951. 6 folders
3.1.
Research Notebook: "Electron Diffraction of Gas Molecules". 1948-1949.
3.2.
Research Notebook: "Calciferol Iodo-Nitro Benzoate". 1948-1949.
3.3.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1949-1950.
Notebook is primarily devoted to a detailed exploration of the structures of chloromycetin,
bromamphenicol and aureomycin. Also includes notes on terramycin hydrochloride and
isoplasmicide.
3.4.
Research Notebook: "Stercobilin Hydrochloride". 1949-1951.
Also contains notes titled "Dimerisation Product of Acenaphthylene."
3.5.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1950.
Contains notes on quantum mechanics, the movement of electrons and the structure of
the hydrogen molecule. Also contains notes on bond orbital hybridization, optics
and the "4 electron problem."
3.6.
Untitled Research Notebook. ca. 1951.
Contains notes on Pauling's "Nature of the Chemical Bond" as well as a comparison
of the valence bond and molecular orbital theories of chemical structure as utilized
in colleague's publications.
5.004.
Research Notebooks. 1952-1955. 6 folders
4.1.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1952.
First interior page is titled "Elementary Thermodynamics Notes."
4.2.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1952-1953.
Contains analyses of various crystal structures and notes on colleagues' structural
chemistry publications.
4.3.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1953-1954.
Contains notes on nucleic acids and proteins, as well as colleagues' structural chemistry
research.
4.4.
Research Notebook: "Misc Notes". 1954-1955.
Contains notes on nucleic acids, hemoglobin, proteins and model building. Also contains
notes on angular momentum and the movement of electrons.
4.5.
Research Notebook: "NIH Exp 54-55". 1954-1955.
First interior page is titled "Experiments in Molecular Complex Formation Among Purines,
Pyrimidines, etc." Also includes notes on nucleic acids and experiments on Na2S2O4.
4.6.
Research Notebook: "Misc 55". 1955.
Contains notes on light scattering, molecular orbitals and assorted crystal structure
determinations. Also contains work on ferrocene, sodium hydrosulfite and chromium
dibenzene.
5.005.
Research Notebooks. 1956, 1967-1968, 1970-1989. 7 folders
5.1.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1956.
Contains Dunitz's daily log of work that he has conducted as well as notes on colleagues'
publications on a variety of topics.
5.2.
Research Notebook: "Diffractometer". 1967-1968.
5.3.
Untitled Research Notebook. 1970-1974, 1982, 1985.
Contains notes and calculations on a number of topics related to crystal structure.
5.4.
Research Notebook: "Mo Theorie". 1971-1972.
5.5.
Research Notebook: "Pentagons". June 1972.
5.6.
Research Notebook: "Literature". 1973-1978.
5.7.
Research Notebook: "Mathematics". 1973-1989.
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