Activity Listings
- AHP writes cheque to: Adohr Milk Farms amount $16.99 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.013, Folder #2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. J. H. Van Vleck RE: LP reports that Max Mason has been appointed a member of the Executive Council at the Institute and the Chemistry Department is still in a an unorganized state. [Filed under: Van Vleck, J. H. Correspondence, Box #424.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. S. C. Stanford. [Stanford's letter: August 10, 1936] [Filed under: S: Correspondence, Box #377.6]
August 26, 1936
Dr. S.C. Stanford
c/o Mrs. B. Newhall
Gambier, Ohio
The discussion given by Sidgwick of the hydrogen bond is still accepted in general, the only change which has been made in recent years being that the bond is now not described as involving hydrogen simultaneously forming two electron pair bonds with other atoms. From the large amount of information available on vapor densities, apparent molecular weights in solution, and so on, it is seen that the stability of alcohol hydrogen bonds is small compared with that of carboxylic acid hydrogen bonds. The bonds in alcohols are, however, strong enough to make themselves evident in the boiling points, dielectric constants, and other properties. Some direct evidence for hydrogen bond formation by alcohols was obtained by Zacchariason with the use of x-ray methods (J. Chem. Phys. 3, 158 (1935) ). You may have seen also the work of Wulf and his collaborators and a note which I wrote about this. I am enclosing a reprint of my paper.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling
LP:ml
- Letter from LP to F. B. Hanson, The Rockefeller Foundation RE: LP regrets that his reply has been delayed by his absence from Pasadena. He will however, be in the laboratory during the coming month and would welcome Dr. Tisdale at any time. [Hanson's letter to LP August 7, 1936] [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 5]
- Letter from LP to Professor Harold C. Urey RE: LP does not know of anyone whom he can recommend for the instructorship open at Columbia. [Filed under: Urey, Harold: Reprints, Correspondence, Box #419.1]
- Letter from LP to Professor P. P. Ewald RE: LP hopes that Ewald will settle down in the United States and offers to be on the lookout for any job openings. LP regrets to say that he will not be at Harvard and thus will not see him. [Filed under: E: Individual Correspondence (Enstrom-Eyering) Box #121.4]
- Note from W. Wheland to LP RE: Informs LP of his trip to Tennessee and their voyage overseas. Inquires how the book is coming. [Filed under: W: Individual Correspondence, Box #434.7]
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