The synthesis of 3,3'-diphenylbenzopinacol was carried out both by means of the Grignard reaction between m-diphenyl magnesium iodide and benzil, and by reduction of m-phenyl benzophenone. The pinacol was rearranged and the products analyzed. The migration aptitude of m-biphenyl was determined to be 1.5. Attempts to prepare 3,3'-diphenyl-4,4'-dimethylbenzopinacol were unsuccessful....
A water bird census was taken at three points on Upper Klamath Lake at weekly intervals extending over a period from September 9, 1936 to May 29, 1937. A total of 24,319 birds was recorded in field records and included thirty-two species. Totals of birds by weekly field trips show...
In the preparation of this thesis, the writer does not claim to have discovered any great truths or their underlying causes. As the title indicates, the work is a summary of some of the more important investigational activities on the McDonald Forest. This line of endeavor was chosen because it...
