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ANNUAL REPORT xliii antimony trichloride with aromatic hydrocarbons and investigations have been initiated on the ionization of molecules in intense electric fields In organic chemistry work has been continued on many aspects of free radical reactions involving substitution addition and hydrogen abstraction In heterocyclic chemistry some new developments have been reported on cyclization processes and work has been extended on the chemistry of N-oxides Other topics on which progress has been made are organo-phosphorous compounds the stereochemistry of rotenone and natural fatty acids and amides The work carried out in the research laboratories has again received valuable financial support from Government and industrial sources Lectures have been given by members of the staff as follows Pro- fessor Hey at the University of Moscow the Institute of Organic Chemistry Moscow the University of Leningrad Royal Holloway College and the University College of Swansea Dr Gold at King's College Newcastle Imperial College and Brunei College of Technology Dr Robertson at the University of Nottingham and Imperial College Dr Williams at meeting of the London Section of the Royal Institute of Chemistry hpld at the South-West Essex Technical College Dr Crombie at the University of Glasgow Dr Crombie also gave two lectures of series on Recent advances in organic chemistry held at Slough Technical College and Dr Rees gave course of lectures on heterocyclic chemistry at Birkbeck College DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Number of Students First 26 Sc General 107 Ancillary Physics 66 Sc Special 102 Postgraduate 31 Total 332 First Degrees Sc Special lst Class Honours 2nd Class Honours Upper Division 13 2nd Class Honours Lower Division 3rd Class Honours Higher Degrees Ph Burley Some problems in the theory of comparative phenomena