Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
• Published by: CRC
• Edition: 2nd Edition June 2, 1994
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0748740716
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0748740710
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Review
Reading this book is like having a thoughtful and smart tutor guiding all your steps in the laboratory…excellent choice..
- Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Volume 6, issue 1

Reading this book is like having a thoughtful and smart tutor guiding all your steps in the laboratory…excellent choice..
- Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Volume 6, issue 1

This book should be present in every organic chemistry research laboratory…a bargain at the price.
- Chemistry & Industry, July 1995

This book should be present in every organic chemistry research laboratory…a bargain at the price.
- Chemistry & Industry, July 1995

…concise and highly readable … I would recommend this book as an essential purchase for all new research students in the area of organic synthesis
-- Synthesis, June 1995

…concise and highly readable … I would recommend this book as an essential purchase for all new research students in the area of organic synthesis
-- Synthesis, June 1995

Product Description
The first edition of this book achieved considerable success due to its ease of use and practical approach, and to the clear writing style of the authors. The preparation of organic compounds is still central to many disciplines, from the most applied to the highly academic and, more tan ever is not limited to chemists. With an emphasis on the most up-to-date techniques commonly used in organic syntheses, this book draws on the extensive experience of the authors and their association with some of the world's mleading laboratories of synthetic organic chemistry. In this new edition, all the figures have been re-drawn to bring them up to the highest possible standard, and the text has been revised to bring it up to date. Written primarily for postgraduate, advanced undergraduate and industrial organic chemists, particularly those involved in pharmaceutical, agrochemical and other areas of fine chemical research, the book is also a source of reference for biochemists, biologists, genetic engineers, material scientists and polymer researchers.

Reader Reviews
The book discusses fundamental techniques in organic laboratory. Topics that I found very useful are running the reaction (i.e. air-sensitive and water-sensitive chemistry), monitoring reaction (i.e.thin-layer chromatography), working up reaction (have you wondered why ammonium chloride is a good reagent to work up the reaction? how to efficiently separate layers without emulsions?, etc), purifying compounds (i.e. distillation, recrystallization, determining the sizes of columns, choice of eluting solvents,...) The book should be on the shelf of every chemist.