Introduction to organic chemistry, (Applequist, Douglas; Depuy

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almost as an afterthought. Literature references are included at the ends of many of the chapters, and further readings for each chapter are listed in an appendix. Most of these references are secondary sources, such as "Organic Reactions." Although this use of secondary, rather than primary, sources is less likely to develop the students' ability to use the chemical literature. N gives them s more complete perspw tire of nnv topic the) !,light nerd I., look up. The muir ;rveredrj\rback to u w x this hot k as a text is its inadequate problem sets. There are only about a dozen problems in the book, with complete solutions for about nine. Any ~nstructorwho uses this as a textbook should be . prepared to add many additional prohlems. In summary, this "Guidebook to Organic Svnthesis" is a concise textbook for a first course in the strate:\. nnd reacrknr iiurganw y n t h e ~ iI~t merit* . serwur cun.~rleratwn1)). any in.,truvu,r tea, hiug an advnncrd undtrgraduate or beginning graduate course in organic synthesis. L. G. Wade, Jr. Cobrado State University Fort Collins, C0 80523 ~

Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Third Edition Douglas Applequisi. Charles Depuy, and Kenneth L. Rinehart. John Wiley & Sons, 384 pp. Inc., Somerset, NJ, 1982. vi Figs. and tables. 16.5 X 24 cm. $21.95.

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This is theThird Edition of a text intended as a short introduction to organic chemistry, with ahout 25-3096 of the discussion on Biochemistry. The previous edition was reviewed in this Journal (A45,1977) and much of what was said about the second edition applies to the third. The number ofchapten has remained constant, hut the text has expanded by 61 pages. The expansion includes an enhanced discussion of atomic structure, integration of IR, NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopic~into various chapters on functional group chemistry, and the inclusion of a reaction index. As in the earlier eaition, the streneth of the book derives from the inteerati& of nroblems found in industrv. ,. - .mediclne, and the envmnmmt intu ihr cherniml aiscuswn,. P r e w m t ~n