From reviews of previous volumes: "Essential for chemistry collections at the
university and research levels." -New York Public Library "Highly recommended .
lots of succinct, practical information on recent developments . in a format
that is easy to use. The reagents are taken up in alphabetical order (common
usage names, not CAS indexing code names), sometimes several to a page,
sometimes several pages to a reagent. One can expect to find how to make the
reagent (in loose terms), or where it can be bought, what it is good for, and
where to seek complete details. As with previous volumes, one can profit from
just browsing, even