Fiesers Reagents For Organic Synthesis Volume 4

This major reference work is arranged like an encyclopedia, with each entry providing information about a reagent which has been reported as useful in organic synthesis. Most of the reagents are themselves organic, but inorganic reagents are also included. Suppliers are listed for commercially available reagents; otherwise, a brief indication of the method of preparation is given, along with a literature reference. Concise information and literature references are also provided on the application of reagents. There are author and subject indexes, and a very useful index of reagents by type, so that this reference set can serve as a very convenient point of entry into the literature dealing with a general type of reaction, whether it be a "name" reaction (e.g., Baeyer-Villiger oxidation), a method of introducing a specific functional group (e.g., amination), etc.