This selected list of specialized books may be helpful to those seeking specific information for organic chemistry laboratory assignments. There are other materials available in the Library also.

Ash, Michael. Encyclopedia of Surfactants. 4v. Chemical Publications, N.Y., 1980. REF QD 549 .A75.

Bard, Allen. Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry of the Elements. 15v. (we have 1-9 and 13-15) Dekker, N.Y., 1973-86. REF QD 551 .B37.

Barin, Ihsan. Thermodynamic Data of Pure Substances. 2v. VCH, Weinheim, 1989. REF QD511.8 .B369 1989.

Barton, Alan F.M., Ed. CRC Handbook of Solubility Parameters and Other Cohesion Parameters.  2nd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., 1991. REF QD 543 .B22 1991

Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry. 7v. Pergamon, Oxford, 1987. REF QD 474 .C65 1987.

Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry II. 11v. Pergamon, Oxford, 1996. REF QD 400 .C65 1996.

Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry. 9v. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999. REF QD 415 .C63 1999.

Comprehensive Organic Chemistry. 6v. Pergamon, Oxford, 1979. REF QD 245 .C65.

Comprehensive Organic Synthesis. 9v. Pergamon, Oxford, 1991. REF QD 262 .C535 1991.

Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry. 11v. Pergamon, Oxford, 1996. REF QD 411 .O66 1996.

Dean, John, Ed. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry. 14th ed. 1992. McGraw-Hill, N.Y. REF QD 65 .L362 1992.

Dewar, Michael. Molecular Weight and Composition for Organic Compounds. Pergamon, Oxford, 1969. REF QD 291 .D48 1969.

Dictionary of Analytical Reagents. Chapman and Hall, London, 1993. REF QD 77 .D498 1993.

Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds. 3v. Chapman and Hall, London, 1984. REF QD 411 .D53 1984.

Dissociation Constants of Organic Acids in Aqueous Solutions. Butterworth, London, 1961. REF QD 301 .I67.

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. 8v. Chapman and Hall, N.Y., 1995. REF QD 77 .E53 1995.

Furr, A. Keith. CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety. 4th ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995. REF QD 51.C73 1995.

Glasby, John. Encyclopedia of the Alkaloids. 4v., Plenum, N.Y., 1975-83. REF QD 421 .G54.

Gmehling, J. et al. Azeotropic data. 2v. VCH, Weinheim, 1994. REF QD 526 .A94 1994.

Handbook of Metal Ligand Heats and Related Thermodynamic Quantities. Dekker, N.Y. 1975. REF QD 501 .C524 1975.

Handbook of Physical Properties of Organic Chemicals. CRC/Lewis Pubs, Boca Raton, FL., 1997. REF QD 257.7.H374 1997.

Harrison, Ian. Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods. Wiley-Interscience, N.Y. 1971- REF QD 262 .H32 v.1-7.

Hirayama, K. Handbook of Ultraviolet and Visible Spectra of Organic Compounds. Plenum, N.Y., 1967. REF QD 291 .H5.

Kaye, G.W.C. Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants. 16th ed. Longman, N.Y., 1995. REF QC 61 .K3 1995.

Klyne, William. Atlas of Stereochemistry. 2v & supp. Oxford Univ Press, N.Y., 1978. REF QD 481 .K62 1978.

Liley, P.E. Properties of Inorganic and Organic Fluids. Hemisphere, N.Y., 1988. REF QC 145.3 .L55 1988.

Linke, William. Solubilities of Inorganic and Metal Organic Compounds.  4th ed. 2v. Van Nostrand, Princeton, 1958. REF QD 66.S4 1958.

Pedley, J.B. Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds. Chapman & Hall, London, 1986. REF QD 511.8 .P43 1986.

Reinhard, Martin. Handbook for Estimating Physiochemical Properties of Organic Compounds.Wiley, N.Y., 1997. REF QD 257.7.R45 1997.

Riddick, John. Organic Solvents: Physical Properties and Methods of Purification. 4th ed. Wiley, N.Y., 1986. REF QD 61 .T4 v.2.

Silverstein, Robert M. Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. 6th ed., Wiley, N.Y., 1998. REF QD 272 .S6 S55 1998. (on reserve)

Stereoselective Synthesis: Methods of Organic Chemistry. 10v. G.Thieme, Stuttgart, 1996. REF QD 481 .S787 1996.

Stephen, H. Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Compounds. 2v.in 4. Macmillan, N.Y., 1963-64. REF QD 543 .M7213.

Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds in the Gas State. 2v., Thermodynamics Research Center, College Station, TX., 1994. REF QD 504 .T385 1994.

Timmermans, J. Physico-Chemical Constants of Binary Systems in Concentrated Solutions. 4v. Interscience, N.Y., 1959-60. REF QD 453 .T56.

Timmermans, J. Physico-Chemical Constants of Pure Organic Compounds. 2v. Elsevier, N.Y., 1950-65. REF QD 291 .T55.

Ueno, Keihei. Handbook of Organic Analytical Reagents. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., 1992. REF QD 77 .U35 1992.

Utermark, Walter. Melting Point Tables of Organic Compounds. Interscience, N.Y., 1963. REF QD 518 .U7 1963.

Wyckoff, Ralph. Crystal Structures. 6v. Interscience, N.Y.,1960-63. REF QD 951 .W8 (1960) REF QD 951 .W82 (1963).

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