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THE appearance of this volume completes the production of the first dictionary of organic compounds in the English language. The high standard of the first two volumes (NATURE, 134, 751, Nov. 17, 1934 ; 137, 342, Feb. 29, 1936) has been maintained, and the whole work has been published within a period of three years. This is a truly remarkable achievement, in which all concerned may take a pardonable pride. More than that, the publication of such a work by a team of British chemists speaks volumes for the wonderful progress which organic chemistry and biochemistry have made in Great Britain during the past twenty years.
Dictionary of Organic Compounds:
the Constitution and Physical and Chemical Properties of the Principal Carbon Compounds and their Derivatives, together with the Relevant Literature References. Edited by Prof. I. M. Heilbron H. M. Bunbury. Vol. 3: Naphtha-carbazole—Zygadenine. Pp. xii + 943. (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 1937). £6 6s. net.
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READ, J. Dictionary of Organic Compounds. Nature 141, 309 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141309a0
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