Achievement in organic chemistry

Comprehensive Organic Chemistry: The Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds.

Overall editors Derek Barton and W. David Ollis. Six volumes. (Pergamon: Oxford and New York, 1979.) Six-volume set £687.50, $1,375.

Vol. 1. Stereochemistry, Hydrocarbons, Halo Compounds, Oxygen Compounds,

pp. 1,227 (edited by J.F. Stoddart).

Vol. 2. Nitrogen Compounds, Carboxylic Acids, Phosphorus Compounds,

pp. 1,329 (edited by I.O. Sutherland).

Vol. 3. Sulphur, Selenium, Silicon, Boron, Organometallic Compounds,

pp. 1,323 (edited by D. Neville Jones).

Vol. 4. Heterocyclic Compounds,

pp. 1,228 (edited by P. G. Sammes).

Vol. 5. Biological Compounds,

pp. 1,205 (edited by E. Haslam).

Vol. 6. Author, Formula, Subject, Reagent and Reaction Indexes,

pp. 1,628 (edited by C. J. Drayton).