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Resources for Organic Chemistry

Electronic Sources

Beilstein CrossFire -- The electronic version of Friedrich Konrad Beilstein's Handbook of Organic Chemistry. Available on the MSEL workstations.

Dictionary of Organic Compounds -- Contains more than 150,000 compounds, this electronic publication contains some data and a wealth of references on preparations, reactions, spectra and hazard data. Substances can be searched by structure, formula, name, property or Chemical Registry Number.

Organic Syntheses -- A free online version of the annual collections (80+ years) of detailed, reliable, and carefully checked procedures for the syntheses of organic compounds.

Properties of Organic Compounds -- Contains over 29,000 of the most commonly sought organic compounds, featuring physical data, spectral data, and structures.

Print Sources in Science Reference

Beilstein's Handbook of Organic Chemistry -- The most comprehensive treatise on the properties and preparation of organic compounds containing critically evaluated information on the physical and chemical properties of a compound, its addition compounds, derivatives, and their uses. Includes references to the source data.
SCI REF QD 251 .B43

Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry -- Collects all aspects of the vast and rapidly growing chemistry of natural products within one nine-volume work.
SCI REF QD415.C63

Comprehensive Organic Synthesis: Selectivity, Strategy, and Efficiency in Modern Organic Chemistry (nine-volume set)
SCI REF QD 262.C5351

Dictionary of Organic Compounds -- A compendium of information on more than 150,000 compounds. Contains some data and a wealth of references on preparations, reactions, spectra and hazard data.
SCI REF QD251.D 5

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis -- Contains an authoritative and systematic description of the use of all reagents in organic chemistry.
SCI REF QD 77.E531

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (five-volume set)
SCI REF QD77.H37

Methoden der Organischen Chemie (Houben-Weyl) – An extensive set of volumes on preparative organic chemistry
SCI REF QD261.H83

Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
SCI REF QD251.C5

Science of Synthesis : Houben-Weyl methods of molecular transformations.
SCIREF QD262.S35 2000