Michael B. Smith is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. He is the author of Volumes 6–11 of the Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods, coauthor of the fifth and sixth editions of March's Advanced Organic Chemistry, with Jerry March, and author of Organic Synthesis, Second Edition as well as several monographs.

• Preface. Abbreviations.Index, Monofunctional Compounds.Index, Difunctional Compounds.Introduction.1 Preparation of Alkynes.2 Preparation of Acid Derivatives.3 Preparation of Alcohols.4 Preparations of Aldehydes.5 Preparation of Alkyls, Methylens, and Aryls.6 Preparation of Amides.7 Preparation of Amines.8 Preparation of Esters.9 Preparation of Ethyl Epoxides and Thioethers.10 Preparation of Halides and Sulfonates.11 Preparation of Hydrides.12 Preparation of Ketones.13 Preparation of Nitriles.14 Preparation of Alkenes.15 Preparation of Oxides.16 Preparation of Difunctional Compounds.Author Index.

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