Desmond J. Brown is Professor of Chemistry at The Australian National University's Research School of Chemistry.R. F. Evans, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.W. B. Cowden, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.M. D. Fenn, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

• Chapter I. Introduction to the Pyrimidines (H 1, E 1) 1Chapter II. The Principal Synthetic Method (H 31, E 20) 21Chapter III. Other Methods of Primary Synthesis (H 82, E 53) 63Chapter IV. Pyrimidine and Its C-Alkyl and C-Aryl Derivatives (H 116, E 86) 109Chapter V. Nitro-, Nitroso-, and Arylazopyrimidines (H 138, E 94) 135Chapter VI. Halogenopyrimidines (H 162, E 110) 157Chapter VII. Hydroxy- and Alkoxypyrimidines (H 227, E 166) 225Chapter VIII. Sulfur-Containing Pyrimidines (H 272, E 202) 269Chapter IX. The Aminopyrimidines (H 306, E 230) 299Chapter X. The N-Alkylated Pyrimidines and the Pyrimidine N-Oxides (H 356, E 269) 329Chapter XI. The Pyrimidine Carboxylic Acids and Related Derivatives (H 389, E 296) 367Chapter XII. The Reduced F'yrimidines (H 430, E 322; by R. F. Evans) 405Chapter XIII. The Ionization and Spectra of Pyrimidines (H 464, E 368) 479Appendix. List of Simple Pyrimidines (H 501, E T1) 519References 747Subject Index 819