Abstracting and Primary Journals

Chemical Abstracts (Dl) is undoubtedly the most convenient and comprehensive reference source, particularly since 1962 when a section devoted to organometallic and organometalloidal compounds was introduced. Information concerning books, review articles, and conferences is, however, extremely brief, and usually the subject matter of a particular entry must be judged solely from the title. Comparable publications in other languages include Chemisches Informationsdienst (D2) and Refera-tivnyi Zhumal, Khimya. 

Chemisches Jnformationsdienst, Bayer AG., Germany, weekly. Brief abstracts plus author and keyword index. The section entitled Organoelementverbindungen is particularly relevant. 

One publication, Organometallic Compounds (D3), contains brief abstracts of papers under various section headings. 

Organometallic Compounds, R. H. Chandler Ltd., London. Vol. 1 (1962), then vols. 2-23 (1963-1973) at two volumes per annum. 

An excellent series of abstracts covering the use of organolithiura compounds in organic synthesis (D4) first appeared in 1949. Unfortunately publication ceased in 1963, but the eleven volumes available contain the most comprehensive list of organolithium reagents yet published. 

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