Heilbron’s Dictionary

The fifth edition of Heilbron s Dictionary of Organic Compounds, J. Buckingham, Ed, 7 vols, Chapman and Hall, London, 1982, contains brief listings of more than 150,000... 

In addition to the Atlas of Stereochemistry, his longer publications included The Chemistry of the Steroids, Practical Chemistry for Medical Students and several review articles on ord/cd. A full-length book on the latter subject was in course of preparation at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of Heilbron s Dictionary of Organic Compounds. 

On the more general matters, it may not be generally appreciated that the sixth edition (1996) of the Heilbron Dictionary of Organic Compounds (and related supplements), published by Chapman and Hall, now includes entries for compounds with P-C bonds, and also some phosphites and phosphates, which initially appeared in the earlier Dictionary of Organophosphorus Compounds, and which have now been up-dated. Useful information on P(III) compounds and some phosphates can also be found in Chapman and Hall s Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds... 

After consulting these three single-volume references, one would turn to more comprehensive multivolume sources such as the Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Fifth Edition. This dictionary, still known as Heilbron, the name of its former editor, now comprises seven volumes of specific information, with primary literature references, on the synthesis, reactions, and derivatives of more than 50,000 compounds. Rodd s Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, another valuable multivolume work with primary literature references, is organized by functional group rather than in dictionary form. Elsevier s Encyclopedia of Organic Compounds in about twenty volumes is an incomplete reference work on the chemical and physical properties of compounds. It is useful for those areas it covers. References to Elsevier are found in the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 

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