Heterocyclic chemistry, introduction

Albert A (1968) Heterocyclic chemistry. Introduction. Oxford University Press, New York... 

Tlie first two chapters in this volume continue the survey of heteroaromatic tautomerism that was the topic of Volume 76 of Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry. Tliis whole subject was first dealt with comprehensively in Volumes 1 and 2 of our series, which date back to 1963 and 1964.Tlie area was updated in a special supplementary volume of the series that appeared in 1976 but is now seriously out of date. Tire chapters in Volume 76 deal with a general introduction and the tautomerism of tive-membered monocyclic rings systems. 

Because of the close relationship to Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry the Foreword, Contents and Introduction to the complete work, which appear in Volume I of the set, have been reprinted in the Handbook. The Foreword outlines the scope, significance and aim of the whole work, whereas the Introduction describes the plan of the work and the novel features it incorporates. 

Heterocyclic Chemistry an Introduction , A. Albert, Athlone, London, 1959. Heterocyclic Compounds , R. C. Elderfield, Wiley, New York, 1950-1967, vols. 1-9. 

A. Albert, Heterocyclic Chemistry An Introduction. Athlone Press, London, 1968. 

A.F. Pozharskii, A.R. Katritzky, and A. Soldatenkov, Heterocycles in Life and Society An Introduction to Heterocyclic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Applications, Wiley, New York (2011). 

A. F. Pozharskii, A. T- Soldatenkov, and A.R. Katritzky, Heterocycles in life and society an introduction to heterocyclic chemistry and biochemistry and the role of heterocycles in science, technology, medicine, and agriculture, Wiley, New York (1997). 

Oxford Chemistry Primers have been designed to provide concise introductions relevant to all students of chemistry, and contain only the essential material that would be covered in an 8-10 lecture course. In this primer David Davies has produced an excellent introduction to aromatic heterocyclic chemistry that should stimulate any reader to explore further into this vast topic. This primer will be of interest to apprentice and master chemist alike. 

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