This information will be useful to nearly all organic chemists, both specialists and nonspecialists in synthesis. The topics covered include carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, oxidation-reductions, synthesis of heterocycles, protecting groups, and useful synthetic preparations. --BIOSIS ...an aid to the harassed organic chemist who cannot keep up with the never-diminishing stream of new primary literature... --JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ...an outstandingly good buy... --JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY This annual serial provides a general review of structure/activity information for each synthetic compound discussed, clearly illustrates structures of compounds in every feasible synthetic pathway, and provides references to the primary literature for each reaction discussed.