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Summary: An excellent advanced text.
Review: The 2/e is a comprehensive look at modern methods in organic synthesis. Smith avoids the trend, common in many books, of using too many colors and myriad worthless illustrations. He instead provides a clean, easy to read volume for the advanced undergraduate or graduate organic student. The references at the end of each chapter are outstanding. There are often in excess of 75 citations per chapter, readily allowing further study. I would like to respond to the criticism of some reviewers regarding typographical errors. The 2/e does seem to be much better than the 1/e in this regard. Also the author maintains a well documented list of typos on his website. All in all, this book is easily the rival of Carey & Sundberg's Part B and well worth the investment for any organic/pharm chemists out there.
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Summary: Comprehensive, but too many mistakes to be worthwhile
Review: This book gives a good overview of modern synthetic methods, but with mistakes on almost every page, it is not worth the trouble to figure out exactly what he is talking about. The book is exhaustively referenced, however, allowing quick access back into the primary literature to get more detailed explanations and clarifications.
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Summary: Organic Synthesis
Review: This book has undergone several different additions and the author still has not bothered to correct the mistakes. It is possible to go to his web site to find the mistakes, however, there are still many mistakes that are not listed on his web site. I find it most disturbing when the author draws the structure of a practice problem wrong. A good student tries the problem first before looking for the answer in the primary literature. These mistakes can be very time consuming and annoying.
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Summary: the best in synthesis
Review: This is a really helpfull book for the organic chemist, specially new ones who can find here an organized reference of any kind of routes for organic synthesis. Ive been using this book in all my thesis work, with no loose of time researching in the library. Its very easy to use and understand . For me is the best book of organic chemistry, after looking at it you would see the power you have in your hands with it.
Rating:
Summary: the best in synthesis
Review: This is a really helpfull book for the organic chemist, specially new ones who can find here an organized reference of any kind of routes for organic synthesis. Ive been using this book in all my thesis work, with no loose of time researching in the library. Its very easy to use and understand . For me is the best book of organic chemistry, after looking at it you would see the power you have in your hands with it.
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