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Books Noted Advances in Molecular Structure Research, Vol. 5 Magdolna Hargittai and Istvan Hargittai, Eds. JAI: Stamford, CT, 1999. ix + 389 pp. ISBN 0-7623-0555-x. $115.
Stereoselectivity in Synthesis Tse-Lok Ho. Wiley-Interscience: New York, 1999. xv + 333 pp. ISBN 0-471-32922-3. $94.95.
Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Cage Compounds and Their Building Blocks. Supplement 1: Advances in Strained and Interesting Organic Molecules Kenneth K. Laali, Vol. Ed.; Brian Halton, Ser. Ed. JAI Press: Stamford, CT, 1999. xvi + 320 pp. ISBN 0-7623-05983. $109.50.
Tartaric and Malic Acids in Synthesis: A Source Book of Building Blocks, Ligands, Auxiliaries, and Resolving Agents Jacek Gawronski and Kr ystyna Gawronska. WileyInterscience: New York, 1999. xxii + 591 pp. ISBN 0-47124451-1. $149.
Heterogeneous Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Gerard V. Smith and Ferenc Notheisz. Academic: San Diego, CA, 1999. xv + 346 pp. ISBN 0-12-651645-6. $89.95.
Colloid–Polymer Interactions—From Fundamentals to Practice Raymond S. Farinato and Paul L. Dubin, Eds. WileyInterscience: New York, 1999. x + 417 pp. ISBN 0-47124316-7. $115.
Organic Reactions Leo A. Paquette, Ed.-in-Chief. Wiley: New York, 1999. vii + 432 pp. ISBN 0-471-34888-0. $89.95. Organic Syntheses, Vol. 76 Stephen F. Martin, Ed. Wiley: New York, 1999. xxviii + 340 pp. ISBN 0-471-34886-4. $49.95.
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Functional Polymers: Modern Synthetic Methods and Novel Structures Abhimanyu O. Patil, Donald N. Schulz, and Bruce M. Novak, Eds. Oxford University Press: New York, 1998. xiv + 347 pp. ISBN 0-8412-3577-5. $95.
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