The Molecular Basis of Optical Activity Eliot Charney. National Institutes of Health. John Wiley and Sons. New York, 1979. vii 364 pp. Figs. and tables. 24 X 15.5 cm. $27.50.
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The major books an ORD and CD are more than ten years old and Djerassi's book on ORD is now twenty years old. Charney's book is one of the most complete treatments of ORD-CD for organic chemistry. The historical treatment is good. The development of theory is excellent and thorough, five chapters and almdst 150 pages. One of the chapters on theory deals with the optical basis of optical activity ("The Molecular Resoonse to Lieht"). another develoos the e.ectranic ba
