Title: First Edition is terrible, don't know about later editions
Review: The biggest problem is terminology. Technical terms were used before they were defined (if they were defined at all) and in such a way that the reader would not even KNOW the terms were being used in a context-specific, technical manner. When you run across a word or idea you don't understand, you look it up in the index, right? That didn't work. The book/index "interface" (?) was utterly unorganized. I imagine some problems have been corrected in subsequent editions. If you are looking for a good organic chem text to use as a reference, my understanding is that John McMurry's books are really good. I've had several chemists recommend his books to me.
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