From the reviews of the Fourth Edition ...March has been uncompromising in his search for clarity and utility in presentations of a wide variety of essential organic chemistry. It remains an accessible and useful tool for both specialists and nonspecialists in the field. It does an excellent job both as a text for first-year graduate students and a handy reference for others.-Journal of Chemical Education The ratio of information to price makes this book a wonderful bargain.-American Scientist New to this Fifth Edition: Michael Smith from the University of Connecticut joins as coauthor for the Fifth Edition Contains 20,000 valuable, selected references to the primary literature-5,000 new to this edition 40 entirely new sections covering the most important developments in organic chemistry since the previous edition Updated illustrations of molecular structures