The vast explosion of information in organic chemistry has presented t he chemist with the tedious exercise of searching Chemical Abstracts f or details of a compound or reaction type. On-line searching has somew hat alleviated this but the task still remains of putting this informa tion into perspective. >>Rodd'' does this for the reader. The authors of each chapter have already sifted through Chemical Abstracts, picked out the relevant references, and used their professional skills to pr esent the contents in a concise and critical manner. Each volume in th e series has a detailed index facilitating the rapid location of react ion types, synthetic procedures, or individual compounds.