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Current Awareness Publications
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Calendars: Meetings and events
Databases
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Additional resources
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Journals
Finding Journals
Books
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Organic Chemistry Topics
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Dictionaries
Dictionaries
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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias
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Handbooks
Handbooks
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Finding aids for physical properties
Major reference works
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Functional groups
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Named reactions
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Jie Jack Li.. 2014
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Lionel M. Raff ... [et al.].. 2012
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edited by Jie Jack Li, foreword by E.J. Corey. 2011
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Zerong Wang. 2009
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Stanley E. Manahan. 2009
Protective groups
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Reagents
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