Research Guides @ Fordham: Chemistry: Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Reference Books

Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry by Patrick E. McMahon; Bohdan B. Khomtchouk; Claes Wahlestedt
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QD253.2 .M34 2017
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2017
Greene's Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis by Peter G. M. Wuts; Theodora W. Greene
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QD262 .G665 2007
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, 2007
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis by Laszlo Kurti; Barbara Czakó
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QD262 .K86 2005
Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry by Eric V. Anslyn; Dennis A. Dougherty
Call Number: [RH Oversize Stacks] QD476 .A57 2006
Sausalito, Calif. : University Science, 2006
The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms by Robert B. Grossman
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QD502.5 .G76 2003
New York : Springer, 2003

Bioconjugate Chemistry
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1990 - 2013
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 2000 - Present
Journal of Organic Chemistry
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1936 - Present
Macromolecules
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1968 - Present
Organic Letters
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1999 - Present

Dean's Handbook of Organic Chemistry by John A. Dean; George W. Gokel
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QD251.2 .D43 2004
New York : McGraw-Hill, 2004
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology by McGraw-Hill Education Editors
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] Q121 .M3 2012
New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012
Handbook of Palladium-Catalyzed Organic Reactions by Jean-Luc Malleron (Editor); J. C. Fiaud (Editor); J. Y. Legros (Editor)
[Online Resource]
San Diego : Academic Press, 1997
Organic Chemist's Desk Reference by Caroline Cooper
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QD257.7 .C66 2011
Boca Raton : Taylor and Francis, 2011

Fordham University uses the Library of Congress Classification System.

Below are call number ranges for organic chemistry:

QD241-449 Organic Chemistry

QD251-253 Organic Chemistry Textbooks and Treatises

QD551-571 Electrochemistry

QD262 Synthesis

QD262; QD281 Synthetic Methods

QD271-272 Analysis of Organic Compounds

QD273 Electrochemistry of Organic Compounds

QD281 Reaction Mechanisms

QD301-315 Aliphatic Compounds

QD320-327 Carbohydrates

QD330-341 Aromatic Compounds

QD375-377 Antibiotics

QD380-388 Polymers; Macromolecules

QD390-395 Benzene Rings (Condensed)

QD399-405 Heterocyclic Compounds

QD410-412 Organometallic Compounds

Here are some subject headings commonly used in organic chemistry. For a comprehensive list, you can visit The Library of Congress Subject Headings page.

Bioorganic chemistry

Condensation products (chemistry)

Etard's reaction

Functional groups

Heterocyclic chemistry

Isoelectric focusing

Organic geochemistry

Organic solid state chemistry

Organometallic chemistry

Physical organic chemistry

Surface active agents