It is a quick and easy place to look for unknowns because the book is arranged by class of compound. Compounds within a class are arranged by increasing melting point or boiling point. There are many different ways to search chemistry handbooks to find your unknown parent compound. The easiest way to find additional information is to search by CAS Registry Number in other handbooks. The Index contains excellent descriptions on the physical appearance of compounds It also contains information on derivatives.
Copies are available in the chemistry library.
Merck contains references to the original journal articles. Beilstein Crossfire . Beilstein contains up to 350 different types of information about compounds All of the data has been reviewed and evaluated. It is available from chemistry library workstations. The CrossFire client can also be downloaded to your own computer We do not recommend starting your search with Beilstein .