The Merck Index, An Encyclopaedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals

The Merck Index is a world renowned, authoritative handbook of chemical, pharmaceutical and biomedical information that contains more than 10,000 monographs, 32 supplemental tables and 450 Organic Name Reactions. The monograph section provides a critically evaluated, concise description of more than 18,000 substances. Compounds are indexed by Name, Formulae, CAS Registry Number and Therapeutic Category/Biological Activity.
New to this Edition

* Printed edition includes companion CD and 1 year personal web subscription
* Electronic versions are searchable by keywords, references and numerical properties, and provide access to 989 monographs retired from the 12th and 13th Editions
* Over 700 new and completely revised monographs
* Thousands of new references, trademarks, uses and physical properties added to existing monographs
* More than 35 new monographs for "Name Reagents" including references to preparation and synthetic applications
* Expanded focus on "Green Chemistry" and compounds of environmental significance
* Company and trademark information updated to reflect the mergers and changes in the chemical, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries
* Molecular weights recalculated using the 2005 IUPAC Table of Standard Atomic Weights
* Supplemental tables extensively revised, including new tables for Vaccines, Acronyms used in Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Physical Constants, and Monosaccharide Structures
* Updated Organic Name Reaction section

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