For more than a century, The Merck Index, Chemistry’s Constant Companion®, has provided quick and reliable answers to questions arising in the course of the scientist’s work. The Fourteenth Edition continues this tradition to publish an authoritative, multidisciplinary reference handbook committed to scientific excellence.

Each edition is reflective of key scientific discoveries of its time period. Once again, significant new compounds have been carefully selected from biomedicine, agriculture, and various disciplines of chemistry. With the particular needs of the research scientist in mind, every effort has been made to include additional physical property information in the monographs. Coverage of important new tools for pharmacological research and organic synthesis has been expanded, in particular Name Reagents. The Organic Name Reactions have been updated, as well as the Supplemental Tables. This hard-to-find information complements the material presented in the other sections.

The multimedia reference set gives researchers the flexibility of referring to hardcopy or to search the data by keywords, references, or numerical properties. The web and CD products use CambridgeSoft’s ChemFinder® software to enable quick retrieval of data and provide access to nearly 1000 monographs retired from the 12th and 13th editions that are no longer available in print.

The Explanatory Notes illustrate the general monograph format and provide a brief description of the components.

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The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, Fourteenth Edition, Maryadele J. O’Neil, Patricia E. Heckelman, Cherie B. Koch, Kristin J. Roman, Eds. (Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA, 2006).

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Maryadele J. O’Neil, Editor

Patricia E. Heckelman, Senior Associate Editor

Cherie B. Koch, Associate Editor

Kristin J. Roman, Assistant Editor

Catherine M. Kenny, Editorial Assistant

Maryann R. D’Arecca, Administrative Associate

Copyright © 2006, 2010 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA. All rights reserved
The Merck Index is a trademark of Merck & Co. Inc., and is registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.