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The intermediates described in this book include different types of phenols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids and ketones (acetophenones, w-substituted acetophenones, propiophenones, butyrophenones, benzophenones, phenyl ketones and some miscellaneous ketones). The preparation of heterocyclic compounds (O-containing, S-containing, N-containing, N & S-containing) is also described. The synthesis of certain miscellaneous compounds of the type benzyl cyanides, bb-ketoesters, chalcones, naphthaquinones, benzoquinones, stilbene and certain catalysts and reagents required for organic synthesis are also described.||About the Author: V.K. Ahluwalia, Visiting Professor at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students for more than three decades Pooja Bhagat, Reader, Chemistry Department at Acharya Narendra Dev College, New Delhi, has been teaching graduate students for more than ten years. Renu Aggarwal, Reader, Chemistry Department at Gargi College, New Delhi, has been teaching graduate students for more than ten years. Ramesh Chandra, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, and Director, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, has been teaching postgraduate students for more than two decades.