| This is a list of important publications in chemistry, organized by
field.
Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important:
- Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic
- Breakthrough – A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly
- Introduction – A publication that is a good introduction or survey of a topic
- Influence – A publication which has significantly influenced the world
- Latest and greatest – The current most advanced result in a topic
Foundations
The Dependence Between the Properties of the Atomic Weights of the Elements
Description: In this paper the Periodic Table was introduced.
Notice that the table in the above link is the original one. Since then the table structure was slightly changed and new elements were added to it.
Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence
March's Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure
- Michael B. Smith,
Jerry March
- Wiley-Interscience, 5th edition, 2001, ISBN 0471585890
Description: A comprehensive reference for organic chemistry with over 20,000 references.
Importance: Introduction, Influence
Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry
- A.J. Hannaford, P.W.G. Smith, A.I. Vogel, A.R. Tatchell, B.S. Furnis
- Prentice Hall, 5th edition, 1996, ISBN
0582462363 (International Low-Cost Edition Available)
Description: A pragmatic compendium of understanding and synthesizing organic chemical compounds.
Importance: Introduction, Influence
Chemical Applications of Group Theory
- F. Albert Cotton
- Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 3rd Ed., 1990.
Description: The group theory book for chemists.
Importance:
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry
- Linus Pauling, E Bright Wilson
- New York, London, McGraw-Hill book company, 1935.
Description:
Importance:
The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals; An Introduction to Modern Structural
Chemistry
- Linus Pauling
- Ithaca, N.Y., London, Cornell University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1940.
Description:
Importance:
A Chemist's Guide to Density Functional Theory
- Wolfram Koch, Max Holthausen
- Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 2nd Ed., 2001.
Description: Wonderful overview of DFT for theorists and interested organic chemists.
Importance:
A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
Description: In this paper the structure of DNA was proposed. It consisted of a
double helix with a phosphate backbone, unlike Linus Pauling and R.B.
Corey's double helix where the backbone consisted of the bases. They conclude with the sly remark: "It has not escaped our notice
that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material."
Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Influence
subclass, Psychopharmacology
Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved: A Chemical Love Story (Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story)
Description: Half novel, story of exploration, the other, organic chemistry, effects, sysntheses, data. The technical
sections are online (http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal.shtml).
Importance: State of the art.
Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved: The Chemistry Continues (Tihkal: The Continuation)
Description: The technical sections are online (http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/tihkal/tihkal.shtml).
Importance: State of the art.
The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry
Description: A great overview of the theory, methodology, and techniques of drug design.
Importance: Introduction, Influence
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