Thefourtheditionofthiswell-knowntextbookdiscussesthekeymethodsusedinorganicsynthesis,showingthevalueandscopeofthesemethodsandhowtheyareusedinthesynthesisofcomplexmolecules.Allthetextfromthethirdeditionhasbeenrevised,toproduceamodemaccountoftraditionalmethodsandanup-to-datedescriptionofrecentadvancementsinsyntheticchemistry.Thetextbookmaintainsatraditionalandlogicalapproachindetailingcarbon--carbonbondformations,followedbyanewchapteronthefunctionalizationofalkenesandconcludingwithoxidationandreductionreactions.Referencestylehasbeenimprovedtoincludefootnotes,allowingeasyandrapidaccesstotheprimaryliterature.Inaddition,aselectionofproblemshasbeenaddedattheendofeachchapter,withanswersattheendofthebook.Thebookwillbeofsignificantinteresttochemistryandbiochemistrystudentsatadvancedundergraduateandgraduatelevel,aswellastoresearchersinacademiaandindustrywhowishtofamiliarizethemselveswithmodemsyntheticmethods.