Covering all theoretical and practical aspects of the applications of spot tests to organic analysis, this book includes information on more than 900 tests. It continues to be an indispensable reference to organic and analytical chemists in academia and in industry.Chapter 1. Development, Present State and Prospects of Organic Spot Test Analysis Chapter 2. Preliminary (Exploratory) Tests Chapter 3. Detection of Characteristic Functional Groups in Organic Compounds Chapter 4. Detection of Structures and Certain Types of Organic Compounds Chapter 5. Identification of Individual Organic Compounds Chapter 6. Application of Spot Tests in the Differentiation of Isomers and Homologous Compounds. Determination of Constitutions Chapter 7. Application of Spot Reactions in the Testing of Materials, Examination of Purity, Characterization of Pharmaceutical Products, etc.