"Overall this text is more comprehensive and more detailed in introductory descriptions than the classic text in the area,
Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Synthesis by Williams and Fleming. It is less of a handbook for PhDs and post-docs and will find its greatest utility as a substantial text for undergraduate teaching. In this respect it is the best around."--David O'Hagen, in
Chemistry World"EL the problems given at the conclusion of each chapter, as well as those
comprising the entirety of the final two chapters of the book, should
prepare any beginning graduate student in a natural products laboratory
for the structure elucidation problems that surely lie ahead."--Joshua N. Fletcher, in
Journal of Natural Products