Publisher's Synopsis
The high pressure method of chemical synthesis is one of the most developed, unconventional tools for preparation of either new or known compounds and as a result there are a large number of interesting reviews in this field of chemistry. Developments in high-pressure inorganic and organic chemistry have been especially numerous and have been the subject of two earlier books Organic High Pressure Chemistry (W. le Noble, Elsevier, 1988) and Inorganic High Pressure Chemistry (R. van Eldik, Elsevier, 1986). This book, intended as a companion volume, highlights the specific problems of chemical synthesis. It has been written to increase the awareness of practising chemists of techniques which could prove advantageous, and to provide a useful summary of information to those engaged in high-pressure research.
