During the last decade several texts in the areas of stereochemistry and
conformational analysis have been published, including Stereochemistry o/”
Carbon Compounds (Eliel, McGraw-Hill, 1962) and Conformational Analysis
(Eliel, Allinger, Angyal, and Morrison, Interscience, 1965). While the
writing of these books was stimulated by the high level of research activity in
the area of stereochemistry, it has, in turn, spurred further activity. As a result,
many of the details found in these texts are already inadequate or out of
date, although the student of stereochemistry and conformational analysis
may still learn the basic concepts of the subject from them