The highly successful Fieser & Fieser series has provided several generations of professional chemists and students with an up-to-date survey of the reagent literature. Reagents are listed in alphabetical order by common name, and the brief entry tells how to make it or buy it, what it is good for, and where to find complete details. Volume 25 covers chemical literature from the beginning of 2007 to the end of June 2008.

Tse-Lok Ho is Professor of Organic Chemistry at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. His research interests are in organic synthesis, including the total synthesis of natural products and the underlying methodology. He has written twenty-seven books. Dr. Ho holds degrees from National Taiwan University and the University of New Brunswick, Canada.