The highly anticipated second edition of the textbook Experimental Organic Chemistry is now available, resulting from the collaboration of renowned scientists V. Papageorgiou, A. Kotalis, S. Zlátanou, and A. Asimopoulou. This book provides a comprehensive and essential guide for anyone working in an Organic Chemistry laboratory, thoroughly covering techniques and methods of preparation, purification, and analysis of organic compounds.

The content of the book is divided into six detailed sections, offering a holistic approach to the subject:

• Laboratory Safety: Focuses on accident prevention, proper laboratory attire, and first aid procedures for poisoning or chemical burns.
• Laboratory Techniques: Presents necessary equipment, preparatory work, and modern heating, cooling, and stirring methods.
• Purification Methods: Analyzes in depth the most commonly used techniques such as filtration, centrifugation, extraction, distillation, crystallization, and sublimation.
• Chromatographic Analysis: Due to the rapid development of the field, the book dedicates a whole section to chromatography (paper, thin-layer, column, and gas chromatography), providing practical exercises and detailed techniques.
• Organic Syntheses: Includes critical reactions such as oxidation, reduction, esterification, as well as modern methods like "metathesis," which was recognized with the Nobel Prize in 2006.
• Bibliography: Offers a complete guide to searching for information in primary and secondary sources, with particular emphasis on electronic databases and international data banks.

The new edition incorporates illustrative diagrams and images of equipment, as well as tables of characteristic symbols for hazardous properties and solubilities of substances. Additionally, it includes specialized applications such as the separation of natural products from plants (e.g., Alkanna tinctoria) and the analysis of fatty substances.

The book is intended for students, researchers, and industry professionals seeking precision and safety in their laboratory practices.