Chemical synthesis of oligosaccharides is important to organic chemistry because of the critical biological functions of carbohydrates. Unfortunately, no handbook has been published on the subject...until now. CRC Handbook of Oligosaccharides is a series of three volumes that includes all oligosaccharides synthesized between 1960 and 1986.

1. Glycosyl-Tetrose 2. Glycosyl-Pentoses 3. Glycosyl-D-Ribose 4. Glycosyl-D-Riburonic Acids 5. Glycosyl-2-Deoxy-D-Ribose 6. Glycosyl-D-Arabinoses 7. Glycosyl-L-Arabinoses 8. Glycosyl-D-Xyloses 9. Glycosyl-2-Amino-2-Deoxy-D-Xyloses 10. Glycosyl-Hexoses 11. Glycosyl-D-Glucoses 12. Glycosyl-D-Glucuronic Acids 13. Glycosyl-2-Amino-2-Deoxy-D-Glucoses 14. Glycosyl-2-Amino-2-Deoxy-D-Glucuronic Acid 15. Glycosyl-D-Quinovoses 16. Glycosyl-L-Quinovose 17. Glycosyl-D-Mannoses 18. Glycosyl-2-Amino-2-Deoxy-D-Mannoses 19. Glycosyl-D-Rhamnoses 20. Glycosyl-L-Rhamnoses 21. Glycosyl-L-Gulose 22. Glycosyl-D-Galactoses 23. Glycosyl-D-Galacturonic Acids 24. Glycosyl-2-Amino-2-Deoxy-D-Galactoses 25. Glycosyl-D-Fucoses 26. Glycosyl-L-Fucoses 27. Glycosyl-2-Amino-2-Deoxyl-L-Fucose 28. Glycosyl-D-Fructoses 29. Glycosyl-Muramic Acids 30. Glycosyl-3-Deoxy-D-Manno-2-Octulopyranosic Acid 31. Glycosyl-D-Neuraminic Acids 32. Glycosyl-Deoxy Sugars 33. Glycosyl-Monodeoxy Sugars 34. Glycosyl-Dideoxy Sugars 35. Glycosyl-Trideoxy Sugars 36. Glycosyl-Branched-Chain Sugars