This book has been written for B.Pharm. students of Indian universities. Though a number of laboratory manuals are available in the market, what makes ?practical handbook of pharmaceutical organic chemistry? stand apart is the simple and user friendly presentation of the material. This book not only provides the accurate and practical procedures for all experiments, but it also explains the principle and rationale behind each experiment. The handbook attempts to cover all the experiments generally prescribed in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry syllabi right from the qualitative analysis to chromatographic methods. This handbook has been written in such a way that the students, at the end of an experiment would be able to answer questions mentioned in each chapter. Appendix contains Glossary, explaining commonly used terms in organic chemistry and procedures for preparation of important reagents useful in qualitative analysis.