There are four volumes in this series on organophosphorus chemistry, a sub-series of Saul Patai's Chemistry of Functional Groups series. Together the volumes provide comprehensive coverage of the entire organophosphorus area, which is critical to main-line organic chemistry in both academic and industrial circles. The general format of the material on organophosphorus chemistry follows that of the volumes in the Patai series, with commissioned chapters on the theoretical/structural aspects, stereochemistry, synthesis, photochemistry, spectroscopy and biochemistry.

Frank R. Hartley is the editor of The Chemistry of Organophosphorus Compounds: Ter- and Quinque-Valent Phosphorus Acids and Their Derivatives, Volume 4, published by Wiley.

Professor Saul Patai, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, founded the Patai Series.