Abstract
CONTENTS
I. Introduction 201
II. Monobasic carboxylic acids and their salts 201
III. Polybasic carboxylic acids and their compounds with metals 202
IV. Halogenated acids and their salts 203
V. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and its compounds with metals 203
VI. Amino-acids and their compounds with metals 204
VII. Hydroxy-acids and their compounds with metals 205
VIII. Criteria of the linking of functional groups and of chelate ring formation 206