[pt. 1.] Theoretical aspects of the chemistry of the hydroxyl group / R.F.W. Bader -- Nucleophilic attack by hydroxide and alkoxide ions / Colin A. Fyfe -- Free radical and electrophilic hydroxylation / D.F. Sangster -- Formation of hydroxyl groups via oxymetallation, oxidation, and reduction / I.R.L. Barker -- Electrochemistry of the hydroxyl group / Henning Lund -- Detection and determination of hydroxyl groups / Sidney Siggia, J. Gordon Hanna and Thomas R. Stengle -- Acidity and inter- and intra-molecular H-bonds / C.H. Rochester -- Directing and activating effects / D.A.R. Happer and J. Vaughan -- Electrophilic attacks on the hydroxyl group / Pentti Salomaa, Alpo Kankaanperä and Kalevi Pihlaja -- Oxidation and reduction of phenols / Mihailo Lj. Mihailović and Živorad Čeković -- Displacement of hydroxyl groups / Geoffrey W. Brown -- [pt. 2.] The dehydration of alcohols / H. Knözinger -- Uncatalysed rearrangements involving the hydroxyl group / Elliot N. Marvell and William Whalley -- Biological formation and reactions of the hydroxyl group / S.K. Erickson, J. Schädelin, U. Schmeling, H.-H. Schott, V. Ullrich and Hj. Staudinger -- Syntheses and uses of ¹⁸O-labelled hydroxylic compounds / S. Oae and S. Tamagaki -- Photochemistry of alcohols and phenols / Hans-Dieter Becker -- The radiation chemistry of the hydroxyl group / R.A. Basson -- Protection of the hydroxyl group / H.M. Flowers -- The mass spectra of hydroxyl compounds / R. Graham Cooks -- Hydroxide-alkoxide ion equilibria and their influence on chemical reactions / Juhani Murto.