[pt. 1.] General and theoretical aspects of the thiol group / I.G. Csizmadia -- Structural chemistry of the thiol group / Iain C. Paul -- Thermochemistry of thiols / Robert Shaw -- Preparation of thiols / J.L. Wardell -- Detection and determination of thiols / Angelo Fontana and Claudio Toniolo -- The mass spectra of thiols / Chava Lifshitz and Zeev V. Zaretskii -- The optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism of thiols / C. Toniolo and A. Fontana -- Acidity and hydrogen-bonding / M.R. Crampton -- Directing and activating effects / G. Maccagnani and G. Mazzanti -- Photochemistry of thiols / A.R. Knight -- [pt. 2.] The radiation chemistry of thiols / J.E. Packer -- Synthetic uses of thiols / Richard K. Olsen and James O. Currie -- Biochemistry of the thiol group / Arvan L. Fluharty -- Protection of the thiol group / Y. Wolman -- Rearrangements involving thiols / Tuvia Sheradsky -- Thiols as nucleophiles / Michael E. Peach -- Oxidation of thiols / G. Capozzi and G. Modena -- The synthesis and uses of isotopieally labelled thiols / Aviva Lapidot and Charles S. Irving.