1. W. P. Jencks, Catalysis in Chemistry and Enzymology, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969.
2. M. L. Bender, Mechanisms of Homogeneous Catalysis from Protons to Proteins, Wiley—Interscience, New York, 1971.
3. T. C. Bruice and S. J. Benkovic, Bioorganic Mechanisms, Benjamin, New York, 1966.
4. A. J. Kirby and A. R. Fersht, in Progress in Bioorganic Chemistry, Vol. 1, E. T. Kaiser and F. J. Kezdy (eds.), Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1971, pp. 1–82.
5. S. Patai (ed.), The Chemistry of the Carbonyl Group, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1974.