Recent advances in the field of high pressure techniques influenced me to propose an Advanced Study Institute in Hi0h Pressure Chemistry. It was intended that the summer school should devote itself exclusively to the description and discussion of the effects of pressure in chemistry. Besides typical effects on matter, the application of high pressure techniques to existing research methods were to be treated, as well as pressure effects on reaction rates and equilibria. According to the concept of the Advanced Study Institute Program, the Summer School proceedings were meant to be a high level teaching activity. It was emphasized that the contributions should have the character of surveys rather than of highly specialized reports on recent research results. NOw, following the successful completion of the summer school, which involved very close cooperation with my colleagues during its preparation, it is my sincere wish to thank all the lecturers and contributors to this volume for the extreme care they used in preparing the lectures and manuscripts. I am especially grateful to the members of the organizing committee for their valuable assistance. Finally, the financial support of the Scientific Affairs Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is equally appreciated by participants and organizers of the Advanced Study Institute.

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Generation and Measurement of Pressure.- Computer Simulation at High Pressure.- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at High Pressure.- Neutron Scattering at High Pressure.- High-Pressure Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy.- Mossbauer Spectroscopy on Solids Under pressure.- X-Ray Diffraction on Solids Under Pressure.- Solids Under Pressure.- Experimental Investigations of Fluids at High Pressures and Elevated Temperatures.- The Effect of Pressure on the Electronic Structure of Fluids.- Determination and Interpretation of Volumes of Activation.- Fast Reactions in Solution Under High Pressure.- Organic Model Reactions Under Pressure.- Organic Problem Reactions Pressure.- Effects of Pressure on the Formation and Properties of Polymers.- Pressure Effects on Rapid Equilibria in Solution.- The Effects of Pressure on the Rates of Reactions of Coordination Compounds in Solution.- Pressure Effects on Biochemical Systems.- Kinetic Phenomena in Gases at High Pressure.- High Pressure Effects on Photophysical and Photochemical Primary Processes.- List of Participants.- Index of Names.- Index of Chemical Compounds.- Index of Subjects.