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Abstract

ORGANIC chemists will welcome the appearance of this second volume of "Theilheimer", in wnich are to be found references to most of the more important synthetic reactions, old and new, described in the Europearn literature for 1944-46. This limitation to European sources is due solely to war conditions is to be remedied in a later volume in the American literature, inter alia, will be dealt with. In all, 845 reactions are cited, and it is interesting to note that half are from the Journal of the Chemical Society and one-third from Helvetica Chimica Acta. The reactions are arranged according to a system which is simple and clearly explained ; a good alphabetical index, which also covers the first volume, aids in the search for methods suitable for the synthesis of given types of compound. The information given under each reaction comprises the reference, supplemented if necessary by references to earlier key papers, and an outline of the experimental details.

Synthetische Methoden der organischen Chemie

Von W. Theilheimer. Repertorium 2. Pp. viii+309. (Basel and New York: S. Karger, 1948.) 35 Swiss francs.