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Science of Synthesis

Science of Synthesis Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations is the entirely new edition of the acclaimed reference series, Houben-Weyl. This new edition is published in English and is available in both print and electronic formats.

Clear and systematic, Science of Synthesis provides practical solutions and offers a route through the mass of information available in the primary literature. This one-stop reference tool is:

Comprehensive: Contains synthetic models selected by world-renowned experts, with full experimental procedures and background information.

Reliable: The international editorial board, is made up of distinguished chemists with unparalleled experience and competence.

Logical and easy-to-navigate: Information is organized in a hierarchical system based on the compound or functional group to be synthesized.

Authoritative: Critically evaluates the preparative applicability and significance of the synthetic methods.

Wide-ranging: Considers methods from journals, books, and patent literature from the early 1800s up to the present day and presents important synthetic methods for all classes of compounds.

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Our organometallics category booklet (2.3 MB) as well as interactive sample contributions for Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4, and Volume 5 can be downloaded here in pdf format.

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News

Award for
Barry M. Trost

We would like to congratulate Barry M. Trost, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on being awarded the Nagoya Gold Medal of Organic Chemistry 2008.

Award for
Eric N. Jacobsen

We would like to congratulate Eric N. Jacobsen, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on being awarded the Yamada–Koga Prize 2008 which will be awarded on November 14, 2008, at the 18th Symposium on Optically Active Compounds held in Tokyo, Japan.

Awards for
Steven V. Ley

We would like to congratulate Steven V. Ley, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on receiving the Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award and the Hans Herloff Inhoffen Medal.

Volume Publication

We are pleased to announce the publication of Science of Synthesis Volume 37 [Ethers] by Craig J. Forsyth and Eric N. Jacobsen in May 2008.

Professor
John Colin Tatlow
(1923–2008)

We are very sorry to announce that Professor John Colin Tatlow passed away on April 9th, 2008. Professor Tatlow was the Editor-in-Chief of the E10 Organo-Fluorine Compounds (Houben–Weyl) series and made a major contribution to fluorine chemistry during his career. He was the recipient of the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry in 1990. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Over 18,000
New Reactions

Science of Synthesis Version 3.5 is now available. The electronic information resource now contains 34 volumes, out of what will eventually be a total of 48 volumes. This upgraded version has a total of 195,000 reactions. The newly added content consists of volumes 29 and 31

Thieme IUPAC Prize

Congratulations to
F. Dean Toste, recipient of the 2008 Thieme–IUPAC Prize.