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Houben-Weyl
Methods of Organic Chemistry

Houben-Weyl is the acclaimed reference series for preparative methods in organic chemistry, in which all methods are organized according to the class of compound or functional group to be synthesized.

Contains 146 000 product-specific experimental procedures,
580 000 structures, and 700 000 references!

The preparative significance of the methods for all classes of compounds is critically evaluated.

The series includes data from as far back as the early 1800s to the present day.

Houben–Weyl has developed over a period spanning four generations of researchers (see History). The foremost chemists of each generation had different and more exacting requirements for Houben-Weyl, and as such the reference series has become a vast literary work, providing researchers with a comprehensive and evaluated source of methods.

Due to the continued significance of Houben-Weyl's content, the 4th edition and E-series are still available in print.

Today’s chemists need reference works to be easily and quickly available to them. To this end, Houben–Weyl has evolved into an electronic product that allows you to find any of the 146 000 experimental procedures at the touch of a button.

News

Over 20,000
New Reactions

Science of Synthesis 3.6 is now available and contains 38 volumes with a total of 215,000 reactions. More details on the newly released version 3.6.

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.

Thieme IUPAC Prize

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