Methods of organic chemistry
Houben-Weyl is the abbreviation for the manual " Methods of Organic Chemistry ", a standard work in chemical literature .
The manual founded by Theodor Weyl (1851–1913) and continued by Josef Houben (1875–1940) and Karl Heinz Büchel (1931–2020) attempts to comprehensively compile the methods and regulations for the production and derivatization of organic compounds.
The fourth and last German-language edition was published by Thieme Verlag since 1952 and was completed in 1987. Supplementary volumes have been published since 1982 and were completed in 1999. The 4th edition consists of 16 volumes, each consisting of several sub-volumes. The first four volumes of the 4th edition deal with general laboratory practices, volumes five to 15 special substance groups, volume 16 is an index volume. Up to 2003 the printed 4th edition had 90 individual volumes. The supplementary volumes were partly published with a different thematic breakdown than the main work, and topics that were not previously dealt with were taken up.
An English-language 5th edition has been published since 2001.
Parts of the work have been available online since September 2010, starting with a selection of around 14,000 responses.
The work will be continued electronically and in various print editions as Science of Synthesis from 2000.
In 1987, Hans-Gerd Padeken and the editorial team of Houben-Weyl received the Literature Prize of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie .
expenditure
- Theodor Weyl (founder), Josef Houben (ed.), Karl H. Büchel (ed.): Methods of organic chemistry . Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-13-140084-6 .
Web links
- Information from Thieme-Verlag
- Video from the publisher on the history of Houben-Weyl
- Online version website
- Henning Hopf, M. Fiona Shortt de Fernandez: 100 years Weyl, Houben and their handbook (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is Houben-Weyl? Description of the work on the publisher's website , accessed on January 3, 2018.