Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations® is the entirely new edition of the acclaimed reference series, Houben-Weyl, the standard synthetic chemistry resource since 1909. This new edition is published in English and will comprise of 48 volumes published between the years 2000 and 2008.

Science of Synthesis is a quality referencework developed by a highly esteemed editorialboard to provide a comprehensive and criticalselection of reliable organic and organometallicsynthetic methods. Science of Synthesis is designedto be the first point of reference whensearching for a synthetic strategy.

• At present the series contains the expertise of 450 leading chemists worldwide
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