Grundlagen der Stereochemie

Abstract

WITH the detailed problems of classical stereochemartry developed first in organic chemistry under van't Hoff and Le Bel, and twenty years later in inorganic chemistry under Werner, this book is not directly concerned. It is not a text-book of stereochemistry, but rather a presentation of the fundamental principles on which a comprehensive stereochemistry can be developed. The author's distinguished contributions to the geometrical theory of crystal structure and to mineralogy are well known. In recent years the highly successful developments of crystal chemistry, particularly in the direction of the silicates and other mineral structures, have added to and deepened this background. Consequently it is not surprising if the treatment is found to follow lines perhaps unfamiliar, but nevertheless very stimulating, to the chemist.

Grundlagen der Stereochemie

Von Prof. Paul Niggli. (Lehrbücher und Monographien aus dem Gebiete der exakten Wissenschaften, Chemische Reihe, Bank 1.) Pp. 283. (Basel: Verlag Birkhäuser, 1945.) 32.50 francs.