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THE large number of editions of Holleman's book is a measure of its popularity, and this appears to be well deserved. The present edition has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date; it embodies brief accounts of such developments as the synthesis of the anthocyanins, the structure of the sterols and bile-acids, chlorophyll and the vitamins. The theoretical side of the science is perhaps somewhat neglected as compared with the purely structural: for example, only a very brief mention is made of the modern theories of benzene substitution, without reference to the workers in this field after Vorlander. Similarly, acetoacetic ester and the oximes are the only examples of tautomerism quoted, and the existence of other (and simpler) types is not referred to.
Lehrbuch der Chemie
Von A. F. Holleman. Organischer Teil. Lehrbuch der organischen Chemie. Von A. F. Holleman. Zwanzigste, umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage von Friedrich Richter. Pp. xii + 546. (Berlin und Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter und Co., 1935.) 14 gold marks.
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Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nature 137, 558 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137558c0
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