Book Review: Houben-Weyl: Methoden der Organischen Chemie. Vol. XIII/9a: Organometallverbindungen von Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os und Pt. Vol. XIII/9b: Organometallverbindungen von Co, Rh, Ir, Ni und Pd

✍ Scribed by Helmut Werner

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 151 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.198711971

✦ Synopsis

denn ihr Gekocht . . ."-i.e. he complained the books were so full of meaningless squiggles and obfuscations that if they were stewed up and fed to the pigs the latter would leave them alone and go on eating filth. The present reviewer cannot express his disappointment in language of such baroque eloquence, but must instead sum up his verdict on these two volumes in just one short sad phrase: What a shame! Helmut Bonnemann [NB 842 IE] Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, Miilheim/R. (FRG)