Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Book Reviews

Book reviews are written by invitation from the editor. Suggestions for books to be reviewed and for book reviewers are welcome.*

* Publishers should send brochures or (better) books to the editorial office. The editor reserves the right of selecting which books will be reviewed. Uninvited books not chosen for reviews will not be returned.

2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

• Morten Meldal
  Artificial Enzymes. Edited by Ronald Breslow.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 48, 7829-7830.

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• Hans Steinhart
  The Maillard Reaction. Chemistry, Biochemistry and Implications. By Harry Nursten.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 46, 7503-7504.

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• Volker Jacob
  The Elements of Murder. A History of Poison. Von John Emsley.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 45, 7332.

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• Hans-Friedrich Klein
  Practical Interpretation of P-31 NMR Spectra and Computer Assisted Structure Verification. Von Louis D. Quin und Antony J. Williams.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 45, 7331.

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• Evamarie Hey-Hawkins
  Molecular Orbitals of Transition Metal Complexes. By Yves Jean.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 44, 7163-7164.

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• Georg Hohlneicher
  Electronic and Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Fundamentals and Case Studies. By Andrew Ellis, Miklos Feher and Timothy Wright.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 43, 6983-6984.

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• Boy Cornils
  Integrated Chemical Processes. Synthesis, Operation, Analysis, and Control. Edited by Kai Sundmacher, Achim Kienle, and Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 42, 6807-6808.

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• Hans Bettermann
  Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry. Series in Chemical Physics. By Philip R. Bunker and Per Jensen.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 41, 6616.

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• Olaf Prien
  Life Saving Drugs. The Elusive Magic Bullet. By John Mann.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 41, 6615-6616.

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• Arne Lützen
  Essential NMR. By Bernhard Blümich.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 40, 6445-6446.

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• William Tam
  Ruthenium in Organic Synthesis. Edited by Shun-Ichi Murahashi.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 39, 6269-6270.

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• Philip Kraft
  Books for the (Chemical) Senses
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 38, 6105-6107.

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• Winfried Plass
  Magnetism: Molecules to Materials V. Edited by Joel S. Miller and Marc Drillon.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 37, 5922-5923.

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• Jörg Eppinger
  Protein Microarray Technology. Edited by Dev Kambhampati.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 36, 5770.

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• Vijay Nair
  Multicomponent Reactions. Edited by Jieping Zhu and Hugues Bienyamé.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 36, 5769-5770.

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• Wolfram Saenger
  Handbook of RNA Biochemistry. Vol. 1+2. Edited by Roland K. Hartmann, Albrecht Bindereif, Astrid Schön and Eric Westhof.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 34, 5367-5368.

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• Werner Schroth
  Our Lives. Encounters of a Scientist. By István Hargittai.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 33, 5169-5170.

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• Henning Hopf
  The Life and Work of Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882). Edited by Johannes Büttner.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 33, 5168-5169.

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• Siegfried R. Waldvogel
  Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis. Background and Detailed Mechanisms. By Laszlo Kürti and Barbara Czako.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 32, 5005-5006.

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• Axel Kleemann
  The Merck Druggernaut. The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant. By Fran Hawthorne.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 31, 4834-4835.

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• Steve Weiner
  Biomineralization. Progress in Biology, Molecular Biology and Application. Edited by Edmund Bäuerlein.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 31, 4833-4834.

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• Oleg S. Vasyutinskii
  Molecular Reaction Dynamics. By Raphael D. Levine.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 30, 4664-4665.

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• Dennis H. Rouvray
  The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge. Transformation and Change. Edited by Mary Archer and Christopher Haley.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 30, 4663-4664.

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• Miguel A. Sierra
  Side Reactions in Organic Synthesis. A Guide to Successful Synthesis Design. By Florencio Zaragoza-Dörwald.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 29, 4430-4431.

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• Eugenii Katz
  Nanofabrication Towards Biomedical Applications. Techniques, Tools, Applications, and Impact. Edited by Challa S. S. R. Kumar, Josef Hormes and Carola Leuschner.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 29, 4429-4430.

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• Jörg Bettmer
  Analytical Chemistry. A Modern Approach to Analytical Science, 2nd Edition. Edited by Robert Kellner, Jean-Michel Mermet, Matthias Otto, Miguel Valcárel and H. Michael Widmer.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 28, 4286-4287.

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• Michael J. Krische
  Asymmetric Organocatalysis. From Biomimetic Concepts to Applications in Asymmetric Synthesis. By Albrecht Berkessel and Harald Gröger.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 28, 4285-4286.

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• Günter Haufe
  Handbook of Fluorous Chemistry. Edited by John A. Gladysz, Dennis P. Curran and István Horváth.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 27, 4121-4122.

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• Dietrich Döpp
  Synthetic Organic Photochemistry. Edited by Axel G. Griesbeck and Jochen Mattay.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 27, 4120-4121.

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• Bretislav Friedrich
  Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew. By Dietrich Stoltzenberg.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 26, 3957-3961.

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• Andreas Hirsch
  Acetylene Chemistry. Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science. By François Diederich, Peter J. Stang and Rik R. Tykwinski.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 25, 3803-3804.

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• Bernd Schmidt
  Modern Rhodium-Catalyzed Organic Reactions. Edited by P. Andrew Evans.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 25, 3802-3803.

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• Andreas Herrmann
  Chemistry and Technology of Flavors and Fragrances. Edited by David J. Rowe.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 24, 3650-3651.

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• Nediljko Budisa
  Evolutionary Methods in Biotechnology. Clever Tricks for Directed Evolution. By Susanne Brakmann and Andreas Schwienhorst.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 24, 3649-3650.

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• Axel von Zelewsky
  Chiral Photochemistry. (Series: Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry, Vol. 11.). Edited by Yoshihisa Inoue and Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 23, 3515-3516.

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• Guozhong Cao
  The Nano-Micro Interface. Bridging the Micro and Nano Worlds. Edited by Hans-Jörg Fecht and Matthias Werner.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 23, 3514-3515.

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• Phil S. Baran
  Dead Ends and Detours. Direct Ways to Successful Total Synthesis. By Miguel A. Sierra and María C. de la Torre.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 22, 3338-3339.

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• Svetlana B. Tsogoeva
  Transition Metals for Organic Synthesis. Building Blocks and Fine Chemicals. Edited by Matthias Beller and Carsten Bolm.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 22, 3337-3338.

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• Gerhard Fink
  Encyclopedia of the Elements. Technical Data, History, Processing, Applications. By Per Enghag.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 21, 3174-3175.

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• Phil Andrews
  Main Group Metals in Organic Synthesis. Vols. 1 & 2. Edited by Hisashi Yamamoto and Koichiro Oshima.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 21, 3173-3174.

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• Dieter Lenoir
  Carbocation Chemistry. Edited by George A. Olah and G. K. Surya Prakash.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 20, 3003-3004.

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• Frank Maaß
  Chasing the Molecule. By John Buckingham.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 20, 3002.

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• Rudolf Holze
  Organic Electrochemistry. Series: Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry, Vol. 8; Series editors: A. J. Bard, M. Stratmann. Edited by Hans J. Schäfer.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 19, 2832-2833.

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• Javier Rojo
  Synthetic Multivalent Molecules. Concepts and Biomedical Applications. By Seok-Ki Choi.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 18, 2629-2630.

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• Marc Baldus
  Introduction to Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. By Melinda J. Duer.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 17, 2473-2474.

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• Paul A. Sermon
  Concepts of Modern Catalysis and Kinetics. By I. Chorkendorff and J. W. Niemantsverdriet.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 16, 2323.

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• G. K. Surya Prakash
  Fluorine in Organic Chemistry. By Richard D. Chambers.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 16, 2322-2323.

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• Francesco Recupero
  Modern Oxidation Methods. Edited by Jan-Erling Bäckvall.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 16, 2321-2322.

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• Christian Markert
  High-Throughput Screening in Chemical Catalysis. Technologies, Strategies and Applications. Edited by Alfred Hagemeyer, Peter Strasser and Anthony F. Volpe, Jr..
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 15, 2183-2184.

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• Manfred Sprinzl
  Protein Synthesis and Ribosome Structure. Translating the Genome. Edited by Knud H. Nierhaus and Daniel N. Wilson.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 15, 2182-2183.

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• Michael North
  Amines. Synthesis, Properties and Applications. By Stephen A. Lawrence.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 14, 2053-2055.

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• Gerhard Maas
  Modern Allene Chemistry. Vols. 1 and 2. Edited by Norbert Krause and Stephen K. Hashmi.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 13, 1909-1911.

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• Andreas Heuer
  Energy Landscapes. Applications to Clusters, Biomolecules and Glasses. By David J. Wales.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 12, 1756-1757.

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• Holger Butenschön
  Transition Metal Arene π-Complexes in Organic Synthesis and Catalysis. (Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 7.). Edited by E. Peter Kündig.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 11, 1591-1592.

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• Samuel Terrettaz
  Bioelectrochemistry of Membranes. Principles and Practice. Edited by D. Walz, J. Teissié, and G. Milazzo.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 11, 1590-1591.

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• George B. Kauffman, Laurie M. Kauffman
  Newton's Darkness. Two Dramatic Views. By Carl Djerassi and David Pinner.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 10, 1440-1442.

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• G. K. Surya Prakash
  Modern Fluoroorganic Chemistry. By Peer Kirsch.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 10, 1439.

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• Burkard Kreidler
  Multimetallic Catalysts in Organic Synthesis. Edited by Masakatsu Shibasaki and Yoshinori Yamamoto.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 09, 1295-1296.

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• Jan van Hest
  Polymer Brushes. Edited by Rigoberto C. Advincula, William J. Brittain, Kenneth C. Caster and Jürgen Rühe.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 09, 1294-1295.

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• Jerome A. Berson
  Experiments, Models, Paper Tools. Cultures of Organic Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century. By Ursula Klein.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 08, 1157-1159.

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• Martin Kahms
  Biophysical Chemistry. By Alan Cooper.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 07, 998.

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• Shannon S. Stahl
  Palladium Reagents and Catalysts.New Perspectives for the 21st Century. By Jiro Tsuji.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 07, 997-998.

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• Brigitte Voit
  An Introduction to Plastics. 2nd edition. By Hans-Georg Elias.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 06, 848.

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• Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz
  Bioconjugation Protocols. Strategies and Methods. Edited by Christof M. Niemeyer.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 06, 847.

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• Michael Reggelin
  Chemical Structure, Spatial Arrangement. The Early History of Stereochemistry, 1874–1914. By Peter J. Ramberg.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 05, 669-671.

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• Henning Breyhan, Thomas Kolter
  Chemical Biology. A Practical Course. Edited by Herbert Waldmann and Petra Janning.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 04, 511-512.

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• Martin Bröring
  Organometallics in Process Chemistry. (Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 6.). Edited by Robert D. Larsen.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 03, 360-361.

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• Christian Ochsenfeld
  Calculation of NMR and EPR Parameters. Edited by Martin Kaupp, Michael Bühl and Vladimir G. Malkin.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 03, 359-360.

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• Richard Cosstick
  Nucleic Acids. By Shawn Doonan.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 02, 184-185.

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• Fritz H. Frimmel
  Principles of Chemical Separations with Environmental Applications. By Richard D. Noble and Patricia A. Terry.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 02, 183-184.

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• David Bergbreiter
  Synthetic Metal-Containing Polymers. By Ian Manners.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 01, 24.

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• G. Jeffery Leigh
  Dithiolene Chemistry. Synthesis, Properties and Applications. Edited by Kenneth D. Karlin and Edward I. Stiefel.
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, No. 01, 23.

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