Houben−Weyl. Methods in Organic Chemistry. Additional and Supplementary Volumes to the 4th Edition. Volume E 23o. Synopsis of the Structure of Houben−Weyl I. General Overview and 4th Edition By S. A. Boucher (Chichester, UK) and H. G. Padeken. Managing Editor H.-G. Padeken (Stuttgart, Germany). Georg Thieme Verlag: Stuttgart, New York. 2001. x + 872 pp. 3300 DM. ISBN 3-13-116694-0.