Beilstein Guide

Weissbach, O. The Beilstein Guide A Manual for the Use o/Beilsteins Handbuch der Organischen... 

Printed Beilstein can also be tricky to use because compounds are often treated as derivatives of an nnexpected parent, so that, for example, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran do not occur together 2-methylfuran is first followed by numerous halogeno-, azido-, etc., 2-methylfurans. Various user guides to the printed Beilstein have been published at different times. 

In addition there is a Structure/Reaction search option. Guides and a Help button provide detailed information for searching CrossFire Beilstein. 

A third supplement EIH) is at present in progress to cover the literature to 1950. To find a given compound in the main work and first two supplements it is sufficient to look in the index to the second supplement, but to locate information in the third supplement it will be necessary to locate the system number already allocated and turn to it in the appropriate volume, as the subject matter of each volume of the HW and each supplement are the same except for the period covered. Each volume of Beilstein has a detailed table of contents and an index to facilitate the finding of any compound. Before the publication of the indexes it was necessary to understand the system of classification in order to do this, and the following guides have been published ... 

Runquist, O. A. A Programmed Guide to Beilstein s Handbuch Burgess Minneapolis, MN, 1966. 

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