A tribute to Arthur Israel Vogal(1905-1966)

摘要

First published in 1948,Arthur Vogel's monumental work,A Text-Book of Practical Organic Chemistry,contains a wealth of information on the preparation,properties and analysis of aromatic and aliphatic compounds.Included are details of reactions with such wonderful names as the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction,Darzens glycidic ester condensation,Prileschajew epoxidation reaction and the Bucherer hydantoin synthesis.And who could forget the Knoevenagel reaction?