Industrial Organic Chemistry

Various Aspects of Energy and Raw Material Supply Basic Products of Industrial Syntheses Olefins Acetylene 1,3-Diolefins Syntheses Involving Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Products of Ethylene Alcohols Vinyl-Halogen and Vinyl-Oxygen Compounds Components for Polyamides Propene Conversion Products Aromatics - Production and Conversion Benzene Derivatives Oxidation Products of Xylene and Naphthalene

Professor Hans-Jürgen Arpe studied chemistry at the Christian-Albert-University in Kiel, Germany and where he also received his PhD under guidance of Professor R. Grewe. Hans-Jürgen Arpe commenced his career at the Koninklijke/ Shell-Laboratory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He then moved to the Shell Research Laboratories near Bonn, Germany, followed by his appoint as Head of the Research Department Aliphatic Intermediates at Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany and Head of the scientific library of Hoechst AG. Professor Arpe was an Honorary Professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen, Germany.

'... Für mich ist es die erste Adresse, um einen schnellen Überblick über eine Produktlinie zu bekommen ...' (Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie) '... Nur das Überzeugende überzeugt!' (Chemische Technik)' 'Es wäre unhöflich und irreführend, dieses Buch einen Kirk Othmer für Arme zu nennen, aber es könnte beinahe als Enzyklopädie beschrieben werden. Industrial Organic Chemistry ist sehr verständlich, und man muss die Hingabe und Anstrengung bewundern, mit der die Autoren so viel Information in ein Einzelwerk gesteckt haben. Sie haben ein Buch erschaffen, welches sowohl zum Lesen interessant ist, als auch als exzellentes Nachschlagewerk dient. Ich möchte das Buch sehr empfehlen, wobei ich hoffe, dass die Autoren die Energie finden, weiterhin regelmäßig Updates auf den Markt zu bringen.' (Chemistry in Britain) '... es sollte allzeit griffbereit jedem mit technischer organischer Chemie direkt oder indirekt befassten Chemiker oder Verfahrenstechniker zur Verfügung stehen. Es gehört vor allem in die Hand aller Chemiestudenten höherer Semester, insbesondere auch wenn technische Chemie, wie an vielen Universitäten üblich, kein integraler Bestandteil des Studiums ist ...' (Tenside-Surfactants-Detergents)'

"The fourth edition of this established work follows in the excellent tradition of the previous three editions. It retains the concept of the original, providing technological and economic information on the key building blocks of the chemical industry.
The book is packed with information, much of which cannot easily be found elsewhere, and certainly not in such a readily digestible form. The companies and innovators responsible for the chemistry described are clearly credited, and indeed this volume provides an excellent history of the worldwide bulk organic chemicals industry. Throughout the book the authors indicate potential future developments in the manufacture of these important precursors and intermediates.
The reader friendly format seen in the previous editions is retained, wherein each chapter or subsection is provided with a chemical flow diagram illustrating the interrelationship of the products, these flow diagrams folding out such that they can be constantly referred to whilst reading the text. In addition, the main text is accompanied by a synopsis in the margin, which concisely presents all of the essential points, thus facilitating browsing. The contents are logically and clearly organized, and there are detailed reference lists for each chapter, together with an extensive index. This latest edition also includes updated statistics and adopts the new IUPAC nomenclature guidelines.(...) This book will be a positive addition to the libraries and bookshelves of chemists and chemical engineers working in the organic sector, including those to whom many of the molecules describes are considered to be "commercially available starting materials". Non-scientists (e.g. industrial economists, lawyers) will also gain an appreciation of the complex technological, scientific and economic inter-relationships (and potential developments) which characterize industrial organic chemistry."
Organic Process Research & Development, Peter Spargo
 
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