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Science of Synthesis at Stanford University
Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations

Published by Thieme, Science of Synthesis (SoS) is available to members of the Stanford community. We have a site license to the web version that allows users to search SoS on campus and off-campus. The Swain Library has print copies of Science of Synthesis (Reference QD 262 .S35) and Houben-Weyl: Methoden der Organischen Chemie (Reference QD 258 .M44).

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