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W h a t h a s b e e n s a i d a b o v e a l s o h o l d s t r u e f o r P a r t II ( E l e m e n t s and Compounds) a n d e v e n m o r e s o f o r P a r t III (Special G r o u p s of S u b s t a n c e s ) . In e v e r y c a s e t h e d e c i s i o n a s to i n c l u s i o n o r o m i s s i o n w a s d i c t a t e d by c o n s i d e r a t i o n s of a v a i l a b l e s p a c e . H e r e , a g a i n , t h e e d i t o r would b e g r a t e f u l for any s u g g e s t i o n s o r c r i t i c i s m s .

Preface to the Second Edition

T h e f i r s t edition of t h e Handbook of P r e p a r a t i v e I n o r g a n i c C h e m i s t r y w a s intended t o fill a g a p in t h e e x i s t i n g l i t e r a t u r e . B e c a u s e it a c c o m p l i s h e d i t s m i s s i o n s o w e l l , it h a s won wide r e s p e c t and r e a d e r s h i p . T h u s , t h e a u t h o r s h a v e b e e n p e r s u a d e d t o i s s u e a s e c o n d , r e v i s e d and e n l a r g e d e d i t i o n , e v e n though a r e l a t i v e l y b r i e f p e r i o d h a s e l a p s e d s i n c e t h e a p p e a r a n c e of t h e f i r s t .

T h e p r e s e n t edition i s m u c h m o r e t h a n a r e v i s i o n of t h e p r e v i o u s w o r k .

S e v e r a l s e c t i o n s had to be c o m p l e t e l y r e w r i t t e n ; in a n u m b e r of c a s e s , t h e c h o i c e of c o m p o u n d s t o b e i n c l u d e d h a s b e e n c h a n g e d ; above a l l , r e c e n t l y d e v e l o p e d p r o c e s s e s , m e t h o d s and a p p a r a t u s could not be n e g l e c t e d . T h e r e a d e r will note a l s o t h a t s e v e r a l new a u t h o r s h a v e c o o p e r a t e d in t h i s v e n t u r e .

T h u s , we a r e p r e s e n t i n g w h a t i s in m a n y r e s p e c t s a c o m - p l e t e l y new w o r k . M o s t of t h e p r e p a r a t i v e m e t h o d s p r e s e n t e d h e r e h a v e e i t h e r b e e n v e r i f i e d by r e p e t i t i o n in t h e a u t h o r ' s own l a b o r a t o r y o r c h e c k e d and r e c h e c k e d in t h o s e of o u r c o l l a b o r a t o r s . We t r u s t t h a t t h e r e a d e r will benefit f r o m t h e i m p r o v e d r e l i a b i l i t y and r e p r o d u c i b i l i t y t h a t t h i s a f f o r d s .

T h e e d i t o r i a l w o r k could not h a v e b e e n c o m p l e t e d without t h e i n v a l u a b l e h e l p of D r . H. B a r n i n g h a u s e n , M i s s G. B o o s , and m y w i f e , D o r i s B r a u e r . C r e d i t f o r t h e c a r e f u l l a y o u t of t h e m o r e t h a n eighty new o r r e v i s e d d r a w i n g s found in t h e book g o e s t o M r s . U.

S p o r k e r t . T o a l l of m y c o - w o r k e r s , a d v i s e r s , c o l l e a g u e s and f r i e n d s who h a v e given t h e i r a s s i s t a n c e , I w i s h t o e x t e n d m y h e a r t f e l t t h a n k s .

F r e i b u r g , A p r i l 1960 G. B r a u e r

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