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The wiswesser line-formula chemical notation
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THEiWISWESSERLINE-FOFMJLACHEMICALNOTATION Elbert G. Smith McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N.Y., 1968, 302 pages plus index, $15.00 !Ihenumber of organic structures described in the literature may well be over 3 million. fireover, a yearly mushrooming of the number of new structures is evident, and a complex retrieval problem has been created by this avalanche of information. I)bcope with this, information scientists are using computer-based organic structure retrieval systems. One of these, reputed to be the most widely accepted, is the Wiswesser LLnear Notation (WLN). lhis book details in an authoritative manner the WLN in an expanded and revised form. ‘IheWLN is a system of symbols consisting of capital letters, ten digits and three punctuation marks to represent the structures of molecules. A working knowledge of the notation may be obtained by any well-trained organic chemist who is willing to invest a moderate 891Duntof time and effort.
I personally was fascinated by the book, and believe it to be sn important contribution to information science. Seymour Bernstein Lederle Iaboratories, A Division of American Cyanamid Company
THEiWISWESSERLINE-FOFMJLACHEMICALNOTATION Elbert G. Smith McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N.Y., 1968, 302 pages plus index, $15.00 !Ihenumber of organic structures described in the literature may well be over 3 million. fireover, a yearly mushrooming of the number of new structures is evident, and a complex retrieval problem has been created by this avalanche of information. I)bcope with this, information scientists are using computer-based organic structure retrieval systems. One of these, reputed to be the most widely accepted, is the Wiswesser LLnear Notation (WLN). lhis book details in an authoritative manner the WLN in an expanded and revised form. ‘IheWLN is a system of symbols consisting of capital letters, ten digits and three punctuation marks to represent the structures of molecules. A working knowledge of the notation may be obtained by any well-trained organic chemist who is willing to invest a moderate 891Duntof time and effort.
I personally was fascinated by the book, and believe it to be sn important contribution to information science. Seymour Bernstein Lederle Iaboratories, A Division of American Cyanamid Company