Beilstein Dictionary
For users of the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry.
Copyright 1990 by Springer - Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg. Reproduced for educational purposes with permission from Springer - Verlag.
Preface |
Notes for the User |
Formulations Commonly Used in Beilstein
Preface
The Beilstein Dictionary (German/English) has been compiled by the scientific staff of the
Beilstein Institute to facilitate the use of Basic Series and Supplementary Series I to IV by
those Handbook users whose native language is not German. With a total of about 2,100 entries,
it contains most German words occurring in the Beilstein Handbook, as well as common
abbreviations, alphabetically listed with their English equivalents.
An appended supplement (page 59 onwards) lists a series of “standard formulations”
frequently used in Beilstein, together with their English translations.
It is our hope that this glossary will prove of assistance to the non German-speaking user
of Beilstein, in overcoming any language difficulties which may be encountered.
– The editorial staff of Beilstein
Notes for the User
The English equivalents of German words appearing in the Beilstein Handbook are chosen such
that in each case the most usual translation in the context of the Handbook of Organic Chemistry
is listed first, followed by other possibilities which can also occur in this context. The
equivalents of a particular German word which are not relevant to this context are not included;
e.g. the word “mittelstandig” in a chemical text would almost invariably mean
“in the middle or central position” and NOT “middle class” which is the everyday
meaning of the word.
German words whose spelling is identical to the English or so similar that confusion is
unlikely to arise are generally not included; e.g. the German words “Potential” and
“Elektrode” are not listed. Synonyms of English words are not given when their
meaning is identical to the word listed; e.g. German “nahe” is translated by
the word “near”; the synonym “close”, which is identical in meaning, is not
given.
Where a German word can have several different translations according to the context in which
it occurs (within the wider context of the Handbook), or where the English word given is open to
misinterpretation, an explanatory note is provided in brackets; e.g. German “abhandeln”
is translated as “treat”, the words “a topic or subject” are given in brackets
to indicate the usage of this word, which cannot, for example, mean treat a patient, or, treat
a solid with a liquid, etc.
Past participles and other parts of verbs which may not be immediately recognizable from the
infinitive form are listed separately at the appropriate place (alphabetically); e.g. 'ist' (is)
will be found as well as “sein” (to be).
The preposition “to”, indicating the infinitive form, is included before all English
verbs. This enables the user to identify the German word immediately as a verb.
Nouns in German, as in many other languages, with the notable exception of English, are
associated with a GENDER, masculine (m), feminine (f) or neuter (n), even though the noun may
refer to an inanimate object or an abstract idea. The genders of all nouns included in this
vocabulary are indicated by the appropriate letter in brackets behind the German word. This is
not only useful for the user who has some knowledge of German but also enables immediate
recognition of a noun. Another feature which facilitates recognition of German nouns is that
they are all invariably written with a capital letter (not just proper nouns as in English).
Most “longer” German words (usually nouns) are compound words formed by simply
writing two (or occasionally more) shorter words together (to form a new idea associated with
both of them), but without a space or hyphen as is usual in English.
For example, “reaction vessel” would be written
“Reaktionsgefass” in German, i.e. “reaktion” (reaction) plus “Gefass”
(vessel). The additional “s” or sometimes “n” between two words merely acts as
a link without further significance.
In order to make such “double” nouns easier to read for users of this vocabulary
who are unfamiliar with them, they are printed with a hyphen between them, e.g.
“Reaktionsgefass” is written “Reaktions-gefass”, (clearly indicating the
association of ideas), although in the text of the Handbook the two words are more commonly to
be found in the composite form without the hyphen. German words beginning with a modified vowel
(a,o,u) are to be found immediately after those beginning with the corresponding unmodified
vowel. e.g. ab before ab before ac before ac, etc.
The letters double 's' can be written in two ways in German, either as ss or as ß
(similar to the Greek beta), according to a special set of rules (which are of no interest to
the non-linguist). In order to simplify matters for the non German-speaker and avoid
confusion, only the ss form is used in this dictionary.
Formulations Commonly Used in Beilstein
A. Constitution
(1) Die fruher unter dieser Konstitution beschriebene Verbindung ist (wahrscheinlich)
als zu formulieren. The compound formerly described by this constitution is to be (probably)
formulated as …
(2) Entsprechendes gilt fur die als … und als … beschriebenen Derivate.
Correspondingly for the derivatives described as … and as …
(3) Bezuglich der Konstitution s. … For the constitution see …
(4) Die(se) (beiden) Konstitution(en) (Both) the(se) constitution(s)
- wird (werden) auf Grund der genetischen Beziehung zu . - zugeordnet. - is (are) assigned
on the basis of their derivational relationship to … - wird (werden) der (den) nachstehenden
Verbindung(en) zu- geordnet. -is (are) assigned to the following compound(s). - kommt
(wahrscheinlich) der von … als … formulierten Verbindung zu. -is (probably) assignable to
the compound formulated as … by …
(5) Nach Ausweis des …-Spektrums According to the … spectrum; - liegt (bei
Raumtemperatur) uberwiegend … vor.- … predominates (at room temperature). - hat im
nachstehend beschriebenen Praparat … vorgelegen. - compound … was present in the
described next.
(6) Die Verbindung ist als … zu formulieren. The compound
is to be formulated as …
(7) Auber dieser Konstitution ist auch die Formulierung als
… in Betracht zu ziehen. Besides this constitution the
formulation … must also be considered.
(8) Uber eine ebenfalls unter dieser Konstitution beschriebene
Verbindung s. … For a further compound described by this
constitution see …
(9) Die Konstitution ist nicht gesichert. This constitution
has not been fully verified.
(10) Die Einheitlichkeit ist zweifelhaft. The homogeneity
is doubtful.
(11) Die Identitat der von … unter dieser Konstitution
beschriebenen Verbindung ist ungewiss. The identity of the
compound described by … as having this constitution is uncertain.
(12) In dem in … beschriebenen Praparat In the compound
described in … - hat ein Gemisch von … mit … vorgelegen.
- a mixture of … and … was present. - hat ein Gemisch
mit dem unter … beschriebenen Stereo-isomeren vorgelegen.-
a mixture containing the stereo-isomers described in … was
present. - hat ein Isomerengemisch vorgelegen. - a mixture
of isomers was present.
B. Isolation
(1) Gewinnung aus dem unter … beschriebenen Racemat mit Hilfe von … Isolation
from the racemate described under … with the aid of …
(2) Gewinnung aus gleichen Teilen der unter (a) und (b) beschriebenen optischen Antipoden.
Isolation from equal parts of the optical antipodes described under (a) and (b).
C. Formation (abbreviated B.)
(1) Aus … mit Hilfe von … From … with the aid of …
(2) Aus … beim Behandeln(*) mit … und anschliessenden
Behandeln(*) mit … From … on treatment(*)
with … and subsequent treatment(*) with …
(3) Aus … bei der Umsetzung mit … und anschliebendem Behandeln(*)
mit … From … by conversion with … and subsequent treatment(*)
with …
(4) Analog (aus) der vorangehenden (folgenden) Verbindung. Analogous to the preceding
(following) compound.
(5) s. im vorangehenden/voranstehenden (folgenden) Artikel. See preceding (following)
item.
D. Chemical Behavior
(1) Beim Behandeln(*) mit … ist … erhalten worden.
Treatment(*) with … results in formation of …
(2) Bildung von … und … beim Behandeln(*) mit …
in … unter Zusatz von … und Behandeln(*) des Reaktionsprodukts
mit … Formation of … and … on treatment(*) with
… in … with addition of … and treatment(*) of the reaction
product with …
(3) Beim Erhitzen mit … in … auf …°, anschliessenden
Be-handeln(*) mit … und Erhitzen des danach erhaltenen Reaktionsprodukts
auf …° ist … erhalten worden. Heating with in … to …°, subsequent
treatment(*) with … and heating the reaction product obtained to …°
results in …
(4) Mengenverhaltnis der Reaktionsprodukte … und … beim
Be-handeln(*) mit … bei … °. Ratio of reaction products
… and … on treatment(*) with … at … °.
(5) Gleichgewichtskonstante des Reaktionssystems … Equilibrium constant of the reaction
system …
(6) Kinetik der Reaktion mit … Kinetics of the reaction with …
Geschwindigkeitskonstante der Reaktion mit … Rate constant of the reaction with …
I Zeitlicher Verlauf der Reaktion mit … Time dependent progress of the reaction
with …
(7) Reaktivitat gegenuber … Reactivity towards …
(8) Analog verlaufen die Reaktionen der Homologen. The reactions of the homologs proceed
analogously.
(9) Die beim Behandeln(*) mit … erhaltene Verbindung The
compound obtained on treatment with … -ist als … zu formulieren. -is formulated
as … -ist nicht als …, sondern als … zu formulieren. -is not formulated as
… but as …
(10) Die Identitat der beim Behandeln(*) mit … erhaltenen,
fruher als … beschriebenen Verbindung ist ungewiss. The identity of the compound obtained
on treatment(*) with … formerly described as … is uncertain.
(11) Beim Behandeln(*) mit … ist … nicht wiedererhalten
wor- den. … is not recovered by treatment with …
(*) For possible alternative wording consult dictionary.
For comments and suggestions, please contact Grace Baysinger at
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