Umfassend, prägnant,leserfreundlich: Die aktualisierte 5. Auflage bietet 20% mehr Inhalt. Mehr als 200 herausragende Wissenschaftler aus aller Welt haben über 15000 Einträge zu allen Aspekten der Biokatalyse, heterogenen und homogenen Katalyse zusammengetragen.

Boy Cornils has worked at the former Hoechst AG in Germany, where he was the director of the research. Wolfgang A. Herrmann is President of the Technical University of Munich and has received several awards for his work in organometallic chemistry. Jianhe Xu is Professor at the East China University in Shanghai. HorstWerner Zanthoff, PhD, is scientific researcher at Evonik Industries AG and presently leads the Competence Center of Oxidation Catalysis at Evonik Industries Process Technology and Engineering department.