QUICK BOOK REVIEW - Chemical Reaction Networks: A Graph-Theoretical Approach

Chemical Reaction Networks: A Graph-Theoretical Approach
Oleg N. Temkin, Andrew V. Zeigarnik, Danail G. Bonchev
CRC Press
QD 502 T4 1996
ISBN: 9780849328671


Strengths

1.       Interesting topic
2.       Lots of pictures showing the enumerations of reaction graphs
3.       Highly and well referenced

Weaknesses

1.       The methods in the topic are difficult to understand
2.       The theoretical approach does not seem descriptive enough
3.       Chemical reaction network graphs contain a lot of assumptions and information which makes them difficult to interpret
4.       Appears more interested in reaction graph classification rather than enumeration of possible reaction types
As a chemist, I would use this book for

1.       Learning how chemical reaction network searching, mining, and categorizing works
2.       Exploring ways to organize sets of chemical reactions in a mathematically sound way
3.       Interest in computer programs related to chemical reaction networks
4.       Learning some graph theory in relation to chemistry

Bonchev, D. (1991). Chemical graph theory: introduction and fundamentals (Vol. 1). CRC Press.