FIAT Review of German Science

FIAT Review of German Science, Naturforsch. Med. Deutschland 1939-1946, Band 24, Anorganische Chemie, p. 112. 

W. Klemm, FIAT - Review of German Science, Naturforschung und Medizin in Deutschland, Anorganische Chemie, Teil 7F1939-1946,26,103. 

FIAT Rev. German Sci. FIAT Review of German Science. Office of Military Government for Germany. Field Information Agencies Technical, Wiesbaden. 

A191. G. Bahr, Organometallic Compounds (Ger.). Field intelligence agency technical (FIAT) review of German science (1939-1946). Inorg. Chem. Part II, pp. 155-179 (1948). A useful summary as much of the material has not been published elsewhere. 

FIAT Review of German Science 1939-46, Office of Technical Services, U. S. Dept. Commerce. 

The FIAT Review of German Science covers the period of years 1939-46. It was compiled by German scientists with the assistance of the Military Governments of the British, French, and American zones of occupied Germany. A complete list of titles and authors is given, and types of references, content, and distribution are discussed. 

A discussion of the Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT) Review of German Science is appropriately a part of a Symposium on Searching of Chemical Literature, for the reviews cover a period of years, 1939-46, during which the normal interchange of scientific information was seriously disrupted. In addition, it is only recently that practically the whole series of volumes has been completed in printed form and has become available to scientific libraries. 

The FIAT Review of German Science represents a major contribution to scientific literature. As reference works they should be of value to a research scientist whether he be associated with a university, industry, or a research institute. The least to be expected from their use is that disclosures and summaries of data on many researches of the period 1939-46 in Germany save time in literature searching as well as assist in bridging a gap in the continuity of scientific publication. 

Much of the early work in this area was reviewed by Rtidorff [1751] and Fischer [656a] in the FIAT Review of German Science these contain extremely important, otherwise unpublished, experimental data based upon the observations of Kwasnik. 

In the same year as the first open literature report of COCIF (1946), the FIAT review of German science (1939-1945) was published, and included a report of an alternative synthesis of COCIF [1194] ... 

The asymmetrical, fluorine-containing carbonyl halides, COXF (X = Cl, Br or I) were first prepared and examined by Kwasnik at I.G. Leverkusen (a part of I.G. Farbenindustrie) during World War II. This work was later disclosed by RUdorff [1751], and by Fischer [656a] in the enemy-property confiscation reports, known as the FIAT Reviews of German Science. 

As with a number of the other unsymmetrical halides, carbonyl fluoride iodide was flrst reported in the FIAT review of German science (1939-1945) [1196a,1751]. The compound was prepared by Kwasnik [1196a, 1751] from the reaction of iodine]V) fluoride with carbon monoxide according to ... 

W. Fischer, in "FIAT Review of German Science (1939-1946) Inorganic Chemistry,... 

W. RUdorff, in "FIAT Review of German Science (1939-1946) Inorganic Chemistry, Part 1", (Ed. W. Klemm), Office of Military Government for Germany Field Information Agencies Technical (FIAT), Weisbaden, 1948, p.239. 

Government Publications. Government, society, and academy publications must be included in any source list. The FIAT Review of German Science (5) and our U. S. government publications must be considered. 

The FIAT Review of German Science includes a number of references to unpublished work carried out in Germany during the war. This was issued in German in 86 volumes. The OTS has prepared a list of volume titles and prices of this set (26). An English translation of the FIAT Review is being published by the 0. W. Liebiger Research Laboratories, but only a few volumes have been issued to date (27). 

Hieber, W., FIAT Reviews of German Science 1939-1940 Inorganic Chemistry, Pt. II, pp. 108-145. Dieterich, Wiesbaden, 1948. 

Geib E (1946) See Clusius K et al Fiat review of German science (1939-1946), Physical Chemistry. 

Bahr G (1946) Fiat review of German Science. Inorganic chemistry, Part n, p 161... 

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