 The journal, along with the "European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry", was established in 1998 as the result of a merger of "Chemische Berichte/Recueil," "Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France," "Bulletin des Sociétés Chimiques Belges," "Gazzetta Chimica Italiana," "Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas", "Anales de Química," "Chimika Chronika," "Revista Portuguesa de Química, and" "ACH-Models in Chemistry.