Together with and Holger Butenschön, Burkhard König authored the "Memofix Organische Chemie". He studied chemistry in Hamburg and Southampton and gained his doctorate in 1991 under Armin de Meijere. Following his post doc, at Stanford University among others, and his lecturing qualification, in 1999 he accepted a chair for organic chemistry at Regensburg University. In his teaching he believes in a modern organic-chemical training, which also considers aspects of sustainable development.

Holger Butenschön is the editor of the successful German edition of Vollhardt's "Organische Chemie". He studied chemistry in Hamburg and gained his doctorate in 1983 under Armin de Meijere. As a post doc he joined K.P.C. Vollhardt's work group at the University of California in Berkeley. In 1991 he gained his lecturing qualification and in 1993 took up a chair at the University of Hanover, where he teaches and researches as Professor for Organic Chemistry.