Welcome to Issue 2.8 of the "Organic Chemistry Newsletter". This newsletter focuses on industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists and is distributed by subscription only.

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In this issue (July and August editions feature 5 items):
1. Reaction Blocks/Work Stations for Parallel Organic Synthesis
2. Molecules of the Month (August 2003)
3. Upcoming Organic Chemistry Conferences (September 2003)
4. Chembank
5. Updated organic chemistry book section

This directory gives a detailed overview of the systems (no robot-arm) for organic parallel synthesis which are currently on the market (26 synthesis systems of 13 manufacturers). It is a useful guide for evaluation of the variety of systems if there are plans to purchase one.
http://www.organicworldwide.net/reactionblocks/

Gossyplure: a pheromone named after its insect source, Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm)
Methyl bromide: used to fumigate more than 100 kinds of crops against insect, nematode, and weed infestations
2,6-Nonadienal (NDE): contributes to the signature odors of cucumbers, cantaloupe, kiwi fruit, chocolate, and tea Formaldehyde
http://www.chemistry.org

Cinacalcet hydrochloride: a calcimimetic agent that has proven effective in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism, a common complication of chronic kidney disease
http://www.prous.com/mom/mom.asp

10th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocyclic Chemistry
http://www.bdshc.org/index2.html
September 3-6, 2003; Vienna - Austria

8th International Symposium on Solid Phase Synthesis & Combinatorial Libraries
http://www.biocom.co.uk/sps2003.htm
September 2-6, 2003; Imperial College, UK

3rd PPG-Sipsy Symposium: New Frontiers in Asymmetric Synthesis
http://www.ppg.com/chm_sipsy/
September 2-6, 2003; Angers, France

13th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 13)
http://www.esoc13.irb.hr/
September 10-15, 2003; Croatia

4. Chembank

ChemBank is a freely available collection of data about small molecules and resources for studying their properties, especially their effects on biology. Currently available is the "Small Molecule Bioactives Database" which contains chemical structures and biological activity data for over 2,000 compounds.
http://chembank.med.harvard.edu/

5. Updated Organic Chemistry Book Section

The book section features a selection of recent organic chemistry titles from multiple publishers. Subcribers of this newsletter receive a 15% discount on Wiley titles by using promotion code w4448 upon check out on Wiley.com (valid until April 30, 2004)
http://www.organicworldwide.net/books.html