Welcome to Issue 2.3 of the "Organic Chemistry Newsletter". This newsletter focuses on industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists and is distributed by subscription only.

1. Ionic Liquids in Organic Synthesis

Ionic Liquids are low melting (up to 100° C) salts and represent a new class of solvents with unusual physico-chemical properties. The web site "Ionic Liquids in Organic Synthesis" is an excellent starting point for both a researcher new to the field as an expert who is looking for an intuitively organized web site about this subject.

http://www.organicworldwide.net/ionicliquids.html

2. Applications of Ionic Liquids in Organic Synthesis

H. Zhao and S. V. Malhotra, Aldrichimica Acta 2002, 35(2), 75 Review article (pdf, 655K), free of charge

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/img/assets/2041/applications_ionic.pdf

3. Physicochemical properties of popular liquids

Physical properties of over seventy popular solvents and liquids that may be encountered in a laboratory. An easy comparison of their properties is possible by sorting all substances in ascending or descending order of the desired criteria.

http://www.trimen.pl/witek/ciecze/liquids.html

4. Creating complexity - the beauty and logic of synthesis

K. C. Nicolaou, Chem. Commun., 2003, (6), 661 - 664 Focus Article, available free of charge (pdf, 786k)

http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=b212248k

5. Molecules of the Month (March 2003)

Capsaicin: most potent of a group of chemicals called capsaicinoids, which are responsible for the burning sensation and other effects caused by chili peppers

Deoxyribonucleic acid: the basis of genetic inheritance

Sertraline: recently approved drug for acute and long term treatment of social anxiety disorder

Ethyl Acetate: The source of many natural odours http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm

Strontium Ranelate: new osteoporosis therapeutic http://www.prous.com/mom/mom.asp

6. Upcoming Organic Chemistry Conferences

2nd International Conference on Multi Component Reactions, Combinatorial and Related Chemistry
April 14-16, 2003; Italy
http://www.chimica.unige.it/mcr2003.htm

38th National Organic Symposium
June 8-12, 2003; USA
April 4th: Early Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline
http://www.nos2003.org/

7. Combinatorial Chemistry - an Online Journal

The journal has been relaunched as a free monthly service to all researchers. It highlights papers of interest in combinatorial chemistry published in the Tetrahedron journals, plus a range of other titles

http://tetonline.com/cco

8. Catalynk

An on-line expert system to guide researchers and process developers in their search for heterogeneous catalysts. For a limited time, you may select six samples of commercially available support materials made by Davison Catalysts at no charge.

http://www.gracedavison.com/davicat/index.htm

9. Ionic Liquids in Synthesis

P. Wasserscheid (Editor), T. Welton (Editor), ISBN: 3-527-30515-7, Hardcover, 380 Pages

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3527305157/organicchem02-20

10. Organic Syntheses

Database with 2400 articles and over 6000 independently tested and proven reactions. If carefully followed, it permits the advanced research student or professional chemist skilled in the field to prepare compounds of research utility.

http://www.interscience.wiley.com