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Welcome to Issue 4.05 of the "Organic Chemistry e-Newsletter".
A newsletter for industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists.

In this issue:

1. Conference on Biorenewable Resources
2. Molecules of the Month (May 2005)
3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (June 2005)
4. ChemExper
5. Synthesis Protocols

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1. Renewable Resources and Biorefineries

Because of the growing impact of Renewable Resources, this conference aims at bringing together academic as well as industrial and governmental experts to discuss the new challenges emerging from the transition towards a society, increasingly based on renewables and to present novel developments in the area.

Conference Web Site

2. Molecules of the Month (May 2005)

Sodium Tetrahydroaluminate: studied as a prototype material for hydrogen storage.

Acesulfame Potassium: is 200 times sweeter than sucrose.

Ectoine: helps salt-tolerant microbes adjust to changes in the salinity of the water in which they live.

Epothilone-A: is the first of a new class of compounds that can fight cancer cells that resist conventional chemotherapy.

ß-Estradiol : female hormone which may have neuroprotective effects for Parkinson's disease patients.

http://www.chemistry.org

British anti-Lewisite: is most commonly used as a chelator in the treatment of poisoning from heavy metals.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm

Alvimopan hydrate: is an investigational peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist designed to block the negative effects of opioids on the gastrointestinal system.

http://www.prous.com/mom/mom.asp

3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (June 2005)

39th National Organic Chemistry Symposium
June 12-16, Salt Lake City, USA

1st International Congress on Ionic Liquids
June 19-22, Salzburg, Austria

Sixth Tetrahedron Symposium, Challenges in Organic Chemistry
June 29 - July 1, Bordaeux, France

4. ChemExper

Chemexper, a free database of commercially available chemicals (229984 different products from 249 chemicals suppliers), has renewed its user interface. A new user friendly tool for chemical suppliers to add their data is incorporated.

ChemExper

5. Synthesis Protocols

A database for solid phase, solution phase and library synthesis procedures currently developed at Boston University's Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development.

Synthesis Protocols



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