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Google Patent Search

The database covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO (starting from 1790). Currently, patent applications, international patents, or recent U.S. patents are not included. http://www.google.com/patents

Molecules of the Month (December 2006)

Ethylene glycol: widely used as an automotive antifreeze. Sodium bicarbonate: has a variety of uses (cooking, neutralisation agent, deodorizer, acid indigestion treatment etc.) Linalool: a colorless liquid with a woody, floral scent. http://www.chemistry.org Ethene: the anaesthetic gas that's used to make polythene. http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm Retapamulin: the first in one new class of antibiotics called the pleuromutilins. http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=154 Tangeretin: One of the Citrus bioflavonoids. It may play a role, like many flavonoids, in reducing the risk for certain cancers. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/entityMonthForward.do Phenacetin: Used principally as an analgesic painkiller. http://www.3dchem.com/motm.asp

Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (January 2006)

15th International Conference on Organic Process Research & Development January 8-10, San Diego, USA Trends in Drug Discovery - Executive Summit January 17-18, London, UK abc Technologies 2007, 7th annual conference January 25-26, Basel, Switzerland All details about these conferences and other upcoming conferences can be found at http://www.organicworldwide.net/conferen.html

NMRShiftDB

A web database for organic structures and their NMR spectra. It allows for spectrum prediction (currently only for carbon), searching (spectra, structures and other properties) and peer-reviewed submission of datasets by its users. http://nmrshiftdb.cubic.uni-koeln.de/nmrshiftdb/pane0/Home

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology

The Compendium is popularly referred to as the "Gold Book". It is one of the series of IUPAC "Colour Books" on chemical nomenclature, terminology, symbols and units, and collects together terminology definitions from IUPAC recommendations. http://goldbook.iupac.org/

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