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Organic Chemistry Newsletter Archive

This current awareness tool lists monthly web sites, books, instruments etc. which are relevant and useful for synthetic organic chemists. It enters now its fifth year of continued operation. All issues are collected in a freely accessible archive. Organic Chemistry Newsletter Archive

Molecules of the Month (July 2006)

Bupivacaine: a local anesthetic/analgesic used in the epidurals. Antimony Trisulfide: produces white glittery stars in fireworks. http://www.chemistry.org Tamiflu: an antiviral drug that is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of the influenzavirus. http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm Vorinostat: a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, currently undergoing clinical development for the treatment of various cancers. http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=149

Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (August 2006)

12th Symposium on the Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis August 9-13, St.Catharines, Canada 37th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry August 13-18, Cape Town, South Africa Advances in Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis (MAOS 2006 Conference and Exhibition) August 26-27, Budapest, Hungary 1st European Chemistry Congress August 27-31, Budapest, Hungary 2006 Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry August 27 - September 1, Oxford, United Kingdom The Sixth International Symposium Effects of Surface Heterogeneity in Adsorption and Catalysis on Solids August 28 - September 2, Zakopane, Poland All details about these conferences and other upcoming conferences can be found at http://www.organicworldwide.net/conferen.html

The Chemistry Unpublished Papers Forum

A web site for the collection of unpublished attempted, unexpected and unreproducible reactions. http://www.chemunpub.it

Book of the month

Covers over 1300 named reactions (over 2800 pages). An example of the reaction is given followed by a step-by-step description of how the reaction occurs and the disconnection. It also includes a brief discussion of the reaction and references (over 7200). The Comprehensive e-book of Named Organic Chemistry Reactions and their Mechanism

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