Organic Chemistry Newsletter

Welcome to Issue 6.07 and Issue 6.08 of the "Organic Chemistry e-Newsletter".
A newsletter for industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists.

In this issue:

1. OSRA: Optical Structure Recognition
2. Molecules of the Month (July and August 2007)
3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (September 2007)
4. Patent Alert
5. ChemSusChem

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1. OSRA: Optical Structure Recognition

OSRA is a utility designed to convert graphical representations of chemical structures, as they appear in journal articles, patent documents, textbooks, etc., into SMILES. It can read over 90 graphical formats (including GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, PS etc.).

http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/osra/

2. Molecules of the Month (July and August 2007)

Imidazolidinyl Urea: used to control the growth of gram-negative bacteria in many cosmetics products.

Octane: a hydrocarbon chain of 8 carbons.

Loperamide (Imodium): a piperidine derivative that alleviates diarrhea symptoms.

Carbamide Peroxide: combination of urea and hydrogen peroxide that is widely used at low concentrations (~10%) to whiten teeth.

Tamoxifen: the key drug for treating breast cancer for decades.

Miconazole: widely used to treat yeast infections.

Carbon Nanotubes: tubes of pure carbon a few nanometers in diameter and up to 2 cm long.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: surfactant that can be found in shampoos, toothpastes, face wash, and many other toiletries.

http://www.chemistry.org

Monosodium Glutamate: The molecule that enhances taste in food.

Menthol: The cooling smell of mint.

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

Temsirolimus: Recently approved by FDA for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=161

Dimebolin hydrochloride: orally-available, small-molecule agent that is in clinical testing for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases.

http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=162

3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (July 2007)

XVII EuCheMS Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
September 1 - 6, Sofia, Bulgaria

2nd European Conference on Chemistry for Life Sciences
September 4-8, Wroclaw, Poland

Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
September 30 - October 3, Cambridge (MA), USA

All details about these conferences and other upcoming conferences can be found at http://www.organicworldwide.net/conferen.html

4. Patent Alert

A free e-mail service that sends periodic updates about patents in a specific field. It is limited to United States patents.

http://www.patentalert.com/

5. ChemSusChem

ChemSusChem is a new interdisciplinary journal for research at the interface of chemistry and sustainability with energy research, materials science, chemical engineering, and biotechnology. The call for papers has been recently launched and the first issue will appear in January 2008.

http://www.chemsuschem.org

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