Welcome to Issue 6.06 of the "Organic Chemistry e-Newsletter".
A newsletter for industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists.

In this issue:

1. Chemistry Databases on the Web
2. Molecules of the Month (June 2007)
3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (July 2007)
4. ChemRank
5. Eigenfactor

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1. Chemistry Databases on the Web

Gives an overview (with annotation) of all kinds of databases (general, 2D structure searchable, specific slasses of compounds, drug-related, disease-related, physical properties, spectra, toxicity and environmental, biomolecule, metabolic pathways) available on the web.

http://www.chembiogrid.org/related/resources/databases.html

2. Molecules of the Month (June 2007)

Ethanol: used in beverages, as a solvent, a feed for producing other chemicals, and more recently a transportation fuel.

Benzoyl Peroxide: used for dyeing hair, and as an active ingredient in teeth whitening systems.

Gallic Acid (3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid): found in gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, oak bark etc.

http://www.chemistry.org

Lutein and Zeaxanthin: The chemistry and biology of the colourful carotenoids we eat as food, or which make the pigments in songbirds' feathers.

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

Eculizumab: approved as the first treatment ever for PNH (Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria).

http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=156

3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (July 2007)

ChemEd007 Chemical Education conference
July 1-4, Auckland, New Zealand

3rd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry
July 1-5, Delft, Netherlands

12th International Conference on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Germanium, Tin and Lead
July 2-6, Galway, Ireland

Drug Discovery and Selection International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry - 43e Rencontres Internationales de Chimie Thérapeutique
July 4-6, Lille, France

The First Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar on Ogranometallic Chemistry
July 7-14, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Heron Island Conference on Reactive Intermediates & Unusual Molecules
July 7-14, Heron Island, Australia

LifeSciences2007
July 8-12, Glasgow, United Kingdom

15th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry
July 8-13, Dublin, Ireland

Modern Synthetic Methods - Reaction to Reality and CHIRAL USA
July 11-13, Philadelphia, USA

21st International Congress for Heterocyclic Chemistry
July 15-20, Sydney, Australia

First International Symposium on Combinatorial Sciences in Biology, Chemistry, Catalysts and Materials
July 15-18, Firenze, Italy

20th International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry
July 16-19, Cambridge, United Kingdom

ISHHC XIII: International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
July 16-20, Berkeley, USA

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

4. ChemRank

At ChemRank you can add a paper to the database and then vote whether you find it a good or bad paper. You can also leave comments critiquing the yield or congratulating the authors.

http://www.chemrank.com/

5. Eigenfactor

Eigenfactor ranks journals using citations to evaluate the importance of each journal. A search in the field of "CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC" gives a list of 558 journals and their scores for the eigenfactor and article influence.

http://www.eigenfactor.org/

























































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