Welcome to Issue 7.01 of the "Organic Chemistry e-Newsletter".
A newsletter for industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists.

In this issue:

1. SCImago Journal & Country Rank
2. Molecules of the Month (January 2008)
3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (February 2008)
4. WorldCat
5. Book of the Month

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1. SCImago Journal & Country Rank

A free journal and country-ranking tool based on the information contained in the Scopus database.

http://www.scimagojr.com/

2. Molecules of the Month (January 2008)

Pentacene: consists of five linearly fused conjugated aromatic rings.

Barium sulfate: a dense insoluble salt that has many uses (e.g. densifying additive to oil well drilling fluids, in X-ray imaging, paint pigments, fireworks, and brake linings).

Cisplatin: chemotherapy drug used to treat various types of cancers.

Tyrosol: an antioxidant found in olive oil and other foods.

http://www.acs.org

Herceptin: The controversial drug used to treat breast cancer.

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

Obatoclax mesylate: a small-molecule pan-Bcl-2 family inhibitor being developed for the treatment of cancer.

http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=167

3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (February 2008)

MedChem Europe
February 19-20, Stockholm, Sweden

Sustainable Chemistry, Innovative and Competitive Companies
February 21-22, Barcelona, Spain

Heterocyclic and Heteroatom Chemistry Conference 2008
February 25-28, Cancun, Mexico

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

4. WorldCat

WorldCat allows you to search for an item in many libraries and then locate it in a library nearby. It has a database of over 1 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

http://www.WorldCat.org

5. Catalysis: Concepts and Green Applications
Gadi Rothenberg, ISBN 978-3-527-31824-7, February 2008, 292 pages, Wiley.

This introductory textbook covers all aspects of catalysis and bridges computational methods, industrial applications and green chemistry.

http://www.wiley.com

























































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