Welcome to Issue 7.03 of the "Organic Chemistry e-Newsletter".
A newsletter for industrial/academic organic and medicinal chemists.

In this issue:

1. Inaugural issue of ChemSusChem
2. Molecules of the Month (March 2008)
3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (April 2008)
4. ScienceDaily: Organic Chemistry News
5. Book of the Month

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1. Inaugural issue of ChemSusChem

The inaugural issue of "ChemSusChem", the new sister journal of "Angewandte Chemie" that focuses on chemistry & sustainability, energy & materials is available and can be read for free.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117914465/issue

2. Molecules of the Month (March 2008)

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: AKA “dioxin” or “TCDD”. This compound and similar polychlorinated dibenzodioxins are contaminants of the defoliant Agent Orange.

Lisdexamfetamine: is being developed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pediatric patients.

Minoxidil: first used as a drug for treating high blood pressure, later as a topical treatment to slow hair loss.

http://www.acs.org

Limonene: The industrial degreasing agent found in orange peel.

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

Ustekinumab: human monoclonal antibody targeting IL-12 and IL-23.

http://www.prous.com/molecules/default.asp?ID=169

3. Upcoming Organic Synthesis Conferences (April 2008)

ACS 235th National Meeting & Exposition
April 6-10, New Orleans, USA

EUCHEM Conference on Stereochemistry
April 12-18, Buergenstock, Switzerland

International Catalysis Conference (ICC 2008)
April 28-30, Tehran, Iran

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

4. ACD/ChemSketch 11.0 Freeware

New features include interface changes, improvements in graphical representation, Combined styles for American Chemical Society (ACS) journals and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journals , implementation of an InChI key generator, etc.

http://www.acdlabs.com/download/chemsk.html

5. Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis, 8 Volumes
by Gerhard Ertl, Helmut Knözinger, Ferdi Schüth, Jens Weitkamp, ISBN 978-3527312412, April 2008, 4270 pages, Wiley.

Covers all aspects of heterogeneous catalysis, from the physico-chemical foundations to large-scale industrial applications.

http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-3527312412.html

























































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