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Category 1 Complete!
With the publication of Volume 8b in December 2005,
Category 1 is now complete.
This is the second category of the 48-volume series to be finished. For more information on the volumes due to be published this year,
click here.
Volumes Published
We are delighted to announce the publication of Volumes 8a & 8b, and Volume 34. Congratulations to all the authors and the respective volume editors, Professor Victor Snieckus, and Professor Jonathan Percy
Manuscript Templates
SYNTHESIS & SYNLETT are pleased to anounce that they now offer a new template
for manuscript preparation. Click here.
Science of Synthesis Newsletter Fall Issue
Science of Synthesis Version 3.0
Science of Synthesis launched a new version on 15 August 2005, featuring a re-developed interface and powerful advances in functionality. More...
Volume 21 Published
We are delighted to announce that Volume 21: Three Carbon¾Heteroatom Bonds:
Amides and Derivatives; Peptides; Lactams was published on 10. August.
New Editorial Office in China
The new SYNLETT editorial office in China is operational since August 2005. Therefore,
authors from the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are invited to submit their SYNLETT manuscripts to Prof. H. N. C. Wong,
the editor for this region. For more information,
please click here.
New Volume Editor
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Johnathan Clayden has agreed to become the volume editor for Volume 36 (Alcohols). This volume is due to be published in 2007. Professor Clayden is based at the University of Manchester, UK.
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New Volume Editor
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Craig J. Forsyth has agreed to become the volume editor for Volume 37 (Ethers). This volume is due to be published in 2007. Professor Forsyth is based at the University of Minnesota, USA.
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Pharmaceutical Substances Version 2.2
was released 28 July 2005. This new updated version features 7 newly approved active pharmaceutical ingredients. Click here.
Tetrahedron Prize 2005 to Bernd Giese
A. C. Cope Scholar Award
We are delighted to announce that Professor Paul Knochel received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for his extensive work on organometallic reagents and especially for the development of new synthetic methodologies for organometallic reactions, asymmetric chemistry, and stereoselective radical chemistry.
Volume 22 Published
We are delighted to announce that Volume 22: Three Carbon¾ Heteroatom Bonds:
Thio-, Seleno- and Tellurocarboxylic Acids and Derivatives; Imidic Acids and Derivatives;
Ortho Acid Derivatives was published at the end of June.
Orbituary Hans-Jürgen Bestmann
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Hans-Jürgen Bestmann, who served for seven years as SYNTHESIS editor in chief, passed away on June 18, 2005, at the age of 79.
Read more.
Belleau Award to Victor Snieckus
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We would like to congratulate Professor Victor Snieckus, volume editor for Volume 8 on being awarded the Bernard Belleau Award for distinguished research contributions to the field of organic and medicinal chemistry. Victor received the award at the National Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 28–June 1.
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Spring Newsletter Now Available!
Houben–Weyl E22 Series Workbench Editions
Volume E22: Synthesis of Peptides and Peptidomimetics is now available as a softback Workbench Edition for use in the laboratory. The individual volumes are available for $249 each, or $995 for the 5-volume set. More info...
CrossRef Linking
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Science of Synthesis incorporates the CrossRef service. This collaborative, cross-publisher reference linking service turns citations into hyperlinks, allowing researchers to navigate online literature at the article level. More... |
Volume 18 Published
We are very pleased to announce that Volume 18: Four Carbon¾Heteroatom Bonds was published at the end of March. Click here to see which other volumes are planned for publication in 2005.
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Professor Norbert Krause |
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Norbert Krause has agreed to become the volume editor for Science of Synthesis Volume 44 (Cumulenes and Allenes) which is due to be published in 2008. Professor Krause is based at Dortmund University, Germany. |
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Professor Henning Hopf |
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Henning Hopf has agreed to act as the editor of Volume 43 on Alkynes which is scheduled to be published in 2008. Professor Hopf is based at the Institut fur Organische Chemie, Technische Universitat Braunschweig and is President of the German Chemical Society. |
Science of Synthesis Version 2.1
Since 16 November 2004 Science of Synthesis Version 2.1 is available online. This new updated version features an amended text search logic along with the inclusion of Volumes 7 and 27. More info...
Completion of Category 2
With the publication of Volume 15 on 8. December 2004, Category 2: Hetarenes (Volumes 9–17) has become the first category in the Science of Synthesis series to be completed.
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News
Award for
Barry M. Trost
We would like to congratulate Barry M. Trost, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on being awarded the Nagoya Gold Medal Prize of Organic Chemistry 2008. The Nagoya Medal Prize (Gold Medal) has been awarded every year since 1995 to an organic chemist who has made significant original contributions to the field, in its broadest sense. The recipient of the Gold Medal 2008, Barry M. Trost, will deliver the Nagoya Medal Award Lecture on October 31, 2008 at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan.
The Gold Medal Award Lecture is entitled:
1 "Self Assembly of Dinuclear Main Group Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis"
2 "Cycloadditions via TMM-Pd Intermediates: New Strategies for Total Synthesis and Asymmetric Induction"
Award for
Eric N. Jacobsen
We would like to congratulate Eric N. Jacobsen, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on being awarded the Yamada–Koga Prize 2008 which is awarded every year to a scientist whose research has a major impact in the fields of the synthesis of optically active compounds. The Yamada–Koga Prize will be awarded to Professor Eric N. Jacobsen on November 14, 2008, at the 18th Symposium on Optically Active Compounds held in Tokyo, Japan.
Awards for
Steven V. Ley
We would like to congratulate Steven V. Ley, Editorial Board Member, Science of Synthesis, on receiving the Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award for New Technologies in Drug Discovery, European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry, Vienna (2008) and the Hans Heroff Inhoffen Medal, Helmholtz Zentrum für Infectionsforschung (2008).
Professor
John Colin Tatlow
(1923–2008)
We are very sorry to announce that Professor John Colin Tatlow passed away in the UK on April 9th, 2008. Professor Tatlow was the Editor-in-Chief of the E10 Organo-Fluorine Compounds (Houben–Weyl) series and made a major contribution to fluorine chemistry during his career. He was the recipient of the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry in 1990. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Over 18,000
New Reactions
Added to
Science of Synthesis
Version 3.5
New York/Stuttgart – Thieme is pleased to announce that Science of Synthesis Version 3.5 is now available. The electronic information resource now contains 34 volumes, out of what will eventually be a total of 48 volumes. This upgraded version has a total of 195,000 reactions, with over 18,000 new reactions, and holds significant synthetic methods for a wide range of classes of compounds. The newly added content consists of volumes 29 and 31
Volume Publication
Science of Synthesis
Volume 37
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Science of Synthesis Volume 37 [Compounds with One Saturated Carbon¾Heteroatom Bond: Ethers] by Craig J. Forsyth and Eric N. Jacobsen in May 2008. The volume is 992 pages in length and provides a critical review of methods for the synthesis of ethers.
Thieme IUPAC Prize
Congratulations to
F. Dean Toste, recipient of the 2008 Thieme–IUPAC Prize.
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