Celebrating IYC 2011
Quote of the Week
"The federal government doesn't know a whole lot about the impact of the distribution of award dollars across different universities and departments."
JOSHUA L. ROSENBLOOM, ECONOMICS PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS – p. 24
June 27, 2011
In This Issue:
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Highlights
Cover Story
Essays On IYC 2011
Several prominent figures share their views on how chemistry can improve lives in this International Year of Chemistry and beyond. (pp. 39-70)
Business
Keeping The Faith At Germany's BASF (Member Content)
Chairman Kurt Bock seeks to balance old and new at the world's largest chemical maker. (pp. 18-21)
242st ACS National Meeting
Preliminary Program
List of technical symposia, general meeting information, events, and more for Denver, Aug. 28–Sept. 1. (pp. 77, 97, 99-115)
Technical Program (PDF)
General Program (PDF)
Table of Contents
Cover Story
International Year of Chemistry p. 39
Chemistry's contributions to the well-being of humanity are being celebrated in 2011.
Chemistry Boosts Global Sustainable Development pp. 41-45
Food, environmental, green, and industrial chemistry sectors promote development and education in Africa, worldwide.
Maximizing The Benefits Of Food pp. 46-51
With the help of chemistry, we are eating safer, healthier, and more sustainable food than ever before.
Plant Medicines Key to Global Health pp. 52-56
Paradigm shifts could improve quality, availability, and sustainability of traditional and nontraditional medicines.
Medicine Quality Faces Challenges pp. 58-61
Access, innovation, and globalization: opportunities and hurdles in providing high-quality drugs to the world's population.
Twenty Years OF Green Chemistry pp. 62-65
Chemists have worked hard to build awareness of and reduce hazardous chemical use over the past two decades.
Marie Curie pp. 66-70
First female chemistry Nobelist owes much of her success to fierce professional and personal determination.
News Of The Week
2011 Green Chemistry Awards p. 11
Honors: Recipients win praise for innovations that promote sustainability.
2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Web Exclusive
Honors: Annual awards recognize chemical innovations that promote sustainability.
Academic Award: Bruce H. Lipshutz, University of California, Santa Barbara Web Exclusive
Small-Business Award: BioAmber, Minneapolis Web Exclusive
Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Sherwin-Williams Co. Web Exclusive
Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Genomatica, San Diego Web Exclusive
Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Kraton Performance Polymers, Houston Web Exclusive
Drug Industry Meets In Shanghai p. 12
Pharmaceutical Ingredients: Exhibitors at CPhI China note the country's increasing sophistication.
Nanoparticles Working Together p. 12
Cancer Therapy: Tiny materials 'talk' to one another to locate, treat tumors in mice.
EPA, Not Federal Courts, Can Limit CO2 Emissions p. 13
Clean Air: Supreme Court ruling is a victory for utilities, environmentalists.
Climate Change p. 13
Businesses see opportunity in adaptation, report finds.
A Family Affair p. 14
Organic Synthesis: Selective reactions create resveratrol oligomers.
U.S. Reactors Deemed Safe p. 14
Nuclear Power: Commission says emergency preparedness still needs improvement.
Dinosaur Thermometry p. 15
Isotope Analysis: Sauropods' body temperature was same as that of large modern mammals.
DAK Americas Buys Wellman for $185 Million p. 15
Plastics: Purchase will make DAK the largest North American maker of polyester resins.
Business
Keeping The Faith At Germany's BASF pp. 18-21 (Member Content)
Chairman Kurt Bock seeks to balance old and new at the world's largest chemical maker.
Business Concentrates pp. 16-17 (Member Content)
- Chemical Industry Poised For More Growth In 2011
- The global chemical industry will see robust growth in 2011 due to higher sales volumes in developing markets...
- Eastman To Acquire Sterling Chemicals
- Eastman Chemical has agreed to purchase Sterling Chemicals for $100 million....
- Mexichem Fluor Buys HFC Plant In Japan
- Mexichem Fluor has acquired Showa Denko’s idled hydrofluorocarbon plant...
- BASF Boosts Vehicle Catalysts In Asia
- BASF will double its capacity for vehicle catalysts in China and Japan...
- 1366 Technologies Gets Loan Guarantee
- 1366 Technologies has received a conditional commitment from the Department of Energy for a $150 million ...
- Rhodia, Umicore To Recycle Rare Earths
- Rhodia and Brussels-based metallurgy expert Umicore have developed a process to recycle increasingly pricey rare earths ...
- AkzoNobel To Upgrade German Chlorine Plant
- AkzoNobel will spend $200 million to convert its chlorine plant in Frankfurt, Germany...
- PetroLogistics Files For Public Offering
- PetroLogistics has filed a prospectus with the Securities & Exchange Commission for a $600 million...
- Solvay Will Build China Polymers Plant
- Solvay will spend $170 million on a facility for polyvinylidene fluoride polymers and...
- Sanofi, Audion Eye Hearing-Loss Drugs
- Sanofi and Amsterdam-based Audion Therapeutics have formed a two-year research collaboration to develop ...
- CABB Will Acquire Finland’s KemFine
- The German fine chemicals maker CABB has agreed to acquire KemFine...
- Biotech Firm Seeks Corn Lily Supplies
- Infinity Pharmaceuticals is seeking new sources of a plant commonly known as corn lily...
- Tesaro Raises Capital For Oncology Portfolio
- Tesaro has raised $101 million from venture capital investors...
- Business Roundup
- Fujifilm , Air Products & Chemicals, Clariant, Evonik Industries, Monsanto, Abbott , Biotest, Battelle Memorial Institute, NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Alcon, Ligand Pharmaceuticals...
Meetings
Preliminary Program: 242st ACS National Meeting
List of technical symposia, general meeting information, events, and more for Denver, Aug. 28–Sept. 1. (pp. 77, 97, 99-115)
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2011 C&EN Calendar Web Exclusive
C&EN's latest list of meetings and events of interest to those in the chemical community.
This Week Online
Review Of 'The Last Mountain'
In Appalachia, mining companies unearth coal using mountaintop removal, a practice with devastating human and environmental costs. C&EN's Reel Science reviews the documentary "The Last Mountain," which tells the story of a small West Virginia town trying to save its last mountain.
Sewer Sampling Reveals Patterns Of Drug Use
Drug Monitoring: Passive samplers enable anonymous, long-term drug use estimates for cities.
Wiping 'Chemical Free' Off The Marketing Map
The virtual eye-rolling continues on Twitter and in the blogosphere over products such as sunscreen and hand soap marketed as "chemical free."
Government & Policy
Measuring Chemistry's Impact pp. 24-26 (Member Content)
NSF program strives to put a value on federally funded research.
Toward Nanotech Regulation p. 29 (Member Content)
EPA, FDA release proposals for obtaining information about nanotechnology products.
Government & Policy Concentrates p. 22 (Member Content)
- House Panel Approves Chemical Security Bill
- The House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security last week approved by a bipartisan 26-5 vote legislation that would extend...
- IPCC To Assess Geoengineering
- An assessment of geoengineering technologies will be a component of the next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
- EPA Proposes 2012 Fuel Standards
- EPA has new standards for the incorporation of renewable and alternative fuels...
- Report Calls For Raising Importance Of Science Education
- To improve K–12 science education, it should be treated with the same degree of importance as reading and math, according to...
- FDA Moves To Ensure Safety Of Imports
- A new strategy released by FDA last week will transform the agency and allow it to act globally to ensure the safety and quality...
» more government & policy news...
ACS Comment
IYC 2011: Global Collaboration p. 73
ACS News
IYC Profile: Azerbaijan p. 75
Enamored by science as a child, Saida Aliyeva uses her talents today to address her country's environmental challenges.
Social Networking And C&EN
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Science & Technology
Isotopes Mark The Spot pp. 32-35 (Member Content)
Ratios of stable isotopes help locate the origin of corpses, follow migration routes, and authenticate items as different as bottled water and expensive cheese.
Peptides Block Fibril Formation p. 36 (Member Content)
Computationally designed inhibitors suggest general strategy to prevent the formation of disease-causing amyloid.
Science & Technology Concentrates pp. 30-31
- Histamine Receptor Structure Revealed
- Protein's structure may help researchers develop better antihistamine drugs
- A Rodent-Repelling Odor
- 2-Phenylethylamine in carnivores' urine sends prey scurrying
- Smoke Awakens Some Seeds With Cyanohydrins
- Glyceronitrile in smoke spurs germination needed to bring burnt forests back to life
- Bifunctional Solid Catalyst
- Metal oxide nanoparticles convert ethanol to isobutene
- Complementary Routes Fashion Anticancer Natural Product
- Polyketide natural product kibdelone C made for first time
- Herpes-Related Octasaccharides Inhibit Infection
- Sugars block virus' entry into host cells and could lead to new drugs
- New Focus On Mercury
- New spacecraft data upend planetary models, strengthen case for water ice
- Isotopes Track Contaminant Breakdown
- Pollutants' degradation processes reveal themselves in nitrogen isotope ratios
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Editor's Page
Celebrating IYC 2011 p. 5
The Departments
Letters pp. 6-9
Newscripts p. 120
Café Au Chemistry, Virtual Sherlock Holmes (With Photo Gallery)
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Environmental SCENE News
Fertilizer May Help Bacteria Slip Into Groundwater
Water Safety: High phosphate levels allow deadly microbes to pass through soil.
Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts
Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.
Sunlight Is An Effective Disinfectant
Public Health: Field work shows that a cheap water treatment method improves children's health.
House Takes Aim At Clean Air Act
Pollution: Industry backs cost-benefit analyses of EPA rules, but critics fear assault on public health.
Analytical SCENE News
New Method Isolates Membrane Proteins
Protein Purification: Technique separates proteins on a lipid bilayer.
Bisphenol A Is Ubiquitous In Receipts
Endocrine Disrupters: Researchers detect BPA in every receipt that they collected from seven U.S. cities.
Mapping Drugs In Human Tissue
Clinical Chemistry: Mass spectrometry imaging provides view of an inhaled drug in human lung tissue.
Skeletons Come To Light
Fluorescence Imaging: Monitoring cells as they dissolve bone may lead to disease treatments.
Analyzing Nuclear Processes
ACS Meeting News: Analytical chemists devise ways to watch radioactive streams.
JACS Research In C&EN
Indole Changeup Yields Elusive Alkaloid
ACS Meeting News: Cyclization and nitrene insertion star in synthesis.
Prefab Synthesis Moves Ahead
Organic Chemistry: First stable alpha-boryl aldehydes ease preparation of complex small molecules.
Multiple Bradykinin States Revealed
The peptide adopts at least 10 conformers in solution, explaining why its structure had only been partially characterized.
Scaling Up The Axinellamines
A quicker, more efficient, and stereocontrolled route to a key intermediate streamlines natural product syntheses.
A Revamped Vancomycin
Medicinal Chemistry: Modified compound shows promise against hard-to-treat bacteria.
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