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2005 Archive News

  • Category 1 complete!Dec. 2005
  • Volumes PublishedDec. 2005
  • Manuscript TemplateDec. 2005
  • Fall NewsletterNov. 2005
  • Science of Synthesis Version 3.0Nov. 2005
  • Volume 21 PublishedSep. 2005
  • New Editorial Office in ChinaAug. 2005
  • New Volume EditorJul. 2005
  • New Volume EditorJul. 2005
  • Pharmaceutical Substances Version 2.2Jul. 2005
  • Tetrahedron Prize 2005 to Bernd GieseJul. 2005
  • A. C. Cope Scholar Award to Paul KnochelJul. 2005
  • Volume 22 PublishedJun. 2005
  • Obituary Hans-Jürgen BestmannJun. 2005
  • Belleau Award to Victor SnieckusJun. 2005
  • Spring NewsletterJun. 2005
  • Houben-Weyl E22 Series Workbench EditionsJun. 2005
  • CrossRef LinkingJun. 2005
  • Volume 18 PublishedJun. 2005
  • Professor Christopher RamsdenApr. 2005
  • Professor Norbert KrauseApr. 2005
  • Professor Henning HopfApr. 2005
  • Science of Synthesis Version 2.1Jan. 2005
  • Completion of Category 2Jan. 2005

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    2002 Archive News

    2001 Archive News


    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

    The Fall issue of Science of Synthesis News is now available!


    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

    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.


    New Volume Editor

    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.


    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

    We would like to congratulate Professor Bernd Giese, member of the editorial board of SYNLETT, on being awarded the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry for 2005.


    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

    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 28June 1.


    Spring Newsletter Now Available!

    The spring issue of Science of Synthesis News is now here!


    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

    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.


    Professor Christopher A. Ramsden

    We are delighted to announce that Professor Christopher A. Ramsden has agreed to become the volume editor for Volume 31a Arene-X (X = Hal, O, S, Se, Te) and Volume 31b Arene-X (X = N, P). Both volumes are due to be published in 2006. Professor Ramsden is based at Keele University in the UK.


    Professor Norbert Krause

    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.


    Professor Henning Hopf

    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 917) has become the first category in the Science of Synthesis series to be completed.

     

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    Pharmaceutical Substances 3.1

    was released on October 28th, 2008. This release features 51 new active pharmaceutical ingredients and updates to 16 syntheses.

    Pharmaceutical Substances

    The 5th edition of Pharmaceutical Substances is now available in hardcover format. Click here for more info and to order a personal copy.

    Over 20,000
    New Reactions

    Science of Synthesis 3.6 is now available and contains 38 volumes with a total of 215,000 reactions. More details on the newly released version 3.6.

    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 of Organic Chemistry 2008.

    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 will be awarded 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 and the Hans Herloff Inhoffen Medal.

    Volume Publication

    We are pleased to announce the publication of Science of Synthesis Volume 37 [Ethers] by Craig J. Forsyth and Eric N. Jacobsen in May 2008.

    Professor
    John Colin Tatlow
    (1923–2008)

    We are very sorry to announce that Professor John Colin Tatlow passed away 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.

    Thieme IUPAC Prize

    Congratulations to
    F. Dean Toste, recipient of the 2008 Thieme–IUPAC Prize.

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