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14th International Conference on Organic Synthesis (14-19 July)

This meeting is an important forum for chemists from both hemispheres of the world to discuss their work and share ideas. Lectures were given by distinguished scientists and included 10 plenary lectures, the Thieme-IUPAC award lecture, over 20 invited lectures, and 6 minisymposia on a broad range of different topics, including the synthesis of bioactive molecules, stereoselective synthesis, and green chemistry.

The Thieme-IUPAC award dinner at Bellamy's was held in honor of the prizewinner and attended by approximately 35 affiliates of Science of Synthesis, SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT, and Houben–Weyl. The event enabled the attendees to enjoy the taste of New Zealand's food and drink. Congratulations and the remainder of the prize were given to Erick Carreira. Further presentations were also made, including a bouquet of flowers to Margaret Brimble for her support in staging the prize at the meeting and an All Blacks polo shirt, in the wake of their recent win, to Victor Snieckus for his valued involvement as Chairman of the Selection Committee for this year's prize.

The Conference Banquet provided further entertainment for the delegates, most of whom were asked to provide it by singing songs from their homelands. The attendees demonstrated great interest in Science of Synthesis, including useful feedback from authors and volume editors involved in the project.

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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.