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Volume 36 Issue 5

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Journal Overview

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From the Editor

Fabienne Meyers

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Abstract

Every day, we all make choices. In reviewing “Multiple Uses of Chemicals—IUPAC and OPCW Working Together Toward Responsible Science” (feature p. 9), we are presented with a website resource that explores the beneficial uses, misuses, and abuses of multi-use chemicals, both historically and presently. This educational material considers how to make responsible choices in chemistry and what it means to practice chemistry responsibly. If the topic intrigues, I recommend that you read these pages, visit the website, and preview the video. Most informative, the video showcases the hands-on workshop held last year during the IUPAC Congress in Istanbul and explores how to use the resource by examining how chemists/students make choices. This project builds on the premise that education and outreach are key to prevent the abuse of chemical substances. While such a topic might seem far from the concerns of chemical warfare, it is really not a big leap to teach chemists and teachers about the importance of regulatory agencies such as the Chemical Weapons Convention and the creation of codes of conduct. In that context, the “About” section of the website ends with the following statement: “Each of us as scientists and citizens have a responsibility to ensure responsible uses of the chemical substances that are important to every aspect of our everyday lives.”

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Chemistry International September-October 2014 Volume 36 No. 5

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Treasurer’s Column

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A Time for Renewal

John Corish

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After the difficult financial times that we have experienced in recent years we are now in a period with the opportunity for recovery, renewal, improvement, and growth. In better times it is too easy to coast along on the wave taking the comfortable pathways and to fail to critically examine the benefits and costs of decisions. One of the better outcomes of a recession is that it sharpens critical functions by making necessary a general examination and questioning of every choice made. Even the magic of our chemistry could not empower IUPAC to complete immunity from the global financial malaise and, as I have reported previously, two of our income streams—those from publications and investments—have inevitably been reduced. It also has been an expensive few years for us with the excitement and success of the International Year of Chemistry still fresh in our thoughts.

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Dr. Lynn Soby appointed IUPAC Executive Director

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Features

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Synthesis at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology

Peter G. Schultz

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The feature that perhaps most distinguishes chemistry from the rest of the sciences is the ability of chemists to control the structure of matter at the molecular level. Unfortunately, we are not nearly as adept at the synthesis of molecules with defined functions as we are at the synthesis of molecules with defined structures. As the focus of chemistry increasingly shifts from structure to function, chemists will need to develop better strategies to efficiently generate molecules, and systems of molecules, with desired physical, chemical, or biological properties in order to meet the biomedical, energy, and environmental needs of the future. Indeed this challenge represents one of the great opportunities for synthesis in the coming years. One direction we can turn for help is Mother Nature: after all, living organisms carry out a remarkable array of complex functions using natural molecules and molecular assemblies. With this theme in mind, the focus of our work has been to exploit nature itself, i.e., use the synthetic strategies, molecules, and biosynthetic machinery of living organisms, together with more traditional chemical approaches, to generate molecules with properties that might be difficult to realize by chemical strategies alone.

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Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize

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Multiple Uses of Chemicals

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IUPAC and OPCW Working Toward Responsible Science

Peter Mahaffy, Joseph Zondervan, Alastair Hay, Daniel Feakes, Jonathan Forman

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Imagine being a chemist in the summer of 1941, four years prior to the end of the Second World War. The pressure to use the powerful knowledge of chemistry in service of national and political interests is enormous. The end result? At the Auschwitz Nazi extermination camp, Zyklon B, an infamous weapon of mass destruction, is first used. Over the next four years it claims responsibility for the lives of several million people in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and other death camps. When mixed with water, Zyklon B releases hydrogen cyanide, which fatally interferes with the respiratory processes of those inhaling it. Hydrogen cyanide is a simple, triatomic molecule whose power for destruction is now burned into our global consciousness as a symbol of how badly things can go wrong when the tools of chemistry are misused. Prior to the Second World War, hydrogen cyanide had been used as a delousing agent and insecticide, and this toxicity inspired its use in designing a new way to kill people.

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Chemical Weapons: The Human Toll

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Complementary OPCW Education and Outreach Resources

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IUPAC Wire

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IUPAC Elections for the 2016–2017 Term

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Every two years, IUPAC holds an election for its officers and committee members. About 120 individuals are to be elected or reelected either as Titular Members, Associate Members, or National Representatives. Information concerning the voting process and the role of each kind of member is contained in the Union bylaws (see www.iupac.org/home/about/organizational-guidelines.html).

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Winners of the 2014 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists

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In May 2014, IUPAC and Solvay announced the winners of the 2014 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists presented for the best PhD theses in the chemical sciences as described in 1000-word essays.

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Steven V. Ley wins 2014 IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry

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University of Cambridge professor Steven V. Ley (Cambridge, UK) is the 2014 recipient of the IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry. The award was presented on 25 June 2014 at the International Conference on Microreaction Technology (http://www.imretconferences.com) in Budapest, by former IUPAC Committee of Chemistry and Industry (COCI) Chair Prof. Michael Droescher and Dr. Ferenc Darvas for ThalesNano and for the Flow Chemical Society.

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The InChI Team presented with the 2014 Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust Mike Lynch Award

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The 2014 Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust Mike Lynch Award is being presented to the “InChI Team,” namely Steve Heller, Steve Stein, Alan McNaught, Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi, and Igor Pletnev.

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Data Citation Principles

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Sound, reproducible scholarship rests upon a foundation of robust, accessible data. For this to be so in practice as well as theory, data must be accorded due importance in the practice of scholarship and in the enduring scholarly record. In other words, data should be considered legitimate, citable products of research. Data citation, like the citation of other evidence and sources, is good research practice and is part of the scholarly ecosystem supporting data reuse. In support of this assertion, and to encourage good practice, a set of guiding principles for data citation has been developed by the “Data Citation Synthesis Group.”

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2015 Year of Soils and Year of Light

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The Project Place

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A critical review of the proposed definitions of fundamental chemical quantities and their impact on chemical communities

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On the definition of the mole

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Basic Terminology of Crystal Engineering

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Implementation of InChI for chemically modified large biomolecules

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Toxicology in the Classroom II

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Making an imPACt

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Abbreviations of polymer names and guidelines for abbreviating polymer names (IUPAC Recommendations 2014)

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Toward a comprehensive definition of oxidation state (IUPAC Technical Report)

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Solubility of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) in Neat Organic Solvents and Organic Solvent Mixtures

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IUPAC Empfehlungen

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Nomenclature and Graphic Representations for Chemically Modified Polymers

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Bookworm

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The Last Alchemist in Paris

Juris Meija

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NOTeS

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On the Use of Italic and Roman Fonts for Symbols in Scientific Text*

Ian Mills

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Conference Call

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Radiochemistry

Yuichiro Nagame

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POLYCHAR 22

Michael Hess

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Global Experiments Spark International Years: Sharing Best Practices

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Stamps International

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Nickel Mining in Paradise

Daniel Rabinovich

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Where 2B & Y

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Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

5-10 October 2014, Santiago, Chile

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Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability

2–5 November 2014 in New Delhi, India

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Environmental Horizon

9-11 January 2015, Karachi, Pakistan

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Mark Your Calendar

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About this journal

Chemistry International (CI) is the newsmagazine of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). News about IUPAC, its chemists, publications, recommendations, conferences and the work of its Divisions and Committees along with special feature articles is published quarterly in CI.

From 2022 onwards, CI is an online only publication and is freely accessible to all readers. The print edition has been discontinued.

In recognition of IUPAC’s Centenary in 2019, a new initiative, the Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry, was launched. The purpose of the initiative is to showcase the value of Chemistry and chemists and to inform the general public on how the chemical sciences contribute to the well-being of society and the sustainability of planet Earth. An article about The Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry is published annually in CI. For further information go to: https://iupac.org/what-we-do/top-ten/

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Volume 36 Issue 5

Issue of Chemistry International

Masthead - Full issue pdf

From the Editor

Abstract

Contents

Chemistry International September-October 2014 Volume 36 No. 5

A Time for Renewal

Abstract

Dr. Lynn Soby appointed IUPAC Executive Director

Synthesis at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology

Abstract

Chemistry for the Future Solvay Prize

IUPAC and OPCW Working Toward Responsible Science

Abstract

Chemical Weapons: The Human Toll

Complementary OPCW Education and Outreach Resources

IUPAC Elections for the 2016–2017 Term

Abstract

Winners of the 2014 IUPAC-SOLVAY International Award for Young Chemists

Abstract

Steven V. Ley wins 2014 IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry

Abstract

The InChI Team presented with the 2014 Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust Mike Lynch Award

Abstract

Data Citation Principles

Abstract

2015 Year of Soils and Year of Light

A critical review of the proposed definitions of fundamental chemical quantities and their impact on chemical communities

On the definition of the mole

Basic Terminology of Crystal Engineering

Implementation of InChI for chemically modified large biomolecules

Toxicology in the Classroom II

Abbreviations of polymer names and guidelines for abbreviating polymer names (IUPAC Recommendations 2014)

Toward a comprehensive definition of oxidation state (IUPAC Technical Report)

Solubility of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) in Neat Organic Solvents and Organic Solvent Mixtures

IUPAC Empfehlungen

Nomenclature and Graphic Representations for Chemically Modified Polymers

The Last Alchemist in Paris

On the Use of Italic and Roman Fonts for Symbols in Scientific Text*

Radiochemistry

POLYCHAR 22

Global Experiments Spark International Years: Sharing Best Practices

Nickel Mining in Paradise

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

5-10 October 2014, Santiago, Chile

Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability

2–5 November 2014 in New Delhi, India

Environmental Horizon

9-11 January 2015, Karachi, Pakistan

Mark Your Calendar