Organic Division 2004 Fall Newsletter

Members of the Division of Organic Chemistry

You are invited to attend National meetings of the ACS and present contributed papers (oral or poster). Instructions for submission of papers are at the end of this letter in the section entitled "Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster." Please read them carefully. Submissions should arrive by the indicated deadline for each meeting, which is published in the membership newsletter and C&E News (January and July) and posted on the ACS Website: http://www.chemcenter.org/. Members also are encouraged to submit brief proposals to the National Program Chair for contributed symposia at future National ACS meetings. Contact Robert D. Larsen, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, Mailstop: 29/2-M-D Tel: 805-313-5267, Fax: 805-375-4531, e-mail: rlarsen@amgen.com.

Edward Leete Award Winner

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2004 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award is Clayton H. Heathcock of the University of California Berkeley. This award recognizes his exemplary leadership role in the organic chemistry community. He was honored by the Division at the 228th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia.

Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $20,000 each have been awarded to:

Erik J. Alexanian Princeton University GlaxoSmithKline Fellow Erik Sorensen, Faculty Advisor Irwin Chen M.I.T. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Fellow Alice Ting, Faculty Advisor Andrew D. Cohen Johns Hopkins University Aventis Pharmaceuticals Fellow John P. Toscano, Faculty Advisor Jennifer M. Heemstra University of Illinois Nelson J. Leonard Fellow, sponsored by Organic Syntheses Jeffery S. Moore, Faculty Advisor Audris Huang University of California, Irvine Pfizer Fellow Larry E. Overman, Faculty Advisor Peter D. Jarowski University of Calififornia, L.A. Organic Reactions, Inc. Fellow K.N. Houk & M.A. Garcia-Garibay, Faculty Advisors Jennifer E. Klare Columbia University Organic Syntheses Fellow Colin Nuckolls, Faculty Advisor

Tamara E. Munsch Purdue University Schering Plough Fellow Paul G. Wenthold, Faculty Advisor David A. Nicewicz University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Novartis Pharmaceuticals Fellow Jeffrey S. Johnson, Faculty Advisor Jason T. Roland University of California, Irvine Albany Molecular Research Fellow Zhibin Guan, Faculty Advisor Jennifer M. Schomaker Michigan State University Eli Lilly Fellow Babak Borhan, Faculty Advisor W. Michael Seganish University of Maryland, College Park Proctor & Gamble Fellow Philip DeShong, Faculty Advisor Raissa M. Trend California Institute of Technology Bristol Myers Fellow Brian Stoltz, Faculty Advisor Jimmy Wu Harvard University Merck Fellow David A. Evans, Faculty Advisor

Awards Symposia

227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, March 28-April 1, 2004

ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company to Professor Tohru Fukuyama.

Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator sponsored by Pfizer to Professor Gregory Fu, MIT University.

Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry of Natural Products sponsored by Givaudan to Professor William R. Roush, University of Michigan.

Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods to Professor Edwin Vedejs, University of Michigan.

James Flack Norris Award in Physcial Organic Chemistry sponsored by the Northeastern Section, ACS to Professor C. Dale Poulter, University of Utah.

Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry sponsored by Merck to Richard A. Houghten.

Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry sponsored by the Breslow Endowment to Professor Julius Rebek, Jr.

228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 22-26, 2004

Arthur C. Cope Award for outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry to Professor Barry M. Trost, Stanford University.

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards

Justin Du Bois, Stanford University
David R. Liu, Harvard University
Ronald T. Raines, University of Wisconsin
Scott J. Miller, Boston College
Yian Shi, Colorado State University
John L Wood, Yale University
Louis S. Hegedus, Colorado State University
Richard C. Larock, Iowa State University
Gary H. Posner, John Hopkins University
Kenneth S. Suslick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology
Deiter Seebach, ETH Zurich

Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry

Joseph Mckenna, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.
Brian E. Kornberg, Pfizer, Ann Arbor
Jeffrey L. Havens, Pfizer, Kalamazoo
Peter H. Dorff, Pfizer, Groton
Efren G. Delos Santos, Wyeth Research
Ying Chen, Amgen Inc.
Richard F. Heier, Pfizer, St. Louis
Bradley J. Newhouse, Array BioPharma
Tracy F. Gregory, Pfizer, Ann Arbor
Robert P. Gomez, Merck Research Laboratories
Matthew J. Laufersweiler, Proctor & Gamble
Marjorie S. Waters, Merck Research Laboratories
Kenneth J. Bordeau, Aventis Pharmaceuticals

Call for Papers for the 229th ACS National Meeting

Date/Location: March 13-17, 2005/San Diego, CA , CA Abstracts Due Online: November 5th, 2004. Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal System (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/. Extended abstracts are no longer required.

Call for Nominations

2005 Leete Award

Nominations for the 2005 Edward Leete Award will be accepted until April 1, 2005. Nominees must be members of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society who have made outstanding contributions to both teaching and research. A nomination document should include:

1. A letter of not more than 1000 words containing an evaluation of the nominee's accomplishments and a specific identification of the work recognized
2. A biographical sketch, including date of birth
3. A list of publications and patents by the nominee
4. Up to two seconding letters, containing information not given in the letter of nomination, may be included

Nomination packets must be sent to: Dr. James H. Rigby, Secretary/Treasurer, Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. 48202. Nominations for the 2005 award should be received by April 1, 2005.

Nature. The award will be presented no more than biennially during the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society. The Award consists of a $1500.00 cash prize.

Establishment. The award is named in honor of Edward Leete who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for organic chemistry. The award was endowed by contributions from Professor Leete's students and colleagues.

Rules of Eligibility. Nominees must be members of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society who have made outstanding contributions to both teaching and research. Teaching should be considered in the broadest sense, including of professional chemists, the dissemination of information about chemistry to prospective chemists, to members of the profession, to students in other areas and to the general public. A nominee must also have accomplished outstanding creative work in any area of organic chemistry. Nominations should emphasize both the nominee's teaching and research contributions.

Important Notices

• Election Ballots are enclosed the Fall 2004 newsletter. Please follow the directions carefully in order for your vote to be valid. PLEASE USE A NUMBER 2 PENCIL TO COMPLETELY FILL IN THE CORRESPONDING BOXES. The results of each ballot shall be determined by those votes returned (envelope provided) to the Secretary-Treasurers office: Dr. James H. Rigby, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 no later than December 1, 2004. Please note Under the bylaw for the Division of Organic Chemistry, Affiliates do not have voting privileges.
• The 2004 Nominating Committee Report. Please see the information provided on each candidate, which is included with the mailing of the Fall 2004 newsletter.
• Membership Survey
  There is a survey included with the mailing of the Fall 2004 newsletter, please fill it out and return it with your ballot.
• The Divisions Web site
  Please note that the Divisions web site has moved to the following address: http://www.organicdivision.org

ACS Sponsored Meetings

For information about attending the National meeting see the ACS meeting web site at: http://www.acs.org/meetings

The 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 13-17, 2005 San Diego, CA

Contributed Symposia

• Current Aspects of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  Organized by P.V. Ramachandran, Purdue University & Clint Lane, University of Arizona.
• Frontiers in Bio-organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology
  Organized by Laura L. Kiessling, University of Wisconsin, Madison & Martha G. Oakley, Indiana University.

Other Organic Chemistry Meetings of Interest

The 39th National Organic Symposium (NOS)
Date/Location: June 12-16, 2005 on the campus of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City

List of Speakers

• Professor Jerry Meinwald (Cornell), The 2005 Roger Adams Awardee
• Professor K. C. Nicolaou (Scripps)
• Professor Eric Jacobsen (Harvard)
• Professor Stephen Buchwald (MIT)
• Professor Steven Ley (Cambridge)
• Professor Reza Ghadiri (Scripps)
• Professor Amos Smith (U Penn)
• Professor Alanna Schepartz (Yale)
• Professor Dan Yang (U Hong Kong)
• Dr. Richard Tillyer (Merck)
• Dr. Bruce Maryanoff (Johnson & Johnson)
• Professor Jeff Moore (U Illinois-Urbana)
• Professor Matthew Sigman (U. Utah)
• Professor Justin Du Bois (Stanford)

Organic Reactions Volumes

Current and back issues of Organic Reactions are available. For an order form and more information, visit the Organic Division web site:
http://www.organicdivision.org/orgreact.html

Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster at an ACS meeting in an Organic Division Session

Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal System (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/. If you do not have web access, contact Dr. Robert D. Larsen (rlarsen@amgen.com), program chair, well before any posted deadline -- See the Organic Division's Meetings page at: http://www.organicdivision.org/meetings.html for important deadlines.

Robert D. Larsen, Program Chair
Amgen Inc
One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Mailstop: 29-M-A
Phone: 805-313-5267
Fax: 805-375-4531
rlarsen@amgen.com

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Notes to authors who wish to submit a paper for an ACS meeting in one of the Organic Division Sponsored sessions:

1. Please record your ID# and Password (in left upper corner). Use these to re-access your abstract if you submit your abstract in more than one session or need to edit it. This will help avoid duplicate submissions and simplify communications.
2. The graphics appear much clearer in the book of abstracts if images are submitted as a .gif file saved directly from the drawing program, and it is suggested that you draw the structure 4 times larger than you normally would before saving it as a gif file.
3. The title is to be in lower case except for the first word in the title, the first word after a colon and proper names or acronyms.
4. Please check that authors from the same institution have the same address to avoid redundant addresses in the abstract. There is a radiobutton as new authors are added to simplify the process.
5. 5If multiple papers are being submitted please indicate this in the comments so that scheduling conflicts can be avoided.
6. Double check that the oral/poster radiobutton and session agree with the format of the presentation to avoid confusion.
7. Please read the instructions to authors before submitting abstracts. This will save you and the organizers time and effort in preparing the program.

Membership

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Benefits of Membership

1) You will receive an annual Newsletter with information about divisional and joint programs at National ACS Meetings, invitation to present papers/posters at these meetings, deadlines for paper submissions, and other meetings of interest.

2) You will receive Abstract Booklets of papers presented at National Meetings by the Organic Division, including those cosponsored with other divisions.

3) You will enjoy gratis copies of flexicover annual editions of Organic Syntheses, courtesy of Organic Syntheses, Inc.

4) Through the process of nomination, you can participate in selection of speakers at the National Organic Symposia.

5) Through yearly input by nomination, you can assist in selecting the Officers of the Division.

6) By further individual or group involvement, you can contribute to enhancing the stature of the field of organic chemistry in and outside of the ACS.

How Can I Join the Organic Division? Currently, the best way to join is to download the application under the heading "Become a Division Member" at: http://www.chemistry.org/divisions/.