Organic Division 2005 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 2005 Edward Leete Award is David R. Williams of Indiana University. This award recognizes his outstanding contributions to teaching and research in Organic Chemistry. He was honored by the Division at the 230th ACS National Meeting in Washington D.C.

Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowships

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $24,000 each have been awarded to:

Timothy E. Barder Massachusetts Institute of Technology Novartis Pharmaceuticals Fellow Stephen Buchwald, Faculty Advisor M. Kevin Brown Boston College Schering-Plough Research Institute Fellow Amir Hoveyda, Faculty Advisor Daniel D. Caspi California Institute of Technology Merck Research Laboratories Fellow Brian Stoltz, Faculty Advisor Arthur Catino University of Maryland, College Park Emmanuil Troyansky Fellow Michael Doyle, Faculty Advisor Juan Diaz University of California, Irvine Organic Syntheses, Inc. Fellow Gregory Weiss, Faculty Advisor Matthew B. Harney University of Maryland, College Park Procter & Gamble Company Fellow Lawrence Sita, Faculty Advisor Robert M. Hughes University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Albany Molecular Research Inc. Fellow Marcey Waters, Faculty Advisor Jason Lowe Boston University Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Fellow James Panek, Faculty Advisor Anita E. Mattson Northwestern University Eli Lilly and Company Fellow Karl Scheidt, Faculty Advisor

Steven Mennen Boston College Abbott Laboratories Fellow Scott Miller, Faculty Advisor Joshua E. Ney University of Michigan GlaxoSmithKline Fellow John Wolfe, Faculty Advisor Brian Northrop University of California, Los Angeles Nelson J. Leonard ACS DOC Fellow sponsored by Organic Syntheses,Inc. James Fraser Stoddart & Ken Houk, Faculty Advisors Izzat Raheem Harvard University Pfizer, Inc. Fellow Eric Jacobsen, Faculty Advisor Valentin Rodionov The Scripps Research Institute Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Fellow M.G. Finn, Faculty Advisor Thomas Snyder Harvard University Organic Reactions Inc. Fellow David Liu, Faculty Advisor Benjamin Stevens University of Pittsburgh Sanofi-Aventis Fellow Scott Nelson, Faculty Advisor Mark Tichenor The Scripps Research Institute Roche Pharmaceuticals Fellow Dale Boger, Faculty Advisor Ryan Yoder Indiana University Wyeth Research Fellow Jeffrey Johnston, Faculty Advisor

Awards Symposia

229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005

ACS Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry sponsored by SQM S.A. to Professor Robert M. Moriarty, University of Illinois, Chicago.

ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company to Chui-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute.

Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company to Cynthia A. Maryanoff, Cordis Corporation.

Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator sponsored by Pfizer to Professor Dave MacMillan, California Institute of Technology.

Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry of Natural Products sponsored by Givaudan to Professor Satoshi Omura, Kitasato University, Japan.

Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods sponsored by the Purdue Borane Research Fund and the Herbert C. Brown Award Endowment to Professor Gilbert Stork, Columbia University

James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored by the Northeastern Section, ACS to Professor Martin Saunders, Yale University.

Nakanishi Prize sponsored by Nakanishi Prize Endowment to Stephen J. Benkovic, The Pennsylvania State University.

Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry sponsored by Merck to Professor James P. Tam, Vanderbilt University and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry sponsored by the Breslow Endowment to Professor Peter B. Dervan, California Institute of Technology.

230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-September 1, 2005

Arthur C. Cope Award for outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry to Professor K.C. Nicolaou, The Scripps Research Institute.

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards

Donna G. Blackmond, Imperial College London.
Weston T. Borden, University of Washington.
Benjamin F. Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute.
Huw M.L. Davies, University of Buffalo, SUNY.
Rustem F. Ismagilov, University of Chicago.
Brent L. Iverson, The University of Texas at Austin.
Paul Knochel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.
Frederick D. Lewis, Northwestern University.
Steven M. Weinreb, Penn State University.
James D. Wuest, Université de Montréal.

Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis to Koji Nakanishi, Columbia University.

Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry

Natasha Andrievsky, Eastman Kodak (Rochester)
Schuyler Antane, Wyeth (Princeton)
Michael Breslin, Merck (West Point)
Andre Giroux, Merck (Quebec)
Susan Hagen, Pfizer (Ann Arbor)
Yansong Lu, Novartis (East Hanover)
Joseph Payack, Merck (Rahway)
Mark Pozzo, Pfizer (Kalamazoo)
Peter Rose, Pfizer (Groton)
Uresh Shah, Wyeth (Pearl River)

Call for Papers for the 231st ACS National Meeting

Date/Location: March 26-30, 2006 in Atlanta, GA
Abstracts Due Online: by Nov. 4, 2005 via the Online Abstract Submittal System (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/. Extended abstracts are no longer required.

Call for Nominations

2006 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award

Purpose: To recognize outstanding service to the organic chemistry community.

Nature: The award consists of $3,000 and a plaque. The award will be presented no more than biennially at the Fall executive committee dinner in even-numbered years. The upcoming award presentation will be in San Francisco, California during the 232nd ACS Meeting, September 10-14, 2006. Travel expenses to attend the national meeting will also be provided.

Establishment: The award was established in 1994. The Award is currently funded by contributions from the Bayer Corporation's Pharmaceutical Division, located in West Haven, CT, and Bayer's Polymer and Materials Divisions, located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Rules of Eligibility: Nominees must be long standing members of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society who through their contributions to the organic chemical community in the United States have significantly enhanced the welfare of its members. Contributions to the American Chemical Society and/or the Organic Chemistry Division, including significant accomplishments in the management and function of the ACS that impact the environment of organic chemistry, leadership and innovation in the Division, and conspicuous service on behalf of organic chemists are appropriate considerations.

Nominations should emphasize the nominee's service contributions. Five copies of the nomination document, supporting materials, and seconding letters (up to five) should be sent to: Dr. Gary Molander, Secretary/Treasurer, Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19104-6323. Deadline: All nominations must be received by April 1, 2006.

Important Notices

• Election Ballots are enclosed. 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-Treasurer's office: Dr. James H. Rigby, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 no later than December 15, 2005. Please note under the bylaw for the Division of Organic Chemistry, Affiliates do not have voting privileges.
• The 2005 Nominating Committee Report. Please see the information provided on each candidate in the insert.
• Abstracts. The ACS is no longer providing paper books of meeting abstracts to members. This started with the 230th National ACS Meeting. To access the abstracts for meetings, you will need to use web site resources. For more information go to: http://www.organicdivision.org/abstracts.html

ACS Sponsored Meetings

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

The 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 26-30, 2006 Atlanta, GA

Contributed Symposia

• The Role of Organic Synthesis in Early Clinical Drug Development
  Organized by Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid, J&J Pharmaceutical R&D.
• Modern Natural Products Chemistry and Drug Discovery
  Organized by Iwao Ojima, Stony Brook.

Other Organic Chemistry Meetings of Interest

2006 CU-Roche Colorado Symposium

The 2006 University of Colorado-Roche Colorado Symposium on Synthetic Organic Chemistry will be held June 7-9, 2006 on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. The Symposium will feature lectures on a wide range of topics in organic synthesis from a superb lineup of distinguished speakers from academia and the pharmaceutical industry including:

• Professor Phil Baran, Scripps Research Institute
• Professor Justin Du Bois, Stanford University
• Professor Tohru Fukuyama, University of Tokyo
• Professor Stephen Kent, University of Chicago
• Dr. David Myles, Kosan Bio Science
• Dr. Bruce Maryanoff, Johnson and Johnson
• Professor Andrew Phillips, University of Colorado
• Professor Paul Wender, Stanford University

We would like to invite you to join us at what has become a biennial tradition in Colorado, with over 250 attendees from across the US and from abroad. For more information see: www.colorado.edu/chemistry/Roche or write to Rosemary Trujillo, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 215 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, or email rosemary.trujillo@colorado.edu.

16th International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS 16)

Date/Location: June 11 - 15, 2006 in Mérida, Yucatán, México
Early Registration: December 31, 2005
Abstracts Due: March 1, 2006
Web site: http://www.relaq.mx/RLQ/IUPAC_ICOS-16.html

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 / 2-M-D
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.

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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/.