2026 Early & Mid-Career Investigator Awardees Announced

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) wishes to congratulate the winners of the 2026 Early Career and Mid-Career Investigator Awards. These scientists will present their work at the ACS National Meeting held in Chicago, IL. The Early Career Investigator Award is jointly organized with ANYL and MEDI. Thanks to Steve Silverman and Steve Wisniewski …

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ACS Catalysis, JOC, OL, Organometallics, and OPR&D Announce the 2026 Award Lectureships

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and ACS Publications are proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Organic Letters, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organometallics, and Organic Process Research & Development lectureship awards. See the ACS Axial article for more information. The Journal of Organic Chemistry Award: Jun Xiao and colleagues at Pfizer, USA, are …

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Barry Snider Selected as the 2026 Gassman Awardee

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Professor Barry B. Snider is honored for his extraordinary, sustained, and consequential service to the Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) and the organic chemistry community. Over a more than twenty-year period as a member of the Division’s Executive Committee, he served as Councilor, Secretary/Treasurer, Treasurer, and Chair and was elected a Fellow of the ACS …

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Amos B. Smith, III Award

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The Division of Organic Chemistry is pleased to announce the inaugural Amos B. Smith, III Award, which will be presented at the 2027 National Organic Chemistry Symposium (#NOS2027). We’re currently raising funds to endow the award, which will join the Gassman and Leete Awards. We kindly request your support. Contact the Division Treasurer for donations …

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Travel Awards for Fall 2026 National Meeting-Due May 19

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The Division offers Travel Awards ($600 each) for Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, and PUI Faculty to attend ACS National Meetings. The Travel Award applications are due Tuesday, May 19th, for the Fall ACS Meeting in Chicago. More information can be sourced on the Travel Award Page.

Returning to the Organic Chemistry Working World after a Break

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Career paths in organic chemistry are not always linear, and returning after a career break (≥2 years) can be challenging. The DOC is seeking to better understand the experiences of those who have struggled to re-enter the field, as well as those who have successfully navigated a return. If this applies to you―or someone you …

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The 2026 DOC SURF Awardees

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The Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) congratulates the thirteen 2026 DOC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) awardees and gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsors (listed below). 2026 Awardees Olga Achmatowicz School: Colorado State University Mentor: Jeff Bandar Research: Direct C–H Amination via Base-Promoted Halogen Transfer to Prepare Medicinally Valuable Amine Products Sponsor: Pfizer Katelyn Barron School: …

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Partnership between DOC and OrganicERs

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The Division of Organic Chemistry is happy to announce a partnership with OrganicERs, the Organic Education Resources community. The division will be hosting the OrganicERs website (https://organicers.org) starting in fall 2026. OrganicERs has a history of on-again off-again funding from NSF, so the website hosting by the division will bring stability to the community. In …

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Organic Reactions Vol. 118

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Organic Reactions Vol. 118 has been published containing the three chapters described below. In addition, a cumulative subject index as a downloadable PDF file is now available from the OR website: https://www.organicreactions.org Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Additions of Organometallic Reagents by Simon Woodward, Raja K. Rit, Montserrat Diéguez, Oscar Pàmies, Jèssica Margalef Pallarès, Maria Biosca, José …

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