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- 04-07: A mild, selective functionalisation of the terminal position of n-pentane has been observed in a tungsten nitrosyl complex. The work was performed by a group at the University of British Columbia, led by Peter Legzdins. DOI:10.1021/ja0713633
- 02-19: A new chapter in the history of quinine total synthesis: in an extensive Angewandte Chemie review, Jeffrey Seeman validates the 1944 quinine synthesis by Bob Woodward and William Doering.
- 02-07: University of Pennsylvania chemist Alan MacDiarmid died on February 7th at the age of 79. MacDiarmid is best known for the discovery and development of conductive polymers such as doped polyacetylene, work for which he shared the 2000 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
- 01-23: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced a major restructuring plan, involving the loss of 10,000 jobs worldwide, after the failure of Torcetrapib in clinical trials. The $7bn. R&D budget remains intact, but in future Pfizer aims to bring in more externally sourced drug candidates.
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- 11-17: Researchers at University of Windsor report a non-metal phosphonium-borate displaying reversible hydrogen storage.
- 10-14: Researchers working at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, announced in Physical Review C that they had indirectly detected ununoctium-294 produced via collisions of californium-249 atoms and calcium-48 ions. The element is a noble gas, predicted to be more reactive than radon. Earlier American claims for this element were retracted, because key data had been fabricated by principal author Victor Ninov. Read more...
Improving access to journals in needy countries
The Royal Society of Chemistry is now offering free access for all readers to two new journals, Soft Matter and Molecular BioSystems. It has also made its back catalogue (from 1841) [1] freely available for African users. Meanwhile the American Chemical Society is making its journals available to Iraqi users at a deep discount.
