Dear colleagues, The Russian Academy of Science, the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research, and the North Caucasus Federal University in conjunction with the National Academies of Commonwealth of Independent Sates invite you to participate in the 3rd International Conference for the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds.

The Third International Conference "NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS", Taking place September 17-21, 2013 in the city of Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Krai, )

A Wide range of topics will be discussed, including fundamental aspects and new trends in the development of heterocyclic chemistry (novel synthetic methods and original conceptual approaches, physico-chemical properties and practical applications).

Some of Keynote Speakers: Mieczyslaw Makosza (Warsaw), Vlad

Gevorgyan (University of Illinois at Chicago), Valery Fokin

(Scripps), X. Peter Zhang (Florida State), Joseph M. Fox (Delaware),

Paul Hanson (Kansas University), Alexander Kornienko (Texas),

Michael Rubin (Kansas University), Andrei V. Malkov

(Loughborough University), Andrei K. Yudin (University of

Toronto), Andrey P. Antonchick (Max-Planck Institute of Molecular

Physiology).

Conference Program Includes:

• Plenary Talks (45 min)

• Invited Oral Talks (30 min) • Oral Talks (15 min) • Poster Session Conference working languages: Russian and English Leading scientists from Russia and the Commonwealth of Publishing Support of the Conference is offered by: Organizational questions related to application, abstract submission, Independent States as well as prominent specialists in the field of Journal "Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds" and payment of the fees should be addressed to Organizing heterocyclic chemistry from America and Western Europe will be Journal "Russian Chemical Bulletin " Committee Secretary Aleksandr Lyakhovnenko, serving on the board of the conference. Journal "Russian Chemical Review " [email protected], Phone: +7-(918) 742-42-05. Announcements of acceptance of plenary, oral and poster Program Committee: presentations into the program, as well as all the subsequent related FORMATTING TEMPLATE Antonchick A. Dr. () Butin A.V. DSc, prof. (Perm) information will be delivered in a note from the Organizing 1. Abstract length should not exceed 1 page. Fokin V. prof. (USA) Varlamov A.V. DSc, prof. () Committee. 2. Text editor - Microsoft Word. Danagulyan G.G. DSc, prof. All the materials will be published in a book of abstracts of the 3. File format - doc. Fox J. prof. (USA) 4. Font: Times New Roman,12 pt., line spacing: 1.0, (Armenia) conference both on paper and in electronic form. margins: top 3 cm (1.18”), bottom 2.7 cm (1.06”), left and Gevorgyan V. prof. (USA) Egorov M.P. Acad. RAS (Moscow) The selection criteria of the program committee will favor contributions disclosing interesting results of resent investigations in right 2 cm (0.79”), text should be justified without Hanson P. prof. (USA) Korotkikh N.I. DSc, prof. (Ukraine) the chemistry of different classes of heterocyclic compounds. hyphenations, first line indent - 0.5 cm (0.20”) (page size Krayushkin М.М. DSc, prof. А4, formatted in 2 columns). Kornienko A. prof. (USA) The Organizing Committee invites you to participate in the (Moscow) conference and asks that you inform us of your intention to present an 5. Chemical formulas should be drawn in ISIS Draw 2.4, or Minkin V.I. Acad. RAS (Rostov-on- oral talk before May 1, 2013. To do this, please forward your ChemDraw. Schemes must be made taking into account Malkov A. prof. (UK) Don) completed registration form to [email protected] or k-biochem- the following reduction in size in the book of abstracts (see instructions). Novakov I.A. Acad. RAS [email protected] (see Appendix) or register on-line under tab Makosha M. prof. () 6. Example: (Волгоград) “Registration” (http://hetchem.ru). The registration time will be extended until May 31, 2013 for TITLE (14 pt., in bold, centered) Pozharskii A.F. DSc, prof. (Rostov- o Rubin M. prof. (USA) participants applying for poster presentations as well as for o Last name and initials: Johnson, J. J. (12 pt, on-Don) correspondence attendees. centered) Rusinov V.L. corr. memb. RAS Zhang P. prof. (USA) Materials for publication in the conference book of abstracts (texts of o Affiliation and Mailing address (10 pt, in italic, (Yekaterinburg) plenary lectures and oral talks, abstracts of poster presentations and centered) Aksenov А.V. DSc, prof. original procedures) should be formatted according to the listed rules Trofimov B.A. Acad. RAS (Irkutsk) (Stavropol) (see below), and sent by e-mail to [email protected] or k- We are looking forward to seeing you at NDCHC-2013 in Anannikov V.P. corr. memb. Charushin V.N. Acad. RAS [email protected] prior to June 25, 2013. Pyatigorsk.

RAS (Moscow) (Yekaterinburg) Materials that do not meet the formatting rules With warmest regards, Belenkii L.I. DSc, prof. Chupakhin O.N. Acad. RAS (including poorly written material), will not be considered. (Moscow) (Yekaterinburg) Registration Fee: President of Organizing Bubnov Yu.N. Acad. RAS Yurovskaya М.А. DSc, prof. Undergraduate Young scientists Committee, Head of (Moscow) (Moscow) Academic participants and Graduate (<35 y.o.) Chemistry Division A.V. Aksenov Students North Caucasus Federal Secretary: Lyakhovnenko A.S., PhD. (Stavropol) 3500 RUR before June 2000 RUR before 1200 RUR before University 15, 2013. June 15, 2013. June 15, 2013. DSc, Professor Organizing Committee: 4500 RUR before 2500 RUR before 1500 RUR before President: Aksenov А.V. DSc, prof. (Stavropol) July 15, 2013. July 15, 2013. July 15, 2013. Secretary of Organizing Vice-President: Butin A.V. DSc, prof. (Perm) A.S. Lyakhovnenko 5500 RUR after August 3000 RUR after 2000 RUR after Committee, Rubin M. prof. (Kansas) 15, 2013. August 15, 2013. August 15, 2013. PhD Aksenova I.V. DSc, prof. (Stavropol) Remote Participation: 500 RUR Goncharov V.I. DSc, prof. (Stavropol) Current exchange rate is 1 USD = 30.77 RUR; 1 EUR = 39.82 RUR, Lyakhovnenko A.S., PhD. it may change slightly during the actual registration time. (Stavropol) Registration fee includes: Lobach D.A. PhD. (Stavropol) 1. Participation in scientific sessions and presentations; Demidov O.P. Assoc. prof. 2. Participant’s bag with conference materials (conference (Stavropol) program and book of abstracts); Aksenov N.A. (Stavropol) 3. Coffee-breaks during 4 days of the conference; Smirnov A.N. (Stavropol) 4. Opening reception Tsherbakov S.V. (Stavropol) Your hotel room will be billed additionally, but upon request may be added into the registration fee.