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American Chemical Society Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Department of Chemistry Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Phone: 313-577-34 72 Website: http://www.chem.wavne.edu/acs-or~anic-di vision/ Fax: 313-577-3585 e-mail: [email protected]

Executive Committee Members at Large Councilors Alternate Councilors William Nugent, Chair Robert Volkmann Michael Doyle Victor Snieckus Robert Boeckman, Past-Chair Peter Wipf Thomas Hoye Cynthia Maryanoff Edwin Vedejs, Chair Elect William Greenlee Kathy Parker Anthony Czarnik James Rigby, Secretary/Treasurer Paul Feldman Barry Snider Stephen Kaldor Lisa McElwee-White, Program Chair Sarah Kelly Huw Davies, NOS Executive Officer John Stille

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 near the end of this letter in the section entitled "Information for submission of a paper or poster at an ACS meeting in an Organic Division session." 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 Lisa McElwee-White, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, P. 0. Box 117300, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Tel: 352-392-2264, Fax: 352-392-3584, e-mail: [email protected].

Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award David Chavez, Harvard University, Albany Winner Molecular Research, Inc. Fellow, Eric Jacobsen, Faculty Advisor We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Tom G. Driver, University of California, Irvine. 2002 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Fellow, is William R. Roush of the University of Michigan. Keith Woerpel, Faculty Advisor This award recognizes his exemplary leadership role Christine Espino, Stanford University, Merck in the organic chemistry community. He was honored Research Laboratories Fellow, Justin Du Bois, by the Division at the Executive Committee banquet Faculty Advisor that was held on August 20, 2002. Andrew M. Harned, University of Kansas, Nelson J. Leonard Graduate Fellow sponsored Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate by Organic Syntheses, Paul R. Hanson, Faculty Fellowships Advisor. Graduate fellowships in the amount of $20,000 each David Jensen, University of Utah, Schering have been awarded to: Plough Research Institute Fellow, Matthew Mark L. Bushey, Columbia University, Britsol Sigman, Faculty Advisor Myers Squibb Foundation Fellow, Colin Richard Keaton, University of Maryland Nuckolls, Faculty Advisor College Park, The Procter & Gamble Company Fellow, Lawrence Sita, Faculty Advisor Bianca Sculimbrene, Boston College, Organic Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Syntheses, Inc. Fellow, Scott Miller, Faculty Awards Symposium Advisor Michael Castaldi, Pfizer, Groton Matthew D. Simon, University of California, Michele M. Cudahy, Pharmacia Berkeley, Pfizer, Inc. Fellow, Kevan Shokat, James F .. Dropinski, Merck, Rahway Faculty Advisor Claude Dufresne, Merck, Frosst Kian L. Tan, University of California, Berkeley, James Guare, Merck, West Pointe Wyeth Research Fellow, Robert G. Bergman, Denis Har, Novartis Faculty Advisor Timothy Z. Hoffman, Scripps Research Inst. Chad D. Tatko, University of North Carolina at Daniel Ortwine, Pfizer, Ann Arbor Chapel Hill, GlaxoSmithKline Fellow, Marcey Sai Shrum, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Waters, Faculty Advisor Gary Shrum, Proctor & Gamble Benjamin Travis, Michigan State University, Ronald Sorcek, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmacia Corporation Fellow, Babak Borhan, Bryan Sorenson, Abbott Faculty Advisor Joseph Swistak, Hoffman-La Roche Matthew G. Woll, University of Wisconsin Thomas M. Wilson, Lilly Madison, Eli Lilly and Company Fellow, Samuel H. Gellman, Faculty Advisor Stefan Debbert, Cornell University, Organic ACS Sponsored Meetings Reactions, Inc. Fellow, Barry Carpenter, Faculty Advisor For information about attending the National meeting Erick B. Iezzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute see the ACS meeting web site at: and State University, Aventis Pharmaceuticals http://www.acs.org/meetings Fellow, Harry C. Dorn, Faculty Advisor Ivory D. Hills, Massachusetts Institute of The 225th National Meeting of the American Technology, Abbott Laboratories Fellow, Chemical Society Gregory C. Fu, Faculty Advisor Date/Location: March 23-27, 2003 in New Orleans, Awards Symposia, 224th ACS National Meeting, LA. Boston, August 18-20, 2002 The 226th National Meeting of the American ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Chemical Society Organic Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. to Professor Andrew G. Date/Location: September 7-11, 2003 in New York, Myers, Harvard University (out of sequence at NY request of awardee) Abstracts Due Online: The deadline for submission will be posted on the Division web site. Arthur C. Cope Award for outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry to Professor Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute Other Organic Chemistry Meetings of of Technology Interest

A. C. Cope Scholar Awards: National Organic Symposium (NOS): Xumu Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University James S. Panek, Boston University The 38th National Organic Symposium will be held Robert M. Williams, Colorado State University between June 8-12, 2003 at Indiana University, Alois Fi.irstner, Max-Planck-Institut ftir Bloomington. Check the Official NOS web page for Kohlenforschung further information (http://nos2003.om/). Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Awards: Carl R. Johnson, Wayne State University Plenary Speakers: Madeleine M. Joullie, University of Pennsylvania Albert Eshenmoser (ETH-Zurich) - Alan R. Katritzky, University of Florida Roger Adams A wardee Masakatsu Shibasaki, The University ofTokyo Arthur C. Cope Young Scholar Awards: Donna Blackmond (Hull, UK) Matthew D. Shair, Harvard University Ronald Breslow (Columbia) Karen L. Wooley, Washington Univ. in St. Louis Edward Delaney (Bristol-Myers Squibb) David Evans (Harvard) Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Laura Kiessling (Wisconsin) Synthesis sponsored by Elsevier Science Ltd. to Eric Kool (Stanford) Professor Yoshito Kishi, Harvard University. James Leighton (Columbia) David MacMillan (Cal Tech)

2 Larry Overman U California-Irvine) Special Requests: Please note on your registration Peter Schultz (Scripps) form if you have any dietary restrictions or special Matthew Shair (Harvard) needs. We will make every effort to accommodate Timothy Swager (MIT) your requests. John Wood (Yale)

Registration fee for the 381h National Organic 19th International Congress of Heterocyclic Symposium includes all conference materials, Chemistry opening reception, morning refreshment breaks, social mixers on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Date/Location: August 10-15, 2003 in Fort Collins, evenings, and picnic/barbeque on Wednesday Colorado evening. Registrants are responsible for travel, Abstracts Due: 31 March, 2003 lodging, meals other than those identified and any Web site: http://www.19ichc.colostate.edu/ costs associated with planned excursions.

Registration for the Symposium will be accepted Important Notices beginning September 3, 2002 and concluding May 16. 2003. Discounted fees will remain in effect from The Division's Spring 2002 Newsletter is available September 3rd through April 4, 2003 at which time on the internet at http://www.chem.wavne.edu/acs late registration fees will go into effect. All organic-division/newsletter.html participants are encouraged to register early. All participants including speakers, presenters, sponsors and guest are asked to register. There will be no on With regard to the following two ballot issues, please site registration. Pre-registration may be made on follow the directions carefully in order for your vote line, by phone, mail or FAX. to be valid. PLEASE USE A NUMBER 2 PENCIL TO COMP LE TEL Y FILL IN THE Registration fees are based on professional status and CORRESPONDING BOXES. The results of each membership participation in the National Organic ballot shall be determined by those votes returned Association: (envelope provided) to the Secretary-Treasurer's Before April 4 2003: member fees $300, non office: Dr. James H. Rigby, Department of member fees $325, post-doctoral students $100, all Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI other students $50. April 4 through May 16, 2003: 48202 no later than November 29. 2002. Please note: member fees $350, non-member fees $375, post Under the bylaw for the Division of Organic doctoral students $125, all other students $75. Chemistry, Affiliates do not have voting privileges.

Registration fees can be paid by: The 2002 Nominating Committee Report. Please Credit card -- Master Card, American Express, Visa, see the information provided on each candidate in the Discover insert. Check -- Made payable to JU Conferences #88-03. Checks must be issued in the US currency and Articles of Incorporation. A proposal to drawn on a bank that does business in the US incorporate the Division of Organic Chemistry was Purchase Order recently approved by the Executive Committee. The Committee believes that incorporation is in the best Registrations are accepted: interest of the Division in that it will help protect it On-line: http://www.nos2003.org/ from certain liabilities. The proposed articles of Phone: Contact the Conference Registrar at 800-933- incorporation are included with this Newsletter. 9330 FAX: Please photocopy the on-line registration form and FAX to Conference Registrar at 812-855-8077 Web Site for Organic Syntheses Mail: Please photocopy the on-line registration form and mail to: Conference Registrar, JU Conferences, Organic Syntheses presents to the organic chemistry 110 One City Centre, 120 W. 7th Street, community detailed experimental methods in a Bloomington, IN 47404 standard format for the synthesis of organic compounds. The 79 annual volumes and 9 collective Cancellation of Registration: Registration fees will volumes published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. are be fully refunded up to May 8, 2003. Cancellations 1 now available online. The site requires specific after May 8 h will be subject to a $30.00 service browser configurations and the ChemDraw Browser charge. Requests for refunds must be submitted in plugin. You can access the database at: writing (e-mail is acceptable) and directed to the http://www.orgsyn.org/ Conference Registrar at iuconfsra·indiana.edu or mailed to JU Conference (address above).

3 love for organic chemistry. The award was endowed Organic Reactions Volumes by contributions from Professor Leete's student and colleagues. Current and back issues of Organic Reactions are available. For an order form and more information, Rules of Eligibility. Nominees must be members of v1s1t the Organic Division web site the Organic Division of the American Chemical htto://www.chem.wayne.edu/acs-organic Society who have made outstanding contributions to division/on!,react.htm I both teaching and research. Teaching should be considered in the broadest sense, including of professional chemists, the dissemination of NSF Announcement: information about chemistry to prospective chemists, to members of the profession, to students in other The National Science Foundation is seeking areas and to the general public. A nominee must also nominations for rotators to serve in grant evaluation have accomplished outstanding creative work in any in the Division of Chemistry of the Mathematical and area of organic chemistry. Nominations should Physical Sciences Directory. Rotators typically spend emphasize both the nominee's teaching and research one year on sabbatical at the National Science contributions. Foundation Headquarters near Washington, D.C. The NSF seeks to put together a pool of qualified candidates who can be tapped over the long-term for Travel Awards these important positions. Nominations for possible rotators should be forwarded to Dennis Curran at For Outstanding Undergraduate Students in [email protected]. Self nominations are welcome. Organic Chemistry

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Call for Nominations Research & Development, L.L.C. Travel awards are granted to undergraduate students 2003 Leete Award ·for travel, accommodations and registration, up to $1000 each, to attend the Spring National Meeting of Nominations for the 2003 Edward Leete Award will the American Chemical Society. Student applicants be accepted until April 1, 2003. Nominees must be will be in their junior year of studies, have engaged in members of the Organic Division of the American research full-time during at least one summer, and Chemical Society who have made outstanding have the intent to enter graduate school in chemistry. contributions to both teaching and research. A Preference will be given to those students who plan nomination document should include: to present a poster or paper at the Meeting. Limit of one award per institution. I. A letter of not more than 1000 words containing an evaluation of the nominee's accomplishments and All Application Forms must be accompanied by: a specific identification of the work recognized 2. A biographical sketch, including date of birth 1. A brief biographical sketch of the applicant with 3. A list of publications and patents by the nominee a description ofrelevant research experience 4. Up to two seconding letters, containing 2. A listing of college or university grades information not given in the letter of nomination, 3. Two letters ofrecommendation, including one may be included from the student's research mentor 4. A brief statement by the student concerning the Nomination packets must be sent to: Dr. James R. perceived value in attending the ACS National Rigby, Secretary/Treasurer, Division of Organic Meeting. Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. 48202. The award will be Applications are to be sent to Dr. Cynthia A. presented at the 226th ACS National meeting in New Maryanoff, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical York. Research & Development, L.L.C., Welsh and McKean Roads, P. 0. Box 0776, Spring House, PA Nature. The award will be presented no more than 19477-0776. Tel: 215-628-5650 or 215-628-5491. biennially during the fall national meeting of the Fax: 215-540-4683 American Chemical Society. The Award consists of a $1500.00 cash prize. The deadline for receipt of applications is Januarv 15. 2003. Notification of Award will be made on or Establishment. The award is named in honor of before February 15 . 2003. Edward Leete who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and

4 Organic Division, Book Discount Tel: 352-392-2264; Fax : 352-392-3584 Internet ID: [email protected] As a member you will receive four discount coupons per year, which will provide a 25% discount on * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * books purchased from the publishers listed below. Official requirements for authors who wish to submit Effective this year, the book discount coupons will be a paper for an ACS meeting in one of the Organic included in the fall newsletter. Division Sponsored sessions:

Academic Press, Inc., 25% discount. Order I. ACS Requirements Department, Academic Press, Inc., 465 S. Lincoln Dr., Troy, MO 63379, Tel: 1-800-321-5068 The bylaws of the American Chemical Society places the following requirements on papers that are Aldrich Chemical Co., 25% discount on published presented at National ACS Meetings. books only. Orders must be directed to the attention of George Gama, Techware Dept., Aldrich Chemical 1. ACS Membership. At least one author of each Co., 940 W. St. Paul Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233, paper must be a member of the American Chemical Tel: 1-800-771-6737, ext. 5414 Society, unless all the authors are not chemists or engineers residing in the United States. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 25% discount on Wiley Interscience books, excluding textbooks. John Wiley II. Organic Division Requirements and Policies & Sons, Eastern Distribution Center, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, NJ 08875, Tel: 732-469-4400, ext. 2497 The Organic Division has the following bylaw and policies pertaining to ORAL and POSTER Marcel Dekker, Inc., 25% discount. Marcel Dekker, PRESENTATIONS submitted for presentation at Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, Tel: National ACS Meetings. 1-800-228-1160 I. Under no circumstances should a paper appear in Pergamon Press, Inc., 25% discount. Orders must be print in a journal other than as a communication to directed to Pergamon Press, Inc., 660 White Plains the editor before presentation. Responsibility for Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-9153, Tel: 914-633- ensuring that this policy is not violated rests solely 3805 with the author(s). If a manuscript is accepted for publication before a Meeting, the author(s) should Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 25% discount. 381 specifically request the editor to arrange publication Parke Avenue South, Suite 1501, New York, NY in an issue that is circulated after the ACS Meeting. 10016, Tel: 1-800-782-3488 2. Abstract. Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal System (OASys) available Information for Submission of a Paper or through the ACS web site. Include a required 1,000- Poster at an ACS meeting in an Organic word description of oral or poster presentation (Div. Division Session Bylaw VIII.lb) in online submission via OASys.

Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal 3. Manuscript. One copy of a manuscript (at least System (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/. Include a 1,000 words) of the paper to be presented that required 1,000-word description of the oral or poster contains a detailed description of the experimental presentation (Div. Bylaw VIII.lb) in online work upon which the paper is based must be submission via OASYS. If you do not have web submitted (required by the bylaw of the Division). A access, contact Dr. Lisa McElwee-White copy of the manuscript in a form to be submitted for ([email protected]), program chair, well before any publication is ideal. No paper can be accepted for the posted deadline -- See the Organic Division's meeting program unless it is accompanied by the manuscript. After the manuscript has been reviewed, Meetings page for important deadlines. in preparation for the program, the manuscript of each paper accepted will be sent to the chair of the Helpful hints/tips for submission of a long abstract session in which the paper is to be presented. The can be found at: http://www.chem.wayne.edu/acs presiding officer will serve as discussion leader for organic-division/abstract.html. each of the papers in their session. Manuscripts for Lisa McElwee-White, Program Chair publication should be sent to the editors of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences journals and not the secretary of the Division. P.O. Box 117300, University ofFiorida Gainesville, FL 32611-7300

5 4. Scheduling of Papers. The papers are arranged authors, and affiliation. Minimize text and maximize according to subject matter. Please do not request the the number of figures, schemes, and structures. The scheduling of a paper for specific days unless a contents must be readable from at least four feet. conflict WITH ANOTHER ACS PROGRAM makes Helpful hints/tips for submission of a long abstract it impossible for you to present at a specific time. If can be found at: http://www.chem.wayne.edu/acs such a conflict exists, please advise the Program organic-division/abstract.html. Chair no later than the deadline. REQUESTS FOR PARTICULAR TIMES FOR PRESENTATION THAT FAIL TO INDICATE A CONFLICT WITH Membership AN ACS FUNCTION WILL BE TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION ONLY. Join over 18,500 fellow scientists bound by a strong interest in Organic Chemistry. 5. Notification of Acceptance. The author presenting the paper will be notified of the half-day session to Maintain current awareness in your profession. which the paper has been assigned. If a paper cannot Elevate your professional profile - become a member be accepted, the author will be notified of this fact as of the Organic Division! soon as possible. If an oral presentation is requested on the short abstract, an attempt will be made to Benefits of Membership honor that request. However, if the topic of the requested oral presentation does not fit in an oral 1) You will receive semiannual Newsletter session, or if an inordinately large number of requests information about divisional and joint programs at for oral presentations are received, the presentation National ACS Meetings, invitation to present may be moved to a poster session. When no papers/posters at these meetings, deadlines for paper preference is indicated, the paper will be slotted in submissions, and other meetings of interest. either an oral or a poster session depending on the topic. 2) You will receive Abstract Booklets of papers presented at National Meetings by the Organic 6. Acknowledgment of Receipt. Any author(s) of the Division, including those cosponsored with other abstract (as well as the subsequent assignment) must divisions. enclose two self-addressed and stamped postcards, such as those originally attached to the standard ACS 3) You will enjoy gratis copies of flexicover annual abstract form. Foreign authors are not required to editions of Organic Syntheses, courtesy of Organic provide stamps. Syntheses, Inc.

4) You will receive annually four discount coupons III. Slides and Oral Presentation providing a 25% discounts on books purchased from the following major publishers: Academic Press, Inc., Each meeting room will be equipped with projection Aldrich Chemical Co., John Wiley & Sons, Marcel facilities for 2" x 2" slides and overhead transparencies. Overheads are not recommended for Dekker, Inc., Pergamon Press, Inc., and Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. large audiences such as symposia. Authors should be sure their slides are legible and present a reasonable 5) Through the process of nomination, you can amount of data on each slide. Manuscripts should not participate in selection of speakers at the National be read verbatim. The Executive Committee Organic Symposia. recommends that the presentation should be carefully prepared so that it is properly timed and of high 6) Through yearly input by nomination, you can quality. Since the time allotted to each oral assist in selecting the Officers of the Division. presentation is only 20 minutes, it is suggested that no more than ten black-on-white background slides 7) By further individual or group involvement, you be used in the presentation. The material on the slides can contribute to enhancing the stature of the field of should be presented horizontally. The size of the organic chemistry in and outside of the ACS. screens do not accommodate the use of vertical slides. How Can I Join the Organic Division? Currently, the best way to join is to apply online at: IV. Poster Session http://store.acs.org/cgi- bin/technical_divisions_ application. Boards (4' x 6') will be available for each poster presentation. Plan to use large letters for the titles,