CHEMISTRY International The News Magazine of IUPAC November-December 2013 Volume 35 No. 6 A Look Back at Ernest Solvay InChI, the Chemical Identifier INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY Suffixes and the Naming of Elements From the Editor A Heartfelt Congratulations to OPCW CHEMISTRY International n 11 October 2013, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that The News Magazine of the International Union of Pure and Othis year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to the Organization for Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. www.iupac.org/publications/ci This is a great and important recognition for an organization that works so diligently to make the world a safer place. I am humbled to Managing Editor: Fabienne Meyers relay IUPAC’s heartfelt congratulations to our Production Editor: Chris Brouwer OPCW colleagues for this fantastic and well- Design: pubsimple deserved recognition for their tireless work to free the world of chemical weapons. All correspondence to be addressed to: In recent years, IUPAC has been privileged Fabienne Meyers to work with OPCW, both in contributing IUPAC, c/o Department of Chemistry technical expertise to the review conferences Boston University of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering and in developing educational resources on the multiple uses of chemi- 590 Commonwealth Ave. cals. As recently as the July-Aug 2013 issue of Chemistry International, Boston, MA 02215, USA Leiv K. Sydnes contributed a feature outlining IUPAC’s involvement with OPCW over the last 12 years. That feature was triggered by the recent E-mail:
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