Division of Organic Chemistry.....-----~~~~-F-au2004 -~--....11 American Chemical Society Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Department of Chemistry Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Phone: 313-577-3472 Fax: 313-577-3585 Website: http://www.organicdivision.org/ e-mail: [email protected]

Executive Committee Members, 2004-S Members at Large Councilors Alternate Councilors William Greenlee, Chair P. Andrew Evans Franklin Davis Stephen Kaldor Edwin Vedejs, Past-Chair Sarah Kelly Michael Doyle Cynthia Maryanoff Huw Davies, Chair Elect Marie E. Krafft Kathy Parker Victor Snieckus James H. Rigby, Secretary/Treasurer Lisa McElwee-White Barry Snider Robert Volkmann Robert D. Larsen, Program Chair John R. Stille Ahmed Abdel Magid. NOS Exec. Officer Steven Zimmerman

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 at the end of this letter in the section entitled "Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster." 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 Robert D. Larsen, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks. CA 91320, Mailstop: 29/2-M-D Tel: 805-313-5267, Fax: 805-375-4531, e-mail : [email protected].

Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award Andrew D. Cohen, Johns Hopkins University Winner Aventis Pharmaceuticals Fellow John P. Toscano, Faculty Advisor

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2004 Paul Jennifer Heemstra, G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award is Clayton H. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Heathcock of the University of California Berkeley. This Nelson J. Leonard Fellow award recognizes his exemplary leadership role in the sponsored by Organic Syntheses organic chemistry community. He was honored by the Jeffrey S. Moore, Faculty Advisor Division at the 228th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia. Audris Huang, University of California, Irvine Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Pfizer Fellow Fellowships Larry E. Overman, Faculty Advisor

Graduate fellowships in the amount of $20,000 each have Peter D. J arowski, been awarded to: University of California, Los Angeles Organic Reactions, Inc. Fellow Erik Alexanian, Princeton University K.N. Houk & M.A. Garcia-Garibay, Faculty Advisors GlaxoSmithKline Fellow Erik Sorensen, Faculty Advisor Jennifer E. Klare, Columbia University Organic Syntheses Fellow Irwin Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Colin Nuckolls, Faculty Advisor Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Fellow Alice Ting, Faculty Advisor Tamara E. Munsch, Purdue University Schering Plough Fellow Paul G. Wenthold, Faculty Advisor

1 1 David A. Nicewicz, 228 h ACS National Meeting The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Philadelphia, August 22-26, 2004 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Fellow Arthur C. Cope Award for outstanding achievement in Jeffrey S. Johnson, Faculty Advisor the field of organic chemistry to Professor Barry M. Trost, Stanford University. Jason T. Roland, University of California, Irvine Albany Molecular Research Fellow Arthur C. Cope Scholar A wards Zhibin Guan, Faculty Advisor Justin Du Bois, Stanford University David R. Liu, Jennifer M. Schomaker, Michigan State University Ronald T. Raines, University of Wisconsin Eli Lilly Fellow Scott J. Miller, Boston College Babak Borhan, Faculty Advisor Yian Shi, Colorado State University John L Wood, Yale University W. Michael Seganish, Louis S. Hegedus, Colorado State University University of Maryland College Park Richard C. Larock, Iowa State University Proctor & Gamble Fellow Gary H. Posner, John Hopkins University Philip DeShong, Faculty Advisor Kenneth S. Suslick, University of Illinois, Urbana­ Champaign Raissa M. Trend, California Institute of Technology Bristol Myers Fellow Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Brian Stoltz, Faculty Advisor Synthesis Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology Jimmy Wu, Harvard University Deiter Seebach, ETH Zurich Merck Fellow David A. Evans, Faculty Advisor Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry

A wards Symposia Joseph Mckenna, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. Brian E. Kornberg, Pfizer, Ann Arbor 1 227 h ACS National Meeting, Jeffrey L. Havens, Pfizer, Kalamazoo Anaheim, March 28-April 1, 2004 Peter H. Dorff, Pfizer, Groton Efren G. Delos Santos, Wyeth Research ACS A ward for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Ying Chen, Amgen Inc. Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company to Richard F. Heier, Pfizer, St. Louis Professor Tohru Fukuyama. Bradley J. Newhouse, Array BioPharma Tracy F. Gregory, Pfizer, Ann Arbor Elias J. Corey A ward for Outstanding Original Robert P. Gomez, Merck Research Laboratories Contribution in by a Young Matthew J. Laufersweiler, Proctor & Gamble Investigator sponsored by Pfizer to Professor Gregory Marjorie S. Waters, Merck Research Laboratories Fu, MIT University. Kenneth J. Bordeau, Aventis Pharmaceuticals

Ernest Guenther A ward in Chemistry of Natural Call for Papers for the 229th ACS National Meeting Products sponsored by Givaudan to Professor William R. Roush, . Date/Location: March 13-17, 2005/San Diego, CA Abstracts Due Online: November 5th, 2004. Herbert C. Brown A ward for Creative Research in Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal System Synthetic Methods Professor Edwin Vedejs, University (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/. of Michigan. Extended abstracts are no longer required.

James Flack Norris A ward in Physcial Organic Chemistry sponsored by the Northeastern Section, ACS Call for Nominations to Professor C. Dale Poulter, University of Utah. 2005 Leete A ward Ralph F. Hirschmann A ward in Peptide Chemistry sponsored by Merck to Richard A. Houghten. Nominations for the 2005 Edward Leete Award will be accepted until April l, 2005. Nominees Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in must be members of the Organic Division of the Biomimetic Chemistry sponsored by the Breslow American Chemical Society who have made Endowment to Professor Julius Rebek, Jr. 2 outstanding contributions to both teaching and (envelope provided) to the Secretary-Treasurer's research. A nomination document should include: office: Dr. James H. Rigby, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1. A letter of not more than 1000 words 48202 no later than December 1, 2004. Please note containing an evaluation of the nominee's Under the bylaw for the Division of Organic accomplishments and a specific Chemistry, Affiliates do not have voting privileges. identification of the work recognized The 2004 Nominating Committee Report. Please 2. A biographical sketch, including date of see the information provided on each candidate in birth the insert.

3. A list of publications and patents by the • Membership Survey nominee Please fill out the enclosed survey and return with your ballot.

4. Up to two seconding letters, containing • The Division's Website information not given in the letter of Please note that the Division's website has moved nomination, may be included to the following address: http://www.organicdivision.org Nomination packets must be sent to: Dr. James H. Rigby, Secretaryffreasurer, Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State ACS Sponsored Meetings University, Detroit, ML 48202. For information about attending the National meeting see the ACS meeting web site at: http://www.acs.org/meetings. Nature. The award will be presented no more than biennially during the fall national meeting of the The 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical American Chemical Society. The Award consists of Society, March 13-17, 2005 a $1500.00 cash prize. San Diego, CA

Establishment. The award is named in honor of Contributed Symposia Edward Leete who, through his contributions to • Current Aspects of Synthetic Organic science and education, fostered an appreciation and Chemistry love for organic chemistry. The award was Organized by P.V. Ramachandran, Purdue endowed by contributions from Professor Leete's University & Clint Lane, University of Arizona. students and colleagues. • Frontiers in Bio-organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Rules of Eligibility. Nominees must be members Organized by Laura L. Kiessling, University of of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Wisconsin, Madison & Martha G. Oakley, Society who have made outstanding contributions Indiana University. to both teaching and research. Teaching should be considered in the broadest sense, including of Other Organic Chemistry Meetings professional chemists, the dissemination of information about chemistry to prospective chemists, to members of the profession, to students The 39th National Organic Symposium (NOS) in other areas and to the general public. A nominee must also have accomplished outstanding creative Date/Location: June 12-16, 2005 on the campus of the work in any area of organic chemistry. University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Nominations should emphasize both the nominee's teaching and research contributions. List of Speakers

•Professor K. C. Nicolaou (Scripps) Important Notices •Professor Eric Jacobsen (Harvard) •Professor Stephen Buchwald (MIT) • Election Ballots are enclosed. Please follow the •Professor Steven Ley (Cambridge) directions carefully in order for your vote to be •Professor Reza Ghadiri (Scripps) valid. PLEASE USE A NUMBER 2 PENCIL TO •Professor Amos Smith (U Penn) COMPLETELY FILL IN THE •Professor Alanna Schepartz (Yale) CORRESPONDING BOXES. The results of each •Professor Dan Yang (U Hong Kong) ballot shall be determined by those votes returned 3 •Dr. Richard Tillyer (Merck) 4. Please check that authors from the same institution have •Dr. Bruce Maryanoff (Johnson & Johnson) the same address to avoid redundant addresses in the •Professor Jeff Moore (U Illinois-Urbana) abstract. There is a radiobutton as new authors are added to •Professor Matthew Sigman (U. Utah) simplify the process. •Professor Justin Du Bois (Stanford) •The 2005 Roger Adams Award winner 5. If multiple papers are being submitted please indicate this in the comments so that scheduling conflicts can be avoided. Organic Reactions Volumes 6. Double check that the oral/poster radiobutton and session agree with the format of the presentation to avoid confusion. Current and back issues of Organic Reactions are available. For an order form and more information, visit the Organic Division web site: 7. Please read the instructions to authors before submitting http://www.organicdivision.org/orgreact.html abstracts. This will save you and the organizers time and effort in preparing the program. Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster at an ACS meeting in an Organic Division Session Membership

Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal System Join over 18,500 fellow scientists bound by a strong interest (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/. Extended abstracts are in Organic Chemistry. Maintain current awareness in your no longer required. If you do not have web access contact profession. Elevate your professional profile - become a Dr. Robert D. Larsen ([email protected]), program chair, member of the Organic Division! well before any posted deadline--See the Organic Divisions' Meetings page at: Benefits of Membership http://www.organicdivision.org/meetings.html for important deadlines. 1) You will receive an annual Newsletter, with information about divisional and joint programs at National ACS Robert D. Larsen, Program Chair Meetings, invitation to present papers/posters at these Amgen Inc meetings, deadlines for paper submissions, and other One Amgen Center Drive meetings of interest. Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Mailstop: 29 I 2-M-D 2) You will receive Abstract Booklets of papers presented at Phone: 805-313-5267 National Meetings by the Organic Division, including those Fax: 805-375-4531 cosponsored with other divisions. [email protected] 3) You will enjoy gratis copies of tlexicover annual editions **************** of Organic Syntheses, courtesy of Organic Syntheses, Inc.

Notes to authors who wish to submit a paper for an ACS 4) Through the process of nomination, you can participate in meeting in one of the Organic Division Sponsored selection of speakers at the National Organic Symposia. sessions: 5) Through yearly input by nomination, you can assist in I. Please record your ID# and Password (in left upper selecting the Officers of the Division. corner). Use these to re-access your abstract if you submit your abstract in more than one session or need to edit it. This 6) By further individual or group involvement, you can will help avoid duplicate submissions and simplify contribute to enhancing the stature of the field of organic communications. chemistry in and outside of the ACS.

2. The graphics appear much clearer in the book of abstracts How Can I Join the Organic Division? Currently, the best if images are submitted as a .gif file saved directly from the way to join is to download the application form from: drawing program, and it is suggested that you draw the http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay. html? structure 4 times larger than you normally would before DOC=divisions\index.html saving it as a gif file.

3. The title is to be in lower case except for the first word in the title, the first word after a colon and proper names or acronyms.

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