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9 ACS Synthetic Biology Christopher A. Voigt of MIT leads 12 the new journal from ACS Publishing Your Research 101: New ACS Publications Video Series 10 ACS Macro Letters Gives Authors Expert Advice Interview with Editors Timothy P. Lodge of University of Minnesota and Stuart J. Rowan of Case Western Reserve University

11 ACS Combinatorial Science Interview with Editor-in-Chief M.G. Finn of The Scripps Research Institute

Richard Eisenberg, Editor-in-Chief of Inorganic Chemistry 30 ACS On Campus Questions & Answers

4 JACS Selects the Best of Chemistry 18 Refine Your Literature Search with 28 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry CAS Sections Transitions to New Editors 5 Letter from the Editor 20 The Most-Cited Journals in the 29 At the One-Year Mark with JCED 6 ACS Letters Portfolio of Journals Chemical & Related Sciences Editor-in-Chief Joan F. Brennecke

7 Just Accepted Service 22 Lectureships at the 2011 ACS 32 Introducing JOCSynopses and Fall National Meeting Brief Communications 8 Interview with the Managing Editor of ACS Catalysis 23 New Deputy Editors for the 32 Rising Stars: I&ECR and ACS Nano Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 14 C&EN Mobile Now Available B, and C 33 JNP Announces Schwarting and and Free to Download! Beal Awards 24 Biochemistry Celebrates 50 14 ACS Mobile Now Available for Years of Publishing Cutting-Edge 33 CGD Network Hosts Crystal Android Phones Biochemical Research Growth & Design Paper of the Year Contest 14 Journal of Chemical Education 25 ES&T’s Best Papers High School Chemistry Day 34 Chemical Reviews Thematic Issues 25 JPR Celebrates 10 Years of 15 ACS National Meetings & Defining and Advancing 36 The International Year of Chemistry Expositions Proteomics 37 Organometallics Editor Looks to the 16 Inorganic Chemistry Celebrates 25 International Proteomics Past, the Future, and the Community 50 Years with a new Video Tutorial Program Series & Symposium 38 We Will All Be at ACS Booth #1022 26 C&EN Archives Research Case Study 39 ACS Publications Events in Denver JACS Selects the Best of Chemistry Administered by Journal of the American Chemical Society Editors, each collection includes 20 or more recent JACS publications that highlight or explain a central theme and provide synopses to help non-specialists better understand the published research. Selects

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Chemistry at the Nano-Bio Diverse Chemical Organocatalysis in Organic Harnessing Energy for a Interface Applications of Synthesis Sustainable World Editors: Thomas E. Mallouk N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Editor: Louis S. Hegedus Editors: John C. Crittenden and Peidong Yang Editor: William D. Jones and Henry S. White

The Interface of Inorganic Supramolecular and Chemical Surface Patterning: More Visit the JACS Beta site at Chemistry and Biology Cascade Approaches to Than Just Scratching the pubs.acs.org/JACSbeta Editor: Stephen J. Lippard Molecular Sensing Surface today to view these Editor: Eric Anslyn Editor: Paul S. Cremer recent collections and listen to interviews with the editors.

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The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), is the flagship journal of the American Chemical Society and the most cited journal #1#1 369,164, 9.019 in all of chemistry, as reported in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® Most Cited Journal Total Impact by Thomson Reuters (Thomson Reuters 2011). in Chemistry Citations Factor Letter from the Editor

Welcome to the Fall 2011 Edition of Excellence, our twice-yearly print and online newsletter for the worldwide research community. Thanks to your contributions as authors and reviewers, and your continued trust in the research published by ACS, the journals of the ACS once again rank #1 in Impact Factor and/or total citations in all 7 chemistry categories and in 7 additional subject categories. Turn to page 20 for journal-by-journal details from the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters.

What You Told Us in Anaheim

Did you complete our survey? More than 800 of your colleagues filled out the ACS Publications online survey at the 2011 ACS Spring National Meeting in Anaheim, California. Hundreds of attendees at other conferences in the past year, such as Pacifichem and EuCheMS, also completed this survey. The survey included a wide range of topics, from research behaviors to journal preferences.

We sincerely thank all participants for taking the time to give us your valuable insights and feedback.

One section of the survey focused on factors that influence an author’s choice of where to publish. Time to publication was a factor that ranked highly, and it is not by coincidence that the next pages of this newsletter describe the ACS Letters Portfolio, the journals with the fastest time to publication in their respective fields.

Other highly ranked criteria include editors who are practicing researchers, a user-friendly manuscript submission system, journal reputation, Impact Factor, total citations, and world-wide distribution of published research. We will continue to analyze these survey results to help guide us in making further developments and enhancements for the most trusted, most cited, most read journals in chemistry and related disciplines.

In addition to surveys, our ACS on Campus events (see page 30) have been great sources for feedback. One request we’ve heard at these events is that authors want advice to help them be more successful in publishing their research. The cover story on page 12 describes our response to that request: the Publishing Your Research 101 video series.

Listening to the scientific community remains a top priority, and we invite you to stop by the ACS Publications booth #1022 to share your comments and find out what’s new from ACS Publications.

While you’re at our booth, take a moment to test your knowledge of topics such as the ACS Web Editions platform, author benefits, and new journals like ACS Macro Letters (see page 10) and ACS Synthetic Biology (see page 9) by taking the “ACS Publications Challenge” at our iPad stations around the booth.

Thank you again for your support of the journals of the ACS. ACS Publications Challenge Take the Challenge Joe Graham at Booth #1022 Editor, Excellence The ACS Letters Portfolio of Journals

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The Fastest Time to Publication in Organic Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief: Amos B. Smith, III University of Pennsylvania

• The first ACS all-Letters format journal— introduced in June 1999 • Publishing brief reports on cutting-edge research, creative approaches, and innovative ideas in a broad range of organic chemistry research • Recording an Impact Factor of 5.250 • The highest-impact communications journal in Organic Chemistry for the past 10+ years pubs.acs.org/OL

The Fastest Time to Publication in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology The Fastest Time to Publication in Polymer Science Co-Editor: A. Paul Alivisatos University of California Editor: Timothy P. Lodge Co-Editor: Charles M. Lieber University of Minnesota NEW IN Harvard University Deputy Editor: Stuart J. Rowan 2012! • Introduced in 2001 Case Western Reserve University • The most prestigious worldwide forum for • Now accepting submissions rapid communication of nanoscale research • Complementing Macromolecules, the most • Receiving an impressive Impact Factor cited journal in polymer science of 12.186 • Articles will have full citation with page • Publishing preliminary, experimental, and numbers when first published to the web theoretical results on the physical, chemical, and biological • Covering all areas of contemporary soft phenomena, along with processes and applications of structures matter science in which macromolecules play a key role, within the nanoscale range including nanotechnology, self-assembly, supramolecular pubs.acs.org/nanolett chemistry, biomaterials, energy generation and storage, and renewable/sustainable materials

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Craig McLauchlan, Illinois State University 06 I choose to publish in ACS Publications because they are really well indexed and widely cited. ACS Journals Are Now Even Faster: • Publishing Cutting-Edge Results in Record Time The Fastest Time to Publication • Maintaining the Highest Standards of Editorial Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry Just Accepted Service • Giving Authors High Visibility and Broad Distribution Now Available for Select ACS Publications Editor-in-Chief: Dennis C. Liotta Emory University

• Introduced in 2010 • Dedicated to the rapid dissemination of the most striking brief communications in medicinal chemistry • Covering all diseases and targets in modern drug discovery • Complementing the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, the most cited journal in medicinal chemistry ACS Publications is proud to announce the implementation pubs.acs.org/acsmedchemlett of Just Accepted, a service to the scientific research community that continues our commitment to the rapid THE JOURNAL OF dissemination of scientific information. Authors publishing PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY their research in select journals may elect to have their Let ters peer-reviewed accepted, unredacted (not technically edited, formatted or proofed by the author) manuscript

The Fastest Time to Publication posted online as a Just Accepted manuscript. Just Accepted in Physical Chemistry manuscripts are accessible to all readers and citable by the Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) and indexed by SciFinder®, PubMed and Google. Editor-in-Chief: George C. Schatz Northwestern University Dissemination of these peer-reviewed articles within 24 Deputy Editor: Prashant V. Kamat hours of acceptance provides earlier access to the most University of Notre Dame up-to-date research in a fully citable format. The Just Accepted manuscript is replaced with the Article ASAP and/or • Introduced in January 2010 in an issue. The published article serves as the final scientific • Publishing Letters and Perspectives across article of record. All versions of the article retain the same all topics covered in the highly cited Journal DOI to ensure that citations to Just Accepted manuscripts of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C link to the final scientific article of record when it becomes • Articles have full citation with page numbers available. when first published as Articles ASAP

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The Just Accepted service provides broad and earlier access to up-to-date research in a fully citable format. The service has now been adopted by 29 ACS journals. For additional details and a list of journals offering the service, go to pubs.acs.org/page/4authors/benefits/index.html

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Using the latest 2011 data comparing number of days from submission to web publication (for letters/communications only) among competitive journals in physical chemistry, the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters remains the fastest in the field—more than twice as fast as competitive journals in physical chemistry.

Pius Adelani, University of Notre Dame I trust ACS Publications to thoroughly review and quickly publish my research. 07 I’ve gotten published in as little as a month with ACS. Interview with the Managing Editor of ACS Catalysis In January 2011, ACS Publications While review-type articles are usually solicited by invitation, we introduced the new peer- also consider unsolicited manuscripts of this type, although, in reviewed journal ACS Catalysis. these cases, pre-submission enquiries as to the suitability of such a We spoke recently with the manuscript are welcomed. Managing Editor of ACS Catalysis, David J. Smith, PhD, about his job Meet the Editors: and about ACS Catalysis. Below is a list of the Editors, their areas of research, and some of the conferences they will be attending in the second half of Excellence: What do you do as the year. the Managing Editor of Editor-in-Chief Christopher W. Jones, ACS Catalysis? Georgia Institute of Technology Smith: I work with Editor-in-Chief Areas of research: Materials design and Christopher Jones to implement synthesis, catalysis and adsorption the editorial mission of ACS • EuropaCat X, August 28 – September 2, 2011, Catalysis, which is to publish high-quality catalytic research. I also Glasgow, Scotland work closely with other publishing units and editors to ensure • AIChE Annual Meeting, October 16-21, 2011, efficiency, timeliness, and overall quality of the content. I’m also Minneapolis, MN charged with the responsibility of populating ACS Catalysis’ newly Associate Editor Huimin Zhao, established Twitter feed (Twitter.com/ACSCatalysis) and monitoring University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign its performance. Areas of Research: Protein engineering and metabolic engineering Excellence: What topic areas does ACS Catalysis publish? • Enzyme Engineering XXI, September 18-22, Smith: ACS Catalysis publishes research in all areas of catalytic 2011, Vail, Colorado chemistry. In basic terms, these areas can be divided into • AIChE Annual Meeting, October 16-21, 2011, homogeneous, heterogeneous, and biocatalysis, though we’re Minneapolis, MN especially keen to publish work that blurs the boundaries between these traditional subdisciplines. The journal has a wide scope, as Associate Editor T. Brent Gunnoe, catalysis is important to so many areas of modern chemistry such University of Virginia as organic synthesis, biomass renewal, agrochemistry, and fuel cells. Areas of Research: Organometallic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, small molecule activation Excellence: Do you have any special issues coming up? • ACS Fall National Meeting, August 28- Smith: Yes, we do. We have just published our first special issue, September 1, 2011, Denver, Colorado which is a Memorial Issue (pubs.acs.org/toc/accacs/1/7) in honor of Victor Shang-Yi Lin, a catalysis researcher from Iowa State University Follow ACS Catalysis on Twitter @ACSCatalysis who sadly passed away last year at the age of 43. Professor Lin was active in many fields of catalysis, so we have been able to assemble Managing Editor David J. Smith, a broad spectrum of contributions for this issue from some of his American Chemical Society colleagues and acquaintances. • ACS Fall National Meeting, August 28- September 1, 2011, Denver, Colorado We are also currently approaching the release of our next special • 15th International Symposium on Relations issue on Biocatalysis and Biomimetic Catalysis for Sustainable between Homogeneous & Heterogeneous Chemistry, which we hope to publish in September. In the Catalysis September 11-16, 2011, future, we will produce two special issues a year in topical areas Berlin, Germany of relevance to wide sections of the catalysis and chemistry community.

Excellence: If someone is interested in publishing in ACS Catalysis, For more information about ACS Catalysis, how should he or she submit a manuscript? visit the website at pubs.acs.org/acscatalysis Smith: Manuscripts are to be submitted online via ACS Paragon Plus (paragonplus.acs.org), where you can find details regarding manuscript preparation and style. We publish a wide variety of manuscripts, including primary research papers (Letters and Articles) and review-type papers (Reviews, Perspectives, Viewpoints).

Grace Ogunlusi, Obafemi Awolowo University 08 I choose to read ACS Publications because they are so useful in instructing my students. Christopher A. Voigt of MIT leads ACS Synthetic Biology, a new journal from the ACS

January 2012 • Volume 1, Issue 1 high-quality research with broad appeal to chemists and chemical engineers, biologists

pubs.acs.org/synthbio and bioengineers, electrical engineers and computer scientists, and biophysicists.

“The applications of synthetic biology impact all areas of biotechnology, including agriculture, chemical/ fuel synthesis, materials, and pharmaceuticals.” www.acs.org Editor-in-Chief Christopher A. Voigt, Associate Professor & Co-Director of the Center for In January 2012, ACS will publish its first Integrative Synthetic Biology, Massachusetts issue of ACS Synthetic Biology a new peer- Institute of Technology reviewed journal publishing important studies in cutting edge molecular, systems, Dr. Voigt is an Associate Professor in the and synthetic research. The journal will be Department of Biological Engineering at led by Christopher A. Voigt of Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology (MIT). co-director of the Center for Integrative Synthetic Biology (CISB). Previously, he was Published monthly via the ACS’s award- faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical winning ACS Web Editions platform, ACS Chemistry at University of California, San Synthetic Biology will define the field of Francisco. He is an Adjunct Professor at the synthetic biology by publishing original Korea Advanced Institute of Science and research that demonstrates integrative, Technology (KAIST) and an Honorary Fellow molecular approaches enabling us to better at Imperial College, and has been honored as understand the organization and function a Sloan Fellow, Pew Scholar, Packard Fellow, of cells, tissues, and organisms in systems. MIT TR35, NSF CAREER Award, and Vaughan Moreover, articles will demonstrate the Lecturer. His current research is focused on application of synthetic biology to manipulate the reprogramming of bacterial organisms these systems. The journal is particularly to perform coordinated, complex tasks for interested in fostering studies on the design pharmaceutical and industrial applications. and synthesis of new genetic circuits and gene products; computational methods in ACS Synthetic Biology is now accepting the design of systems; and integrative applied submissions at paragonplus.acs.org. The approaches to understanding disease and inaugural issue will publish in January 2012, metabolism. with Articles ASAP appearing online in the fall of 2011. ACS Synthetic Biology was introduced to meet the demands of scientists in the Visit pubs.acs.org/synthbio to learn more growing areas of synthetic biology and about the journal, submit your research, systems bioscience. The journal will provide or sign up for e-alerts. First articles can be a reputable forum for the publication of accessed free until February 2012.

Miriam Gillett-Kunnath, University of Notre Dame I publish in ACS Publications because of the high Impact Factors, large number of citations and the 09 cutting edge research. Interview with the Editors of ACS Macro Letters

Timothy P. Lodge Stuart J. Rowan Editor Deputy Editor

We met with Editor Timothy P. Lodge from the University of Rowan: I think the only thing I would add to what Tim has just Minnesota and Deputy Editor Stuart J. Rowan from Case Western said is that also what has happened over the last decade or so is Reserve University to talk about ACS Macro Letters, a new peer- polymer scientists are getting access to better characterization reviewed journal publishing issue 1 in January 2012. ACS Macro techniques. This really helps us understand more at a fundamental Letters complements Macromolecules, the most cited journal in level what’s going on and to be able to control that in your polymer science. materials. It’s an enhanced level of design we’re seeing now in macromolecular science. Excellence: What areas will be covered in ACS Macro Letters? Lodge: The simple answer to that is: any area of contemporary Excellence: Can you talk about the manuscript types you’ll be science where polymers play a key role. Specific examples include publishing? nanotechnology, self-assembly and stimuli responsive materials, Rowan: Primarily we will be publishing communications, but we’ll supramolecular chemistry, biomaterials, materials for energy also have an additional format which we’ll call a Viewpoint article, generation and storage, membranes, and renewable/sustainable which will be more akin to a mini-review on a very specific hot topic materials. Of course, we also welcome interesting new results in in polymer science and engineering right now. more “classical” topics such as polymer synthesis, characterization, properties, computer simulation, theory, and modeling. Excellence: Do you have any advice for authors who want to publish their manuscripts in ACS Macro Letters? Excellence: What do you see as the most exciting emerging areas in Lodge: My advice is simply that we’re looking for papers that have polymer science and engineering today? exciting new results that are presented in a way that will appeal to Lodge: There have been tremendous advances in the last 10 to 20 a broad audience. Within that framework, keep the message crisp years in the controlled synthesis of macromolecular architectures. and to the point, put in all the corroborating experimental details This, in turn, has opened up practical routes to many new kinds of in Supporting Information, and make sure that in the cover letter “value-added” polymer materials and polymer-containing systems. there is a clear statement about what is new and important in the Examples in the high-tech end of the spectrum include organic paper. photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes and plastic electronics in general, materials for lithography, for integrated circuits and high Rowan: I think that’s a very important point that Tim just made. density information storage, biomedical materials for drug delivery, Making sure the cover letter really highlights what it is that you feel for implants, or for tissue engineering. And then membranes for is new when submitting the manuscript. fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors, and anything involving lightweight energy storage and delivery. Less high tech ACS Macro Letters is now accepting submissions at but probably with comparable or even greater potential for broad paragonplus.acs.org. First articles will be published online in societal impact are things like membranes for water purification, October 2011. For more information, and to hear the complete membranes for gas separation (especially carbon dioxide), podcast interview with the Editors, go to pubs.acs.org/macroletters. biodegradable food packaging, and in general a sustainable polymer industry. Currently we manufacture hundreds of pounds of petroleum-based polymers per person per year. We need to move to new renewable polymers, such as polylactide, or we can develop POLY/PMSE Plenary Lecture and Awards Reception routes to the same feedstock monomers we already use, but from Sponsored by ACS Macro Letters renewable sources. A third strategy is to adapt or modify large Wednesday, August 31, 2011 volume natural materials like cellulose, lignin, and chitin, to achieve 5:30-8:00 pm much more useful properties and property sets. In all of these Plaza AD • Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel interdisciplinary areas there are exciting opportunities for polymer science.

Neeti Srinastava, Indofine Chemical 10 I read ACS Publications because I can stay on top of the trends in worldwide chemistry research. Interview with the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Combinatorial Science

In late 2010, the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry was reintroduced Excellence: What interested you about becoming the as ACS Combinatorial Science under the leadership of new Editor-in- Editor-in-Chief of ACS Combinatorial Science? Chief M.G. Finn of The Scripps Research Institute. We met with Prof. Finn: I was interested in taking on the Editor position when the ACS Finn at his office and lab at The Scripps Research Institute to learn described to me the changes that they were thinking of making. more about the exciting new changes to this journal. It is a real opportunity to help bring a new field into existence. I look upon this as an opportunity to help that field become more Excellence: Congratulations on being appointed Editor in Chief established and to help workers in that area, investigators like of ACS Combinatorial Science. How has the scope of the journal myself and many others have a place that they can go to look for changed since last year? new science, to share ideas in what I think is going to be the next Finn: The journal has expanded to cover a much wider variety of important field in the next 20 years. fields that have the same general approach. We now publish papers in materials science, molecular biology, cell biology, as well as in Excellence: What is your vision for the journal in the coming years? drug discovery and small molecule chemistry—all built around Finn: Combinatorial science broadly defined is a new discipline in the idea of making candidates by efficient synthetic methods and my view and for the coming years, I see ACS Combinatorial Science screening them for function. as being an important part in developing this discipline for a wide variety of applications. We hope that the journal will be the place Excellence: What does ACS Combinatorial Science offer that that investigators in this area will turn for new ideas and to publish the competition does not? their front line research. Finn: There is no other journal home for the broadly defined endeavour of combinatorial science; and so we offer workers in To view the video of this interview, please visit this area a place to send their papers where they will be reviewed pubs.acs.org/acscombsci or scan the QR code below. by very knowledgeable people who have engaged in this kind of enterprise themselves.

Excellence: Why should someone consider publishing research in ACS Combinatorial Science? Finn: The primary reason for publishing in ACS Combinatorial Science is our reviewers. We have an expert panel of reviewers; that have experience in the various disciplines as well as in the techniques and approaches that combinatorial science requires. The second reason is the resources of the ACS that we have behind us. ACS journals are well known for their quality. The submission and review process is streamlined and standardized and works E ditor-in-Chief: M.G. Finn, extremely well. The Scripps Research Institute

Ning Chen, Michigan Tech University I read ACS Publications because they are very high quality and are among the most cited peer-reviewed 11 journals in chemistry. You Asked for It, We Deliver!

ACS developed the Publishing Your Research “Writing the paper is an integral part of the research process. It provides a method of organizing your thinking about what data you need to collect and how you put it into coherent form.” 101 series in response to George Whitesides, Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University feedback gathered during discussions and interviews with faculty and students Publishing Your Research 101: around the world, including New ACS Publications Video Series Gives our ACS on Campus events. Consistently, faculty and Authors and Reviewers Expert Advice students told us that pubs.acs.org/r/publishing101 they needed support in publishing manuscripts, If you haven’t had a chance to view ACS Publications’ new video series, Publishing Your Research 101, we noting such critical issues urge you to do so. In May 2011, ACS Publications launched this informative monthly web series to support as increasing their success scientists in writing, submitting, editing, and reviewing manuscripts. Each video features interviews in getting manuscripts with prominent researchers, offering their insights and perspectives based on their experience as editors, accepted, responding to reviewers, and authors as well as active researchers. reviewer comments, and managing sensitive ethical NEW VIDEOS RELEASED MONTHLY! considerations. Publishing Your Research 101 was introduced with Moreover, he addresses: an interview with Professor George M. Whitesides Future Topics: • How his own students have reacted to his of Harvard University, discussing How to Write integrated approach to writing and researching. • Responding to reviewer a Paper to Communicate Your Research. This is • How YouTube enhances the ability of scientists comments a topic the speaker knows well, indeed: to date, to communicate their work. • Tips for non-native Dr. Whitesides has published more than 1,100 • How papers from his lab are drafted and speakers articles, including close to 600 papers with ACS journals. Moreover, he has served on the advisory reviewed internally. • Utilizing the ACS Paragon boards of numerous peer-reviewed journals. • How scientists should market their articles by Plus Environment changing the way people think. Listen to this premiere episode and find out why • How authors can grab readers’ attention with Dr. Whitesides insists that writing a paper and an effective title and abstract. conducting research should be done concurrently

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Weiran Yang, Pennsylvania State University 12 I publish with ACS Publications because the journals are definitely among the most read and most recognized in the field of chemistry. Spotlight on Episode 2: The Cover Letter Cover letters are often an afterthought, but as four ACS journal editors explain, it can sometimes make or break a paper’s chances of being published. Your cover letter should be more than a quick re-hash of your abstract and conclusions. Editors want to learn what makes your research novel, so spending a little extra time on your cover letter makes a big difference.

“Sometimes we’re following up on a big idea that we reported earlier. In that case, it may not be appropriate to go to the top-line journal. It may be more appropriate to go to the journal that reports advances that are very specific to that field.” Paula T. Hammond, Associate Editor, ACS Nano

“What is it that the community will learn from this paper that we did not already know? That will help very much in the decision to send the paper out for review or not.” Timothy P. Lodge, Editor-in-Chief, Macromolecules

“The suggestion for reviewers should be based on how qualified they are in the specific area of research. And it’s important to choose the reviewers on that particular basis.” Richard Eisenberg, Editor-in-Chief, Inorganic Chemistry

“Sometimes the cover letter will repeat the points Find out how experienced researchers of the abstract—sometimes it’s copied verbatim— and that’s not a good idea because the editor get their papers published! already has the abstract and the conclusions.” Jason H. Hafner, Associate Editor, ACS Nano Anyone interested in getting their research published and navigating through the peer review process will benefit from In this episode, you’ll also learn how to choose the right journal listening to this innovative video series. New authors will learn for your paper, since cover letters need to explain why the journal the basics, helping them avoid common pitfalls that can prevent you’ve selected is the right journal to publish your manuscript. a good paper from being published. Experienced researchers The editors also discuss why you should suggest reviewers for will gather tips and insights that will help them better position your work, a topic that is covered in greater detail in episode their papers to prospective journals and improve their experience three of the series. with the process of writing, editing, submitting, and reviewing manuscripts. Spotlight on Episode 3: Suggesting Peer Reviewers

Episode 3 continues the discussion of how to select reviewers to We also urge faculty members and librarians to share these suggest in your cover letter. Having the most qualified reviewers videos with their students as a clear, straightforward introduction for your manuscript, who know the subject matter, will help you to the submission and review process, presented by people who to improve the quality of the article you publish. have had written, submitted, evaluated, and reviewed thousands of manuscripts.

Isabel Escobar, University of Toledo I read and publish in ACS Publications because they tend to be top-of-the-line publications that publish the 13 latest research. C&EN Mobile Is Now Available Droid! ACS Mobile and Free to Download! Now Available for

C&EN Mobile is here! Android phones This new app from ACS More good news for researchers on the Publications enables you go: the ACS Mobile application is available to access C&EN content in for Android phones. The application, which is also available for the a format that is optimized iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, offers users the ability to stay current for iPhone, iPad, and with the latest research results (Articles ASAP) published across Android mobile devices. multiple ACS journals from a single, scrollable index. Once you download the free application, you’ll have Features include the ability to: free, unlimited access to C&EN’s Latest News and CENtral Science. • View a list of the most recently published research from the ACS In addition, you’ll have the ability to purchase and download journals you choose to follow complete issues for $2.99 each. After downloading an issue, you’ll • Abstracts loaded on the ACS ASAPs tab are now cached and can have permanent access to it via your mobile device—you don’t need be read offline (iOS only) to be connected to the internet to read it. Beginning in 2012, ACS • Downloaded Full Text article PDFs are now cached on the device members can take advantage of a special subscription to C&EN for 48 hours for offline reading (iOS only) Mobile. • Filter the list by individual journal • View the abstracts and save them to your device Test It Out at the Fall National Meeting • Read the latest news stories from C&EN Online • Perform a Quick Search for any ACS journal article using title, Join us at the C&EN section of the ACS booth in the Exposition Hall keyword, author, DOI or volume/page citation to test drive C&EN Mobile on an iPhone, iPad, or Android. A short • Share links to individual articles via email, and social networking video will guide you through all its features. While you’re at the ACS options booth, show us that you’ve downloaded C&EN Mobile and you’ll • Share links to multiple articles via email be entered to win an iPad. Throughout August until the end of the National Meeting, C&EN is donating one dollar to charity for each Access to the full text of subscriber-only content will be available downloaded C&EN Mobile app, up to $5,000. to users who are connected to a wi-fi network at a subscribing institution, connected to the VPN of a subscribing institution, or Download C&EN Mobile Today users who have an individual ACS Member subscription.

To download your free C&EN Mobile app, go to either the iTunes This enhancement is just the latest of our continuing efforts to Store or Android Market. If you need assistance, stop by the ACS keep you up to date with the latest research, and we have more booth. During the Fall National Meeting, you can download the innovations soon to come. For more information about the app and entire August 29 issue of C&EN at no charge. It’s great reading for a direct download link, go to acsmobile.org. the plane ride back home!

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Journal of Chemical Education Editors Norbert J. Pienta, Erica High School Chemistry Day Jacobsen and Laura Slocum will take part in High School Sunday, August 28, 2011 Chemistry Day, Sunday, August 28th, at the ACS Fall National 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Meeting in Denver. Their talk, Chemistry of Air, Space and Water: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Ready-to-Use Resources from the Journal of Chemical Education, highlights several ready-to-use resources from the journal related to the meeting’s “Chemistry of Air, Space, and Water” theme, as The above talk is one of several presentations on the well as a live demonstration of a hands-on JCE Classroom Activity. High School Day program available at acs.org/meetings

14 Find Out What We Know and What We Are about to Discover at American Chemical Society National Meetings & Expositions

242nd American Chemical Society 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition National Meeting & Exposition Theme: Chemistry of Air, Space & Water Theme: Chemistry of Life August 28-Sept 1, 2011 March 25-29, 2012 Denver, Colorado San Diego, California

We are witnessing extraordinary new developments in our Chemistry is involved in all aspects of our lives, starting from what understanding of the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere and the controls the structures and functions of biologically important atmospheric chemistry of other planetary objects in our solar molecules, to the mechanics of how complex organisms interact system. with each other. Our understanding at the molecular level of how cells communicate and organize themselves into complex The 242nd ACS National Meeting will host more than 50 symposia arrays has grown significantly through recent research, opening dedicated to the Chemistry of Air, Space & Water, including four the doors to many new therapeutic modalities. Plan to learn highly exceptional keynote and plenary presentations. about advancements made in basic and applied research towards understanding of the chemistry of life, both at the molecular and macroscopic levels. Visit acs.org/meetings for further details. Visit acs.org/denver2011 for further details. Join answer-seekers like yourself at acs.org/meetings for details and to register.

15 Inorganic Chemistry Celebrates 50 Years

2011 is the 50th Anniversary “These videos feature leaders in our field year for Inorganic Chemistry, the who have helped to make the field of most cited journal in the field of inorganic chemistry what it is today and inorganic and nuclear chemistry. who, through their efforts, helped to Editor-in-Chief Richard Eisenberg nurture Inorganic Chemistry and the Associate Editors of the to its current status as the journal invite you to join the leading journal celebration as they commemorate in its field.” the anniversary through a Richard Eisenberg, number of special activities. Editor-in-Chief, Inorganic Chemistry Activities include the ongoing release of the “Voices of Inorganic Thank you for your continued support of the journal and the field of Chemistry” video series and a multi-session symposium entitled, inorganic chemistry, and we would welcome you to join us during “Fifty Years of Inorganic Chemistry: A Celebration of Past, Present and our symposium at the Fall 2011 ACS National Meeting entitled, Future” at the Fall 2011 ACS National Meeting in Denver, Colorado. “Fifty Years of Inorganic Chemistry: A Celebration of Past, Present and Future.” The symposium will begin on Sunday, August 28th, and The Voices video series is comprised of interviews with some of the continue through Tuesday, August 30th. It will be held in Room 3A leading researchers in the field, including former Editor M. Frederick in the Colorado Convention Center. Hawthorne, Harry B. Gray, Edward G. Solomon, Stephen J. Lippard, Fifty Years of Inorganic Chemistry: Thomas J. Meyer, Joan S. Valentine, Kenneth N. Raymond, and A Celebration of Past, Present and Future Richard Holm, with several more to come. The discussions provide a historic perspective on how these leading researchers got their SUNDAY, August 28th starts in inorganic chemistry, and how they have impacted the field Inorganic chemistry—the field and the journal: personal and the journal over time. experiences and recent results Richard H. Holm

Geometric and electronic structure contributions to Cu/O2 reactivity Edward I. Solomon

50 years of inorganic chemistry: From inspirations to innovations Kenneth N. Raymond

A foray into Wernerian and non-Wernerian coordination chemistry over the years Kim R. Dunbar

Fifty years of metal oxos Harry Gray discusses how his early experiments with Harry B. Gray “Prussian Blue” engaged him and his love for colors and sparked his interest in chemistry as a child. Dioxygen activation by nickel complexes: Synthesis, structure and reactivity Charles G. Riordan

Multiple-site proton-coupled electron transfer: Principles and applications to dioxygen James M. Mayer

(Reverse) evolution of Organometallic Chemistry: Roles for

fundamental Fe(CO)3-n(CN) and Fe(NO)2 units in Biology Marcetta Y. Darensbourg

M. Frederick Hawthorne discusses the early days of Scan this QR code to view the Voices Inorganic Chemistry with founding Editor Robert Perry. of Inorganic Chemistry video series

Jessica Kisunzu, University of California, Berkeley 16 With its wide coverage of chemistry, ACS Publications are where I look first to stay current for my research needs. MONDAY, August 29th (AM) TUESDAY, August 30th (AM) Introductory comments and reflections Introductory comments and reflections Alan M. Balch Edward I. Solomon

Following the Electrons to Solar Fuels Carbenes for the activation of small molecules and the stabilization Thomas J. Meyer of unusual phosphorus and boron species The reductive side of water splitting and the light driven Guy Bertrand generation of hydrogen from water: new developments, Coordination chemistry of a trigonal binucleating cryptand ligand strategies and results including superoxide disproportionation reactivity Richard Eisenberg Christopher C. Cummins

Luminescent biomolecular and cellular probes derived from Fortynine Years of Noble Gas Chemistry cyclometalated iridium(III) polypyridine complexes Konrad Seppelt Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo Reactions of heavier main group compounds with small molecules From the WGSR to copolymers from cyclic ethers: Chemistry of Philip P. Power carbon dioxide Donald J. Darensbourg Evolving inorganic chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes Gregory H. Robinson Characterization of intermediates involved in water oxidation and

CO2 reduction Inorganic Crystalline nano-containers. Properties and applications Etsuko Fujita Luisa De Cola

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2011 Philip S. Portoghese Medicinal • Phospholipid assemblies Chemistry Lecturer: Dale L. Boger • Self-assembly of novel, specially- designed colloidal particles Jointly sponsored by the Journal of • Watching polymers and other Medicinal Chemistry and the ACS molecules diffuse in tight spots Division of Medicinal Chemistry, the • Nanotribology Philip S. Portoghese Medicinal Chemistry • Water; hydrophobicity • Actin; cell cytoskeleton Lectureship is awarded annually at the Fall ACS National Meeting. This lectureship is Steve Granick, Flemming Besenbacher, Professor Besenbacher’s current research named in honor of Philip S. Portoghese University of Illinois Aarhus University, Denmark activities include the development and who has served as Editor-in-Chief of the use of scanning probe microscopies The 2011 Langmuir Lectures: Steve Journal of Medicinal Chemistry for 40 and a variety of other surface sensitive Granick and Flemming Besenbacher years. It was founded to recognize the techniques for the study of: contributions of an individual who has had The Langmuir Lectureship, co-sponsored • clean and adsorbate-covered surfaces a major impact on medicinal chemistry by the ACS Division of Colloid & Surface • synthesis and characterization of research. It is also a tribute to the strong Chemistry and the ACS Publications nanostructures on surfaces relationship between the Journal of journal Langmuir, promotes excellence • dynamic phenomena on surface by fast- Medicinal Chemistry and the ACS Division in Colloid and Surface Chemistry by scanning STM of Medicinal Chemistry. recognizing two outstanding scientists • self-assembled molecular in the interdisciplinary field of Colloid, nanostructures • biomolecules and self-assembled This year’s lecture will be presented by Interfacial and Surface Chemistry each year. nanoparticles under liquid conditions Professor Dale L. Boger, Richard and Alice We are pleased to announce the • biocompatible surfaces Cramer Professor of Chemistry at The Langmuir Lecturers for 2011: Professor Scripps Research Institute. Steve Granick, University of Illinois, and Professor Flemming Besenbacher, 2011 Langmuir Lectureship Professor Boger’s work is conducted at the University of Aarhus. Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Chemistry-Biology interface exploring the 2:00 pm: Steven Granick The goal of the Granick Research Group biological properties of natural products 3:00 pm: Flemming Besenbacher is to understand fundamental materials Room 105 (e.g., duocarmycins, vancomycin, and processes and to develop new ones. Work Colorado Convention Center vinblastine) and targeting the discovery of is in progress in the following areas: new therapeutic targets (e.g., FAAH).

2011 Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lecturer: Doug Turner

The Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lectureship, co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry and the ACS Publications journal Biochemistry, recognizes an individual contributor who has had a major impact on scientific research at the interface between chemistry and biology particularly in the realm of biochemistry, biological chemistry, molecular biology and biophysics.

Dale L. Boger, The Scripps Research Institute We are pleased to announce the Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lecturer for 2011: Professor Doug Turner of the University of Doug Turner 2011 Philip S. Portoghese Medicinal University of Rochester Rochester Department of Chemistry. Chemistry Lectureship The scope of Dr. Turner’s work extends far beyond thermodynamic studies on RNA folding. Tuesday, August 30, 2011, during the Dr. Turner has been a pioneer in applying rapid kinetics to characterize the pathways for MEDI Awards Symposium DNA and RNA folding. 11:20 am Room 601/603 2011 Gordon Hammes ACS Biochemistry Lectureship Colorado Convention Center Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:00 pm Room 2 A/B Colorado Convention Center

Carrie Haskell Luevano, University of Florida 22 I publish with ACSFlemming Publications Besenbacher because there, Aarhus are no page charges, the color figures are free and there are no page limits. University, Denmark New Deputy Editors for the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C

ACS Publications congratulates Anne McCoy, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, and Cathy Murphy, who have been promoted to Deputy Editors of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C, respectively. Along with Prashant Kamat, the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, they will assist Editor-in-Chief George Schatz in taking JPC to a greater level of success.

“Anne, Sharon, and Cathy, who have been Senior Editors of JPC “As Deputy Editor of JPCB, my primary for many years, are each known to be among the top researchers objective will be to attract and publish the in their respective fields. Anne is an expert in understanding the highest quality papers in the fields covered vibrational states of molecules, particularly the spectroscopy and by this journal, namely macromolecules, dynamics of weakly-bound gas phase complexes. soft matter, surfactants, membranes, Sharon has pioneered research concerned with statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, proton-coupled electron transfer, and she has medium effects, and biophysical chemistry. developed novel methods that combine electronic Our goal is to ensure that JPCB is the premiere journal in these and nuclear structure in the description of areas, publishing the most exciting, cutting-edge research that molecular motions. She has contributed significantly is of high significance, novelty, and potential impact. In an effort to our understanding of hydrogen bonding, hydrogen to achieve this goal, I plan to solicit Feature Articles and Review tunneling, and protein motions in enzymatic Articles to highlight important areas and to design Virtual Issues to reactions. Cathy is internationally known for bring together collections of articles on thematic topics.” her work on plasmonic and semiconductor —Deputy Editor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, nanoparticle synthesis and the use of these The Pennsylvania State University particles in optical measurements relevant to sensing and medical diagnostics… “JPCC publishes many cutting-edge research results in the areas of In the following paragraphs, I have asked Anne, Sharon, and Cathy nanomaterials, interfaces, and hard matter, to make some introductory remarks…” and the journal continues to grow each —Editor-in-Chief George C. Schatz, Northwestern University year. With my guidance as Deputy Editor, I want to see JPCC continue to grow and “As I reflect upon my new leadership role evolve, and I will be using the mechanisms with JPCA, I am struck by the number of of Virtual Issues, Special Issues, Feature Articles, and the like to exciting areas of investigation that are highlight the outstanding research in these fields. It is my hope represented in the journal. I am looking that all readers of JPCC will have the same thought as I did in 1987: forward to finding ways to highlight topics ‘There is always something interesting in every issue of J. Phys. published in JPC and working closely with Chem!’” the community to solicit Festschrifts and —Deputy Editor Catherine J. Murphy, Review Articles, as well as in putting together topical Special Issues University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Virtual Issues that will highlight the excellent research done by the JPCA community. I also plan to look at the current criteria that are used in evaluating submissions. In general, I want to see JPCA JPC/PHYS Division Reception recognized as the place for authors in our community to publish Tuesday, August 30, 2011 their best research in dynamics, kinetics, environmental chemistry, 5:00 – 7:00 pm spectroscopy, and theory.” Centennial Ballroom H —Deputy Editor Anne B. McCoy, The Ohio State University Hyatt Regency Denver

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Ying Hon, RPI I read ACS Publications because they keep me up to date on what other people are doing in my research field. 23 Photos from Anniversary events in 2011 Biochemistry Celebrates 50 Years of Publishing Cutting-Edge Biochemical Research

Since 1962, Biochemistry has served the scientific community Messages from Biochemistry’s virtual anniversary card: as a trusted source of research in the biochemical sciences. The “Biochemistry stands out as the best journal concerning the whole journal has built its reputation on fair and thorough peer-review of range of biochemistry. This is largely due to the excellent reviewing high-quality research while delivering it to the world as quickly as that occurs. Reviewers are constructive, honest, and diligent. The possible. senior editors are very hard working and carry out their work

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Christina Hamilton, Georgia College & State University 24 I find the CSA Publications website is so intuitive and effective that I can’t imagine doing research without it. Environmental The Journal of Proteome Science & Technology’s Research Celebrates 10 Best Papers Years of Defining and Advancing Proteomics

The Journal of Proteome Research celebrates 10 years of advancing the international field of proteomics with a special anniversary website. Visit pubs.acs.org/r/jpr10 for free access to the most- cited papers since the journal’s inception. Check the list of most prolific authors and view their research. Browse through a cover art slideshow highlighting JPR covers over the last decade. And don’t forget to sign the JPR Virtual Anniversary card while you’re there! In 2010, Environmental Science & Technology published more than 1,400 papers on a wide range of topics. But which papers were the “The occasion of a 10 year time point offers top papers—the best of the year? a time to reflect on the progress of a new journal. It has been an amazing period of 10-fold growth with a shift from a majority of US manuscripts to less than one third. It has involved a shift from paper to electronic publication. We are proud of our international focus both in publications and editorial staff (out of a total of 8 editors, 3 are based in the US, 1 in South America, 2 in Europe and 2 in Asia) as well as our broad representation of the field of proteomics, ranging from mass spectrometry to clinical to agricultural proteomics to metabanomics.” Papers published in Environmental Science & Technology that are —William S. Hancock, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Proteome Research expected to make the most significant impact on the field are nominated by the associate editors of the journal and then ranked by a subcommittee from the editorial advisory board into the International Proteomics categories of environmental science, technology, policy, and new for 2010, feature. Tutorial Program

In an effort to assist in the training of scientists The Best Paper awards are an annual event announced online new to the proteomics field, The Journal of ahead of the print issue. This year’s Best Papers coverage also Proteome Research (JPR) has partnered with the includes video abstracts from the author(s) of the selected articles. Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), the European Proteomics Throughout 2011, visit the Environmental Science & Technology Association (EuPA), and other proteomics journals to launch the homepage to see more stories around the Best Papers of 2010, International Tutorial Program. along with the current videos on the 2009 winners.

This Masters/PhD level program is aimed at individuals with a good basic training in biology, biochemistry, and mathematics/statistics. The tutorials cover core techniques and basics as an introduction to scientists new to the field. These consist of a peer-reviewed text-component (published in JPR or one of the other participating journals) with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation that can be used in classroom teaching.

To encourage use of these teaching tools, the entire series of To see the full list of the Environmental Science & Technology’s Best tutorial articles and slides published in JPR are available free to the Papers of 2010 as well as the accompanying video abstracts, please scientific community. Visit pubs.acs.org/jpr to access the program. visit pubs.acs.org/est.

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QUESTION: The US military sprayed Agent Orange over Vietnam in the 1960s. What did the US government and chemical companies that produced the defoliant know about its health risks and how did their actions affect the American public?

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Finding the Answer is Quick and Easy Enter Agent Orange in the Quick Search box from the C&EN Archives homepage (pubs.acs.org/cen-archives) and you’ll get a list of relevant articles. Sort the articles by publication date to trace the history of the many controversies surrounding Agent Orange.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY INSIGHTS In 1984, C&EN reported that… Agent Orange’s Legacy “An eleventh-hour, out-of-court settlement last week apparently The BATTLE OVER DIOXIN and reputed health problems shaped public perception of chemicals DAVID J. HANSON, C&EN WASHINGTON

THE RECENT COURT of appeals decisions on several long-run- workers with the highest exposures had diseases that researchers has brought an abrupt end to the class action lawsuit by ning cases dealing with the herbicide agent orange reminded me of could show were directly caused by dioxin. just how complicated and drawn out this story is. In some ways, the But the damage to the public’s perception of chemicals had herbicide—and its notorious contaminant—is as responsible for been done. The constant barrage of news reports on dioxin-caused changing the perception of chemicals in diseases and disagreements among sci- the U.S. as the explosion in Bhopal, India, entists over whether dioxin was really re- in 1984 and the leaking waste dump at sponsible for the health problems creat- Vietnam veterans and their dependents against seven chemical Love Canal, N.Y., in 1978. ed a deep lack of public trust in both the The agent orange story began sim- government and industry when it came ply enough. The U.S. government was to chemical safety. And the research looking for a way to deprive the enemy done on dioxin had secondary impacts of shelter by defoliating the forests in affecting chemical regulations today. Vietnam in the 1960s. It settled on a 50-50 In seeking to understand how dioxin companies that supplied the dioxin-contaminated herbicide

combination of the herbicides 2,4-dichlo- AIR FORCE CARZELNICK/U.S. FRANK might cause so many kinds of diseases, it rophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5- was discovered that the compound mim- trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), ics the action of the hormone estrogen which it called agent orange because the by attaching itself strongly to estrogen drums holding the mixture were painted receptors in cells. This discovery and the with an orange band. It was known at the time that 2,4,5-T was finding that other snythetic chemicals could also mimic the body’s Agent Orange to the government during the Vietnam War….The contaminated with low part-per-million levels of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlo- endocrine chemistry opened the door to the field of endocrine rodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), the toxicity of which was just disruptors, the class of compounds that disrupts the normal chem- beginning to be realized. istry of the body by replacing hormones with synthetic chemicals. Between 1962 and 1970, Air Force planes sprayed between 10 1 million and 12 million gal of agent orange on the Vietnamese coun- TODAY, endocrine disruptors are viewed as major environmental tryside and, presumably, anyone there. By the 1970s, Vietnam War contaminants. They include compounds such as bisphenol A, used companies…admitted no liability in agreeing to the settlement.” veterans were complaining of numerous health problems they to make polycarbonate plastic, and the whole class of halogenated claimed were caused by exposure to agent orange and specifically phthalates used in children’s toys and other products. All are under to 2,3,7,8-TCDD, which was by then being called simply dioxin. intense scrutiny for adverse health effects. Years of uproar followed. Many congressional hearings, court But 2,3,7,8-TCDD is not the only dioxin found in the environ- cases, and toxicology studies took place, and charges of govern- ment. Many toxic polychlorinated dioxins and furans are con- ment cover-ups, industry cover- taminants resulting from industrial manufacturing or natural Cl O Cl ups, and government-industry processes. The Environmental Protection Agency subsequently conspiracies were reported. Di- lumped all of the dioxins and furans together, along with the more oxin was labeled “the most potent prevalent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), because they have Cl O Cl 2,3,7,8-TCDD carcinogen known to man” and similar mechanisms of toxicity. The whole group is regulated un- discovered to be ubiquitous in the der the name “dioxins.” environment. The court of appeals cases were recently dismissed primarily be- C&EN reported findings that both the government and the Several incidents kept dioxin contamination before the public. cause of legal technicalities. They involved Vietnamese citizens and In 1971, dirt roads in Times Beach, Mo., were sprayed with oil that Vietnam War veterans seeking compensation for injuries claimed was subsequently found to be highly contaminated with dioxin. In from exposure to dioxin and agent orange. No new data on health ef- the panic that followed, everyone in the area was evacuated and fects were heard, and no debate occurred over who was exposed and the entire town was bought by the federal government. In 1976, a who wasn’t. Maybe people are getting tired of agent orange. chemical plant accident spread dioxin contamination over Seveso, But its impact is significant. Just like the right-to-know debates companies that manufactured Agent Orange had some knowledge Italy, in what is probably the worst human exposure to dioxin. after the Bhopal explosion and the cleanup laws after the Love By the end of the 1970s, some sources were reporting that Viet- Canal hazardous waste mess, the agent orange and dioxin saga namese living in areas sprayed with agent orange during the war spawned numerous regulations impacting chemical manufactur- were suffering from significant health problems and that dioxin ing and disposal. And as those other events did, agent orange also levels in the population were high. Demands were made that the contributed to the low-level, general loathing many people feel for U.S. help these people and clean up the contamination. “chemicals,” and that may be the most persistent legacy of all. of its health risks when it was used to defoliate large tracts of But against the strident calls for protection from dioxin was a steady stream of research reports that could find little or no health Views expressed on this page are those of the author and not problems to associate with most dioxin exposure. Only industrial necessarily those of ACS. WWW.CEN-ONLINE.ORG 40 MARCH 17, 2008 Vietnamese forest during the Vietnam War… “While criticizing the government for having some knowledge of the defoliant’s toxicity, the judge also said that the seven chemical companies which supplied Agent Orange during the war years were not blameless.”2

Even before a settlement was made in the Agent Orange case, C&EN reported on court documents that had been released to the public… “The released papers contain evidence and supporting documents…that the government knew of the hazards associated with dioxin contaminated herbicides in Agent Orange. The papers also contain evidence from the plaintiffs to show that there was a conspiracy to prevent the government from finding out what the potential dangers with Agent Orange were.”3

26 If It Made Chemistry News, You’ll Find It in C&EN Archives Discover It All from the ACS Web Editions Platform! Rade the In addition to suppressing information about Agent Orange’s health risks during the Vietnam War, there were accusations that the government tried to suppress evidence Articles! of veterans’ exposure to the defoliant after the war. The 1990 article, Report Alleges Agent Orange Coverup, notes that… 1. AGENT ORANGE SUIT: “After spending $43 million, CDC said determining exposures was impossible Firms Agree to Pay, Deny Liability and canceled the study in 1987. The new House report says CDC ignored valid Chem. Eng. News, 1984, Defense Department data on troop positions when CDC claimed such data were 62 (20), pp 6–7 inadequate for exposure estimates.”4 DOI: 10.1021/cen- v062n020.p006 A 1984 article, AGENT ORANGE EFFECTS: Air Force Study Fails to Resolve Issue, reported that 2. AGENT ORANGE evidence linking Agent Orange to the ailments SUIT: Settlement is of Vietnam Veterans was inconclusive… Approved “The long-awaited Ranch Hand study of the Chem. Eng. News, 1984, effects of exposure to Agent Orange…was 62 (40), p 4 released late last month. It seems unlikely DOI: 10.1021/cen- to change anyone’s opinions on whether v062n040.p004 the herbicide or its dioxin contaminant may have been responsible for some of the 3. AGENT ORANGE: ill effects that are being attributed to it by More Data Help thousands of Vietnam veterans.”5 Define Dioxin Danger Chem. Eng. News, 1983, 61 (28), p 4 In 2008, C&EN reviewed the Agent Orange controversy, noting that… DOI: 10.1021/cen- “…the damage to the public’s perception of chemicals had been done. The v061n028.p004 constant barrage of news reports on dioxin-caused diseases and disagreements among scientists over whether dioxin was really responsible for the health 4. Report Alleges problems created a deep lack of public trust in both the government and industry Agent Orange when it came to chemical safety.”6 Coverup Chem. Eng. News, 1990, 68 (34), p 7 C onclUSIONS DOI: 10.1021/cen- The United States government and the manufacturers of Agent Orange did v068n034.p007 have some information about its potential health risks during the Vietnam War, according to court findings. At the time, however, research was not 5. AGENT ORANGE fully conclusive about its toxicity. Nevertheless, the use of Agent Orange, EFFECTS: Air Force as reported in C&EN, caused many Americans to question their trust in the Study Fails to Resolve United States government and the chemical industry. Issue Chem. Eng. News, 1984, 62 (10), p 4 Go to pubs.acs.org/cen-archives to see more Research Case Studies. DOI: 10.1021/cen- v062n010.p004 C&EN Archives is available via institutional subscription. Non-subscribers can view article abstracts of the first 150 words in HTML with a thumbnail image of the first 6. Agent Orange’s page. Recommend C&EN Archives to the librarian at your institution. Legacy Chem. Eng. News, 2008, 86 (11), p 40

27 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Transitions to New Editors

After a dedicated 40 year career as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal “Drs. Georg and Wang are an of Medicinal Chemistry, Dr. Philip outstanding choice as the new S. Portoghese will be retiring from editors of the journal as both the journal at the end of 2011. are well-recognized scientists in Throughout the remainder of the year, the journal will transition the field; they will undoubtedly to two new Editors, Drs. Gunda be a magnet for exceptional I. Georg and Shaomeng Wang, authors.” who will assume leadership of the —Philip S. Portoghese, journal in January 2012. University of Minnesota

Dr. Georg is department head for the College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, “Under the leadership of where she holds the Robert Vince Endowed Chair and McKnight Dr. Portoghese, the Journal Presidential Chair and also established and directs the Institute for of Medicinal Chemistry has Therapeutics Discovery and Development. Dr. Georg has published become the most-cited more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and reviews since 2006 and currently holds 7 patents. Her research articles have been published international journal for in ACS journals including Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, The the publication of original Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical medicinal chemistry research, Society, Journal of Natural Products, Biochemistry, and Bioconjugate this is an extraordinary Chemistry. She currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board achievement.” of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters and The Journal of Organic —Gunda I. Georg, Chemistry, and previously on the Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Minnesota Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

Dr. Wang is the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor in Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry; Co-Director, Molecular Therapeutics Program, and Director, Cancer Drug Discovery Program at the University of Michigan. He has “Dr. Portoghese is a true published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and reviews since legend in the field of medicinal 2006 and currently holds 16 patents. His research articles have chemistry and a visionary in been published in ACS journals including Journal of Medicinal scientific publishing.” Chemistry, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Journal of the American —Shaomeng Wang, Chemical Society, Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal of Chemical University of Michigan Information and Modeling, and Biochemistry. He currently serves as a Senior Editor of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and on the Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

Dr. Portoghese will continue to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry until his retirement at the end of the year. ACS Publications thanks Dr. Portoghese for his service and dedication to the journal. Join us in sending him best wishes by writing your own personal message on the virtual card at pubs.acs.org/jmc.

J. Philip Bays, Saint Mary’s College 28 I read ACS Publications because they are the primary resource for chemical information in the world today. At the One-Year Mark with Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data Editor-in-Chief Joan F. Brennecke

Joan Brennecke University of Notre Dame

A year into her appointment as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, Dr. Joan Brennecke, the Keating- Crawford Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has already begun to significantly reshape the direction of the journal. In her short tenure as Editor, Dr. Brennecke has also modified She has been involved with the field of chemical and engineering the existing NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) data for over 20 years and her research focuses on experimental workflow to improve the author/reviewer experience. Specifically, aspects of thermodynamics, separations, supercritical fluids, ionic authors will no longer be required to provide a Data Summary; liquids, and improvements in energy efficiency and carbon dioxide however, the data tables in the articles should be presented in capture. the format appropriate for the NIST data capture system. Upon submission, NIST will provide a literature report to the authors and reviewers that contain data from the NIST database for the systems Over the next 10 years, Dr. Brennecke believes under investigation. NIST will conduct the data evaluation at the humankind will face significant challenges end of the review process, immediately prior to acceptance of the article, in order to ensure that the data are satisfactory and that all with regards to essential needs: Energy, Water, necessary corrections have been made. Food and Health. Given the magnitude of these challenges, she believes that research conducted Another major initiative for Dr. Brennecke has been to decrease the by the scientific community will require quality time to publication for the journal. She has already successfully thermodynamic and physical property data from decreased the time requested for reviewers to provide their comments and the time for authors to provide their revised experimentation or computation. manuscripts.

To better meet these quality requirements, Dr. Brennecke decided to eliminate short articles and correlations within the journal and To make the journal stronger, she has asked focus on articles and reviews that contain a substantial quantity authors if they can provide qualified and of high quality results and support the interpretation of results appropriate suggested reviewers. While none of with quantum calculations and spectroscopic data. Her specific the suggested reviewers can be from his/her own goal was to re-emphasize “computational” as it fits in the journal’s institution, not more than two can be from the scope, specifically stressing quantum chemistry and molecular simulation calculations of thermophysical properties and phase country in which the work was conducted, and equilibria. To shore up efforts on this front, she enlisted Drs. Ilja they should not include collaborators or former Seipman and Clare McCabe to join the journal’s Editorial Advisory mentors or mentees. It is helpful if the suggested Board. Dr. Seipman’s research focuses on particle-based computer reviewers have published in ACS journals. simulations, and she has significant research experience in phase behavior and system function. Dr. McCabe’s research focuses on complex fluids, nanomaterials, biological systems, and molecular modeling, theory, and simulation. For more information about the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, visit the homepage at pubs.acs.org/JCED

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Q: What is ACS on Campus and how does it work? Depending on needs and interests of the participants, ACS will A: ACS on Campus is ACS’ cross-divisional campus outreach bring staff from the following business units: Membership, Office program that brings resources from ACS Publications, Chemical of Graduate Advancement, Publications, Chemical Abstracts Service, Abstracts Service, Membership & Scientific Advancement, Editorial Office Operations, and Editorial Development. Education, and Careers to top universities in the US and abroad. Students participate in seminars on the basics of peer-review, ethics Q: Where has ACS on Campus been and where is it going? in scholarly communications, career building and development, and A: To date, over 1,400 students from 48 campuses and a variety effective use of ACS web tools like SciFinder®, the ACS Network, and of academic, non-profit, corporate, and government labs have the Web Editions platform. attended ACS on Campus since its debut in 2010. • Vanderbilt University We also run focus groups to provide a forum for students, faculty, • Emory University and librarians to provide feedback on ACS products, services, and • New York City hosted by New York University policies. The program is modular and is molded to fit the needs and • University of Southern California goals of the hosting campus. Modules offered include: • Purdue University • Chicago hosted by Northwestern University • Scholarly Publishing (presented by ACS Editors) • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Careers in Chemistry: What can I do with a PhD? • University of California at Davis • ACS Paragon Plus and the Future of Peer-Review • Rice University • Journal of the Future Discussion • Argonne National Lab, Chicago • Women in Academia: Finding the work/life balance Upcoming campus visits include: • Resume Writing 101 • Boston, hosted by Harvard and MIT - September 29-30, 2011 • ACS Online: Making the web work for you (RSVP to attend!) • Data Management: How to tackle the NSF Guidelines • Shandong University, Jinan, China - October 12, 2011 • SciFinder® Solutions Session • Chinese Academy of Sciences - October 18, 2011 • End-User Focus Groups • University of New Mexico - January 2012 • Librarian Focus Groups “This provides a model for us to reach out to our patrons. Q: Who is involved? I’m amazed that so many people showed up.” A: Events are open to the public and students, faculty, librarians, — Geoff Swindell, Head, Science & Engineering Library, and ACS local section members are invited from the hosting Northwestern University campus and surrounding campuses. Organizations ranging from “On behalf of the USC Science & Engineering Library we NGOs, to government labs, to large R&D companies participate wish to commend ACS for sponsoring the recent ACS On as well. Campus program here at USC. We believe it proved to be an opportunity to draw our library, faculty and students Academic departments from across campus attend as all interfacing areas of science are invited. These range from textiles together for mutually beneficial discussions in support of and clothing to physics, astronomy, and biomolecular engineering. chemistry focused research and publication.” — Anne Lynch, Director, Science & Engineering Library, University of Students, ranging from senior undergraduates examining their Southern California options after graduation to post-doctoral students and research “Excellent opportunity to meet editors of ACS journals associates, also attend. and get direct information related to publication processes.” — Miklos Czaun, Senior Research Associate, University of Southern California

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31 Introducing JOCSynopses and Brief Communications —Two New Manuscript Types from the Most Cited Journal in Organic Chemistry JOC Editor-in-Chief C. Dale Poulter JOCSynopses—Brief focused reviews of current topics of interest and the Associate Editors of The to organic chemists written by active researchers in the field, Journal of Organic Chemistry are which include work from their own laboratories. Manuscripts that proud to introduce JOCSynopses describe newly emerging areas of research are encouraged. and JOC Brief Communications, two new manuscript types in the JOCSynopses are limited to 4,000 words, including space allotted journal. for figures, schemes, and tables; 80 references; and an 80 word abstract. JOC Brief Communications—The new communication format For a more detailed description of these different options, please will be restricted to brief reports review the updated “Guidelines for Authors” for The Journal of of unusual urgency and broad Organic Chemistry available on the “Submission and Review” menu interest from all areas of organic of the journal homepage at pubs.acs.org/JOC. chemistry. When selecting a format for publication, authors should carefully consider that Brief Communications in The Journal of “On June 1, 2011, with the Organic Chemistry will be shorter than Letters in Organic Letters. full support of the Editor-in- Brief Communications are intended to be preliminary disclosures of Chief of Organic Letters, The exciting recent work, with the expectation that the studies will be Journal of Organic Chemistry expanded and reported as a full paper. will resume consideration of manuscripts for publication Brief Communications will be strictly limited to a 2,000 word as Brief Communications to descriptive section, which includes the space required for figures, schemes, and tables. The Experimental Section will be similarly expand the available venues brief, limited to a maximum 2,500 words. There will also be a limit for the publication of exciting of 25 references. new research.” From the May 13, 2011 editorial co-written by JOC Editor-in-Chief C. Dale Poulter, and Organic Letters Editor-in-Chief Amos B. Smith, III

The Journal of Organic Chemistry is #1 in total citations in Organic Chemistry with 91,163 cites in 2010 and a high Impact Factor of 4.002 as reported in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters.

I&EC Research: ACS Nano: 102 Years Old a High-Impact, and Still a Rising Star 8-Time Rising Star

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research may be over 100 In addition to posting an impressive 9.885 Impact Factor, here’s years old, but the journal’s growth rate shows no signs of slowing more evidence of ACS Nano’s rapid rise: the journal was named a down. In fact, for 9 consecutive bi-monthly reporting periods, “Rising Star” in Chemistry for the 8th time by Thomson Reuters’ the journal has been named a “Rising Star” in the category of Science Watch, a record in the Chemistry category. Please stay Engineering by Thomson Reuters’ Science Watch. To find out more tuned for new developments from ACS Nano, such as its recently about why I&EC Research is increasingly relevant, please visit the released Virtual Issue on Plasmonics, by visiting the journal journal website at pubs.acs.org/IECR. homepage at acsnano.org. ACS Nano has also published Virtual Issues on Nanotoxicology and Drug Delivery.

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In 2001, the Foundation Board of the American Society of 2010 JACK L. BEAL AWARD (JOINT WINNERS) Pharmacognosy (ASP) began a new initiative to honor two former Phantasmidine: An Epibatidine Congener distinguished editors of the Journal of Natural Products, a journal from the Ecuadorian Poison Frog Epipedobates which they co-publish with the American Chemical Society. The anthonyi result of this initiative was the Arthur E. Schwarting and Jack L. Richard W. Fitch, Thomas F. Spande, H. Martin Beal Awards for best papers in the Journal of Natural Products. The Garraffo, Herman J.C. Yeh, and John W. Daly Schwarting Award is open to all papers published in the journal DOI: 10.1021/np900727e within a given year; whereas the Beal Award is awarded to younger Formylaminooxyvinylglycine, an Herbicidal investigators [i.e., persons within 12 years of receiving their PhD or Germination-arrest Factor from Pseudomonas within 10 years of gaining their first professional appointment]. Rhizosphere Bacteria Journal of Natural Products Editor-in-Chief A. Douglas Kinghorn, Kerry L. McPhail,* Donald J. Armstrong, Mark D. along with Editors Daneel Ferreira, A. Richard G. Powell, Philip J. Azevedo, Gary M. Banowetz, and Dallice I. Mills Proteau and Cedric Pearce each nominated papers for the awards. DOI: 10.1021/np1004856 An ad hoc committee (Ben Shen, Chair, Shmuel Carmeli, Mark Hamann) was then appointed by ASP President John Beutler to make the final selections. The winners are: Congratulations to Drs. Gerwick, Fitch, and McPhail and their co-authors! 2010 ARTHUR E. SCHWARTING AWARD The Hoiamides, Structurally Intriguing Neurotoxic Lipopeptides from Papua New Guinea Marine Cyanobacteria Access all Schwarting & Beal award Hyukjae Choi, Alban R. Pereira, Zhengzu Cao, winning papers free at pubs.acs.org/jnp Cynthia F. Shuman, Niclas Engene, Tara Byrum, Teatulohi Matainaho, Thomas F. Murray, Alfonso Mangoni, and William H. Gerwick. DOI: 10.1021/np100468n

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36 Organometallics Editor Looks to the Past, the Future, and the Community

In just his first year as Editor-in- The second special issue was a look ahead, and in the words of the Chief of Organometallics, with editor, represents the first in a periodic series addressing the future the help of editorial colleagues, of the field: John A. Gladysz of Texas A&M University has published two “The future of a given discipline belongs special issues for the journal, to its practitioners as a whole. Their hosted a symposium, and is aggregate individual and collaborative preparing for the inaugural contributions will define the course of Organometallics Roundtable events. In the same sense, discussion during the Fall 2011 ACS National and debate regarding long-term trends Meeting in Denver, Colorado. is not the province of a few gurus, but a matter in which the entire community can engage.” The Symposium and the first special issue were both honoring —Editor-in-Chief: John A. Gladysz, Texas A&M University founding Editor Dietmar Seyferth of the Massachusetts Institute of In that same spirit of community engagement, the journal is Technology, with the lecture held during the Fall 2010 ACS National hosting the first Organometallics Roundtable this fall. We met with Meeting in Boston, and the subsequent Festschrift special issue the Editor to discuss the genesis of the roundtable idea: being published in November of last year (November 8, 2010; Volume 29, Issue 21). Both the event and the publication achieved Excellence: Thank you for taking some time to meet with us high profile participation appropriate to honor Dr. Seyferth, today and discuss the upcoming Organometallics Roundtable. including some of those listed below who participated in the How long has this event and publication been in consideration for organization and publication. the journal?

Gladysz: I’ve been an admirer of this journalistic format for some time, but I haven’t seen it used in scientific and especially chemistry publishing. When I became Editor-in-Chief, I wanted to use the journal as a vehicle for helping to advocate and formulate future directions for the field. Certain financial publications run such roundtable features annually, sort of as a prognostication competition.

Excellence: Would you anticipate the published outcome from the roundtable to be more useful for senior level researchers or early Dr. Seyferth as a graduate career chemists? student in Mallinckrodt Laboratory, Harvard Gladysz: I hope that we will wind up with useful content for our University, 1953 (unknown entire readership. Some of the topics or questions will likely be in photographer), from the the form of advice for young chemists. Others will have the panel Festschrift article: Dietmar Seyferth; members playing the role of managers. Organometallics 2010, 29, 4648-4681. DOI: 10.1021/om100948g Excellence: What are some of the more general topics you have planned for discussion and coverage during the roundtable? “Through his own scholarly research and dedication to making Organometallics a focal point for disseminating the very best Gladysz: There has to be a mix of questions dealing with “big research of the organometallic chemistry community, Dietmar picture” issues and subjects of more limited scope. An example Seyferth has made lasting contributions to this field. This of the latter might be “in terms of your own research group and Festschrift volume and a symposium held at the fall 2010 American interests, what one new reaction or development would most Chemical Society National Meeting in Boston celebrate Dietmar’s facilitate what you are trying to do?” This sort of lets people get role in this vibrant and multifaceted area of chemical research.” warmed up. Naturally, when all is said and done, we want to paint Taken from the special issue editorial by Manfred Bochmann, a picture of where the field is going. But topics of a political nature Maurice Brookhart, John A. Gladysz, Dennis L. Lichtenberger, Lanny —for example the recent Whitesides/Deutsch opinion piece in S. Liebeskind, Tobin J. Marks, Richard R. Schrock, Dwight A. Sweigart, Nature, and what it might mean for organometallic chemistry—are and Kenton H. Whitmire also appropriate.

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