June 20, 2011 - IMM@BUCT

ACS NEWSCAS REGISTRY MARKSA MILESTONEChemical Abstracts Service has recordedthe 60 millionth substance in its CASRegistry, markinga milestone forthe division of theAmerican ChemicalSociety thatpublishes chemicaland related scientificinformation.The compound,shown here, isO2-[1-[2-[(4-fluorophenyl)amino]-6H-1,3,4-thiadiazin-5-yl]ethyl]-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione. It is a potential antiviralsubstance discovered by a team of Chineseresearchers from the Institute of MateriaMedica, Chinese Academy of MedicalSciences . The compound is a member ofthe homologous series of 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazine derivatives. It was assigned theCAS Registry No. 1298016-92-8. The patentapplication for this series of derivativeswas submitted to the State IntellectualProperty Office of the People’s Republic ofChina.“It seems fitting that the 60 millionthsubstance in the CAS Registry would originatefrom within an Asian country, giventhe region’s growing and significant impacton scientific discovery in recent years,”says Christine McCue, vice president ofmarketing at CAS. “This growth is illustratednot only in the patent arena, but alsowith respect to journal literature, and ledCAS to expand coverage of Asian chemistrythrough the analysis of more than 300additional journal titles in the past threeyears from China, Japan, and South Koreaalone.”The CAS Registry is a comprehensivecollection of disclosed chemical substanceinformation, including unique organic andinorganic substances , such as alloys, coordinationcompounds, minerals, mixtures,polymers, and salts. —LW2010 ACS ANNUALREPORT NOW ONLINEThe 2010 American Chemical Society AnnualReport is now available online. Thereport stresses that the society remainsfinancially healthy and committed to providingits more than 163,000 members withthe best programs, products, and servicesNOSNNHNto further their careers and advance theirscience.In addition to financial information,the report features ACS by the Numbers,donor and award sponsor lists, and the Officers’Message.In the Officers’ Message,ACS Board Chair BonnieA. Charpentier, 2010 ACSPresident Joseph S. Francisco,and ACS ExecutiveDirector & CEO MadeleineFJacobs write: “In the yearsahead, we will continue toadapt and grow. We willcontinue to mirror our members’ aspirations.Like them, we will continue to collaborate,innovate, and make a differencein the world.” —LWCARMEN GIUNTA ISHIST’S NEW EDITORThe ACS Division of the History of Chemistry(HIST) has selected Carmen J. Giuntaas the new editor for its journal, the Bulletinfor the History of Chemistry. Giunta, who is aprofessor of chemistryat Le Moyne College,in Syracuse, succeedsPaul R. Jones, who hasbeen editor of the bulletinsince 1995.Giunta’s involvementwith HIST beganin 1997. He has servedon the executive committeeof the division since 2002, initially asan alternate councilor and then as a councilor.He was an associate editor of the bulletinfrom 2004 to 2010. Giunta received a B.S. inchemistry from the University of Scrantonand an M.A. in physics and a Ph.D. in chemicalphysics, both from Harvard University.One of Giunta’s goals is to expand electronicaccess to the bulletin. “I think thatmaking the bulletin more visible and moreaccessible will make it more useful,” hesays. Other goals are to make back issuesfreely available and searchable in full text.The bulletin was founded in 1988 byWilliam B. Jensen of the University of Cincinnati.It is one of only two peer-reviewedEnglish-language periodicals devoted tothe history of chemistry. Members of HISTreceive the bulletin with their divisionmembership.Correspondence concerning manuscriptsand book reviews should be sent toCarmen J. Giunta, Department of Chemistry,Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214,or to giunta@lemoyne.edu. —LWPRINT ON DEMANDAVAILABLE FORACS JOURNALSACS Publications has introduced a pilotprogram to make available print-ondemandissues of some of its journals. Thefive journals participating in the programare Accounts of Chemical Research, AnalyticalChemistry, Chemical Reviews, EnvironmentalScience & Technology, and the Journal of theAmerican Chemical Society. Issues are availablethrough the ACS Publications WebEditions platform. The price of a singleissue will be $50 for Accounts of ChemicalResearch and Chemical Reviews, and $100 forthe other three journals.Issues from January 2010 forward areavailable, and new issues will be availableonly after the complete issue has been publishedto the Web Editions platform. Formore information, contact Terri Lewandowskiat tlewandowski@acs.org or JonathanMorgan at j_morgan@acs.org. —LW‘JEOPARDY!’ TO FEATUREIYC QUESTIONSQuestions related to the InternationalYear of Chemistry will be featured onthe June 21 episode of the television quizshow “Jeopardy!” “With its 9 million dailyviewers, ‘Jeopardy!’ is an excellent venuefor sharing the message that chemistry isfundamental to our everyday lives,” saysNancy Blount, assistant director of societycommunications in the ACS Office of PublicAffairs. To find local listings for showairtimes, visit jeopardy.com and click on“W hen to Watch .” For more informationabout IYC, visit www.acs.org/iyc2011 andwww.chemistry2011.org . —LWAnnouncements of ACS news may be sent toacsnews.cen@acs.org.© 2011 JEOPARDY PRODUCTIONSWWW.CEN-ONLINE.ORG 38 JUNE 20, 2011