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Division of Organic Chemistry Election Results

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We are delighted to announce the results of the recent Division election. Chair:* Katherine Maloney (Point Loma Nazarene University) Chair-Elect: Angie Angeles (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) Secretary-Elect: Richard Broene (Bowdoin College) Councilor: Steven Silverman (Merck) Alternative Councilor: Monica Arroyo (Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico) Members-at-Large: Daniel Weix (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Jessica Hoover (West Virginia University) Vanessa …

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Nominations for Publications of the Year Awards-Due Jan 22

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Nominations are now open for the ACS Publication Awards (Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Process Research & Development, and Organometallics) for manuscripts published in 2022 (2021 & 2022 for Organometallics). The deadline for nominations is January 22, 2023. Below, you can find details on eligibility and directions for submission of nominations. The …

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OPR&D Outstanding Publication of the Year Lectureship Award nominations

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The ACS has officially opened their nominations for the first Organic Process Research & Development Outstanding Publication of the Year Lectureship Award. This new annual award will recognize the research team of an outstanding article published in an issue of OPR&D in 2022 that demonstrates creativity and impact in the field of process chemistry and …

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DOC Virtual Symposium-Jessica Kisunzu and Raul Navarro

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The next Virtual Symposium will be hosted on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 12-1:30 PM EST. The symposium features: Jessica Kisunzu — Colorado College — “Reactivity and Synthetic Application of Aryne Intermediates” Raul Navarro — Occidental College — “Development of a Regiodivergent Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of New Benzylic Nucleophiles” You can start to access the live …

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László Kürti’s 2022 NOS Lecture is Available On-Line

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We are now able to release the video of the lecture by László Kürti (Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA) entitled “Exploiting the Versatile N-O Bond: Synthesis of Amines and N-Heterocycles” which was given at the 2022 National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS). This video makes up 7 of the 15 that will be released from the …

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Mingji Dai’s 2022 NOS Lecture is Available On-Line

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We are now able to release the video of the lecture by Mingji Dai (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA) entitled “Chemistry Innovation and Biological Discovery Through Natural Product Total Synthesis” which was given at the 2022 National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS). This video makes up 6 of the 15 that will be released from …

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Nicolai Cramer’s 2022 NOS Lecture is Available On-Line

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We are now able to release the video of the lecture by Nicolai Cramer (École Polytechnique Fédérale de, Lausanne, Switzerland) entitled “Chiral Cyclopentadienyl Ligands for Group 9 Metals Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Functionalizations” which was given at the 2022 National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS). This video makes up 5 of the 15 that will be released …

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Nominations for the 2023 TAOC Award – Due Jan 20.

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The Technical Achievement in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) awards recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished professional chemists, who hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree-equivalent and who are pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors. Awardees give a 30 minute presentation on their research at the ACS Fall National Meeting and receive …

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Javier Read de Alaniz’s 2022 NOS Lecture is Available On-Line

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We are now able to release the video of the lecture by Javier Read de Alaniz (University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA) entitled “Shining Light on Chemistry” which was given at the 2022 National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS). This video makes up 4 of the 15 that will be released from the …

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