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June 5, 2006 Cover
Volume 84, Issue 23
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Volume 84, Issue 23
FLUORINE
Having fluorine in life sciences molecules brings desirable benefits, but the trick is getting it in place and making sought-after building blocks
June 5, 2006 Issue
Volume 84, Issue 23
June 5, 2006 Issue, Vol. 84 | Iss. 23
Having fluorine in life sciences molecules brings desirable benefits, but the trick is getting it in place and making sought-after building blocks
(pp. 15-24)
Features
Science & Technology
Plants grown under elevated CO2 levels pack a more allergenic punch (p.9)
Science & Technology
Fundamental advances in Fischer-Tropsch chemistry may boost method's efficiency and popularity (pp. 57-61)
Cover Story: Fabulous Fluorine
Constructing Life Sciences Compounds
Fluorinated building blocks are increasingly used as the basis of valuable active molecules
(pp. 27-32)News of the Week
Poison Ivy Could Get Worse
Plants grown under elevated CO2 levels pack a more allergenic punch
(p.9)Engelhard Agrees To BASF Takeover
Catalyst and pigment maker capitulates after four months of resisting buyout
(p.10)Enzyme Redesigned Computationally
Calculated structural change modifies enzyme's DNA-cleaving selectivity
(p.11)A Matter Of Size
Aerosol particle size, not chemistry, is most important in cloud droplet formation
(p.12)Butadiene's Bonds
Influence of 
-electron delocalization on C−C bond lengths is confirmed
(p.12)-electron delocalization on C−C bond lengths is confirmedDepartments
Business
Suppliers of research chemicals struggle to speed up deliveries to their growing customers in India
(pp. 36-37)
U.K. conference spotlights new ways for pharmaceutical companies to partner their way to success
(pp. 38-39)
More chemical companies see personal care as an outlet for their products and technologies
(pp. 40-41)
The nationalization of oil and gas resources in Latin America will eventually backfire
(p.42)Concentrates
(pp. 33-34)
(pp. 33-34)- EC fines methacrylates cartel
- Schering-Plough plans job cuts
- Biogen will buy Fumapharm
- R&D head will lead Sanofi
- FDA approves first follow-on biologic ...
- ... and Merck shingles vaccine
- AnGes buys into Vical vaccine
- Chimerix snags drug compounds
- Akzo completes purchase, sale
- Dow ups stake in fuel cells
- Michigan firms join forces
- Ferro will sell plastics unit
- Chlorine leak shuts down textile mill
- Surface spray called free of nanoparticles
- Business Roundup
- All Concentrates
Government & Policy
White House proposal could impede broad range of government activities, agency representatives warn
(pp. 45-48)
H-Prize would provide reward for scientists who develop an affordable hydrogen vehicle
(pp. 50-55)
Science & Technology
Having fluorine in life sciences molecules brings desirable benefits, but the trick is getting it in place and making sought-after building blocks
(pp. 15-24)
Fluorinated building blocks are increasingly used as the basis of valuable active molecules
(pp. 27-32)
Fundamental advances in Fischer-Tropsch chemistry may boost method's efficiency and popularity
(pp. 57-61)
Novel complexes expand role of premier catalyst metal, including applications in materials science
(pp. 62-63)
Complex erythropoietin-like glycopeptides are made from scratch
(pp. 64-65)Newscripts
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