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February 12, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 7
Volume 85, Issue 7
CUSTOM CHEMICALS
Custom chemical manufacturers face roadblocks to prosperity in a shifting landscape of suppliers and pharmaceutical customers
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February 12, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 7
February 12, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 7
Custom chemical manufacturers face roadblocks to prosperity in a shifting landscape of suppliers and pharmaceutical customers
(pp. 21-34)
Features
Cover Story: For Better Or Worse
Making Metathesis Work
Commercially available metathesis catalysts may help a powerful synthesis tool move into drug manufacturing
(pp. 37-47)News of the Week
2008 R&D Budget Has Few Changes
President proposes continuation of last year's initiatives in science, energy
(p.15)Eliminating PFOA
DuPont technologies will remove most of the pollutant from fluorinated products.
(p.17)Departments
Business
Biodiesel has joined the mix of products that the chemical industry makes
(pp. 53-55)
Acquisitions of basic chemical businesses fell as those of specialty chemical businesses rose
(pp. 56-57)
Custom chemical manufacturers face roadblocks to prosperity in a shifting landscape of suppliers and pharmaceutical customers
(pp. 21-34)Concentrates
(pp. 49-50)
(pp. 49-50)- BASF To Start Making Organic Semiconductors
- New Deal In OLEDS
- Huntsman Forms Venture In Russia
Bayer Ups Plan For Shanghai Polyurethane
- Cytec To Shut Plant In France
- Ineos Adds In France
- Bluestar Silicones Gets Under Way
- Cambridge Major Starts To Diversify
- AstraZeneca Projects Production Job Cuts
- Wyeth Scores Hat Trick In Biotech
- Employment Falls In January
- Ranbaxy And GSK Extend R&D Ties
- GSK Signs For Two Late-Stage Compounds
- BUSINESS ROUNDUP
ACS News
Government & Policy
Texas city tracks stream pollution to sealant, then bans coal-tar-based coating
(pp. 61-66)
The growing dominance of women at graduation ceremonies is starting to filter up through the workforce with profound impact, but it's a slow process
(p.67)Books
Science & Technology
Commercially available metathesis catalysts may help a powerful synthesis tool move into drug manufacturing
(pp. 37-47)
Some mechanistic enzymologists go over to the protein function side
(pp. 70-74)
Experts ponder how best to prevent and respond to scientific misconduct as three Japanese cases conclude
(pp. 76-79)
Two-step process leads to new class of polymers from bulky 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes
(pp. 80-81)