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March 17, 2014 Cover
Volume 92, Issue 11
COVER: Steve Lippard, the 2014 Priestley Medalist, with a model of the first structurally characterized “platinum blue.” The structure was determined by then-graduate student Jackie Barton. The blue color arises from delocalization of an electron across the four platinum atoms (colorless spheres) in this cationic mixed-valent cis-diammineplatinum compound.
Volume 92, Issue 11
The 2014 Priestley Medalist has pioneered the field of bioinorganic chemistry and shepherded legions of students to careers in chemistry
COVER: Steve Lippard, the 2014 Priestley Medalist, with a model of the first structurally characterized “platinum blue.” The structure was determined by then-graduate student Jackie Barton. The blue color arises from delocalization of an electron across the four platinum atoms (colorless spheres) in this cationic mixed-valent cis-diammineplatinum compound.
Credit: Rick Friedman
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March 17, 2014 Issue
Volume 92, Issue 11
March 17, 2014 Issue, Vol. 92 | Iss. 11
The 2014 Priestley Medalist has pioneered the field of bioinorganic chemistry and shepherded legions of students to careers in chemistry
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Features
Business
The chemical industry braces for the start of a massive construction boom (pp. 25-27)
Science & Technology
Technologies have the potential to move selection methods in assisted reproduction beyond morphology assessment (pp. 37-39)
News of the Week
Reports Make Progress In Transforming C–H Bonds Into Druglike Motifs
Organic Chemistry: Palladium-catalyzed routes build unnatural amino acids and meta-substituted aromatic rings
(p.5)Agencies Weigh Facility Safety
Executive Order: Task force recommendations could include tighter control of ammonium nitrate
(p.6)Chemical Maker FMC To Split In Two
Business: Firm to divide into separate crop chemicals and minerals companies
(p.6)Ineos Chairman Criticizes European Commission Policies
Industry: Jim Ratcliffe writes stinging letter blasting energy costs, other policies
(p.7)Natural Gas Gets An Upgrade
Fuels & Chemicals: Main-group metals selectively oxidize alkanes to make commodity alcohol esters
(p.7)Sweet Enhancer Gets Green Light
Ingredients: Taste science may help reverse decline in soft drink sales
(p.8)Toward A Blood Test For Alzheimer's
Diagnostics: Researchers find 10 lipids in blood that predict cognitive impairment with 90% accuracy
(p.8)Fast-Flow Peptides
Lab Automation: MIT chemists devise a continuous reactor for speedy solid-phase synthesis
(p.9)House Introduces Controversial R&D Investment Reauthorization Bill
Legislation would authorize below-inflation funding increases for NSF, NIST
(p.9)Departments
Business
The chemical industry braces for the start of a massive construction boom
(pp. 25-27)
Chemical makers surveyed to boost budget on average 5% for new equipment and 2% for R&D
(pp. 22-24)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- Biofuels Growth Seen Slowing
- Arsenal Snaps Up Two Oil-Field Firms
- Dow Will Build Texas R&D Center
- Handheld Mass Spectrometer Debuts
- Minerals Technologies Beats Rival For Amcol
- Solvay Forms Pact For Novel Fuel …
- … And Pursues Solvent-Free Cathode Production
- Charles River Buys Contract Researcher
- Contract Manufacturer Starts Life As DPx
- AstraZeneca Sells Main U.K. R&D Site
- Sanofi, UCB Join For Anti-inflammatories
- SK Opens Pilot Plant For Pharma Chemicals
- Janssen And Alector In Alzheimer’s Pact
- Business Roundup
ACS News
ACS seeks to prevent additional burn incidents
(p.43)Awards(pp. 44-50)
(pp. 44-50)- 2014 ACS National Award Winners
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Award: Stuart L. Schreiber
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award: Richard Neil Armstrong
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Olafs Daugulis
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Abigail G. Doyle
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards: Raymond L. Funk
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Early Career Scholars Award: Seth Herzon
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award: Jeffrey N. Johnston
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award: Gary E. Keck
- Arthur C. Cope Mid Career Scholar Award: Benjamin List
- Cope Scholar Award: Hung-wen (Ben) Liu
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award: Tomislav Rovis
Government & Policy
Annual meeting gives chemical industry an opportunity to discuss key issues
(pp. 32-34)
Science & Technology
Scientists call neurotoxic effects of industrial chemicals a ‘global pandemic’
(pp. 40-41)
Technologies have the potential to move selection methods in assisted reproduction beyond morphology assessment
(pp. 37-39)
Film documents the construction of the Large Hadron Collider and the discovery of the Higgs boson
(p.42)
The 2014 Priestley Medalist has pioneered the field of bioinorganic chemistry and shepherded legions of students to careers in chemistry
(pp. 10-13)Concentrates(pp. 34-35)
(pp. 34-35)- Peptides Self-Assemble To Form Catalytic Amyloids
- Bond Motions Reveal Reaction Outcomes
- Ringwoodite Paints Watery Picture Of Earth’s Mantle
- More Ozone-Depleting Chlorofluorocarbons Detected In Atmosphere
- Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Also Act As Antibiotics
- Milk Proteins As Ecofriendly Flame Retardants
- How Antibodies Assemble To Activate The Immune Response
- Thin Film Boosts Forensic Analysis Of Fingerprints