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April 3, 2017 Cover
Volume 95, Issue 14
COVER: Photograph by Mitch Jacoby/C&EN
Volume 95, Issue 14
For nearly 50 years, the chemistry innovator has advanced organometallics, olefin polymerization, and materials synthesis
COVER: Photograph by Mitch Jacoby/C&EN
Credit: Mitch Jacoby/C&EN
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April 3, 2017 Issue
Volume 95, Issue 14
April 3, 2017 Issue, Vol. 95 | Iss. 14
For nearly 50 years, the chemistry innovator has advanced organometallics, olefin polymerization, and materials synthesis
(pp. 38-42)
Features
Science & Technology
Emerging tobacco products have cleaner chemistry than cigarettes but regulators remain leery of their benefit—and the companies developing them (pp. 24-26)
Business
Spurred by increased funding and clearer guidelines, academics aim to develop commercial drugs (pp. 27-29)
Cover Story: Meet Tobin J. Marks, 2017 Priestley Medalist
Tobin J. Marks: What is chemistry all about?
The 2017 Priestley Medalist recounts a life intertwined with chemistry
(pp. 44-49)News of the Week
Microfluidic system mimics 28-day female reproductive cycle
Tissues in EVATAR device produce and respond to hormones similar to those in the body
(p.7)Un sistema microfluídico mimetiza el ciclo reproductor femenino
Los tejidos del dispositivo EVATAR producen y responden a las hormonas de forma similar a como ocurre en humanos
(p.7)Crystal structure databases to have single portal
Organizations developing one-stop data deposition and search tool for organic and inorganic species
(p.8)Pinning aryl groups on alkanes
Organosilicon-catalyzed reaction functionalizes even notoriously inert methane, without help from precious transition metals
(p.8)An amino acid mystery
Lack of D-glutamate in mouse brains hints at undiscovered enzymes
(p.9)Europe clears Dow-DuPont merger
DuPont to divest much of its pesticide business to satisfy competition concerns
(p.15)Partnership funds first cohort of antibiotics research ventures
CARB-X support will go to U.S. and U.K. companies
(p.15)WuXi, ShangPharma seek Chinese listings
Pharmaceutical service firms previously traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(p.16)Another ethylene plant to rise on the Gulf
Total, Nova, and Borealis plan to spend $1.7 billion on a project in Texas
(p.17)Trump order could impact U.S. energy prices, technology development
Nation will likely fall short of Paris Agreement emissions goal
(p.20)Trump proposes funding cuts to U.S. science agencies
Plan would slash nonmilitary spending for remainder of fiscal 2017
(p.20)Departments
Business
Spurred by increased funding and clearer guidelines, academics aim to develop commercial drugs
(pp. 27-29)
Last remaining chemical-pharma firm rejects case for separating businesses
(pp. 32-33)Concentrates
(pp. 18-19)
(pp. 18-19)- Resorcinol plant to close
- Air Products pulls offer for Yingde
- BASF enables sounds of silence
- GF Biochemicals eyes U.S. facility
- Shokubai to acquire monomer start-up Sirrus
- Jurong Aromatics will change hands
- Third Rock launches Tango Therapeutics
- Smart shirt debuts
- GSK, Warp Drive form library alliance
- PureTech, Novartis create resTORbio
- STA adds to drug service offerings
- Amgen cuts California staff
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Government & Policy
Washington leaders to hasten completion of remediation at Superfund sites
(pp. 30-31)
Science & Technology
Emerging tobacco products have cleaner chemistry than cigarettes but regulators remain leery of their benefit—and the companies developing them
(pp. 24-26)
For nearly 50 years, the chemistry innovator has advanced organometallics, olefin polymerization, and materials synthesis
(pp. 38-42)
Clean Harbors unit is first built in the U.S. in two decades
(pp. 34-35)
The 2017 Priestley Medalist recounts a life intertwined with chemistry
(pp. 44-49)
Selections from cen.chempics.org, where C&EN showcases the beauty of chemistry
(p.13)Concentrates(pp. 10-11)
(pp. 10-11)- Fangblenny bite delivers opiod-containing venom that drops blood pressure and ignites inflammation in victims
- Sorting neurons from preserved brain tissue
- Gut microbiome can alter Type 1 diabetes symptoms
- Huntington’s disease protein modified semi-synthetically
- Quantum dots offer a brighter future for photocatalysis
- More reaction steps are better for making biomass-derived pentanediol
Career & Employment
From science-loving Wichita schoolboy to crime-solving chemist
(p.36)Newscripts
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