BIT life sciences scam

Submitted by Adam Johnson / Harvey Mudd College on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 22:32

File this one under "if it's too good to be true, its probably too good to be true."

I got a conference invitation to present my work at the 3rd "world congress of Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis" in Beijing this spring. I was intrigued and excited to present, but I have to admit, even from the first email, red flags were going up.  The very first email I got from them said something like they hadn't heard from me after their initial email a few days ago. I put together an abstract and got on the program and was happily planning my trip to China.

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Melanie Sanford named 2011 MacArthur Fellow!

Submitted by Joanne Stewart / Hope College on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 10:55

Melanie Sanford, organometallic chemistry at the University of Michigan and all-around wonderful person, was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow!

The MacArthur web site describes the award as follows:

The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.

Searching Inorganic Substances in SciFinder: Diverse Compounds, Diverse Strategies

Submitted by Barbara Reisner / James Madison University on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 13:22
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e-Seminar – Searching Inorganic Substances in SciFinder: Diverse Compounds, Diverse Strategies

 

Thursday, September 22, 2:00 p.m. ET

Rebroadcast: Tuesday, September 27, 6:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. ET

 

This e-Seminar explains how to use the SciFinder substance search options to locate inorganic compounds and related information. Presenter Ben Wagner (University at Buffalo) not only covers the basics of name, molecular formula and structure searching but also explores advanced search techniques such as precision analysis that can help researchers find answers for this diverse and complex class of compounds.

 

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Amy Prieto awarded 2011 ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship

Submitted by Joanne Stewart / Hope College on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 15:55
According to C&E News (Aug 1, 2011), Amy Prieto, inorganic chemist at Colorado State and valued VIPEr member, was awarded the 2011 ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship. "The award recognizes significant contributions to solid-state chemistry by an untenured faculty member at a U.S. instituion." GO AMY!!

Computational Inorganic Chemistry: An Introduction

Submitted by Rebecca M. Jones / George Mason University on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 16:00
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The attached lecture provides a brief overview to computational methods and introduces their application to inorganic systems.  Two specific literature examples are included.  I have given this lecture in a senior level advanced inorganic chemistry class for the past 3 years.

The Electronic Properties of tris-(2,2'-bipyridine)-ruthenium(II) Lab Experiment(s)

Submitted by Jared Paul / Villanova University on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 19:41
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This is a lab experiment designed to cover an array of techniques, including metal complex synthesis, spectroscopy and electrochemistry.  Overall, the goal is to synthesize the metal complex Ru(bpy)32+, exchange the counter ion to demonstrate changes in solubility, absorbance and emission properties (including excited state quenching through energy and electron transfer, and ground state oxidation), as well as cyclic voltammetry of the complex.

Student Literature-Based Organometallic Lecture

Submitted by Jeffrey Rood / Elizabethtown College on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 14:42
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I taught an advanced inorganic chemistry course for the first time this past fall. I focused strictly on organometallic chemistry and we used Spessard and Miessler's book. Because this book is focused on transition metal organometallics, I wanted the students to appreciate some of the organometallic chemistry of the s- and p-block (and zinc). Students worked in pairs (the class size was 12) and had most of the semester to research the literature and develop a 40-50 minute lecture. I also had them develop homework questions and an in class activity to help engage the other students.

2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Submitted by Joanne Stewart / Hope College on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 15:34

It's an exciting day for the IONiC/VIPEr community!!

The 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Akira Suzuki for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis!

Here's a link to the Nobel Prize page:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2010/

First Isolation of the AsP3 Molecule

Submitted by Anne Bentley / Lewis & Clark College on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 13:47
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Early in 2009, Christopher Cummins’ group at MIT reported (in Science) the synthesis of AsP3, a compound that had never been isolated at room temperature.  Later that year, a full article was published in JACS comparing the properties and reactivity of AsP3 to those of its molecular cousins, P4 and As4.  The longer article is full of possibilities for discussion in inorganic chemistry courses, with topics including periodic trends, NMR, vibrational spectroscopy, electrochemistry, molecular orbital theory, and coordination chemistry.

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