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CEOverture...
Creativity is a phenomenon more difficult to define than you might think. A quick search of online references yields dozens of definitions, but I personally find the concept of "imagining new possibilities that were not conceived of before" to be the most apropos in discussing Dennis Curran's contributions to the field of fluorous chemistry. Fluorous Technologies, Inc., represents the applied side of the fluorous creativity equation, but we'd be nothing and nowhere without the tremendous number of basic contributions made by our friend Dennis over the course of the last decade. We're thrilled that the American Chemical Society (ACS) is recognizing his many achievements. Next time you see him (maybe at the upcoming National ACS Meeting in New Orleans?), a well deserved congratulatory pat on the back is in order.
Cheers,
Phil
Philip E. Yeske
President & CEO
ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry
Dennis P. Curran, the University of Pittsburgh’s Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry and Bayer Professor as well as Founder of Fluorous Technologies, Inc., will be honored at the ACS Meeting as this year’s recipient of the ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry. As quoted in the Chemical & Engineering News vignette announcing the award, Prof. G. K. Surya Prakash, Olah Nobel Laureate Chair at USC, says Curran "has shown the creativity to consistently take the fluorous field in new directions." Prakesh adds that other groups have made many "innovative and potentially very important contributions," such as oligosaccharide synthesis with fluorous microarrays, "which follow directly from concepts and techniques that Curran introduced and pioneered." A two-session award symposium will start Sunday, April 6th at 1:30 PM with the second session beginning on Monday, April 7th at 8:30 AM.
Please join all of us at Fluorous Technologies, Inc. in congratulating Prof. Curran.
Sigma-Aldrich and Fluorous Technologies, Inc.
In conjunction with the National ACS Meeting, Sigma-Aldrich will be hosting a “Celebrating Excellence in Chemistry ” session at their booth (#531) starting on Monday, April 7th at 12 PM. Along with Prof. Curran, Prof. Kenneth Raymond (ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry) and Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki (ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry) will also be present.
At the “Celebrating Excellence in Chemistry” session, be sure to pick up a copy of the latest ChemFile supplement, “Simplified Purification using FluoroFlash® Products.” Sigma-Aldrich and Fluorous Technologies, Inc collaborated to create this just-released document.
We’ve also been working with Sigma-Aldrich to create a new fluorous chemistry highlight that will be unveiled at the ACS meeting. This web portal will provide a wealth of resources, including detailed application notes, product descriptions and listings, a Cheminar, presentations, and literature references. In other words, everything you wanted to know about fluorous, but were afraid to ask!
Fluorous Technologies, Inc. is pleased to have our products listed in the Sigma-Aldrich catalog and to work with Sigma-Aldrich in providing outstanding technical support and guidance to the research community.
Fluorous Posters and Presentations at the New Orleans ACS Meeting
As at previous ACS National Meetings there will be a number of posters and presentations that highlight fluorous chemistry in synthesis, separations, and immobilizations. Those that we are aware of are listed on our website, while ones of particular interest are listed below. If your presentation at New Orleans includes some fluorous chemistry but is not listed, please let us know and we’ll add it.
Selected presentations:
FLUO 6: “Synthesis of Oligosaccharides and Peptides using a Heavy Fluorous Tag” – Prof. Marnuro Mizuno – Sunday, April 6th, Morial Convention Center, Room 336, 4:20 PM
ORGN 229: “Automated Solution Phase Synthesis of Anthrax and Cholera-Associated Antigenic Tetrasaccharides” – Gisun Park – Monday, April 7th, Morial Convention Center, Room R04, 9:20 AM.
FLUO 9: “Fluorocarbon Microenvironments and Phases for Catalyst Activation and Recovery: - Prof. John Gladysz - Monday, April 7th, Morial Convention Center, Room 217, 10:00 AM
FLUO 10: “Fluorous-Based Tool for Glycomics” – Prof. Nicola Pohl - Monday, April 7th, Morial Convention Center, Room 217, 10:30 AM
FLUO 11: “Fluorous Chemistry in Pittsburgh: 1994-2008” – Prof. Dennis Curran - Monday, April 7th, Morial Convention Center, Room 217, 11:00 AM
COLL 238: “Synthesis and Tuning of Bimodal Mesoporous Silica by Combined Hydrocarbon/Fluorocarbon Surfactant Templating” – Stephen E. Rankin - Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center, Room 244/245, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
BIOL 43: “Automated Synthesis of Hyaluronic Acid and Keratan Fragments” – Beatrice Y.M. Collett – Tuesday, April 8th, Morial Convention Center, Hall A, 5:00 – 7:00 PM.
BIOL 147: “Fluorous Based Peptide Synthesis and Immobilization in the Formation of a Protease Microarray” – Marvin S. Yu – Wednesday, April 9th, Morial Convention Center, Room 230, 10:20 AM
Are You Attending the ACS Meeting in New Orleans?
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