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a field, its prominence has grown to the point that now funding organizations, particularly in the US, are basing their programs on sustainability. “It’s a particularly opportune time to have a focal point for advances in chemistry and engineering that advance the sustainability of the chemicals enterprise,” says Allen.

Submissions are already being received, and the first papers will be available online in the fall of this year, ahead of the first paper-saving electronic-only issue published in January 2013. The journal has focus areas that include: life-cycle assessment, green chemistry, waste as resources, alternative energy, and green innovative manufacturing.

Allen hopes that the journal will help to clarify the ideas and tools of green chemistry, sustainable chemistry, and sustainable engineering. “As the field promotes more systems and life-cycle approaches, the journal can help to provide a place for quantitative tools to be assessed and developed by the community. It’s useful to have this one intellectual gathering place where the community can develop these ideas and tools,” says Allen. “There’s a critical need for an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability, by both chemists and engineers,” says Peoples, “and addressing that challenge will be a major role of the new journal,” he suggests.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering is warmly welcomed by the editor of an ACS Publications stalwart – the journal Environmental Science & Technology. ES&T’s Editor-in-Chief, engineer Jerry Schnoor from the University of Iowa in

Iowa City, says that the new journal will relieve some pressure on his own. “We really can’t handle all the papers in this area,” he says. “The new journal is needed because there’s so many more people in the field, so many new ideas in the field.”

And with a new journal, perhaps sustainable chemistry advocates will have more political clout. Schnoor spoke to Excellence just after the Rio+20 United Nations conference on sustainable development. He was disappointed by the outcome of that meeting, which was criticized by many

observers for being too weak, and governments were accused of not making any useful commitments

to sustainability. “Rio+20 was meant to be the green engineering, the green

business summits but they really fell short of their goals,” says Schnoor.

“I think it behoves all of us in academia, in industry and maybe government at the more regional and local scales to become more sustainable, and hopefully this

journal will lead the way from an academic perspective,” Schnoor says.

Schnoor’s advice to Allen is to focus on building a community around the journal.

“The important thing is the people,” says Schnoor, “and trying to develop a community by

being fair and publishing articles as quickly as possible.”

Allen, who is no stranger to the editorial world having served as an associate editor for the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, aims to do just that. He hopes that the journal’s presence will help pull the com-munity together, but also wants to work through existing organizations like the GCI to develop the community more.

In particular, Allen hopes the journal attracts submissions from the likes of winners of the US Presidential Awards in Green Chemistry, which have been awarded since 1996 to

Timing is everything, and

since green chemistry appeared on the scene over 2 decades ago, the

field has evolved.

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The ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) in Washington, DC, opened its doors way back in 1997, with the aim of getting the ideas of green and sustainable chemistry practices more widespread throughout the chemical enterprise. So why is it that only now, 15 years later, a journal dedicated to green chemistry has emerged in the ACS Publications journal portfolio?

Timing is everything, and since green chemistry appeared on the scene over 2 decades ago, the field has evolved. What was a basic science has become a discipline that looks at the whole life-cycle of a chemical and brings chemistry and engineering together to clean up processes. “As our understanding continues to evolve and expand we now know things have to be approached from a systems basis point of view and an integrated point of view, and this journal is going to bring that kind of integration,” says Bob Peoples, director of the GCI.

Editor-in-Chief of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering is chemical engineer Dave Allen from the University of Texas at Austin. He says that since green chemistry emerged as

This summer saw the introduction of the ACS’s latest journal, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, dedicated to publishing research on cleaner ways to perform chemical processes, and minimizing any harm to the environment during chemical processes.

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academics and industrialists deemed to have contributed significantly, or been particularly innovative in the field. “Those presidential award winners are some of the real highlights of advances in chemistry, both in academia and in the private sector that are making a real difference,” Allen says. That overlap of academia and industry is something he’s accus-tomed to from his previous ACS editorial responsibilities, and is going to play an important role in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Allen says.

Conspicuous in its absence is the word “green”, which doesn’t ap-pear in the title of the new journal. Peoples says that particular word has tricky connotations. “Some people hear green and they think about greenwashing, or they think it’s a tired over-used term,” says Peoples. Allen says that sustainability is a better word to reflect the ambi-tions of the journal.

As the journal is introduced, Allen is hopeful that its mere existence will bring an increase in research activity in the areas of green engineering and chemistry. This will go hand in hand with increased funding in the areas. “There’s an acceleration of research in this area driven by the funding agencies moving in the direction of sustainability as an organizing concept,” says Allen. “That will drive research and I think the role of the journal is to document that research and make it highly visible.”

Peoples has been amazed by the recent advances in the field, and the ability to perform complex chemical transfor-

mations in air and water – reactions that otherwise would have required organic solvents and needed a lot of energy

to exclude air and water. This is the kind of technology that will equip chemists for the remainder of

the 21st century and beyond. From there, the science will make it to industry,

given the right exposure. “I think we need a new paradigm,” says

Schnoor, “we need to find a new way to make progress.” With hard work and a strong community be-hind it, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering will help to feed

into this much-needed new way of doing things.

Jerald Schnoor, Editor-in-Chief Environmental Science & EngineeringUniversity of iowa, iowa City

david T. Allen, Editor-in-Chief of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & EngineeringUniversity of Texas, Austin

Robert Peoples, director of the Green Chemistry institute

ACS EditorS in indiA >>> Partners in ProgressThe American Chemical Society is dedicated to fostering global communications in the chemical sciences

and its related disciplines in order to advance science for the betterment of the world. ACS Journals are

therefore the ideal venue for Indian scientists to share their research achievements and enable both the

global scientific community and society at large to benefit from discoveries made in India. Moreover,

scientists in India can depend on our journals to keep pace with the latest findings from around the world

in order to advance their own investigations.

ACS Publications is pleased to have published many landmark works from prominent Indian research

institutions. By forging closer ties with India, we hope to publish even more manuscripts from India.

With India’s dedication to fostering and funding scientific research, it is more important than ever that

the global scientific community stay current with the growing number of research discoveries originating

in India. Working with our partners in India, ACS Publications can help ensure that it happens.


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Giridhar Madras – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar – Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Ganapati D. Yadav – Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

C. N. R. Rao – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

Santanu Bhattacharya – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Tarasankar Pal – Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Anil Kumar – Indian Institute of Science, Bombay

Samir Kumar Pal – SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata

Ashwini Nangia – University of Hyderabad

Arun K. Nandi – Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Jayant Udgaonkar – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Dulal Panda – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Sanjay Mahajani – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Chebrolu Rao – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Jarugu.N. Moorthy – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Arunachalam Ramanan – Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Goutam Kumar Lahiri – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Raghavan.B. Sunoj – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Swapan Pati – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

G U Kulkarni – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

C Narayana – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Tapas Kundu – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

G. Narahari Sastry – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

B Sridhar – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

J.S. Yadav – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Pankaj Poddar – National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Prasanta Kumar Das – Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Sarma D.D. – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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Biochemistry publishes research from the arena where biochemistry, biophysical chemistry, and molecular biology meet. The journal covers structure, function, and regulation of biologically active molecules; gene structure & expression; biochemical mechanisms; protein biosynthesis; protein folding; membrane structure-function relationships; bioenergetics; and immunochemistry.

Recent articles from Biochemistry:

Totarol Inhibits Bacterial Cytokinesis by Perturbing the Assembly Dynamics of FtsZ Richa Jaiswal, Tushar K. Beuria, Renu Mohan, Suresh K. Mahajan, and Dulal Panda Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/bi602573e

Structurally Distinct Amyloid Protofibrils Form on Separate Pathways of Aggregation of a Small Protein Santosh Kumar and Jayant B. Udgaonkar Tata Institute of Fundamental Research DOI: 10.1021/bi900682w

Structure and Assembly of Designed β-Hairpin Peptides in Crystals as Models for β-Sheet Aggregation Subrayashastry Aravinda, Veldore Vidya Harini, Narayanaswamy Shamala, Chittaranjan Das, and Padmanabhan Balaram Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/bi035522g

Contribution of Cation−π Interactions to Protein Stability Ravindra S. Prajapati, Minhajuddin Sirajuddin, Venuka Durani, Sridhar Sreeramulu, and Raghavan Varadarajan Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research DOI: 10.1021/bi061275f

Prediction of Folding Rates of Small Proteins: Empirical Relations Based on Length, Secondary Structure Content, Residue Type, and Stability N. Prakash Prabhu and Abani K. Bhuyan University of Hyderabad DOI: 10.1021/bi0521137

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Richard Armstrong Editor-in-Chief, BiochemistryRichard Armstrong is Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Vanderbilt University. In addition, he is an Investigator at Vanderbilt’s Center in Molecular Toxicology. His research seeks to elucidate the mechanisms of action of enzymes involved in the metabolism of foreign compounds. His research group is evaluating the relationship between the molecular structure and catalytic function of several enzymes, including glutathione transferases and epoxide hydrolases, in an effort to understand how detoxication enzymes cooperate in the metabolism of foreign

molecules. Moreover, they are building our understanding of the enzymology of antibiotic resistance in microorganisms. These studies are designed to pave the way for new, more effective antimicrobial agents in order to overcome microbial resistance to current therapeutic strategies for managing a broad range of infectious diseases.

Dr. Armstrong earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Marquette University in 1975. After postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago, he began work in the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry at the NIH. In 1980, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Maryland. An international pioneer in the chemical sciences, Dr. Armstrong is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Chair-Elect of the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry.


ACS Combinatorial Science publishes research describing the development and use of combinatorial, high-throughput, and related methods in chemistry, materials science, and biology. The journal welcomes submissions from a broad spectrum of scientific endeavor involving the discovery of functional molecules or systems using combinatorial techniques, molecular libraries, and evolving systems; and the development of tools for speeding and understanding such discoveries.

Recent articles from ACS Combinatorial Science:

Natural Product Inspired Diversity Oriented Synthesis of Tetrahydroquinoline Scaffolds as Antitubercular Agent Atul Kumar, Suman Srivastava, Garima Gupta, Vinita Chaturvedi, Sudhir Sinha, and R. Srivastava Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR DOI: 10.1021/co100022h

Facile Diversity-Oriented Synthesis and Antitubercular Evaluation of Novel Aryl and Heteroaryl Tethered Pyridines and Dihydro-6H-quinolin-5-ones Derived via Variants of the Bohlmann–Rahtz Reaction Srinivas Kantevari, Santhosh Reddy Patpi, Dinesh Addla, Siddamal Reddy Putapatri, Balasubramanian Sridhar, Perumal Yogeeswari, and Dharmarajan Sriram Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Birla Institute of Technology & Science-Pilani DOI: 10.1021/co2000604

Atom Type Preferences, Structural Diversity, and Property Profiles of Known Drugs, Leads, and Nondrugs: A Comparative Assessment Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan, Hariharan Rajesh , and Vitukudi N. Balaji Jubilant Biosys Limited DOI: 10.1021/co2000168

Pyrano[4,3-b]quinolines Library Generation via Iodocyclization and Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions Trapti Aggarwal, Maryam Imam, Naveen K. Kaushik, Virander S. Chauhan, and Akhilesh K. Verma University of Delhi International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology DOI: 10.1021/co200100z

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Formerly the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry, the journal was reintroduced in 2011 as ACS Combinatorial Science.

M. G. Finn Editor-in-Chief, ACS Combinatorial ScienceM. G. Finn is Professor in the Department of Chemistry of The Scripps Research Institute, where he also directs the Scripps Predoctoral Training Program in Molecular Evolution. In addition, he holds joint appointments at The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Center for Integrative Molecular Biosciences, and the Kellogg School of Science and Technology. His laboratory is highly interdisciplinary, focusing its research efforts on the use of viruses as chemical building blocks for catalysts, materials, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostic agents; the development and

applications of highly reliable organic transformations for the discovery of biologically active compounds and functional materials; and the use of molecular evolution techniques to develop new enzymes. Dr. Finn’s laboratory engages in many collaborative projects with colleagues within The Scripps Research Institute as well as with research groups around the world.

M. G. Finn received his PhD in 1986 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Professor K. Barry Sharpless on the mechanisms of the asymmetric epoxidation reaction. Next, he was awarded an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University to study metalloporphyrin chemistry. Dr. Finn joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1988, where his group studied the reactivity of Fisher carbene complexes, metal-substituted phosphorus ylides, and a variety of transition metal-catalyzed processes.


The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters combines all new letters on topic areas covered by the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, and C into a single, all electronic journal. Authors gain a high-profile publication for their urgent research results, with submission to web publication in just 4 to 6 weeks.

Recent articles from The Journal of Physical Chemistry:

Synthesis and Size-Selective Catalysis by Supported Gold Nanoparticles: Study on Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalytic Process Sudipa Panigrahi , Soumen Basu , Snigdhamayee Praharaj, Surojit Pande, Subhra Jana, Anjali Pal, Sujit Kumar Ghosh, and Tarasankar Pal Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/jp067554u

Effect of Crystallographic Structure of MnO2 on Its Electrochemical Capacitance Properties S. Devaraj and N. Munichandraiah Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/jp7108785

Aggregation Behavior of Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Solutions: Effect of Alkyl Chain Length, Cations, and Anions Tejwant Singh and Arvind Kumar Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute DOI: 10.1021/jp0726889

Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides Dispersed Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Supercapacitor Electrodes A.Leela Mohana Reddy and S. Ramaprabhu Indian Institute of Technology Madras DOI: 10.1021/jp069006m

Some Novel Attributes of Graphene C. N. R. Rao, A. K. Sood, Rakesh Voggu and K. S. Subrahmanyam Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research DOI: 10.1021/jz9004174

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Prashant V. Kamat Deputy Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry LettersPrashant V. Kamat is Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. For the past 25 years, he has conducted research on the photochemistry and photoelectrochemistry of semiconductor nanostructures and sensitizing dyes. Professor Kamat seeks to build bridges between physical chemistry and materials science by developing advanced nanomaterials for cleaner, more efficient light energy conversion. His current research efforts focus on harvesting light energy using semiconductor nanocrystals and carbon nanostructures as

conducting scaffolds. By tuning the photoelectrochemical response and photoconversion efficiency via size control of CdSe quantum dots and by facilitating the charge transport through 1-D architecture, his research group has provided a new and effective strategy to develop photosensitive electrodes for solar cells.

Professor Kamat earned his doctoral degree in Physical Chemistry from Bombay University and then conducted postdoctoral research at Boston University and The University of Texas at Austin. He has published more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited two books on nanostructured materials. ISI’s ScienceWatch named him among the Top 100 Chemists of the decade 2000–2010. A Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Chemical Society, Dr. Kamat was honored with the Honda-Fujishima Lectureship Award by the Japanese Photochemical Society and the CRSI Medal by the Chemical Research Society of India.

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Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research focuses on industrial and academic research in the broad fields of applied chemistry and chemical engineering with special focus on fundamentals, processes, and products. Papers may be based on work that is experimental or theoretical, mathematical or descriptive, chemical or physical. In addition to fundamental research, papers may deal with process design and development, and product research and development involving chemical and engineering aspects.

Recent articles from Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research:

Self-Similar Dynamics of a Flexible Ring Polymer in a Fixed Obstacle Environment: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Model Balaji V. S. Iyer, Ashish K. Lele, Vinay A. Juvekar, and Raghunath A. Mashelkar Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ie900535v

Modeling the Cytotoxicity of Cisplatin Vishnu Sresht, Jayesh R. Bellare, and Santosh K. Gupta Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ie102360e

Prediction of Liquid–Liquid Equilibria for Biofuel Applications by Quantum Chemical Calculations Using the Cosmo-SAC Method Mitesh R. Shah and Ganapati D. Yadav Institute of Chemical Technology DOI: 10.1021/ie201454m

Liquid–Liquid Mixing in Coiled Flow Inverter Monisha Mridha Mandal, Palka Aggarwal, and K. D. P. Nigam Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ie2002473

Preparation of Pure Methyl Esters from Corresponding Alkali Metal Salts of Carboxylic Acids Using Carbon Dioxide and Methanol Prashant P. Barve, Sanjay P. Kamble, Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi, Milind Y. Gupte, and Bhaskar D. Kulkarni National Chemical Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Technology, and Homi Bhabha National Institute DOI: 10.1021/ie200632v

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Donald R. Paul Editor-in-Chief, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry ResearchDonald R. Paul is Director of the Texas Materials Institute and Professor and Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His research investigates the use of polymers as membranes for the separation of chemicals and as barriers to prevent molecules from diffusing into or out of containers. He also works with polymers to regulate the rate of gas exchange in order to better preserve produce and to control the rate of drug delivery. In addition, he investigates the formulation and characterization of blends and alloys

of different polymers that may have useful property profiles. Current research projects include the formation and characterization of thin glassy polymer membranes, gas separation membranes, reverse osmosis membranes, pervaporation membranes, layered polymer systems, and polymer nanocomposites.

Dr. Paul received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has been a Member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1988 and was elected to the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 2001. Among his many honors and awards, Dr. Paul has received the Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award, Alan S. Michaels Award for Innovation in Membrane Science and Technology, E.V. Murphree Award, Council for Chemical Research Malcolm E. Pruitt Award, AIChE William H. Walker Award, and Society of Plastics Engineers International Award.


Journal of Chemical Education is the world’s premier chemical education journal; publishing peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education and to those institutions that serve them. JCE typically addresses chemical content, activities, laboratory experiments, instructional methods, and pedagogies.

Recent articles from Journal of Chemical Education:

Electronic Structure Principles and Aromaticity P. K. Chattaraj, U. Sarkar, and D. R. Roy Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ed084p354

Solventless and One-Pot Synthesis of Cu(II) Phthalocyanine Complex: A Green Chemistry Experiment R. K. Sharma, Chetna Sharma, and Indu Tucker Sidhwani University of Delhi DOI: 10.1021/ed100473u

Greener Alternative to Qualitative Analysis for Cations without H2S and Other Sulfur-Containing Compounds Indu Tucker Sidhwani and Sushmita Chowdhury University of Delhi DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1099

Supramolecular Inclusion in Cyclodextrins: A Pictorial Spectroscopic Demonstration Basudeb Haldar, Arabinda Mallick, and Nitin Chattopadhyay Jadavpur University DOI: 10.1021/ed085p429

Immobilized alpha-Galactosidase in the Biochemistry Laboratory V. H. Mulimani and K. Dhananjay Gulbarga University DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1974

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Norbert J. Pienta Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chemical EducationNorbert J. Pienta is Professor and Director of General Chemistry Instruction at the University of Georgia. Dr. Pienta is working to enhance chemical education at all levels of learning. He and his research group have been exploring the use of web-based tools and software to assess students’ ability to master the chemical sciences. For example, he has examined the role of electronic data collection and visualization models to help students grasp the significance of laboratory data. Based on his research, Dr. Pienta has developed materials for faculty and graduate students to

guide them on the application of tested and proven learning theories and best practices in chemistry. Most recently, he has developed tutorials for grade school teachers in the chemical sciences.

Dr. Pienta completed his PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying synthetic and mechanistic applications of organic photochemistry. He was then awarded a postdoctoral to study the thermodynamics of carbocation formation in superacid media with Ned Arnett at the University of Pittsburgh and Duke University. Professor Pienta has published numerous research articles and book chapters in organic chemistry as well as chemical education. He is currently writing an innovative textbook for nursing and allied health science students that introduces general, organic, and biological chemistry in a health context by using case studies.


The Journal of Organic Chemistry publishes original contributions reporting novel, important findings of fundamental research in all branches of the theory and practice of organic chemistry.

Recent articles from The Journal of Organic Chemistry:

Indium(III) Chloride-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidinones by a Three-Component Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds, Aldehydes, and Urea: An Improved Procedure for the Biginelli Reaction Brindaban C. Ranu , Alakananda Hajra , and Umasish Jana Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science DOI: 10.1021/jo000711f

Molecular Iodine-Catalyzed Facile Procedure for N-Boc Protection of Amines Ravi Varala, Sreelatha Nuvula, and Srinivas R. Adapa Indian Institute of Chemical Technology DOI: 10.1021/jo0612473

“Click Chemistry” Inspired Synthesis of pseudo-Oligosaccharides and Amino Acid Glycoconjugates Srinivas Hotha and Sudhir Kashyap National Chemical Laboratory DOI: 10.1021/jo051731q

Organocatalytic Sequential One-Pot Double Cascade Asymmetric Synthesis of Wieland−Miescher Ketone Analogues from a Knoevenagel/Hydrogenation/Robinson Annulation Sequence: Scope and Applications of Organocatalytic Biomimetic Reductions Dhevalapally B. Ramachary and Mamillapalli Kishor University of Hyderabad DOI: 10.1021/jo070277i

Ligand-Free Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Benzimidazoles, 2-Aminobenzimidazoles, 2-Aminobenzothiazoles, and Benzoxazoles Prasenjit Saha , Tamminana Ramana , Nibadita Purkait , Md Ashif Ali , Rajesh Paul and Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati DOI: 10.1021/jo901813g

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C. Dale Poulter Editor, The Journal of Organic ChemistryC. Dale Poulter is the John A. Widtsoe Distinguished Professor of Chemistry as well as Research Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Utah. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland. Dr. Poulter examines the interface between organic chemistry and biology, which has enabled him to pioneer the use of genetics and molecular biology to construct bacterial and yeast strains to produce recombinant enzymes. Among his groundbreaking achievements, he established the mechanisms for biosynthesis

of the major metabolic intermediates in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway. Moreover, in collaboration with Jim Sacchettini, he discovered the isoprenoid fold found in enzymes that catalyze the major carbon-carbon forming reactions in this pathway.

Dr. Poulter earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been invited to present over 400 lectures, including the Gassman Lectureship, Willsmore Lectureship, and Hirschman Lectureship. Among his many honors, he has received the Ernest Guenther Award and James Flack Norris Award from the American Chemical Society and the Rosenblatt Prize from the University of Utah. A Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Poulter has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Chemical Society.


Crystal Growth & Design is the flagship journal of choice for every aspect of research and development on the crystalline state, publishing high-quality, interdisciplinary papers.

Recent articles from Crystal Growth & Design:

Reflections on the Hydrogen Bond in Crystal Engineering Gautam R. Desiraju Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/cg200100m

Solubility Advantage of Amorphous Drugs and Pharmaceutical Cocrystals N. Jagadeesh Babu and Ashwini Nangia University of Hyderabad DOI: 10.1021/cg200492w

Remarkably Stable Porous Assembly of Nanorods Derived from a Simple Metal−Organic Framework D. Krishna Kumar, Amitava Das, and Parthasarathi Dastidar Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute DOI: 10.1021/cg0606693

ZnO Doughnuts: Controlled Synthesis, Growth Mechanism, and Optical Properties Tandra Ghoshal, Soumitra Kar, and Subhadra Chaudhuri Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science DOI: 10.1021/cg060289h

How Realistic Are Interactions Involving Organic Fluorine in Crystal Engineering? Insights from Packing Features in Substituted Isoquinolines Angshuman Roy Choudhury and Tayur N. Guru Row Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/cg034137n

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Robin D. Rogers Editor-in-Chief, Crystal Growth & DesignRobin D. Rogers serves as Distinguished Research Professor, Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry, and Director of the Center for Green Manufacturing at The University of Alabama. In 2010, he was named a Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Senior Scientist for the Institute for Process Engineering in Beijing. His research explores the innovative use of ionic liquids and green chemistry to develop sustainable technologies. This includes the development of advanced polymeric and composite materials from biorenewable polymers such as cellulose as well as the creation of

novel strategies for separation and purification of value-added products from biomass. Dr. Rogers is also exploring ways to improve the energy efficiency of biomass conversion technologies. Lastly, his research seeks to improve pharmaceutical performance while at the same time reducing chemical waste from pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Dr. Rogers obtained his PhD in Chemistry from The University of Alabama. He holds 12 patents and has published over 685 papers on a diverse range of topics. His work has been cited more than 22,000 times, and he has earned a 71 h-index. Among his many achievements, Dr. Rogers won the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2005. Most recently, he was granted the American Chemical Society Separations Science & Technology Award and was elected an ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fellow.


ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces is the international publication of choice for the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists, and biologists focusing on how newly discovered materials and interfacial processes can be developed and used for specific applications.

Recent articles from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces:

Functionalized Au22 Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, and Patterning E. S. Shibu, B. Radha, P. K. Verma, P. Bhyrappa, G. U. Kulkarni , S. K. Pal, and T. Pradeep Indian Institute of Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, and Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences DOI: 10.1021/am900350r

Enhanced Conversion Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Hydrothermally Synthesized TiO2−MWCNT Nanocomposites Subas Muduli, Wonjoo Lee, Vivek Dhas, Sarfraj Mujawar, Megha Dubey, K. Vijayamohanan, Sung-Hwan Han, and Satishchandra Ogale National Chemical Laboratory DOI: 10.1021/am900396m

“Click Chemistry” in Tailor-Made Polymethacrylates Bearing Reactive Furfuryl Functionality: A New Class of Self-Healing Polymeric Material A.Amalin Kavitha and Nikhil K. Singha Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/am900124c

A Universal Sensor for Mercury (Hg, HgI, HgII) Based on Silver Nanoparticle-Embedded Polymer Thin Film G. V. Ramesh and T. P. Radhakrishnan University of Hyderabad DOI: 10.1021/am200023w

Effect of Surface Capping with Poly(vinyl alcohol) on the Photocarrier Relaxation of ZnO Nanowires Ashok Bera and Durga Basak Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science DOI: 10.1021/am900422y

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Kirk Schanze Editor-in-Chief, ACS Applied Materials & InterfacesKirk Schanze is Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Organic Chemistry Division at the University of Florida. In addition, he is a Panel Member for the Research Associateship Program of the National Research Council. Dr. Schanze’s laboratory investigates the interaction of light with organic and organometallic materials. Specifically, the laboratory is developing state-of-the-science optical applications such as light emitting devices, fluorescent sensors, solar energy conversion, and non-linear optical phenomena. In addition, Dr. Schanze has

conducted considerable research on the development of thin film-based luminescent oxygen sensor materials to measure air pressure distributions in wind tunnel models.

Dr. Schanze earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983 and was then appointed a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2003, he has authored or co-authored more than 90 peer-reviewed articles on basic and applied research topics, with a primary focus on organic and organometallic materials chemistry. He is named in 10 patents or disclosures. Dr. Schanze has organized or co-organized a number of important symposia, including the Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry into the New Millennium, which was sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the US-Japan Symposium on Photosynthesis and Photoconversion.


Organic Letters publishes brief reports of significant research concerning organic chemistry, including organic synthesis, organometallic, natural product, physical organic, bioorganic, and medicinal chemistry.

Recent articles from Organic Letters:

Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reaction in an Aqueous Medium Vishnu Maya, Monika Raj, and Vinod K. Singh Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ol071013l

Nano Indium Oxide as a Recyclable Catalyst for C−S Cross-Coupling of Thiols with Aryl Halides under Ligand Free conditions Vutukuri Prakash Reddy, Akkilagunta Vijay Kumar, Kokkirala Swapna, and Kakulapati Rama Rao Indian Institute of Chemical Technology DOI: 10.1021/ol900009a

One-Pot, Two-Step Conversion of Aldehydes to Phosphonyl- and Sulfonylpyrazoles Using Bestmann–Ohira Reagent Rahul Kumar, Deepti Verma, Shaikh M. Mobin, and Irishi N. N. Namboothiri Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ol301695e

A Practical and General Diels–Alder Reaction of Pentafulvenes with Arynes Sachin Suresh Bhojgude, Trinadh Kaicharla, Anup Bhunia, and Akkattu T. Biju CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory DOI: 10.1021/ol301742k

Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of Palmerolide A Kavirayani R. Prasad and Amit B. Pawar Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/ol201604c

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Amos B. Smith, III Editor-in-Chief, Organic LettersAmos B. Smith, III, is the Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry as well as Member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and Associate Director of the Penn Center for Molecular Discovery at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is both an Honorary Member and Visiting Director of the Kitasato Institute in Tokyo. Dr. Smith’s research is dedicated to natural product synthesis, bioorganic chemistry, and materials science. More than 75 architecturally complex natural products have been prepared in his laboratory. Moreover, Dr. Smith, in collaboration with

Ralph Hirschmann, pioneered the design and synthesis of non-peptide peptidomimetics of neuropeptideic hormone/transmitters and protease enzyme inhibitors. In collaboration with Peter Jurs, Dr. Smith developed groundbreaking computerized pattern recognition techniques that make it possible to analyze primate chemical communication.

Dr. Smith received his PhD from Rockefeller University. To date, he has co-authored over 575 publications and delivered over 600 invited lectures, including plenary lectures at the National Organic Chemistry Symposium and numerous Gordon Research Conferences. His recent honors and awards include Honorary Membership in the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Medal, Yamada Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, and Inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society.


Journal of the American Chemical Society is the premier, state-of-the-art venue for the publication and broad dissemination of first-rate, fundamental research in all of chemistry, both in the core areas and at the interface of chemistry and biology, neurochemistry, materials, and single molecule chemistry.

Recent articles from the Journal of the American Chemical Society:

A Porous Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Reversible Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Substitution Reactions at Mn(II) Centers by Nitrile Guest Molecules Madhab C. Das and Parimal K. Bharadwaj Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ja9006035

Solution Phase Epitaxial Self-Assembly and High Charge-Carrier Mobility Nanofibers of Semiconducting Molecular Gelators Seelam Prasanthkumar, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology DOI: 10.1021/ja103685j

On Catalysis by Ionic Liquids Asit K. Chakraborti and Sudipta Raha Roy National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research DOI: 10.1021/ja900076a

Cooperative Metal Ion Binding to a Cucurbit[7]uril−Thioflavin T Complex: Demonstration of a Stimulus-Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Capsule Sharmistha Dutta Choudhury, Jyotirmayee Mohanty, Haridas Pal, and Achikanath C. Bhasikuttan Bhabha Atomic Research Centre DOI: 10.1021/ja908795y

Enhanced Ion Anisotropy by Nonconventional Coordination Geometry: Single-Chain Magnet Behavior for a [{FeIIL}2{NbIV(CN)8}] Helical Chain Compound Designed with Heptacoordinate FeII Thengarai S. Venkatakrishnan, Shaon Sahoo, Nicolas Bréfuel, Carine Duhayon, Carley Paulsen, Anne-Laure Barra, S. Ramasesha, and Jean-Pascal Sutter Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/ja9089389

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Peter J. Stang Editor, Journal of the American Chemical SocietyPeter J. Stang is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah, where he served as Department Chair from 1989–1995 and as Dean of the College of Science from 1997–2007. Professor Stang is also a Senior Fellow of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California and an Honorary Professor of Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry. His early research involved unsaturated reactive intermediates such as vinyl cations and unsaturated carbenes. Currently, his research centers on

supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly, with an emphasis on using the coordination-based directional bonding paradigm to self-assemble and study pre-designed metallacycles and metallacages such as cuboctahedra and dodecahedra.

Dr. Stang earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. In his more than 40 years in academia, he has delivered hundreds of named and invited lectures at national and international institutions and conferences. Professor Stang is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Adding to his many honors, in 2011 Professor Stang received a National Medal of Science, the highest honor bestowed by the President of the United States on scientists, engineers, and inventors.


Analytical Chemistry publishes new and original research in all branches of Analytical Chemistry. In addition, the journal publishes features and news articles about major advances, trends, and challenges in Analytical Chemistry.

Recent articles from Analytical Chemistry:

Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Integrated Assembly of Dehydrogenase Enzymes and Gold Nanoparticles Bikash Kumar Jena and C. Retna Raj Indian Institute of Technology DOI: 10.1021/ac052143f

Development and Application of Porous Membrane-Protected Carbon Nanotube Micro-Solid-Phase Extraction Combined with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Chanbasha Basheer, Anass Ali Alnedhary, B. S. Madhava Rao, Suresh Valliyaveettil, and Hian Kee Lee Pune University DOI: 10.1021/ac060240i

Escherichia coli Genosensor Based on Polyaniline Kavita Arora, Nirmal Prabhakar, Subhash Chand, and B. D. Malhotra Indian Institute of Technology Delhi DOI: 10.1021/ac070403i

Immobilization of Antibodies on Polyaniline Films and Its Application in a Piezoelectric Immunosensor V. V. R. Sai, Sumeet Mahajan, Aliasgar Q. Contractor, and Soumyo Mukherji Indian Institute of Technology Bombay DOI: 10.1021/ac060120a

Cd2+ Complex of a Triazole-Based Calix[4]arene Conjugate as a Selective Fluorescent Chemosensor for Cys Rakesh K. Pathak, Vijaya K. Hinge, Kandula Mahesh, Ankit Rai, Dulal Panda, and Chebrolu P. Rao Indian Institute of Technology Bombay DOI: 10.1021/ac301492h

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Jonathan Sweedler Editor-in-Chief, Analytical ChemistryJonathan Sweedler is the Eiszner Family Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also affiliated with the University’s Institute of Genomic Biology and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Dr. Sweedler has established an international reputation for designing innovative analytical methods to assay complex microenvironments. He has developed small-volume separation and detection methods and micro and nanofluidic sampling approaches. Moreover,

he has devised applications of these technologies to study novel neurochemical pathways. He has also developed novel metabolomic and peptidomic technologies, using these technologies to discover the role that peptide hormones, neurotransmitters, and neuromodulatory agents play in behavior, learning, and memory.

Dr. Sweedler received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 1988. Since then, he has published more than 300 research papers and been granted 14 patents. A pioneer in the field of analytical chemistry, Dr. Sweedler has been the recipient of several accolades, including the Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry’s Theophilus Redwood Lecturer, ACS Analytical Division Award in Chemical Instrumentation, Heinrich-Emanuel Merck Prize, and Gill Prize in Instrumentation and Measurement Science. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


Langmuir is an interdisciplinary journal publishing articles in colloids, interfaces, biological interfaces, materials, electrochemistry, and devices and applications.

Recent articles from Langmuir:

Biocompatibility of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Endocytotic Fate Inside the Cellular Compartment: A Microscopic Overview Ravi Shukla, Vipul Bansal, Minakshi Chaudhary, Atanu Basu, Ramesh R. Bhonde, and Murali Sastry National Centre for Cell Science, National Chemical Laboratory, and National Institute of Virology DOI:10.1021/la0513712

Synthesis and Structure of Nanocrystalline TiO2 with Lower Band Gap Showing High Photocatalytic Activity K. Nagaveni, M. S. Hegde, N. Ravishankar, G. N. Subbanna, and Giridhar Madras Indian Institute of Science DOI: 10.1021/la035777v

Application of Thiolated Gold Nanoparticles for the Enhancement of Glucose Oxidase Activity Pratibha Pandey, Surinder P. Singh, Sunil K. Arya, Vinay Gupta, Monika Datta, Sukhvir Singh, and Bansi D. Malhotra National Physical Laboratory and University of Delhi DOI: 10.1021/la062901c

Head Group Modulated pH-Responsive Hydrogel of Amino Acid-Based Amphiphiles: Entrapment and Release of Cytochrome c and Vitamin B12 Anshupriya Shome, Sisir Debnath, and Prasanta Kumar Das Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science DOI: 10.1021/la704024p

Functional and Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Biosensing Subramanian Tamil Selvan, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Dong Kee Yi, and Nikhil R. Jana Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science DOI: 10.1021/la903512m

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David G. Whitten Editor-in-Chief, LangmuirDavid G. Whitten is Co-Director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Professor in the Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering and Department of Chemistry at the University of New Mexico. He is internationally recognized as a leading researcher in the field of photochemistry. His research examines various aspects of spectroscopy, molecular assemblies, diagnostics, interfaces, and conjugated polymers and antimicrobials. In particular, Dr. Whitten conducted landmark research on the application of metal complexes to photoinduced electron

transfer and photochemical conversion of solar energy.

Dr. Whitten received his PhD in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Next, he worked as a U.S. Army officer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and then as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. His academic career began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he focused on the photochemistry of nitrogen aromatics. Dr. Whitten accepted the C. E. Kenneth Mess Professorship in Chemistry at the University of Rochester in 1983, eventually becoming Chairman of the Department of Chemistry. In collaboration with Kodak and Xerox, Dr. Whitten obtained support and funding from the National Science Foundation to establish the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer at the University of Rochester. He served as the Center’s Director from 1989–1995.

Mastering the art of publishing your research is much like mastering any other skill—like becoming a successful chef—you just need to learn how to do it. As part of our mission to advance science and enable the world to fully benefit from new discoveries, the ACS is committed to helping you—whether you’re a student or a seasoned investigator—get your research published.

Responding to requests from members around the world, we’ve developed a broad range of print, video, and digital resources to help you navigate through the complete submission and peer review process and get your research published. You’ll find many of these resources listed following the quiz.


QUESTION ONE: When do you start developing your paper?

A After I’ve gathered my data

B After I’ve analyzed my findings

C As I am working on my research

A: Even before you gather your data, you need to start thinking about how to or-ganize and present your paper. (3 points)

B: Once you’ve analyzed your findings, you’ll know what your results and con-clusions are, but you’ll find yourself at a disadvantage if this is when you start developing your paper. (2 points)

C: Tune into Episode One of Publishing Your Research 101, “How to Write a Paper to Communicate Your Research.” Profes-sor George M. Whitesides of Harvard University explains why writing a paper is an integral part of research and not the next step after you’ve conducted your experiment and then collected and analyzed your data. (10 points)

QUESTION TWO: Who do you turn to for expert advice to write a good paper and get it published?

A Experienced authors, editors, and reviewers

B Your family

C Your peers and co-workers

A: To learn how to get published it’s best to get your information from people who have been published as well as people who review and select manuscripts for publication. That’s why the ACS devel-oped ACS on Campus. Launched in 2010, this program enables campuses around the world to benefit from the experience of ACS publishing professionals. Check the schedule… ACS on Campus may be coming to you. If not, many of the ACS on Campus presentations have been video-taped and are available on the website. (10 points)

B: Obviously, we don’t know your family, but unless you have a family member who is experienced in scientific publish-ing, it’s best to seek publishing advice elsewhere in order to focus on more pressing family matters when you’re at home. (1 point)

C: Fellow students, academics, and researchers often have advice, but make sure it’s based on experience and knowledge. (5 points)

QUESTION THREE: On what basis do you choose the journal to submit your manuscript to?

A The journal with the highest Impact Factor in the field

B The journal most likely to accept my manuscript

C The journal that best fits the subject matter and significance of my re-search

A: If you just chase after Impact Factors, you may miss out on communicating your research to the people for whom your research matters most. (6 points)

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C: While Impact Factor is important, you should submit your paper to the journal that best fits both the subject matter and the significance of your manu-script. According to the ACS Webinar™, “Publishing Your Scientific Research: A Chat with the Editors,” you should also consider the urgency of your findings and which journal provides the appro-priate submission to publication time. (10 points)

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B: Most Nobel Laureates are probably excellent reviewers. Unfortunately, they are rather in demand these days and unlikely to be available to review your manuscript. Fear not… there are still many qualified reviewers in all branches of the chemical sciences and its related disciplines. (5 points)

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B ACS Author & Reviewer Resource Center

C Ask a colleague who has published with the ACS

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A: According to ACS Publications Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research, available in the ACS Author & Reviewer Resource Center, all of your re-sults should be reported, not just those supporting the underlying hypotheses of the research. If necessary, most jour-nals allow the possibility of submitting supporting documentation as supple-mentary information. (10 points)

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Energy & Fuels

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