Busy. Really busy. Should be working on my dissertation, but I’m dropping you a line to say I’m incredibly busy. I could talk about the chicken housing market, which in some strange way relates to synthetic chemistry (think imidazolium-based N-heterocyclic carbenes). But, I don’t want to bore you.
I read yesterday that Janine Cossy, Christophe Meyer (N.B. the links are in Français) and company are making good progress on phoslactomycin B. Yes, their synthesis features her trademark Ru-catalyized, enantioselective, Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley-type reduction of an acetylenic ketone (Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 935-938). In all sincerity, I hope she’s at the ACS conference in March because I’d like to meet her.
In the blogosphere, Mitch is working on an online name reactions book. Kyle is stepping up to make a practical organic laboratory techniques resource (apart from irritating US Senators). And I have agreed to help develop ChemSpider to make it more reagent-friendly for of my fellow organic chemists. Check out all three projects if you get a chance.
Yes. All three of us were in talks (as it were) to work on a group project.
Yes. It fell through.
Yes. I’m hoping to contribute to their projects. Cross-pollination is a wonderful thing. Don’t believe me? Daschunds (the epitome of perfection) are a product of cross-pollination. Check mate.
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J, I'm REALLY looking forward to working with you on ChemSpider. Just an example of something that got deposited today... http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.10493826.html
Check out the "description" section.
I think we can bring a lot of value to the community working together
Cossy did a post-doc at Wisco with Barry Trost at the same time as Dennis Curran was there.
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