Explanation of "The Higgs Boson"

Selecting Reviewers for your manuscript:Publishing Your Research 101

In this video, ACS editors will provide some tips to help you decide whom to suggest as reviewers for your article. The reviewers will not only make recommendations on whether or not the work should be published, but on its suitability for the journal. They will also make comments and suggestions to help you improve the quality and clarity of your manuscript, and perhaps even to improve your science. Your article, when published, will be better for having gone through this process. It is to your advantage to have knowledgeable and rigorous reviewers evaluating your manuscript.

International Chemistry Olympiad Questions: Can you answer them?

44th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is going to be held on July 21–30, 2012 at the University of Maryland, USA. Secondary school students from all around the world are competing for medals by taking both theoretical and laboratory examinations in chemistry. As this years exam is coming very close, here we put some of the questions asked in previous exams. 

“Graduate students might be able to answer most of the questions, but not all of them, and certainly not within the period of time that’s expected,” writes Chemistry and Engineering News quoting Michael P. Doyle, chair of the chemistry and biochemistry department at the University of Maryland.

Check yourself, if you can correctly answer these questions.

If you can not see complete question, click on each question.

Couldn't find right answers? Find the answers to these quiz questions at http://cenm.ag/popquiz. 

Congratulations to Dr. Sitaram Acharya

We would like to congratulate Dr. Sitaram Acharya for completing his PhD in chemistry from University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. He has accepted a postdoctoral position at Texas Christian University-Fort Worth, TX, USA. Wishing you all the best Dr. Acharya.

Here is a short description of his research.

Research works are mainly based on synthesis and characterization of water-soluble and air-stable 

PTA (PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) and DAPTA (N,N’-diacetyl-1,3,5-complexes of 

Group 10 metals, platinum and palladium. These novel phosphine complexes were stabilized with a 

variety of alkyl, alkynyl, halo, and halo(alkyl) ligands. The catalytic activities of the platinum(II)-

PTA complexes were investigated for the first time in catalytic hydrosilylation reactions of alkenes, 

alkynes, and ketones using a variety of hydrosilanes including siloles and silafluorenes. The 

complexes were found to be very effective catalysts giving the regioselective products with a very 

good turn over number. The catalytic activity of palladium(II)-PTA complexes were investigated in 

catalytic Suzuki-Miyaura and copper-free Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions. These complexes 

were found to be catalyze these reactions efficiently forming the cross-coupled products with 

minimal side reactions.