Chemistry International

Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 4
July 2000

News from IUPAC

Chemical Nomenclature Round Table
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Chemical nomenclature has been a major core activity of IUPAC since its inception. In order to help develop a strategy for the Union's future work in nomenclature, including advances in computer-based aspects of nomenclature, IUPAC held a Round Table discussion on "Representations of Molecular Structure: Nomenclature and Its Alternatives" in Washington, DC, on 10-11 March 2000.
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Chemistry International Strategy Development Committee

IUPAC President Alan Hayes has appointed a Strategy Development Committee for Chemistry International (CI), charged with the responsibility for developing a recommended mission and strategy for the magazine.

DIDACtic Tools for Teaching Chemistry

Because chemistry is fun and teaching it is not always easy, Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Belgium, has developed and produced "didactic" tools such as the DIDAC overhead transparency sheets.

Pure and Applied Chemistry: The Special Topics Project

The concept of special topics should be considered in the context of the status and future prospects of PAC, and its role in the global business of scientific publications.

Symposia and Conferences in Developing and Economically Disadvantaged Countries
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In August 1999 in Berlin, the IUPAC Council approved a program (for a four-year trial period) of providing financial support of up to USD 10 000 to no more than two international conferences each year to be held in developing or economically disadvantaged countries that are full Members of IUPAC in good standing.

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series

Three more volumes in the IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series have recently been published as issues of the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (JPCRD).