Vol. 25 No. 4
July - August 2003

"Chemistry in a Flask," by Francesco Tundo—for more about the artist see <tundo>.

From the Editor

Vice President’s Column by Leiv K. Sydnes

Features
- Camptothecin and Taxol: The Story Behind the Science
by Nicholas H. Oberlies, Sharla Flora, and Anna L. Weaver
- Striving for Open Access by Wendy Warr
- Chemical Weapons Convention: First Major Review Completed
by Edwin D. Becker
-- IUPAC Briefs Delegates to CWC Review Conference

IUPAC Wire
- IUPAC Announces Prize Winners
- Highlights of the Executive Committee Meeting
- IUPAC Funds Three Conferences to be Held in 2004 in Developing and Disadvantaged Countries
- Bio-Unions to Pursue Science for Health and Well-Being
- Methods of Analysis and Sampling of Food Products
- IUPAC Elections

The Project Place
- NMR Chemical Shifts: Updated Conventions
- Terminology for Radical Polymerizations with Minimal Termination
- Toward a Core Organic Chemistry Curriculum for Latin American Universities
- Rules for Stating When a Limiting Value is Exceeded
- Provisional Recommendations
-- Glossary for Toxicokinetics of Chemicals
-- Definitions of Terms Relating to Reactions of Polymers and to Functional Polymeric Materials

Making an imPACt
- Critical Evaluation of Stability Constants for a-Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Complexes with Protons and Metal Ions and the Accompanying Enthalpy Changes. Part II: Aliphatic a-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids
- Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment
- Measurement of pH: Definition, Standards, and Procedures, reviewed by Friedrich G. K. Baucke

Bookworm
- Natural Products
- Molecular Order and Mobility in Polymer Systems
- New Polymeric Materials
- The Experimental Determination of Solubilities
- Chemicals in the Atmosphere: Solubility, Sources and Reactivity
- Photochemical Purification of Water and Air

Conference Call
- Safety in Chemical Production by M. D. Booth
- Physiological Reference Values: A Shared Business by Anders Kallner

Where 2B & Y
- Solution Chemistry, 23–28 Aug 2003
- Multi-Component Materials, 5–8 Oct 2003
- Medicinal Chemistry, 15–18 Oct 2003
- Bio-Based Polymers, 12–14 Nov 2003
- Solubility Phenomena, 25–29 July 2004
- Organic Synthesis, 1–6 Aug 2004
- Chemical Education, 3–8 Aug 2004

Mark Your Calendar
link to calendars of upcoming IUPAC-sponsored events

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