October 1997 - chemweb - imperial.ac.uk

Molecule Editor in Java
by Denis M. Bayada 18 Feb '99

18 Feb '99

Dear all, I have just finished writing a molecule editor in JAVA. If anyone is interested, it is available at : http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/ICAMS/people/denis/moledit.html You may freely download the Java source code and modify it. Any comments are indeed welcome. Thank you Denis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis M. Bayada e-mail: denis(a)mi.leeds.ac.uk ICAMS voice: (44) (0)113 233 65 95 School of Chemistry fax: (44) (0)113 233 65 63 University of Leeds http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/ICAMS/people/denis Leeds LS2 9JT ENGLAND ... but as I proceeded in my labour, it became every day more horrible and irksome to me. Sometimes I could not prevail on myself to enter my laboratory for several days, and at other times I toiled day and night in order to complete my work. It was, indeed, a filthy process in which I was engaged. Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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ANNOUNCE: Elemental Discoveries
by David Bradley Science Writer 31 Oct '97

31 Oct '97

ELEMENTAL DISCOVERIES http://homepages.enterprise.net/bradley/elem1.html The November issue of Elemental Discoveries is now available The new issue features: Ship in a bottle catalysts Frozen Orange Juice The salty taste test Artificial ion channels Super-sensitive brain chemical detector The root of all even Microluthier Elemental Discoveries also now features "ed reviews": this month - New Scientist on CD-ROM and Accord for Excel+Access. If you have an opinion on any scientific/chemical software and would like it to be known - why not write a critical review and use the feedback form to send us a copy for inclusion in the next issue? We are also alpha-testing a search engine - if you get it to work drop us a line! Thanks David Bradley Bradley(a)enterprise.net http://homepages.enterprise.net/bradley/elem1.html PS Be sure to visit our sponsors' page; but don't forget your "back" button chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Molecule of the Month - November
by Paul May 31 Oct '97

31 Oct '97

Hi, November's Molecule of the Month is Sscorpionine, provided by Henry Rzepa of Imperial College. Only a Chime version is available, and the URL is: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/motm/cwr.html The molecule has quite a strange structure, resembling a scorpion (hence it's name), as well as having a variety of other interesting features of its synthesis. MOTM page: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 928-9000 x4276, fax: +44 (0)117 925-1295 <mailto:paul.may@bris.ac.uk> <http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm> "You know life's hard when every 24 hours you have to revert to liquid form and sleep in a bucket" Odo, DS9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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*The Chemistry Place* Celebrates NCW
by Laura Bicknell 30 Oct '97

30 Oct '97

CELEBRATE NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK ON-LINE WITH US! Peregrine Publishers is pleased to offer educators and students FREE access to *The Chemistry Place* (http://www.chemplace.com) during National Chemistry Week, November 2-8, 1997. * Discover Chemistry in Your Life. From the chemistry of Fen-Phen to anti-freeze poisoning, learn about the chemistry behind the news. * Solve the Weekly Riddle. Each day we post a clue to our puzzle and invite students to submit their answers. In just a few minutes a day, you'll engage students in critical thinking, and spark an opportunity for further on-line research. All entries received from NCW visitors will be eligible to win one of three one-year memberships. * Let students practice their problem solving skills with our on-line Problem Sets for Electrochemistry, Gases, and more in the Learning Activities area. Explore our Interactive Tutorials, including "Trends of the Periodic Table" a new Learning Activity by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield, UK, author of the popular *Web Elements* site. Find much more for you and your students to explore when you visit. Educators, select the "Members' Log-in" button at www.chemplace.com and enter: ID: ncw97 Password: ncw97 Students should log in as: ID: stuncw97 password stuncw97 These passwords are active now and will expire on November 9, 1997. Tell a friend about the FREE week by sending an electronic postcard from our Visitors' Center. We look forward to your visit. Sincerely yours, Anne Stone, Marketing Manager Laura Bicknell, Editor Peregrine Publishers, Inc. info(a)peregrine-pub.com The Chemistry Place: http://www.chemplace.com chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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The 50 most cited chemists during the period 1981-1997
by Rzepa, Henry 30 Oct '97

30 Oct '97

According to ISI, the following list gives the 50 most cited chemists; http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/citation.html Interesting that the top 10 includes many computational chemists, and that crystallographers feature highly. It is claimed that this list almost certainly includes the names of 6-10 Nobel laureates-to-be! I wonder what this list says about a) what citations mean anyway (and even more controversially, what the "impact factor" of cites per paper means) b) Does it say anything about what people consider the important areas of chemistry have been, or will be? c) Is it worth drawing any demographic conclusions from these names? d) I wonder when/if the ISI will consider hyperlinked citations on the Web to qualify for their count!! Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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30 Oct '97

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On-line MCQs using Chime
by Paul May 29 Oct '97

29 Oct '97

Hi, Some of you might be interested in a couple of examples of on-line Multiple Choice Questions I've written to demonstrate how our Tutorial MarkUp (TML) system can be used for delivering MCQs via the web with embedded Chime structures. The URL is: http://www.tlchm.bris.ac.uk/cgi-bin/tml_v4.2_anon/tml/questions/chimedemo/ chimedemo.tmlo (note it should all be one line with no breaks) It requires (a) a browser that can cope with the <OBJECT> tag and (b) one that works with the Chime plug-in. Netscape 4.03 works on both these counts, but I'm not sure about MSIE 4+ yet. Any comments? Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 928-9000 x4276, fax: +44 (0)117 925-1295 <mailto:paul.may@bris.ac.uk> <http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm> "You know life's hard when every 24 hours you have to revert to liquid form and sleep in a bucket" Odo, DS9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Squalestatins
by M Cole 29 Oct '97

29 Oct '97

Hi there, Does anyone know of any good sites which may have structural information, e.g. pdb files, unit cell coordinates etc. on a class of materials known as squalestatins (which are cholesterol inhibitors) ? Thanks Dr. Michael Cole Department of Chemistry & Materials Manchester Metropolitan University chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Internet for the Practicing Chemist -- materials available on the Web
by Jan Labanowski 27 Oct '97

27 Oct '97

Dear Netters, I would like to point you to the collection of pages and materials from the ACS Symposium: "Internet for the Practicing Chemist" which happened in Las Vegas this fall. Topics discussed: CyberLaw, Web publishing in chemistry, research uses of Internet, tools for presenting information on the Web, educational uses of Web, sources of chemistry information on the Web, etc. The speakers did an excellent job. Most of the materials shown at this symposium are now publicly available. I hope that some missing pieces will also be released soon by the authors, so please revisit. Point your browser at: http://ccl.osc.edu/ccl/acs-fall97/ and enjoy. Jan Labanowski jkl(a)osc.edu http://ccl.osc.edu/chemistry.html chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (u)nsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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25 Oct '97

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