November 1997 - chemweb - imperial.ac.uk

ChemWeb's first virtual lecture
by Bill Town 17 Nov '97

17 Nov '97

Register now for ChemWeb's first virtual lecture! We invite you to join us at the very first ChemWeb virtual lecture, "Great attractors in the chemical chaos of the Internet", which will be given by Dr. Henry Rzepa, from Imperial College, London, UK. The lecture will take place on Wednesday December 3rd, 1997, at 16:00 - 18:00 GMT in ChemWeb's Chemistry Auditorium [http://www.vei.co.uk/chemweb/] Registration is required. The lecture is free to ChemWeb members. Henry Rzepa comments: "In my talk, I will introduce what I believe are some of the innovations over the last four years which the infra-structure of the Internet has spawned. These include electronic discussion lists, "active" conferences, new "third generation" electronic journals , impressive resources seen particularly in the area of bio-informatics, the fruits of the substantial labours in preparing new pedagogic materials and virtual courses, the new genre of "one-stop" chemical malls or clubs which attempt to integrate all these resources, and perhaps the experiment which we are all about to participate in of virtual talks. Important questions remain. How can we index and search for the seam of quality, with some 3000+ chemical web sites now operating? Is there yet an accepted mechanism for peer review and scholarly recognition in this medium? With an estimated half-life of a URL being around 6 months, are there not serious concerns about the permanence of materials? Copyright remains an almost intractible issue. Privacy is another thorny problem. The bottom line is can we do our science better with the help of the Internet or does it simply represent a source of global information pollution? Perhaps after a global brain-storming session, we can begin to see how the structure behind the chaos can be teased out, if we think it exists at all!" The format for the lecture is as follows: 16.00-16.30 Presenter - Henry Rzepa 16.30-17.00 Panel Member Presentations 17.00- 17.30 Presenter/Panel Discussion 17.30- 18.00 Open discussion (18.00- Discussion continues in Virtual Bar ...) Dr Wendy Warr will be moderating the lecture, and will be available to answer any questions you may have throughout the lecture. Panel members are: Oliver Kappe Peter Murray-Rust Mike Hann Steven Bachrach Steve Heller Chris Adams I look forward to meeting you at the lecture, Best regards Bill Town Chief Operating Officer ChemWeb, Inc. http://ChemWeb.com PS: don't forget to invite your colleagues to join us! PPS Apologies for multiple postings to discussion lists 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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Learning chemistry on the World Wide Web: Questionnaire
by P.C. Yates 17 Nov '97

17 Nov '97

We are currently working on a project to develop materials on the World Wide Web which may be useful in the learning of chemistry. To help with this we are trying to obtain the views of students on what they have found useful, whether they are encouraged or discouraged from using the Web by staff, and what features they would like to see on Web sites aimed at learning chemistry at university level. We have set up an on-line questionnaire at http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ch/netionnaire/intro.html which is aimed at all students on taught chemistry courses at university. We would be very grateful if you would bring the existence of this questionnaire to the attention of students, and encourage them to respond. The results of the questionnaire will be summarised and posted on the same site at the end of March. We hope they will make interesting reading and be of use not just to ourselves, but to others who may be doing similar work. Thanks in advance if you are able to help. -- ********************************************************************** Paul Yates | cha18(a)keele.ac.uk | Department of Chemistry | +44 1782 583044 | University of Keele | +44 1782 712378 (FAX)| Keele | | Staffordshire | | ST5 5BG | | United Kingdom | | ********************************************************************** 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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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chemistry and law
by Orbcat＠aol.com 14 Nov '97

14 Nov '97

I need to know why it is important to for a pre-law major to take chemistry. val2view(a)aol.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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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chemistry and law
by Orbcat＠aol.com 14 Nov '97

14 Nov '97

I am developing teaching strategies for convincing high school students of the importance of taking chemistry. If you have any ideas for me orbcat(a)aol.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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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WANTED - Chemical and Physical Property data
by Stephen R. Heller 14 Nov '97

14 Nov '97

November 14, 1997 I have just started a new project to help collect high quality databases of chemical and physical properties here at NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology). The main interest is in adding EI mass and other spectral data, and property data such a logP, Henry's law constants, and boiling points. (For those who want to see what there is now go to the url: http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/) If you have any such data and would like to provide it to NIST or collaborate with NIST on this project, please contact me by e-mail or phone - PLEASE do not reply to this list. Thanx Steve Heller Steve Heller, NIST Bldg. 221, Room A111 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA Phone: 301-975-3338 or 2204 FAX: 301-975-3670 E-mail: srheller(a)gig.usda.gov WWW: www.hellers.com/~steve 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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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chemical shift tables
by WWW- Team 14 Nov '97

14 Nov '97

Hallo, Now we prepare som 13C chemical shift tables using chemscape chime. First working modell can used under http://www.chem.uni-potsdam.de/nmr_shifts/index.html We are verry interested in some feedbacks, suggestions comments and other usefule things. -- **************************************************** WWW- Team Uni-Potsdam More than 1400 Links to chemistry sites A great NMR Collection http://www.chem.uni-potsdam.de/cip/wwwstart.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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Revamp for Chemdex
by Mark Winter 13 Nov '97

13 Nov '97

Dear colleagues The Sheffield Chemdex (URL in signature) is a directory of chemistry internet sites. I've done a bit of a makeover on it and Chemdex and now uses style sheets and passes the kindler gentler validation at HTML4(transitional). It should load faster. It should work OK with browsers that do not support style sheets (e.g. NetScape before 4.0 and some MSIE) but I'd be very grateful for problems to be pointed out. If your site has features/package/tutorials etc. that should be included in Chemdex, then please let me know via the on-line mechanism. The Chemdex-plus venture with ChemWeb.Com is full steam ahead and we should have something for you all to look at shortly. Dr Mark J Winter (Deputy Head of Department) Department of Chemistry, The University, Sheffield S3 7HF, England tel: +44 (0)114 222 9304 fax: +44 (0)114 222 9303 e-m: mark.winter(a)sheffield.ac.uk http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/staff/mjw/mark-winter.html WebElements is the periodic table on the world-wide web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/ The Sheffield Chemdex is a listing of chemistry sites on the world-wide web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/chemdex/ 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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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PRESS RELEASE - ChemConnect Expands Internet Service With Acquisition
by ChemConnect - Patrick M. van der Valk 12 Nov '97

12 Nov '97

Some of you might be interested in this. Regards, Patrick ---- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: North America John Beasley or Jay Hall (404) 875.9412 beas(a)chemconnect.com jhall(a)chemconnect.com Europe Patrick van der Valk +351.1.456.80.49 valk(a)chemconnect.com http://www.chemconnect.com/ CHEMCONNECT EXPANDS INTERNET SERVICE WITH ACQUISITION Atlanta, Georgia - November 11, 1997 - ChemConnect, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Betacyte of Parede, Portugal. ChemConnect expects the acquisition to increase the use of its Chemical Trading Exchange which is currently providing information on an estimated $320 million in potential chemical sales per month. "We're very pleased to announce the acquisition of Betacyte", said ChemConnect President John F. Beasley. "Patrick van der Valk, the founder of Betacyte, will join ChemConnect as Executive Vice President and will head up our European presence. Patrick brings a wealth of talent to ChemConnect with his background in synthetic chemistry, his proven skill as a website designer and his extensive knowledge of the on-line chemical community. This acquisition will allow us to better serve our European customers and create more opportunities for chemical companies to profit from the Internet." "The acquisition will also provide more resources to educate the industry on the value of the Net and build the use of the Chemical Trading Exchange", said Beasley. "The chemical industry has been slow to adopt the technology of the Internet, however we have seen increased growth in the past quarter. In September alone we processed approximately 700,000 metric tons of chemicals in Requests for Quotes on our Chemicals Wanted Exchange which was an increase of 140% over March, just six months earlier." Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, ChemConnect is a leading provider of commercial chemical trading information via the Internet. Founded in 1995, ChemConnect was the first company of its kind offering on-line chemical supplier and trading information. With more than 1,500 members of the Chemical Trading Exchange from 74 countries, ChemConnect expects to provide trading information on over $2 billion in chemical products on its Chemicals Wanted, Chemicals For Sale and Surplus Chemicals Trading Exchanges in 1997. ChemConnect can be found on the Internet at <http://www.chemconnect.com/>. Contacts: John Beasley Patrick van der Valk ChemConnect, Inc. ChemConnect Europe Atlanta, Georgia, USA Parede, Portugal Tel: (404) 875-9412 Tel: +351-1-456.80.49 Fax: (404) 875-9413 Fax: +351-1-458.07.91 beas(a)chemconnect.com valk(a)chemconnect.com ### ChemConnect Definitions CHEMICAL TRADING EXCHANGE - the Chemical Trading Exchange is a series of web pages on the ChemConnect website where commercial chemical buyers and sellers may post messages related to buying or selling chemical products. Each message contains the contact information of the buyer or seller allowing interested parties to contact them directly. The Chemical Trading Exchange is divided into three distinct categories: Chemicals Wanted, Chemicals For Sale and Surplus Chemicals For Sale. Members of the Chemical Trading Exchange receive e-mail notification of new messages posted to the Trading Exchange. Membership is currently free. REQUEST FOR QUOTE - a Request for Quote is a message posted on the Chemicals Wanted Exchange from a chemical buyer who is sourcing for suppliers of a specific chemical and is requesting quotations from potential suppliers. Each message contains information such as the chemical needed, the shipment and annual quantities needed, the shipping destination, the application for the chemical, the desired payment terms, etc. Suppliers that can provide the product may submit their offers to the buyer directly via e-mail, fax or phone. CHEMCONNECT REVENUE - ChemConnect generates revenue through the sale of specialized advertising on its website. Chemical manufacturers, distributors and traders may advertise in the following ways: 1) listing their company in the Suppliers Directory under the chemical products which they sell 2) placing a classified advertisement in the e-mail publication 'Chemical Trading News' 3) placing a banner advertisement on the ChemConnect website which appears on the most popular pages of the website and includes a hyper link to their website. --END ALL-- 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; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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http://www.clarkson.edu/~rosen2/olcc.html
by Paul May 05 Nov '97

05 Nov '97

Hi, > > Its clear that the first signs of what might become a significant > "industry" on a global scale are evolving. Whilst registration > for such courses is probably still tiny compared to > registration at "real" universities, these two courses do > clearly fill a niche that more conventional University > taught courses in many institutes leave unfilled. > > So, anyone out there in real "university and further educationland" > worried yet about their jobs? I think that 'practical' subjects like Chemistry might be in a better position to survive this than purely academic ones, like say maths. It's difficult to see how the skills necessary to perform hands-on experiments could be taught on-line. Unless it was done the same way as the Open University, have a 2 week Summer school where the students do the practical experimentation while everything else is done at home. Of course the problems of travelling to the Summer Schhols would probably mean a course could only be national, not international... 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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research
by Chris Kinney 05 Nov '97

05 Nov '97

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with resources concerning the case involving Michigan Chemical in the 1974 - 1977 range, where fire retardant was substituted for nutrients in grain for dairy cows. Thanks in advance Chris Kinney cak7887(a)silver.sdsmt.edu 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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