From sling@euclid.chem.washington.edu Sat Jul 30 05:12:32 1994 Received: from euclid.chem.washington.edu for sling@euclid.chem.washington.edu by infomeister (8.6.9/930601.1506) id EAA24537; Sat, 30 Jul 1994 04:52:01 GMT Received: by euclid.chem.washington.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA23034; Fri, 29 Jul 1994 21:58:50 -0700 Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 21:58:50 -0700 From: sling@euclid.chem.washington.edu (Song Ling) Message-Id: <9407300458.AA23034@euclid.chem.washington.edu> To: CHEMISTRY@ccl.net Subject: BIOSYM's Huai Sun's address Someone earlier today asked for Huai Sun's e-mail address (saying that Sun helped put some program/software together), I have Sun's address as follows: huai@iris40.biosym.com or huai@ibm14.biosym.com. From eslone@mason1.gmu.edu Sat Jul 30 16:12:41 1994 Received: from mason1.gmu.edu for eslone@mason1.gmu.edu by infomeister (8.6.9/930601.1506) id PAA26925; Sat, 30 Jul 1994 15:25:49 GMT Received: by mason1.gmu.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3/GMUv3) id AA01060; Sat, 30 Jul 1994 11:31:21 -0400 Message-Id: <9407301531.AA01060@mason1.gmu.edu> Subject: ACS Meeting Announcement To: chemistry@ccl.net Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 11:31:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "J. Eric Slone" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 4071 MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN SYNTHESES AND PROCESSES IN THE CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM A joint effort between the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been initiated recently to promote the inclusion of pollution prevention issues (in particular, Benign By Design Chemistry including Alternative Synthetic Pathways) in college and graduate level chemistry curricula. A one-day session to present and discuss the current status and future of this concept with key individuals from the scientific community is planned. The session will consist of three quarters of a day of formal talks followed by a quarter-day roundtable discussion. The venue is the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, DC and the date is August 21st, 1994. Key participants at the session will include chemistry textbook authors, college and university professors involved in alternative synthesis research, industry representatives, and EPA and NSF representatives. The session outline is provided below. Environmentally Benign Syntheses and Processes in the Chemistry Curriculum A Session of the "Design for the Environment" Symposium Sponsored by the Division of Environmental Chemistry Co-Listed with the Division of Chemical Education 208th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society Washington, DC * August 21, 1994 MORNING SESSION (Margaret Cavanaugh presiding) INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Margaret Cavanaugh, National Science Foundation Incorporating Alternative Synthetic Pathway Design Into The Synthetic Chemistry Curriculum: EPA Perspectives Tracy C. Williamson and Paul T. Anastas, Environmental Protection Agency Making A Place For Environmentally Benign Synthesis In The Introductory Chemistry Curriculum: Is It A Moral Imperative? Frank Vellaccio, College of the Holy Cross Environmentally Benign Synthesis In The Introductory Organic Chemistry Lecture Course Francis A. Carey and Andrew F. Carey, University of Virginia Incorporating Environmental Issues Into The Inorganic Chemistry Curriculum James E. Huheey, University of Maryland Integrating Environmental Chemistry Into Introductory Chemistry For Majors And Non-majors William C. Trogler, John D. Simon, and Harry Gray, University of California at San Diego SYNGEN Program For Teaching Alternative Syntheses James B. Hendrickson, Brandeis University Incorporating Pollution Prevention Into The Chemistry Curriculum: New Challenges And Opportunities Gregory A. Keoleian and Jonathan W. Bulkley, University of Michigan Graduate Research And Training In Chemistry Of The Environment At M.I.T. Jeffrey I. Steinfeld and David S. Bem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology AFTERNOON SESSION (Tracy Williamson presiding) Pollution Prevention In The Organic And Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory: Microscale Approach Mono M. Singh, Ronald M. Pike, and Zvi Szafran, National Microscale Chemistry Center/Merrimack College Securing Environmental Concerns in the Chemistry Curriculum Leverett R. Smith, Merritt College A Company Program To Introduce Pollution Prevention (P2) Concepts Into Chemical Process Development Michael J. Wallace, Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corporation Environmental Education From An Industrial Perspective John C. Tully, Bell Labs PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future Of Environmentally Benign Syntheses And Processes In The Chemistry Curriculum Paul Anastas, Environmental Protection Agency (facilitator) CLOSING REMARKS Paul Anastas, Environmental Protection Agency * For more information, contact session chairs Paul Anastas Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 (202) 260-2257 Tracy Williamson Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 (202) 260-3960 Margaret Cavanaugh Division of Chemistry National Science Foundation Arlington, VA 22230 (703) 306-1842 From eslone@mason1.gmu.edu Sat Jul 30 16:29:58 1994 Received: from mason1.gmu.edu for eslone@mason1.gmu.edu by infomeister (8.6.9/930601.1506) id PAA26920; Sat, 30 Jul 1994 15:25:23 GMT Received: by mason1.gmu.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3/GMUv3) id AA00896; Sat, 30 Jul 1994 11:30:55 -0400 Message-Id: <9407301530.AA00896@mason1.gmu.edu> Subject: ACS Meeting Announcement To: chemistry@ccl.net Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 11:30:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "J. Eric Slone" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 4543 IMPORTANT MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Designing Safer Chemicals The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting two sessions (morning and afternoon) entitled Designing Safer Chemicals (these sessions are part of the week-long ACS Symposium "Design for the Environment: The Environmental Paradigm for the Twenty-first Century", sponsored by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, ACS National Meeting, to be held in Washington DC, August 21-25, 1994). The Designing Safer Chemicals sessions are devoted to the concept of utilizing medicinal chemistry principles for the design of less toxic industrial chemicals, and will be held on Thursday, August 25, 1994 at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. The purpose of the Designing Safer Chemicals sessions are to: 1) stimulate chemical companies to: consider the structural tradeoffs between efficacy and toxicity of chemicals before they are made; consider the structural alteration of existing chemicals to reduce toxicity while maintaining efficacy; and to minimize toxicity whenever possible through rational chemical design; 2) stimulate academicians to consider basic research in toxicological mechanisms that may lead to the design of less toxic chemicals; and 3) stimulate funding institutions to consider funding academic research in the area of toxicological mechanisms which could lead to the design of less toxic chemicals. Topics that will be covered by recognized experts during the sessions include: toxic mechanisms; controlling bioactivation; retrometabolic concepts; isosteric replacement; controlling bioavailability; examples of functional groups or chemicals of particular concern to EPA; and specific examples of how safer chemicals have been designed by commercial manufacturers. The Designing Safer Chemicals sessions format and speakers are presented below. For additional information contact: Dr. Stephen C. DeVito, US EPA, phone: 202-260-1748, FAX 202-260-1661, E-Mail devito.stephen@epamail.epa.gov or Dr. Roger L. Garrett, US EPA, phone 202-260-4302, FAX 202-260-1279 ACS SESSIONS* "DESIGNING SAFER CHEMICALS" Thursday, August 25, 1994 ACS National Meeting Washington D.C. Convention Center Washington, D.C. Two chemistry sessions devoted to the concept of utilizing medicinal chemistry principles for the design of less toxic industrial chemicals. Sessions Format and Speakers: Morning Session Designing Safer Chemicals: A New Approach To Pollution Prevention Roger L. Garrett, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC General Principles for the Design of Safer Chemicals Stephen C. DeVito, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC Designing Safer Chemicals: Role of Bioactivation in Chemical Toxicity Marion Anders, Univ. Rochester, NY Predicting Rates of Bioactivation by Cytochrome P-450, and its Application to the Design of Safe Chemicals Jeffrey Jones, Univ. Rochester, NY A Biochemical Based Approach for Designing Safer Nitriles Stephen C. DeVito, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC Structure-Activity Relationships of Haloalkanes Marion Anders, Univ. Rochester, NY Design of Biologically Safer Chemicals Based on Retrometabolic Concepts Nicholas Bodor, Univ. Florida, FL Afternoon Session Isosteric Replacement in the Design of Safer Chemicals Scott Sieburth, Stony Brook Univ., NY Use of Computers in Toxicology George W.A. Milne, National Cancer Institutes, NIH, Bethesda, MD Designing an Environmentally Safe Marine Antifoulant G.L. Willingham, and A. Jacobson, Rohm and Haas Company, Spring House, PA Imine-Isocyanate Chemistry: New Technology for High Solids Coatings L.D. Venham, D.A. Wicks, P.E. Yeske, ICD Coatings, Miles Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Non Isocyanate Sealants M.F. DePompei, Tremco Inc., Beachwood, OH From Customer Focus to Pollution Prevention J.L. Kostusyk, The Lubrizol Corp., Wickliffe, OH Emulsion Polymers for the 90's G.A. Ungefug, Para-Chem Southern, Inc., Simpsonville, SC "Everybody Wins" Technology G. Sugerman, Pi-Tech, Inc., Jersey City, NJ * Part of the ACS Symposium "Design for the Environment: The Environmental Paradigm for the Twenty-first Century", sponsored by the Division of Environmental Chemistry. For additional information contact: Dr. Stephen C. DeVito, US EPA, phone: 202-260-1748, FAX 202-260-1661, E-Mail devito.stephen@epamail.epa.gov or Dr. Roger L. Garrett, US EPA, phone 202-260-4302, FAX 202-260-1279