Ecole Nationale Superieure De Chimie Research Articles

Erratum to: The Effect of Monovalent Electrolytes on the Deprotonation of MAl12 Keggin Ions

In the original publication of this paper, the affiliation of the third and the fourth author were interchanged. The correct affiliation for William H. Casey is: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. The correct affiliation for Gerhard Furrer is: Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), ETH Zurich, Universitatstrasse 8, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. Remi Marsac has moved to Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6226, 11 Allee de Beaulieu, F-35708 Rennes Cedex 7, France, as of 01.05.2015.

Changing of the guard for Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Chris Cramer has perfectly guarded TCA through times of significant changes in the publishing environment. Milestones of these changes were the introduction of the OpenChoice option in 2004 to allow TCA authors to publish in full open access, the implementation of an online submission and peer-review system in 2007, a doubling of submissions since then, or the change to consecutive article publishing in 2012, the year of TCA’s 50th anniversary. This also includes the foundation of the “Highlights in Theoretical Chemistry” series together with Don Truhlar, which makes selected TCA topical collections available in book format for wider visibility. On behalf of Springer, I would like to thank Chris Cramer for all his achievements such as arranging for outstanding topical collections. Personally, I would like to thank him for a constructive and enjoyable collaboration over many years. I very much look forward to continuing this successful collaboration from next year onwards with Ilaria Ciofini and Carlo Adamo, both long-time authors and reviewers for TCA. Carlo Adamo has been one of the guest editors for the topical collection honoring Vincenzo Barone published 2012. While the new Editors-in-Chief certainly will bring in new perspectives, and are welcome to do so, all is set for continuing the tradition of a well-respected journal. Announcements such as the appointment of new Editorsin-Chief are usually made “with great pleasure”, and this is completely true for announcing that Ilaria Ciofini and Carlo Adamo (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris, France) will start in that role beginning next year. However, certainly I cannot find any pleasure whatsoever in announcing at the same time that Chris Cramer will step down as Editor-in-Chief for Theoretical Chemistry Accounts at the end of this year. In such a situation of mixed feelings, it is reassuring to know that not only two competent and highly reputed scientists such as Ilaria Ciofini and Carlo Adamo have accepted the invitation to become Editor-in-Chief, but that Chris Cramer will continue to support the development of TCA as a member of the Editorial Board as well as continue to run @TheorChemAcc, the Twitter account of TCA initiated by him. Likewise and thankfully, Don Truhlar will continue as Chief Advisory Editor, and Weitao Yang as Associate Editor. To assure a smooth handover of responsibility, Ilaria Ciofini and Carlo Adamo will start as Associate Editors already in September 2014. Editors-in-Chief are the guards of scientific quality as well as of the reputation of their journal. So over the coming months, the TCA community in particular and all theoretical chemists in general can watch the changing of the guard for the oldest journal in the field!

Change is afoot in France

Alain Fuchs is the director of the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris and in January was appointed the new president of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS. Nature Materials asked him about his research and his new role.

THE BIO SIDE OF ORGANOMETALLICS

ONCE UPON A TIME, ORGANOMETALlic chemistry and biology were viewed as disparate, mutually incompatible fields of research. Most organometallic compounds were thought to be inherently sensitive to water and oxygen—substances that are essential for biology. But as researchers delved deeper into organometallic chemistry, they began to realize that much of this field is quite compatible with biology. In fact, in the past decade or so, the two disciplines have merged to give birth to a new field—bioorganometallic chemistry. Research in this nascent field focuses on compounds of biological interest where the chemistry of the metal-carbon bonds is a central feature, says Gerard Jaouen, a chemistry professor at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP). Jaouen, one of the field's most visible boosters, believes that organometallic compounds may offer innovative solutions to some difficult biological problems, such as breast cancer—his main research interest. Chemist Richard H. Fish of Lawrence Berkele...

WINNERS OF WOLF PRIZE ANNOUNCED

THE 2001 WOLF FOUNDATION Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan of the University of Paris-South, Ryoji Noyori of Nagoya University, and K. Barry Sharpless of Scripps Research Institute. The foundation, based in Herzila, Israel, is honoring the chemists for their pioneering, creative, and crucial work in developing methods for the synthesis of chiral molecules. Kagan received a B.A. in chemistry from the Sorbonne and Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie in 1954 and a Ph.D. from College de France in I960. A member of the faculty at University of Paris-South since 1967, he now has emeritus status. His other honors include the Prelog Medal from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Centenary Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Noyori, professor of chemistry and director of the Research Center for Materials Science at Nagoya University, was educated at Kyoto University, receiving a B.S. in 1961, an M.S. in 1963, ...

VI European Meeting on Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials

The VI European Meeting on Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials was held in Lille (Cite Scientific) at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL), France on September 22-24, 1997. The previous conference was in Salford University (Manchester, England) in September 1995. Prof. Rene Delobel (ENSCL) was chairman of the Organizing Committee and Drs. S. Bourbigot and M. Le Bras from ENSCL were members of the General Secretariat. The international scientific committee included Prof. G. Camino (University of Torino, Italy), Dr. J.-M. Catala (Institut C. Sadron, Strasbourg, France), Dr. Dewitt (Solvay, Brussels, Belgium), Mr. F. Gensous (Elf Atochem, Lacq, France), Dr. M.-L. Hardy (Albermarle, Baton Rouge, LA, USA), Prof. A.-R. Horrocks (Bolton Institute of Higher Education, UK), Prof. M. Lewin (Polytechnic University, New York, USA), Prof. E. Marechal (Groupment Francais des Polymeres, France), Prof. R. Mulhaupt (University of Freiburg, Germany), Dr. D. Price (University of Salford, UK), Prof. J. Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology, China), and Prof. G. E. Zaikov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

The use of high affinity binding bioligands modified by transition metal carbonyl moieties

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Neurochemical and behavioral evidence for a central indirect catecholaminergic agonist activity of GK 13: Kamenka, ∗ J. M., J. J. Bonnet, M. Slimani, D. Boucher and J. Costentin. U.A. 1170 C.N.R.S., Université de Rouen, 76800 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, ∗Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, L.P. 8402 C.N.R.S., 34075 Montpellier, France

Neurochemical and behavioral evidence for a central indirect catecholaminergic agonist activity of GK 13: Kamenka, ∗ J. M., J. J. Bonnet, M. Slimani, D. Boucher and J. Costentin. U.A. 1170 C.N.R.S., Université de Rouen, 76800 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, ∗Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, L.P. 8402 C.N.R.S., 34075 Montpellier, France

The multiple binding sites of 3H-PCP and 3H-TCP in the rat and the human CNS : Chicheportiche, R., Y. Agid, I. Chaudieu, F. Finiels, J. Guiramand, F. Javoy-Agid, L. Journot, J.-M. Kamenka, A. Privat and J. Vignon. CNRS LP 8402-INSERM U249, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, Montpellier Cedex, France; CHU Pitie Salpetriere, 75634 Paris Cedex, France

The multiple binding sites of 3H-PCP and 3H-TCP in the rat and the human CNS : Chicheportiche, R., Y. Agid, I. Chaudieu, F. Finiels, J. Guiramand, F. Javoy-Agid, L. Journot, J.-M. Kamenka, A. Privat and J. Vignon. CNRS LP 8402-INSERM U249, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, Montpellier Cedex, France; CHU Pitie Salpetriere, 75634 Paris Cedex, France

Putative role of PCP-TCP receptors in the effects of kindling: ∗Rondouin, G., I. Chaudieu, J. M. Kamenka and R. Chicheportiche. CNRS LP 8402-INSERM U 249, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34075 Montpellier Cedex, France; ∗Laboratoire de Medecine Experimentale, Bd Henri IV, 34060 Montpellier Cedex, France

Putative role of PCP-TCP receptors in the effects of kindling: ∗Rondouin, G., I. Chaudieu, J. M. Kamenka and R. Chicheportiche. CNRS LP 8402-INSERM U 249, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34075 Montpellier Cedex, France; ∗Laboratoire de Medecine Experimentale, Bd Henri IV, 34060 Montpellier Cedex, France

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Raman spectra of lanthanide sesquioxide single crystals: Correlation between A- and B-Type structures: J. Gouteron, D. Michel, A.M. Lejus, and J. Zarembowitch, Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de L'Etat Solide, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris, 11, rue P. et M. Curie, 75231 Paris Cédox 05, France

Raman spectra of lanthanide sesquioxide single crystals: Correlation between A- and B-Type structures: J. Gouteron, D. Michel, A.M. Lejus, and J. Zarembowitch, Laboratoire de Chimie Appliquée de L'Etat Solide, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris, 11, rue P. et M. Curie, 75231 Paris Cédox 05, France

Etude des carrières des ingénieurs de l'Ecole nationale supérieure de Chimie de Toulouse

The careers of former students at the « Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Toulouse » (E.N.S.C.T. ) have been studied as part of research into training-employment relationships. There are four criteria of analysis: geographical, demographical, educational, socio-professional. Two methods have been used alongside each other: 1° Transversal analysis covers population distribution at different dates, according to the above criteria. 2° Analysis of groups makes it possible to follow the same individuels throughout their careers and thus shows what types of behaviour make adaptation possible. This twofold analysis shows that engineers who have been to a specialised school do, for most of their lives, fulfil functions which are closely related to their specialisation ; furthermore, institutional changes can alter the course of the post-training flow.