Chemical Communications Blog

We proud to announce that ChemComm will be sponsoring the 22nd International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (22nd ISFC), which will take place on the 22nd – 27th July 2018, in Oxford, UK. We will also publish a themed collection on Fluorine Chemistry, guest edited by Professor Veronique Gouverneur (Chair of the 22nd ISFC),  to further promote and develop research in this area.

Both the conference and themed issue will have a broad scope, focusing on fundamental and applied fluorine chemistry, and they will appeal to fluorine chemists working in a range of scientific areas, such as synthesis, material sciences and chemical biology. Researchers wishing to contribute to the ChemComm collection should contact the Editorial Office.

The early bird registration deadline for the conference is the 21st May 2018.

The 44^th Symposium on Main Group Element Chemistry took place on the 7^th to 9^th December at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Over 250 delegates attended the symposium which was chaired by Prof Kei Goto (TITech).

ChemComm was proud to sponsor two prizes, which were chosen out of 60 oral presentations and 108 poster presentations.

The winner of the ChemComm oral presentation was Mr Shogo Morisako (Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University) who presented on ‘Syntheses and Reactivities of New Multiple Bond Boron Compounds’.

Mr Shogo Morisako (left) being presented his award by Dr Hiromitsu Urakami (right) on behalf of Chemical Communications

The winner of the ChemComm poster presentation was Mr. Tomoyuki Kosai (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University) who presented on ‘Activation of Dihydrogen Using Disilenes Bearing Amino and Boryl Groups’.

Mr Tomoyuki Kosai (left) being presented his award by Dr Hiromitsu Urakami (right) on behalf of Chemical Communications

Congratulations to both Mr Morisako and Mr Kosai, we wish you both the best for the future!