May 11, 2008 - Join us this Friday at 3 pm in Havemeyer 711 for the Pauson-Khand reaction presented by Mindy Levine.

The Columbia Chemistry Synthesis Literacy Group began in June 2006 as a means of expanding our individual exposure to the historical literature by working together. Recognizing the ever-expansive state of the literature, members - who come from a variety of organic research groups within The Department - meet on a weekly basis to engage in presentations which are meant as focused highlights from a particular subject. Overall, our cooperation moves toward broadening interests, creating an accessible database, and understanding how synthetic technologies have progressed over time as a means of inspiring how our own research will serve to continue that effort.

For the summer of 2006, annual reviews for 30 years of the Journal of the American Chemical Society will be presented. In addition to reviewing other decades and journals, members in the future will present on a variety of other topics related to organic synthesis. These presentations will continually be made available to the public.