2nd Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
(ECSOC-2) http://www.mdpi.org/ecsoc-2.htm
1-30 September 1998

Sponsor: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Basel, Switzerland 
Main Cosponsors: European Chemical Society and Novartis Pharma AG
Conference Chairman and Contact Address: 
Dr. Esteban Pombo-Villar, Novartis Pharma Ltd., 4002 Basel, Switzerland
phone +41 61324 9865, fax +41 61 324 9794, e-mail: esteban.pombo@pharma.novartis.com


International Scientific Advisory Committee 
(The late) Prof. Sir Derek Barton, FRS (USA),, Dr. Margaret A. Brimble (Australia), 
Prof. Dr. Luis Castedo (Spain), Prof. Dr. Ta-shue Chou (Taiwan), 
Professor Yao-Zhong Jiang (China), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Jordis (Austria), 
Dr. C. Oliver Kappe (Austria), Prof. Dr. Steven V. Ley, FRS (UK), 
Prof. Dr. Istvan E. Marko (Belgium), Dr. Pedro Merino (Spain), 
Prof. Dr. Koji Nakanishi (USA), Prof. Dr. Reinhard Neier (Switzerland), 
Dr. Oleg A. Rakitin (Russia), Prof. Dr. Herbert Waldmann (Germany), 
Prof. Dr. Camille G. Wermuth (France)

Organising Committee
Dr. Esteban Pombo-Villar (Chairman), Dr. Shu-Kun Lin (Conference Secretary),
Dr. Eduard Felder (Section Convener), Dr. Koen Van Aken (Section Convener),
Prof. Dr. K. Hostettmann (Section Convener), Dr. Thomas Wirth (Section Convener),
Prof. Dr. Christian Rolando (Section Convener),
Prof. Dr. Michael B. Smith (American Co-ordinator), Dr. Igor V Svitanko 
(Russian Co-ordinator), Dr. Zhan G. Zhao (Mailing List Co-ordinator), 
Dr. Heinz Christen (Technical Support).

Section Topics 
A. General Organic Synthesis: Target-oriented synthesis, 
metal-mediated synthesis, stereoselective synthesis. 
B. Combinatorial Synthesis, Parallel Synthesis and Automation 
C. Medicinal and Bioorganic Application of Organic Synthesis. 
D. Natural Product Isolation, Modification and Total Synthesis. 
E. Information and Compound Archives Management and Internet Application.

Presentation and Publication
All the accepted papers will be posted as websites 
during 1-30 September 1998. The ECSOC-2 Proceedings will be published in 
two editions (online and CD-ROM). Posters presented at ECSOC-2 will be 
preliminary communications of research results and review papers and may 
be published in another form in a chemistry journal. Authors are invited to 
publish their papers in the journal Molecules (http://www.mdpi.org/molecules) 
after peer-reviewing. However, they may publish their papers in any other journals.

Registration and Mailing List
There is no registration fee for the conference. To register, and to subscribe 
to the ECSOC mailing list, send by e-mail a one-line message: 
					subscribe ecsoc first name last name 
to: listserv@listserv.arizona.edu

Paper Submission
Papers (research notes or full papers with adequate experimental details, 
or reviews) for consideration and presentation as posters should be sent 
by e-mail or by fax or surface mail one copy directly to the appropriate 
section convener listed on the webasite or to the conference chairman before 
1 August 1998.
Sample posters in HTML format can be found at the 
http://www.mdpi.org/ecsoc-2.htm website.

For further information, visit http://www.mdpi.org/ecsoc-2.htm website
or contact the Conference Chairman or the Conference Secretary by 
e-mail ecsoc-2@mdpi.org