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Stay up to date on the latest topics in organic synthesis. Here you can find information on the latest content and updates in Science of Synthesis, news from the editorial board and the editorial office, and events related to Science of Synthesis.
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SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. C. Rose Kennedy
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. C. Rose Kennedy
Interview with Former ECAB Member Prof. Emilio Carlos de Lucca
Read our interview with former SOS ECAB Member Emilio Carlos de Lucca as he shares insights on total synthesis, the future of organic chemistry, and the importance of science communication.
Call for Nominations for the 2027 Women in Chemistry (WiC) Awards!
Stuttgart: Call for nominations for the 2027 Dr. Margaret Faul Women in Chemistry and Women in the Chemical Industry Awards to recognize the outstanding achievements of women in organic chemistry is open until 11 December, 2026.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Albert Granados Toda
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Albert Granados Toda
SOS: All FID-Chemie-Funded Licenses for 2026 Allocated!
Stuttgart: A limited number of SOS licences were available through the FID Chemie for researchers affiliated with publicly funded institutions in Germany. For the year 2026, all licences have been claimed and no additional SOS licences are currently available. Additional licences will be available by January 2027 at the latest. You can now add your name to the waiting list.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Ana Bahamonde
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Ana Bahamonde
SOS Case Studies: What? — Why? — How?
The SOS Case Studies illustrate how SOS can accelerate and strengthen your research. Here, you will find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about SOS Case Studies.
Case Study: Nickel-Catalyzed Light-Mediated Thioetherification
Read this SOS case study by Jessica Navarro Vega from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Rochester, USA. Her group’s main objectives is to develop sustainable nickel-catalyzed methodologies to enable the facile formation of new C–heteroatom bonds from abundant building blocks.
SOS ECAB: Meet Dr. Tomohiro Hattori
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Dr. Tomohiro Hattori.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Yang Yang
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Yang Yang
Next-Generation Computational Drug Discovery with SOS Datasets and Pending AI
Stuttgart: Thieme has signed a German agreement with FID Chemie – Fachinformationsdienst Chemie to provide nationwide access to Science of Synthesis, our flagship synthetic chemistry reference database.
SOS ECAB: Meet Dr. Joshua P. Barham
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Dr. Joshua P. Barham
Case Study: Enantioselective Cycloadditions Involving Sulfur Ylides
Check out this SOS case study by Clara Meilhac of the Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay (ICMMO), CNRS,
Université Paris-Saclay, France. It focuses on enantioselective cycloadditions involving sulfur ylides and explains how to use SOS as a resource for organic synthesis.
SOS Offers Different “Means of Transport”
Explore Science of Synthesis as if it were a big city, using one of the different means of transportation. SOS offers three ways to access the knowledge base: via the SOS Online Platform, the SOS eBooks, or the SOS Datasets.
Thieme Cheminars: Presented by SOS
Thieme Cheminars is a series of free-to-attend online seminars that cover topics at the forefront of chemical research. These mini-symposia are presented by Science of Synthesis and Thieme’s chemistry journals.
Case Study: Synthetic Strategies toward Lactones
Take a look at this SOS case study by Yingmin Ji and Dr. Albert Granados at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain. It focuses on the synthesis of lactones and explains how to use SOS as a structure-based planning tool.
Thieme and FID Signed National Agreement for SOS
Stuttgart: Thieme has signed a German agreement with FID Chemie – Fachinformationsdienst Chemie to provide nationwide access to Science of Synthesis, our flagship synthetic chemistry reference database.
New SOS Reference Library: Dearomatizations
The new Science of Synthesis volume “Dearomatizations”, edited by David Sarlah, serves as an essential reference, covering all aspects of dearomative chemistry, from classic transformations such as the Birch reduction to cutting-edge developments in asymmetric catalysis, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.
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Case Study: Discovering an Improved Synthetic Route to [1.1.1]Propellane
Check out this case study, focusing on the topic of ring-strain chemistry, from Kasmita Singha at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, and learn more about how SOS can help you in your day-to-day work.
Mariola Tortosa Becomes New SOS Board Member
We are delighted to welcome Professor Mariola Tortosa from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) as a new member of the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board. Her research interests include boron chemistry, asymmetric catalysis and the synthesis of natural products.
New SOS: Now Online on Thieme Serve
Science of Synthesis is now available on a new platform. The new SOS makes your daily work faster and more efficient—while offering the same trusted, expert‑curated content.
Explore Modern Strategies in Organofluorine Chemistry
Jean-François Paquin is the Volume Editor of the SOS Reference Library series “Modern Strategies in Organofluorine Chemistry”. In this news, he shares an inspiring perspective on how electrochemistry is driving innovation in organofluorine chemistry.
Case Study: Enantioselective Hydroselenation of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Check out this case study from Chen Cui, working on organoselenium chemistry at the Beijing Institute of Technology (PR China) and learn more about how SOS can help you in your day-to-day work.
New SOS: Exclusive Sneak Preview
Science of Synthesis is moving on to a new chapter and we are excited to share a preview of what’s coming. Discover how the new, more intuitive platform will make daily work smoother, faster, and more efficient for anyone involved in organic synthesis.
Recommended by Leading Chemists
Science of Synthesis Is Recommended by Leading Chemists: Top chemists worldwide highlight SOS for its exceptionally well-organized insights into organic chemistry, which are tailored for graduate students, as well as scientists and researchers in academia and industry.
David Sarlah
We are thrilled to announce that Professor David Sarlah from Rice University, USA, becomes a member of the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board with effect of October 1st, 2025. David obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Ljubljana in his home country Slovenia before moving to the USA for undergraduate research in the labs of Prof. K. C. Nicolaou (Scripps) and Prof. Samuel Danishefsky (Columbia University). During his PhD in the Nicolaou group (finished in 2011) he...
Tehshik Yoon
We are excited to report that Professor Tehshik P. Yoon from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, joins the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board as a new member with effect of October 1st, 2025. Tehshik was born in Montréal (Canada) and grew up in Blacksburg, VA (USA). He earned his AB in chemistry in 1996 from Harvard University where he worked in lab of late Prof. Dave Evans. He then moved to Caltech at the West coast for his Master’s degree studying under the guidance of Prof. Erick...
Franziska Schoenebeck and Dani Schultz are the Women in Chemistry Award winners 2025
Franziska Schoenebeck and Dani Schultz are the Women in Chemistry Award winners 2025. This year, for the first time, the award selection committee selected one candidate from academia and one candidate from industry to receive the Women in Chemistry Award.
SOS Knowledge Updates: Volume Editor Renzo Luisi
Renzo Luisi, of the University of Bari (Italy), has joined the team of editors for the SOS Knowledge Updates series. He will be responsible for content relating to Volume 8 on Compounds of Group 1 (Li…Cs).