ACS NEWS

Board of Directors authorizes PRF grants totaling $720,587 Petroleum Research Fund grants (for one, two, or tliree years) totaling $720,587 were authorized by the Board Committee on Grants and Fel­lowships last month and confirmed by the Board of Directors June 7. See tables below for details. Requests for

application forms, directions on the preparation of proposals, and ques­tions about the ACS-PRF program may be addressed to the Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 1155-16th St., N.W., Wash­ington, D.C. 20036.

Table I. ACS-PRF grants petroleum

for fundamental research in the field (Type AC)

Investigator

R. F. Lundin

R. J. Kokes

H. T. Cullinan, Jr.

J. J. Gajewski

E. Wasserman Η. Κ wart

D. W. Barnum

F. L Urbach

A. H. Weiss

G. Binsch

K. C. Condie

A. P. Marchand

C. U. Pittman, Jr.

W. M. Gulick, Jr.

B. E. Kohler

P. Coppens

A. L. Reesman

W. R. Wilcox

P. S. Bailey

R. F. Cunico

N. C. Deno

J. P. Lowe

Institution

Arizona State U

Johns Hopkins U

SUNY at Buffalo

Indiana U

Rutgers U U of Delaware

Portland State Coll.

Case Western Reserve U

Worcester Poly­technic Inst.

U of Notre Dame

Washington U, St. Louis

U of Oklahoma

U of Alabama, University

Florida State U

Harvard U

SUNY at Buffalo

Vanderbilt U

U of Southern California

U of Texas, Austin

Northern Illinois U

Pennsylvania State U

Pennsylvania State U

Subject

The Silurio-Devonian Geology of Western Tennessee

Hydrogénation of Ethylene by Zinc Oxide

Determination of Chemical Potential Composition Derivatives by Equilibrium Sedimentation

Stereochemistry of Hydro­carbon Thermolyses

Mobius Strips

Studies in Reaction Mechanism

Water-Stable Silicon Complexes

Circular Dichroism of Square-Planar Metal Chelates

The Selectivity of Zero Order Reactions

Fluorine NMR Studies of Asymmetric Ethanes

Fossil Island-Arc Evolution

A Search for a Non-classical Carbanion

Synthesis of Organometal-lic Semiconducting Polymers

Organophosphorus Free Radicals

Magnetic Rotation Spec­troscopy of Molecular Crystals

Electron Density in Poly-cyclic Hydrocarbons

Aqueous Dissolution Studies of Silicate Minerals

Removal of Particles by Solidification

Reactive Intermediates in the Ozonolysis Reaction

Diels-Alder Reactions of Unsaturated Silanes

The Reactions of Peroxy Compounds with Strong Acid

Theoretical Studies of the Relations Between NMR. Soin-

Amount

$ 2,400

10,000

10,000

20,000

30,000

20,000

14,000

10,000

23,340

20,000

20,000

19,528

12,500

18,000

20,000

18,000

12,000

15,000

20,000

10,000

20,000

17,899

Spin Coupling Constants, and Chemical Reactivities

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Investigator

A. S. Kende

A. Allerhand

G. Wilkinson

M. F. Rettig

D. Gutman

R. J. Madix

A. T. Hubbard

P. Haug

E. W. Graham

G. V. Smith

Institution

U of Rochester

Indiana U

Imperial Coll., U of London

U of California, Riverside

Illinois Inst, of Technology

Stanford U

U of Hawaii

Rice U

U of California, Los Angeles

Southern Illinois U

D. D. DesMarteau Northeastern U

R. B. Timmons Catholic U of America

P. E. Hare Carnegie Inst, of Washington

R. M. Hammaker Kansas State U

Subject Amount

Electrocyclic Reactions of $30,000 Extended 2-Oxyallyl Systems

Fourier Transform NMR Spec- 20,000 troscopy and Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation Using a Superconducting Solenoid at 51,700 Gauss

Transition Metal Complexes, 18,000 Organometallic Compounds, and Homogeneous Catalysis

Studies of Metallocene 15,000 Structure and Reactivity and the Nature of the Metal-Olefin Bond

Shock-Tube Study of Chemi- 14,000 Ionization in Combustion Reactions

Molecular Beam and LEED 12,000 Studies of Reactive Scatter­ing of Formic Acid from Clean Single-Crystal and Poly-crystalline Metal Surfaces

Exploration of Electro- 15,000 chemical Charge Transfer in Platinum Complexes

Marine Diaginetic Forma- 13,000 tion of Acids

The Study of the Kinetics 18,000 of Gas-Phase Unimolecular Reactions at High Pressure

Identification of Elusive 15,000 Intermediates in Catalytic Hydrogénation

The Synthesis of Fluoroxy 10,000 Compounds from Nonmetal Fluorosulfates by Reaction with Fluorine in the Presence of Metal Fluorides

Atom-Molecule Reactions 17,000 Studied by the ESR Technique

Organic Geochemistry of 15,000 Deep Sea Cores and Ancient Coral Reef Structures

A Spectroscopic Investiga- 10,000 tion of the Adsorption of Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide on Selected Surfaces

s.

s.

T.

G. Bankoff

Winstein

H.Chan

Northwestern U

U of California, Los Angeles

McGill U

Singular Perturbation Methods in the Optimization of Chemi­cal Reaction Systems

Homoconjugation and Homo-aromatic Chemistry

The Use of Silicon Com­pounds for Synthetic Organic Reactions

Total

20,000

20,000

18,500

$643,167

Table II. ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field at the undergraduate level (Type B)

Investigator Institution Subject Amount

$13,000 D. H. Froemsdorf Southeast Missouri Elimination Reactions State Coll.

R. W. Tank Lawrence U of Genesis of Clay Minerals Wisconsin

G. A. Vidulich Coll. of the Holy Ionic Mobilities in Non-Cross aqueous Solvents

M. M. Ackermann Oberlin Coll. Studies of Monosubstituted 9,480 Diazenes

3,420

11,760

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Investigator

D. M. Smith

J. W. Russell

J. K. Romary

Institution

Hope Coll.

Oakland U

Wisconsin State U

Subject

IR Spectra of Adsorbed Alkynes

Far-IR High-Resolution Spectroscopy

Thermodynamic, Thermo-chemical, and Bonding Study of Heterocyclic N-Chelates

Total

Amount

$12,000

13,000

11,160

$73,820

Table III. ACS-PRF international awards in the petroleum field (Type D)

Investigator

M. Gates

Institution Title

U of Rochester Studies in Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Publication Problems in Fundamental Chemistry, to be conducted in Zurich, Switzerland

Table IV. Special proposals

1969 Amount

$1600

Investigator

L. J. Spillane

A. N.Webb

Institution

Division of Petro­leum Chemistry, ACS

Gordon Research Conferences

Purpose 1969

Amount

Toward travel expenses of participants $1000 in the September 1969 Symposium on Refining Petroleum for Chemicals

Toward travel expenses of one 1000 Japanese scientist at the 1970 Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis

Total $2000

Frank named chairman of Council manpower committee Dr. Andrew J. Frank of Western Washington State College and the Puget Sound Section has been ap­

pointed by ACS President Wallace R. Brode as chair­man of the ad hoc Council Commit­tee to Study Methods for Greater Utiliza­tion of ACS Man­power. Dr.

Frank Brode, who will serve on the committee, also appointed the following committee members:

Dr. C. Harold Fisher, Southern Utilization Research & Development Division, USDA, a member of the ACS Board of Directors; Dr. James L. Jezl, Avisun Corp., Phil­adelphia Section; Dr. F. Leo Kauffman, Swift Chemical Co., Chi­cago Section; Dr. J. J. Lagowski, University of Texas, Central Texas Section; Thomas O. Morgan, GM Research Laboratories, Detroit Sec­tion; Dr. Dale N. Robertson, Arap­ahoe Chemicals division of Syntex Corp., Colorado Section; and Richard T. Van Santen, Wah Chang Albany, Portland Section. Halley A. Merrell, assistant to the director, ACS Office of Chemistry and Public Affairs, will serve as staff liaison to the committee.

A committee to study manpower utilization of members of the Council was established in fall of 1967, under the chairmanship of Dr. George W. Watt. This committee's initial efforts have resulted in a proposed Bylaw change, to be considered by the Council at its meeting in New York this fall, to increase the size of the Council standing committees. The Council voted at its April meeting in Minneapolis to continue, but re­align, that committee on a broader base and asked that the responsibili­ties and scope of activities of the committee be more clearly defined. Committee membership was increased.

The committee will study how the Society is utilizing members and whether there are members anxious to serve their profession but unable to find an outlet for their energies. The new chairman has stated that the purpose of the committee will be to match ACS need with member desire and capability for service.

Appointment President Wallace R. Brode has ap­pointed Ronald M. Warren, Assistant to the President, ACS, to represent the Society at the 75th anniversary meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Con-ditioning Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colo., June 30 to July 2.

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