Meetings
34th ACS Southwest Regional Meeting The 34th ACS Southwest Regional Meeting will be held in Corpus Christi, Tex., Nov. 29-Dec. 1. The ACS South Texas Section will be host. Chemists, chemical engineers, and others interested in chemistry are invited to attend and participate. General cochairmen are Dr. J. A. Beran of Texas A&I University, Kingsville, and Dr. L. T. Freeland, Du Pont Co., Beaumont. Advance registration is encouraged, and a conve nient coupon is on page 41. A technical program consisting of 10 symposia and five divisional sessions and fea turing more than 300 papers has been organized by Dr. A. M. Olivares of Texas A&I University, Kingsville. Highlight of the meeting is the 1st International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis (ISHC). An instrumental analysis workshop on the theory and practice of laboratory instruments is also planned. Chairman of the workshop is Dr. Gary Gostecneck, Perkin-Elmer Corp., 5755 Bonhomme, Suite 404, Houston, Tex., 77036 (713/782-7112). Housing reservations are available through the Corpus Christi Area Convention and Tourist Bureau. The reservation form should befilledout completely (see coupon on page 41). Reservations cannot be accepted after Nov. 14. Reservations will not be held past 6 PM unless guaranteed. Limousine service is available to transport persons from the airport to the meeting hotels. Cost is approximately $3.00 per person one way. Arrangements have been made with both Avis and National car rental companies for a special discount rate on auto mobile rentals. In order to obtain this discount rate, one must request the rate at the time of rental and identify oneself as a participant in the ACS Southwest Regional meeting. A scientific-education exposition of equipment, instruments, and publications will be held at the La Quinta Royale. Exposition hours are 9 AM to 5 PM Wednesday and Thursday, and 9 AM to noon on Friday. Dr. F. R. Hartlage, Celanese Chemical Co., P.O. Box 9077, Corpus Christi, Tex., (512/241-2343) is in charge of exhibits. A varied general interest program will be held in conjunction with the meeting. A "Fiesta de Noche" awards program will be held on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 6 PM. Southwest regional awards will be presented to the outstanding chemist, high school teacher, and student affiliate chapter. This event is open to all meeting registrants. Several other social events and outings not covered by the meeting registration fee are planned for registrants and guests. Registration for these extra-cost functions can be made at the registration desk during the meeting. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, a Corpus Christi bay cruise with dinner at Port Aransas (6 PM) and a South Texas barbecue dinner in neighboring Robstown (5:30 PM) are planned. An all-day sightseeing and shopping trip to Matamoros, Mexico, is planned for Thursday, Nov. 30. A sightseeing trip to San Antonio is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 1. Additional social functions have also been planned for meeting registrants who have paid the optional $30 ISHC reception fee; this special fee is included in the $50 general fee paid by ISHC registrants. These ISHC functions include a mixer from 6:30 to 8 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 28, for all ISHC registrants. Other ISHC social functions will be announced at the time of the meeting.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY W. H. Glaze, Chairman WEDNESDAY MORNING La Quinta—Buccaneer 1 General Papers W. H. Glaze, Presiding 9:00—1. Rapid Scanning Fluorescence Analysis of Environmental Pollutants. T. L, Maberry, I. M. Warner. 9:20—2. Improvements in the Liquid-Liquid Extraction/GC Method for the. Analysis of Halomethanes and Other Volatile Organohalides in Water. W. H. Glaze, R. Rawley.
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9:40—3. Identification of Organic Compounds in Trinity River Bottom Sediments by Electron Capture Detector and Mass Spectroscopy. J. Corn, A. T. Armstrong. 10:00—4. Quantitation via Atmospheric Pres sure Ionization Mass Spectrometry. R. K. Mitchum, J. R. Atthaus, W. A. Korfmacher, K. L. Rowland. 10:20—5. Chemical Ionization Using a Mobility Spectrometer. D. E. Moss, R. K. Mitchum, L. I. Bone. 10:40—6. Analysis of Polyethylene Glycol in Polyethylene Containers. M. T. Siegel, R. G. Harris. 11:00—7. Radioimmunoassay for Melengestrol Acetate (MGA). R. M. Morrell. 11:20—8. Analysis of Polyvinyl Alcohol in Ophthalmic Solutions. R. G. Harris. 11:40—9. Ion Flotation of Platinum Group Metal Chlorocomplexes. E. W. Berg, D. M. Dow ney.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON La Quinta—Buccaneer 1 Liquid Chromatography R. G. Harris, Presiding 1:30—10. Role of Dissolved Gases in HighPerformance Liquid Chromatography. S. R. Bakalyer, R. Honganen, M. P. T. Bradley, J. W. Nelson. 1:50—11. Optimization Strategy for the Re verse-Phase HPLC Separation of Cinnamic Acids and Related Compounds. W. P. Price Jr., S. N. Doming. 2:10—12. Sample Diluent in Quantitative HPLC. M. A. Ready, E. Fisher, A. Casteel. 2:30—13. Applications of HPLC for Analysis of Environmental Samples and Their Oxidation and Chlorination Products. W. H. Glaze, G. R. Peyton, P. C. Jones, F. Huang. 2:50—14. Role of the Solvent in Liquid-Solid Chromatography on Porous Styrene-Divinylbenzene Copolymer Adsorbents. J. L. Rob inson, K. J. Johnson, D. S. Salas, M. A. Marshall. 3:20—15. Applications of HPLC to Residual Herbicide Analysis. D. Karlesky, Τ. Μ. Vickrey. 3:40—16. HPLC Determination of Trace Quan tities of Ammonia, Amines, and Polyamines in Water. R. A. Farquerson, E. C. M. Chen. 4:00—17. HPLC Separations of Nucleotides, Nucleosides and Their Bases on ReversedPhase Ion Exchange Columns. J. C. Liao, C. R.Vogt. 4:20—18. Application of LCAA, an ElementSpecific Detector to Preparative Liquid Chromatography. M. S. Buren, Τ. Μ. Vickrey. 4:40—19. Determination of Benzopyrene in Cigarette Smoke Condensate by Liquid-Solid Chromatography. M. E. Draganjac, M. A. Marshall, J. L. Robinson. THURSDAY AFTERNOON La Quinta—Buccaneer 1 Spectroscopic Techniques Κ. Ε. Daugherty, Presiding 1:30—20. Swept Offresonance Decoupling (SORD) Experiment in CMR. B. A. Shoulders, D. J. Speer. 1:50—21. Design Considerations for a TwoDimensional Rapid Scanning Spectrometer. I. M. Warner, M. P. Fogarty, D. C. Shelly. 2:10—22. Excitation-Emission Matrix as a Two-Dimensional Fingerprint. D. C. Shelly, I. M. Warner, J. M. Quarles. 2:30—23. Characterization of Drugs Using Liquid Crystal-Induced Circular and Linear Dichroism. J. M. Bowen, T. A. Crone, N. Purdie. 2:50—24. Reflectance Spectroscopic Analysis of Hemoglobin in vivo. M. J. Milano, J. J. Gaunci. 3:20—25. Fingerprinting of Cement to Use as Evidential Material. G. Harrison, T. M. Vickrey. 3:40—26. Novel Optical System for Gathering of Time and Spatial Absorbance Data Above a Graphite Atomizer. S. G. Salmon, J. A. Holcombe.
4:00—27. Absorption Studies of the Ge/GeO System to Determine the Role of Hydrogen in Atomic Spectroscopy. R. H. Eklund, J. A. Holcombe. 4:20—28. Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Hemoglobin Deriv atives. W. H. Woodruff, S. Farquharson. 4:40—29. Fluorimetric Determination of Amines Using Dansyl Chloride in a Micellar Media. W. L. Hinze, S. Spurlin, D. Clontz.
CHEMICAL EDUCATION J. R. Villarreal, Chairman FRIDAY MORNING La Quinta—Sala Grande 1 Poster Session (Papers will be posted one hour before and one hour after authors' presentations.) J. Villarreal, Presiding 11:00—1. Facilitating the Re-Entry of Women Chemists into Professional Work. A. Benham. 11:00—2. What is an Orbital? D. Z. Llppmann. 11:00—3. General-Purpose Microcomputers in Chemical Education: Instrument Automation in the Undergraduate Laboratory. J. R. Wright, J. L. Robinson. 11:00—4. Synthesis of 3-Camphor Carboxylic Acid. K. Davenport, K. Davis, M. Newcomb, D. E. Bergbreiter. 11:00—5. Computer-Based Studies in Physical Chemistry. G. M. Barrow.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY J. L. Mills, Chairman WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON La Quinta—Sala Grande 2 Main Group Elements R. A. Geanangel, Presiding 9:00—1. Classical Calculations of Partial Charge. R. E. Mitchell, C. A. Hodge, J. L. Mills. 9:20—2. Partial Charge Calculations and ESCA Data on Some Phosphorus Cage Compounds. C. A. Hodge, J. L. Mills, R. E. Mitchell. 9:40—3. NMR Investigation of the Reaction of Ammonia-Borane with Trihaloboranes. M. G. Hu, R. A. Geanangel. 10:00—4. Synthesis and Derivative Chemistry of the Cobaltaborane: B5H8Co(CO)3. R. L. Smith, S. G. Shore. 10:20—5. Transition Metal-Boranocarbonate Complexes: Copper and Silver Phosphine Complexes of O-Hydrogenboranocarbonate (H3BC02H-). J. C. Bommer, K. W. Morse. 10:40—6. Dipole Moments of the Methylethylphosphines. J. G. Morse. 11:00—7. Small Molecule Reactions of Aminophosphines. R. W. Light, R. T. Paine. 11:20—8. Silyl Migrations from Nitrogen to Carbon in Silicon-Nitrogen-Phosphorus Sys tems. J. C. Wilburn, R. H. Neilson. 11:40—9. Mobilization of Radionuclides in Geologic Media. R. G. Dosch, A. W. Lynch, R. T. Paine. General—Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies Κ. Μ. Kadish, Presiding 2:00—10. Electron Transfer Kinetics and Ligand Binding Characteristics of Mn(lll) and Mn(ll) Porphyrins. K. M. Kadish, J. S. Cheng, S. Kelly.
2:20—11. Ion Pairing and Solvent Effects on the Electroreduction of Iron(lll) Porphyrins. L. A. Bottomley, K. M. Kadish, K. Das, D. Pangrazio, G. Epps. 2:40—12. Variable Temperature Cyclic Voltammetry of the Spin Equilibrium Iron(lll) System Fe[(x-sal)2 trien] 4 . K. Das, Κ. Μ. Kadish, D. Schaeper, S. A. Clarke. 3:00—13. Structural Phase Transitions in the Elpasoites Cs2NaCr(CN)6 and Cs2NaFe
