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62 C&EN MAY 13, 1968
Board approves $1 million in PRF grants; three receive $40,000 unrestricted grants More than $1 million in American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund research grants was authorized by the ACS Board of Directors at the ACS meeting in San Francisco. The 58 new grants commit approx imately two thirds of the PRF grant and award funds authorized for 1968. Earlier grants for this year were au thorized by the Board at its December meeting (C&EN, Jan. 15, page 50). Additional grants to be made during 1968 will include up to 100 ACS-PRF Type G starter grants, each for $5000 over a two-year period, for young fac ulty members beginning their aca demic careers. Deadline for receipt of starter grant applications is June 1. Included in the latest Board action are three ACS-PRF Type C grants of $40,000 each. The recipients of these are Dr. Gilbert Stork of Columbia Uni versity, Dr. Henry L. Frisch of the State University of New York at Al bany, and Dr. Jerome A. Berson of the University of Wisconsin. The unrestricted Type C grant per mits the recipient to investigate any area of pure science which may pro vide a basis for subsequent research in the petroleum field. The grants are for a four-year period but may be used at any desired rate. Dr. Stork, professor of chemistry at Columbia since 1966, will use his grant for work in new synthetic methods. Specific problems he will consider are control of stereochemistry in catalytic hydrogénation, methods for the stereospecific synthesis of trisubstituted olefins, cyclopropyl ketones as initiators of polyene cyclization, and use of silicon compounds in carbon-carbon bond formation. Dr. Frisch has been professor of chemistry at Albany since last fall. He intends to use his grant to study "chemical instabilities" in flowing chemical systems, nonlinear problems leading to chemically influenced morphological transformations, statistical mechanics of dense liquids, transport in polymers, and topological isomerism of macromolecular systems. Dr. Berson, professor of chemistry at Wisconsin, plans to use his grant for a mechanistic study of the thermally effected migration of groups on polyene chains and rings with special reference to stereochemical phenomena. His results will bear on theoretical problems of bond strength and of orbital symmetry control.
The tables on pages 64 and 66 list all the new ACS-PRF grant and award recipients. Requests for application forms, directions on the preparation of proposals, and questions about the ACS-PRF program may be addressed to Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Johnson named to Analytical board Dr. Donald R. Johnson, research and engineering manager of the instruments products division at Du Pont, has been named to the advisory board of Analytical Chemistry. Dr. Johnson will fill the unexpired term (1967-69) of the late Dr. Stephen Dal Nogare.
Appointment President R. W. Cairns appointed Dr. Charles Harmison, chairman of the Detroit Section, to represent ACS at the International Science Fair in Detroit to be held May 15-18.
"Comprehensive Results of the 1967 Pension Plan Survey" is available from the American Chemical Society. The booklet, containing detailed results of the pension plan survey sponsored by the ACS Council Committee on Professional Relations, provides information on financing, eligibility, vesting, retirement benefit formula, early retirement provisions, and funding as correlated with type of employer, size of employer, and geographic location. A summary of the survey can be found in C&EN, March 25, page 67. The booklets of detailed results are $2.50 each and can be ordered from the American Chemical Society, Special Issues Sales, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
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Table I.
ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type A)
Investigator R. S. Stein
Institution U of Mass.
John T. Yoke
Oregon St. U
C. Peter Lillya W. G. Bentrude
U of Mass U of Utah
G. R. Dobson
U of So. Dakota
R. D. Burkhart
U of Nevada
Mitchell Litt
U of Pa.
Bruno Jaselskis
Loyola U (Chicago)
T. E. Daubert
Pa. St. U
C. B. Anderson
U of Calif., Santa Barbara
G. S. Y. Yeh
U of Mich.
L. S. Land
U of Texas
D. W. Spencer
Woods Hole Océanographie Inst. U of Mo., Columbia Case Western Reserve U U of Calif., San Diego U of Texas
S. Searles, Jr. F. G. Stehli G. N. Schrauzer D. S. Hoare T. G. Traylor H. M. R. Hoffmann
U of Calif., San Diego Univ. Coll., London, Eng.
W. B. Smith
Texas Christian 1
Jan Rocek W. R. Dolbier, Jr.
U of 111., Chicago U of Florida
A. G. Anastassiou
Syracuse U
Sheng Hsien Lin
Ariz. St. U
R. E. Erickson J. I. Musher
U of M o n t , Missoula Yeshiva U
B. Miller Burnaby M un son
U of Mass. U of Delaware
Robert Silbey
MIT
Mu Shik Jhon
U of Va.
Thomas I. Moran
U of Conn.
R. P. Chambers
Tulane U
A. J. Fry J. M. Burlitch
Wesleyan U (Conn.) Cornell U
D. Valentine, Jr.
Princeton U
R. F. Curl
Rice U
64
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Subject Polymer Morphology and Properties Coordinated Group V Ligands Organo-Iron Cations Transient Radical Intermediates of Phosphorus Bonding in Octahedral Metal Carbonyl Complexes Diffusion-Controlled Chemical Reactions A Method for Studying the Kinetics of DiffusionLimited Reactions Nature of Xenon Trioxide Interaction with Tertiary Alcohols and Behavior of Xenon Trioxide in Nonaqueous Solvents Surface Effects on Oxidation Reactions Preparation and Reactions of Some Noble Metal Diene Complexes Morphology of StrainInduced Crystallization of Rubbers Dolomitization and Diagenesis of Pleistocene Reefs of North Jamaica Significance of WaterSoluble Organic Matter in Origin of Crude Oil Small-Ring Cyclic Phosphines Test of Axial Dipole Stereospecific Homogeneous Catalysis Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria Chemistry of Oxy Radicals Cycloadditions of Allylic Cations to Conjugated Dienes Polymer Mechanisms via Molecular Weight Distributions Oxidative Alcohol Cleavage Thermal Reorganizations of Small-Ring Systems Synthesis of Theoretically Significant Structures 1) Various Effects on Triplet State Lifetimes; 2) Band Shapes of Electronic Transitions Relative Rates of Addition Reactions Interactions in Molecular Crystals Blocked Aromatic Molecules Gaseous Ionic Alkylation Reactions Theoretical Studies of Molecular Crystals Statistical Mechanical Studies on Some Interfacial Properties Vibrational Lifetimes of Polar Molecules Surface Diffusion of Chemisorbed Gases Stereochemistry of Electrochemical Reactions Studies in the Chemistry of Metal-Metal Bonds Photochemistry of Coordination Complexes Intensity Measurements in Microwave Spectroscopy
1968 $ 8,000
Amount 1969 $ $ 8,000
1970 8,000
Total $ 24,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
24,000
9,000 8,000
9,000 8,000
8,000
18,000 24,000
7,662
5,669
5,669
19,000
3,308
6,526
6,589
16,423
11,392 (15 mos.)
6,324
6,444
24,160
9,620
6,380
7,488
7,488
10,368 (15 mos.)
7,632
9,600 (14 mos.)
7,860
6,300
23,760
8,000
8,000
8,000
24,000
9,240
9,240
18,480
10,632 (15 mos.) 6,540
7,368
18,000
6,540
13,080
12,229 (15 mos.) 11,784
5,771
18,000
6,216
18,000
9,000
9,000
18,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
6,480
11,520
18,000
8,880
8,040
7,200
24,120
8,262
8,562
7,176
24,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
24,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
24,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
24,000
16,232
4,544
3,224
24,000
8,880 9,960 (15 mos.) 8,000
7,560 8,040
7,560
24,000 18,000
7,719
7,786
6,084
9,916
9,396
6,900
7,704
24,000
9,010
6,660
6,660
22,330
8,000
8,000
8,000
24,000
9,840 (15 mos.) 8,000
8,160
16,000
7,488
22,464 18,000
16,000
8,000 7,852
23,357 16,000
18,000 8,000
24,000
$313,606 $273,702 $151,866 Total, all years, Type A
$739,174
8,000
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Table II. ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field at the undergraduate level (Type B) Investigator
Institution
Subject
1968
Sister Ann Immaculata Gallagher F. J. Dinan
Immaculata Coll.
Dissymmetric Tetraaryl Methanes
Canisius Coll.
C. H. Yoder
Franklin & Marshall Coll. U of Alabama in Huntsville Harvey Mudd Coll. Bucknell U
Radiofrequency Dis charge Reactions Bonding in Organometallic Amines Acid-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions Homogeneous Catalysis
S. P. McManus M. Kubota Hans Veening P. C Myhre A. Fratiello J. R. Mohrig F. A. Walker
Harvey Mudd Coll. Calif. St. Coll. at L.A. Carleton Coll. Ithaca Coll.
$ 3,240
Liquid-Liquid Chromatog raphy of Metal Chelates Solvolylic Rearrangements Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Rate Study Alkyldiazonium Cations Transition Metal Porphyrins
Amount 1970 1969 $ 2,760 $ 2,640
$
Total 8,640
6,960
5,040
12,000
6,240
5,880
12,120
8,802 4,434 (15 mos.) 9,360 5,520 (15 mos.) 9,240 4,980 (15 mos.) 9,900 3,600 (15 mos.) 6,268 3,732 (15 mos.) 6,000 6,000 9,036 4,464 (15 mos.) $46,410 $2,640 $75,046 Total, all years, Type Β
13,236 14,880 14,220 13,500 10,000 12,000 13,500 $124,096
Table III. ACS-PRF unrestricted grants for established scientists conducting fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type C) Investigator G. Stork H. L. Frisch J. A. Berson
Institution Columbia U S.U.N.Y. at Albany U of Wisconsin
Area of research1 Synthetic Organic Chemistry Chemical Physics
Amount $ 40,000 40,000
Mechanistic Studies of Organic Reactions
40,000 Total Type C
$120,000
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The awards in the form of unrestricted research grants were based on the accomplishments in this area of fundamental research in the petroleum field. The recipients are encouraged to pursue any investigation in the petroleum field of interest to them.
Table IV. ACS-PRF international awards in the petroleum field (Type D) Investigator G. L. Pratt
Institution U of Wisconsin
D . C. Neckers
Hope Coll.
D . H. Zenger
Pomona Coll.
lifOO
Title Gas Chromatographic Kinetic Studies: the Column as a Reactor Studies in Sulfur Chemistry Carbonate Petrology and Sedimentation
Total, Type D
Amount $3,100 2,900 950 Total, T y p e D
$6,950
Table V. ACS-PRF faculty awards for advanced scientific study in the petroleum field (Type E) Investigator J. D. Reinheimer
Institution Coll. of Wooster
1968 Amount
Title Ester Hydrolyses Total, Type Ε
$3,888 $3,888
Table VI. Special proposals Applicant S. Kirschner
Institution Wayne State U
L. W. Reeves
U of Sao Paulo, Brazil
L. F. Dahl
U of Wisconsin
E. W. Stern G. A. Olah
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Case Western Reserve U
Purpose Toward expenses of Xlth Intl. Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Israel, Sept. 1968 Toward expenses of 2nd Intl. Symposium on NMR, Sao Paulo, July 1968 Toward expenses of Symposium on Stereochemistry of Inorganic Compounds, Banff, Canada, June 1968 Toward expenses of Symposium on Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions involving Palladium, Minneapolis, April 1969 Toward expenses of Carbonium Ion Conference, Cleveland, October 1968 Total, Type X
1968 Amount $ 7,481 3,000 1,500 3,500 5,000 $20,481
