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1971 PRF Type G grants ACS Board approves 100 grants of $7500 each for individual fundamental research Frank E. Filisko, U of Michigan Study of Microstructure in Amorphous and Glassy Polymers Louis H. Pignolet, U of Minnesota Study of Molecular Oxygen A d ducts of Divalent Nickel ComDlexes Kenneth J. Klabunde, U of North Dakota Carbonmonosulfide Michael P. Eastman, U of Texas, El Paso Study of Nitroxide Radicals in Aqueous Solutions Janet E. Del Bene, Youngstown State U Theoretical Study of Hydrogen Bonding Robert B. Davidson, Yale U Molecular Electronic Structure and Linear Free Energy Relationships Irving R. Epstein, Brandeis U Theoretical Studies of Molecular Compton Scattering Joseph San Filippo, Jr., Rutgers U Mechanism of Free-Radical Cleavage of Group IV Metalloids Philip K. Hopke, SUNY, State U College, Fredonia Analysis of Environmental Trace Elements by Neutron Activation Analysis Paul A. Grieco, U of Pittsburgh Tetracyclic Diterpene Total Synthesis Albert J . Berger, Rensselaer Poly Parameter Estimation for Transient Systems T. J . Kistenmacher, Johns Hopkins U Structural Studies of Coordination Complexes Prepared in Nonaqueous Solvents Joel E. Keizer, U of California, Davis Statistical Mechanical Investigation of Some Simple Chemical Reactions Roger Freeh, U of Oklahoma Molecular Vibrations in Uniaxial Crystals Guilford Jones, I I , Boston U Sigmatropic Shifts Involving Delocalized Migrating Centers Larry E. Overman, U of California, Irvine Selective Intracomplex Reactions via Transient Hemiacetal Intermediates Michael J. Berry, U of Wisconsin, Madison Chemical Laser Studies of Energy Partitioning in Chemical Reactions Tommy L. Broadwater, Howard U Solute-Solvent Interactions in Propylene Carbonate Louis S. Hegedus, Colorado State U Carbon to Carbon Bond Formation via Transition Metal Intermediates N. Dennis Chasteen, Lawrence U Vanadyl Ion and Biomolecular Structure Sanford A. Safron, Florida State U Molecular Beam Studies: Reactions of Alkali Ions with Alkyl Halides Lawrence C. Nathan, U of Santa Clara Preparation and Study of Some New Coordination Complexes of Cobalt(l) J. D. McDonald, U of Illinois, Urbana Infrared Chemiluminescence of Gases Robert D. Bereman, SUNY, Buffalo Intermediates in the Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen John N. Armor, Boston U Electron Transfer Through Thiophene Derivatives
John R. Dodd, Emory U Electrocyclic Reactions in Hydrocarbon Radical Anions and Dianions John W. Teipel, U of Illinois, Urbana Renaturation of Randomly Coiled Polypeptide Chains John H. Nelson, U of Nevada Preparation and Catalytic Reactions of Group VIM Acetylene and Olefin Complexes Juan F. Villa, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY Electronic Studies of the Transition Metal Compounds with Purine and Pyrimidine Bases Thomas C. Werner, Union College Spectroscopic Studies on 9Anthroic Acid Derivatives J. Wayne Rabalais, U of Pittsburgh Electron Spectroscopy Applied to Molecular Electronic Structure F. C. Wedler, Rensselaer Poly Structure-Function of a Thermostable Bio-Catalyst: Glutamine Synthetase from B. stearothermophilus Nan-Loh Yang, Richmond College, CUNY Oxygen Adducts of Metal Complexes Richard H. Clarke, Boston U Triplet State Energy Transfer in Organic Solids Gordon A. Ryan, U of Pittsburgh Study of the Enzyme(s) Responsible for the Synthesis of DNA in Vivo Richard F. Sincovec, Kansas State U Use of Galerkin and Collocation Methods in Flow Models William C. Harris, Furman U Measurement and Calculation of Absolute Infrared Intensities William S. Mungall, Hope College Synthesis of Biologically Active Oligonucleotides and Nucleotide Analogs Philip B. Shevlin, Auburn U Production of Carbon Atoms in the Decomposition of 5-Diazotetrazole James T. Hynes, U of Colorado Orientational Correlations in Critical Regions John H. Craig, California State College, San Bernardino Double Bonds and 3-Membered Rings at Bridgeheads Lester R. Morss, Rutgers U Thermochemistry of Cesium Polyhalides; Redox Standards for Calorimetry Richard D. Pizer, NYU Metal Complexation Reactions in Aqueous Solution Studied by Relaxation Spectrometry Philip M. Warner, Iowa State U Structural Studies of Unstable Carbonium Ions John A. Zollweg, U of Maine, Orono Light Scattering Study of Latices Undergoing Brownian Movement Robert L. R. Towns, Texas A&M U Crystal Structures and Structure-Activity Relationships of Some 2,6-Dinitroaniline HerbiW. E. Billups, Rice U Organotransition Metal Chemistry Earl F. Epstein, Colorado State U Sulfur-Coordinated Transition Metals—Structure and Bonding Douglas A. Seeley, Pennsylvania State U Synthetic Use of 1,3-Dioxolanes A. J . Pandell, Stanislaus State College Singlet Oxygen Reactions as Models for Some Enzymic Oxygenations
October 11, 1971 These ACS-PRF "Starter" grants assist new Ph.D. faculty. For details on all ACS-PRF grant programs for fundamental research in the "petroleum field" write ACS Petroleum Research Fund; 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Jeffrey Schwartz, Princeton U Electron 7r-Delocalization in Metallocycles, and a Proposal for Their Synthesis Anthony L. Dent, Carnegie-Mellon U Hydrogénation and Isomerization over Solid Catalysts George A. Eadon, SUNY, Albany Conformation of Cyclic Systems After Electron Impact John P. Simons, U of Utah Direct Calculation of the Optical Spectrum of CH+ and the Prediction of Excited-State Energy Curves David A. Jaeger, U of Wyoming Structure-Reactivity Correlations in Aromatic Photochemistry Neil S. Ostlund, U of Arkansas Theory of Indirect Nuclear SpinSpin Coupling James H. Takemoto, Texas A&M U Kinetic Study of Ligand Exchange Reactions in Liquid Ammonia Norma M. Allewell, Brooklyn Poly Isolation and Characterization of Taste Receptor Proteins Phillip Crews, U of California, Santa Cruz Studies in Organometalloid Chemistry. Structure and Reactivity of Phosphirenes David S. Kliger, U of California, Santa Cruz Studies in Excited State Molecular Spectroscopy Peter H. Daum, Northern Illinois U Electrochemistry of Solvated Electrons in Liquid Ammonia Joseph A. Hashmall, Georgetown U Localized MINDO M.O. Calculations for Closed-Shell Systems J. Casey Moore, U of California, Santa Cruz Semilithified Deformation of Sediments: Structural and Petrologic Effects Walter B. Miller, U of Arizona Collision Complexes of Intermediate Lifetime Patrick M. McCurry, Jr., CarnegieMellon U Total Synthesis of the Trisporic Robert B. Dunlap, U of South Carolina Stereoselective Micellar CatalyPaul D. Ellis, U of South Carolina Approximate Molecular Orbital Theory of Magnetic Resonance Parameters George R. Odette, U of California, Santa Barbara Nuclear Fuel Element Radiation Response Simulation Richard J . Majesté, Southern U in New Orleans Molecular Structure of Hexahalo Complexes of the Lanthanides Donald D. Titus, Temple U Structural Studies Related to Nonrigidity in Transition Metal Hydride' Complexes Robert S. Wilson, Northern Illinois U Anomalous Dielectric Response to Binary Mixtures in the Critical Region James H. Prestegard, Yale U NMR Studies of Cyclopropane Fatty Acids in Model Membrane Systems Roger K. Murray, Jr., U of Delaware Directive Effects in Competitive Photorearrangements David O. Ham, U of Rochester Rates of Thermolecular Reactions George Sanzone, Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State U Critical Test of the Mass-Spectrometer/Shock-Tube Technique for the Study of High-Temperature Reaction Kinetics
Floyd W. Sweat, U of Utah Effects of Transition Metal Salts and Complexes on Terpene Cyclizations A. M. Ponte Goncalves, Pennsylvania State U EPR Study of Charge-Transfer Triplet States Roger A. Kovar, U of Northern Colorado Gallium, Indium, and Thallium Chemistry Peter E. Siska, U of Pittsburgh Crossed-Beam Study of the Reactions of Metastables Mary H. Delton, Mount Holyoke College Spiro Compounds from Epoxyolefins Mark Ratner, NYU Solvent and Magnetic Field Effects on Externally Induced Intersystem Crossings Kenneth L. Watters, U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Phosphine-Substituted Polynuclear Metal Carbonyls Carol A. Creutz, Georgetown U Studies of Mixed Valence Complexes William P. Nash, U of Utah Geochemical Stratigraphie Correlation of Cenozoic Pyroclastic Deposits Aaron N. Bloch, Johns Hopkins U New Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to the Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces James H. Hargis, Auburn U Anchimeric Assistance in the Decomposition of Radical Precursors James D. Ingle, Jr., Oregon State U Separation and Quantitative Analysis of Inorganic and Organomercury Compounds John A. Myers, North Carolina Central U Nitrogen Heterocycles Antone L. Lott, I I , U of Oklahoma Steric Effects in Inorganic Chemistry W. H. Breckenridge, U of Utah Direct Studies of Photosensitization Processes Using Resonance Radiation Flash Photolysis Chris Macosko, U of Minnesota Rheology of Polymerizing Systems Charles E. Strouse, U of California, Los Angeles Structural Chemistry of Magnesium Porphine and Chlorin Complexes Harvey J . Palmer, U of Rochester Oscillatory Instability in Organic Solution Pools Heated from Below William H. Scouten, Bucknell U Protein-Protein and ProteinLipid Interactions in Multienzyme Complexes Albert C. Yates, Indiana U Scattering of Electrons by Migration in Molecular Crystals Anthony H. Francis, U of Illinois, Chicago Circle Investigations of Triplet Exciton Migration in Molecular Systems Peter W. Langhoff, Indiana U Optical Refractivity and the Chemical Bond Kenneth G. Sharp, U of Southern California Reactions of Atomic Oxygen and Sulfur with Main Group Fluorides Hao-lin Chen, Catholic U Some Crucial Studies on Vibrational Energy Transfer Alan S. Waggoner, Amherst College Structural Features of Rhodopsin OCT. 1 1 , 1971 C&EN
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