ACS News society president Albert C. Zettlemoyer said that "Congress would be dealing a serious blow to nonprofit organizations by suddenly nearly doubling postal charges." He stresses that such an action might force ACS to reduce the number of pages published or the frequency of publication of its scientific journals or to stop publication of some journals altogether. He notes the proposed increase in postal rates would be "counterproductive to the federal effort to nurture and exploit basic research, because the proposal will effectively restrict the dissemination of scientific information." On the disseminating information issue, Dale B. Baker, director of Chemical Abstracts Service, presented the society's view that "many very significant national information policy issues are not adequately understood" to a hearing on H.R. 3137,
the Information Science & Technology Act of 1981, before the subcommittee on Science, Research & Technology of the House Committee on Science & Technology. "The best national approach to building information systems, in our view," Baker stated, "continues to be that of building upon and fostering the expertise of those organizations in the private sector that have a solid foundation in and commitment to information systems." Baker said the federal government had an adequate structure for carrying out that approach, but "the understanding and will to make it function" was lacking. And on the NSF directorate, the Committee on Chemical Education of ACS has offered the NSF Advisory Committee for Science Education its recommendations for developing the nation's pool of competently trained
scientists through the NSF Directorate of Science & Engineering Education. The society suggests the education directorate concentrate on three areas: precollege programs, higher education programs, and research-analysis-information brokering. The precollege and higher education programs should each receive 40 to 45% of the total budget allocation and should focus on support for curriculum improvement and teacher development, ACS recommends. ACS also recommends the NSF education directorate help educational institutions keep curricula, instrumentation, and faculty up to date, because "critical problems at colleges and universities are the lack of and/or obsolescence o f . . . instrumentation and lack of faculty time for creative improvement of the curricula and personal professional growth." •
Board approves new or continued ACS- PRF grants Acting on recommendations from the May meeting of the PRF Advisory Board, the ACS Board of Directors has approved 111 new or continued ACS-PRF grants, totaling $2,444,305. The recommended grants were selected from 280 proposals by the advisory board and are the last projects to be funded for starting in 1981. The board of directors also approved a program of ACS-PRF Grants for Scientific Education to take the place of ACS-PRF Special Educational Opportunities Grants. The new grants, beginning in the 1982 grant year, will assist some of the ac-
tivities now covered by SEO grants. They also will provide supplements to ongoing ACS-PRF grant projects for summer fellowships to students or faculty members from four-year colleges so that they may participate in the PRF-assisted research. Proposals for projects starting in 1982 are invited in all of the ACSPRF grant programs for faculty research. Full information and application material may be obtained from: Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type AC)
R. K. Matthews, Brown U. Diagenetic Control of Porosity Distribution: Isotopic Analysis of a Productive Grainstone Sequence. $40,255 Sturges W. Bailey, U of Wisconsin, Madison. Cation Ordering in Layer Silicate Minerals. $45,000 David K. Larue, Stanford U. Sedimentology, Mineralogy, and Chemistry of Pelitic Rocks of Barbados, West Indies: Relation to the Thermal History of Barbados Accretionary Prism. $45,000 John S. Bridge, State U of New York, Binghamton. Quantitative Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation of Fluvial Sedimentary Lithofacies. $30,000 F. B. Van Houten, Princeton U. Chamosite and Glauconite: Comparative Study of Morphology, Environment of Accumulation, and Distribution in Space and Time. $30,000 Bryan L. Isacks, Cornell U. Geotectonic Cross Sections of the Segmented Central Andes Mountain Belt. $45,000 Norman K. Grant, Miami U. Rb-Sr and ^ A r / ^ A r Ages of Paleozoic Glauconites and the Dating of Events During Sediment Diagenesis. $5050 Thomas B. Rauchfuss, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Transition-Metal-Mediated Organosulfur Chemistry. $45,000
Alan R. Cutler, Wesleyan U. Evaluation of Hydride Transfer Capabilities of Mononuclear Transition Organometallic Hydride Complexes. $30,000 Russell P. Hughes, Dartmouth C. Organometallic Chemistry of Octafluorocyclooctatetraene. $30,000 Douglass F. Taber, Vanderbilt U. General Enantioselective Approach to Carbocyclic Natural Products. $30,000 Philip L. Fuchs, Purdue U. Total Synthesis of Codeine and Morphine. $30,000 Thomas T. Tidwell, U of Toronto. New Carbanion Intermediates. $29,000 Paul G. Gassman, U of Minnesota. Electrochemically Generated Cyclization Reactions. $45,000 L. Nicholas Ornston, Yale U. Metabolic Acquisition of Dehalogenating Activities. $45,000 Philip M. Warner, Iowa State U. Synthesis and Chemistry of Paddlanes. $30,000 32
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Jeanne M. Shreeve, U of Idaho. Sulfur(VI) Compounds with Nucleophiles. $30,000 Alvin L. Crumbliss, Duke U. Development of a Mechanism for Aqueous Iron(lll) Chelation and Dissociation Reactions Using Hydroxamic Acids. $30,000 Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern U. Endor of Nitrogenase. $30,000 Hans J. Reich, U of Wisconsin, Madison. Mechanistic Studies of the Lithium/Metalloid Exchange Reaction. $44,200 Jack R. Norton, Colorado State U. Synthesis of Heterometallic Dinuclear Nitrosyl Complexes and Related Reactions of Transition-Metal Hydrides. $45,000 Dennis G. Peters, Indiana U. Electrocapillary Studies of the Mercury-Solution Interface in Nonaqueous Solvents. $45.000 Gerald R. Stevenson, Illinois State U. Thermodynamic Stabilities of Aromatic and Antiaromatic Dianions. $28,200 Richard A. Andersen, U of California, Berkeley. Stoichiometric and Catalytic Applications of Transition Metal Metallocycles of the Type, MCR2NR. $30,000 David M. Lemal, Dartmouth C. Synthesis and Properties of Môbius Systems. $45,000 Kevin T. Potts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Paraionic Compounds—New Heterocyclic Zwitterion. $45,000 Gary B. Schuster, υ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Pulsed Laser Investigation of Reactive Intermedi ates. $45,000 Charles H. DePuy, U of Colorado, Boulder. Organic Ion-Molecule Chemistry in a Selected Ion Flow Tube. $30,000 A. Paul Schaap, Wayne State U. Catalyzed Rear rangement of Endoperoxides to 1,2-Dioxetanes. $30,000 Nicholas Winograd, Pennsylvania State U. AngleResolved Static Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. $45,000 Anthony H. Francis, U of Michigan. Thermo-Optical Spectroscopy of Metal-Supported Dielectric Films. $30,000
R. L. Burwell Jr., Northwestern U. Metal (0) Catalysts on Supports Containing Metal Ions. $30,000 Sandra C. Greer, U of Maryland. Experimental Investigations at Fluid Critical Points. $45,000 Norman O. Smith, Fordham U. Selective Inclusion of Isotopic Molecules. $30,000 Russell F. Howe, U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Characterization and Catalytic Properties of Molybdenum, Chromium, and Tungsten Zeolites. $45,000 Jon F. Parcher, U of Mississippi. Cooperative and Competitive Adsorption Effects in Multicomponent Gas-Solid Systems. $30,000 Bret L. Halpern, Yale U. Carbon Deposition on Hot Metal Surfaces in Fast Flowing Hydrocarbons: a Thermionic Emission Study. $30,000 Gareth R. Eaton, U of Denver, Colorado Seminary. Time Domain EPR Studies of Interacting Spin Systems. $45,000 Philip M. Johnson, State U of New York, Stony Brook. High-Resolution Study of Benzene by Multiphoton Ionization. $30,000 Tien-Sung T. Lin, Washington U. Electron Spin Echo Studies of Interacting Triplets. $45,000 William A. Guiltory, U of Utah. Structure and Dynamics of the Triplet Manifold. $45,000 Stephen R. Leone, U of Colorado. Studies of Organic Free Radicals by Photofragmentation Infrared Emission Spectroscopy. $30,000 Eric Weitz, Northwestern U. Study of the Mechanism of Population of High Lying Rotational States in Hydrogen Halides. $30,000 Meir Lahav, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel). Morphology-Crystal Engineering. $29,000 Alexandra Navrotsky, Arizona State U. Order in Oxide Solid Solutions with the Rocksalt Structure. $30,000 Michael F. Doherty, U of Massachusetts. Restrictions on the Behavior of Azeotropic and Extractive Distillation Processes. $30,000 Robert W. Lenz, U of Massachusetts. Crystallization-Induced Reorganization of Liquid Crystalline Copolyesters. $30,000 A. Ziya Akcasu, U of Michigan. Concentration and Temperature Effects on Equilibrium and Transport Properties of Polymers in Dilute Solutions. $30,000 Bruce A. Finlayson, U of Washington. Efficient Models of Chemical Flooding. $45,000 Johannes Smid, State U of New York, C of Environmental Science & Forestry. Properties of Poly(ion pairs). $45,000 Richard C. Alkire, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Electro-Organic Synthesis Technology. $45,000
ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type B) George B. Clemans, Bowling Green State U. "5,2" Type Hydride Shift in a Norbornyl Cation. $13,000 William C. Groutas, Wichita State U. Enzyme Inhibitors. $13,000 Francis X. Smith, King's C. Isopropylidene Malonates. $13,000 Hans Veening, Bucknell U. HPLC of Biochemically Active Compounds. $13,000 Jerry R. Mohrig, Carleton C. Stereochemistry of Elimination Reactions. $13,000 Michael H. Gianni, St. Michael's C. Conformational Analysis of 3,5-Dioxabicyclo(5.n.O) Alkanes. $13,000 Susan H. Hixson, Mount Holyoke C. Photoaffinity Labeling of Enzymes. $13,000 Thomas R. Beebe, Berea C. Oxidations with N-\odosuccinimide. $13,000 David W. Thompson, C of William and Mary. Alkylation of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds. $13,000
Nicholas Mammano, State U of New York, C at Pittsburgh. Thermodynamics of Ultrafine Graphite. $13,000 Andrew Goudy, West Chester State C. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Metal Hydrides. $13,000 Sally Chapman, Barnard C. Classical Trajectories for Ion-Molecule Reactions. $13,000 Johnny A. Waters, West Georgia C. Paleoecology of Bangor Limestone. $13,000 Myrna P. Klotzkin, Manhattanvilie C. Surface Properties of Coals. $13,000 Merlyn D. Schuh, Davidson C. Vapor-Phase Photochemistry. $13,000 Thomas J. Smith, Kalamazoo C. Poly nuclear Transition Metal Complexes. $12,500 Roger L. DeKock, Calvin C. Electronic Structure of Clusters. $12,950 Martin N. Ackermann, Oberlin C. Metal Carbonyl Complexes of Diazene Ligands. $13,000 David K. Lewis, Colgate U. Catalysis of Cyclopropane Reactions by Lewis Acids. $13,000 Kenneth L. Stevenson, Indiana U-Purdue U, Fort Wayne. Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Chemistry of Copper(l) Complexes in Aqueous Solutions. $13,000 David M. Dooley, Amherst C. Spectroscopy of Nonheme Iron Enzyme. $13,000
ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type G) Neil Allison, U of Arkansas. Synthesis and Chemistry of Vinylcyclopropylidene Transition Metal Complexes. $10,000 Neil D. Danielson, Miami U. Chemical Modification of Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) Particles for Chromatography. $10,000 Steven H. Strauss, Colorado State U. Transition Metal Complexes Containing Dihapto Nitrile- and Ketone-Lewis Acid Adducts. $10,000 Robert C. Gad wood, Northwestern U. Syntheses of Poitediol and Dactylol—Application of the Divinylcyclobutanol Rearrangement to Natural Product Synthesis. $10,000 N. Nash Marinovic, City of New York, City C. Synthetic Studies Directed Toward Total Synthesis of Shikodonin. $10,000 William D. Wulff, U of Chicago. Chromium-Mediated Synthesis of Aklavinone. $10,000 Gunther U. Holzer, Colorado School of Mines. Analysis of Ether-Linked Isoprenoids and Cyclic and Acyclic Hydrocarbons in Ancient Sediments and Petroleum. $10,000 Gene K. Mapes, Ohio U. Organic-Rich Upper Paleozoic Black Shale in Arkansas and Oklahoma: Characterization and Distribution of Floral Components. $10,000 Jeffrey F. Mount, U of California, Davis. Stratigraphic Analysis of Storm-Dominated Facies of the Precambrian-Cambrian Succession, Southern Great Basin. $10,000 Daniel M. Downey, West Virginia U. Separation of Ruthenium, Iridium, and Rhodium by Ion Flotation. $10,000 L. A. Bottomley, Florida State U. Electrochemistry of Capped Porphyrin Dimers. $10,000 John P. Selegue, U of Kentucky. Heteronuclear Transition Metal Clusters. $10,000 Robert P. Kreh, U of Georgia. Activation of Carbon Monoxide and Dioxygen Toward Reduction, Catalyzed by New Binary Copper Complexes. $10,000 Carl D. Hoff, U of Miami, Organometallic Thermochemistry. $10,000 J. Clark Lagarias, U of California, Davis. Semisynthetic Light Harvesting Biliproteins. $10,000
Sanford A. Asher, U of Pittsburgh. Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Studies of Aromatic Molecules. $10,000 Laurence S. Romsted, Rutgers U. Micellar Effects on Dediazoniation Reactions. $10,000 Daniell L. Mattem, U of Mississippi. Substituent Effects in Hexaary I benzenes. $10,000 Gary M. McClelland, Harvard U. Infrared-Induced Desorption of Physisorbed Molecules. $10,000 John C. Westall, Oregon State U. Adsorption on Charged Surfaces: Model Studies with Polymer Latexes. $10,000 Craig S. Allen, Indiana U. Resonance Raman Scattering from Chemical Indicators as a Probe of Localized Corrosion. $10,000 Jeanne L. McHale, U of Idaho. Raman and IR Studies of Short-Range Molecular Order and Intermolecular Interactions in Liquids. $10,000 Willem R. Leenstra, U of Vermont. Triplet State ZFS Parameters of Carotenoid Polyenes by ODMR/ ADMR. $10,000 Nancy S. True, U of California, Davis. Gas-Phase NMR Studies of Low Activation Energy Processes. $10,000 Prasad L. Polavarapu, Vanderbilt U. Optical Activity in Vibrational Raman Transitions. $10,000 Jon R. Maple. U of New Mexico. Two-Photon Excitation in Analytical Matrix Isolation Fluorescence Spectrometry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. $10,000 K. Krogh-Jespersen, Rutgers U. Ab-initio Force Fields for Electronically Excited States of Organic Molecules. $10,000 Richard J. Wittebort, U of Louisville. Solid-State NMR Studies. $10,000 Charles R. Martin, Texas A&M U. Investigation of the Chemical Properties of Ionic Polymers. $10,000 M. Muthukumar, Illinois Institute of Technology. Dynamics of Star Polymers and Gels. $10,000 James E. Swartz, Grinned C. Relative Rates in SRN1 Reactions. $10,000 John T. Landrum, Florida International U. Carbon Dioxide Interactions with Transition Metal Complexes. $10,000 C. Allen Chang, U of Texas, El Paso. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with SubstitutionInert Metal Complexes. $10,000
ACS-PRF special educational opportunities grants (SEO) Ralph W. Rudolph, on behalf of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. Symposium on Rings, Clusters, and Polymers of the Representative Elements at the ACS national meeting, Kansas City, Mo., September 1982. $3500 Paul L. Dubin, on behalf of the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry. Symposium on Microdomains in Polymer Solutions at the ACS national meeting, Las Vegas, March 1982. $2800 Thomas F. Koetzle, on behalf of the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry. Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation Studies in Chemistry at the ACS national meeting, New York City, August 1981. $2400 Frederick E. Bailey, on behalf of the ACS Macromolecular Secretariat. Symposium on Initiation of Polymerization and Catalytic Aspects of Polymers at the ACS national meeting, Las Vegas, 1982. $2500 Benjamin J. Luberoff, on behalf of the ACS Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. Symposium on Continuing Education "Learning for Life" at the ACS national meeting, New York City, August 1981. $2150 Leroy Eyring, on behalf of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. Symposium on High-Resolution Electron Microscopy Applied to Chemical Problems. $2800 July 6, 1981 C&EN
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