ACS News Petroleum Research Fund grants awarded One hundred and one American Chemi cal Society-Petroleum Research Fund grants for individual research in the petroleum field have been approved by the ACS Board of Directors. Known as "starter" grants, the ACS-PRF Type G grants are designed
Investigator and institution
Edwin H. Abbott Hunter College, CUNY Edward C. Alexander U of California, San Diego John J. Alexander U of Cincinnati Joseph S. Alper U of Massachusetts, Boston Roger W. Anderson U of California, Santa Cruz Wayne P. Anderson U of Delaware Jeffrey L. Bada U of California, San Diego Tomas Baer U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Steven W. Baldwin Duke U Harold D. Banks U of Bridgeport E. Kent Barefield U of Illinois, Urbana Ramon M. Barnes U of Massachusetts Robert Bau U of Southern California E. Joseph Billo Boston Coll. Daniel M. Blake U of Texas, Arlington Elliott L. Blinn Bowling Green State U Thomas B. Brill U of Delaware Charles A. Brown Cornell U Dennis G. Brown Columbia U Richard M. Caprioli Purdue U Gerald P. Ceasar U of Rochester Louis Centofanti Emory U 11? CfcEN OCT. 19, 1970
to assist young Ph.D. faculty mem bers within the first three years of a regular faculty appointment in estab lishing their fundamental research programs. Three-year Type G grants are made for $7500 each. Additional information on the ACS-
Subject
Molecular Orientation in the Second Coordination Sphere Photochemistry of Heteroaromatic Ketones Reactions of Organometallic Compounds Shape and Electronic Struc ture of Molecules Excited State Lifetimes by Molecular Beam Absorp tion Spectroscopy Spectroscopic Studies of Organotitanium and Organozirconium Com pounds Racemization of Amino Acids in Marine Sediments Photoionization Studies with a Steradiancy Analyzer Synthetic Routes to Tetra cyclic Sesquiterpenes Kinetics and Stereochemis try of Base-Catalyzed Decarboxylation Reactions of Metal Nitro and Nitrosyl Complexes with Phosphorus(lll) Reagents Study of Short-Time Reac tions of Solutions in HighVoltage Spark Discharges Crystallographic Studies of Transition Metal Complexes Mechanisms of Substitution Reactions of Square-Planar Nickel(ll) Complexes New Routes to Low-Valent Platinum and Palladium Systems and Their Role in Homogeneous Catalysis Acceptor Properties of Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes Nuclear Quadrupole Reso nance Study of Molecular Charge-Transfer Com plexes Cleavage of Carbon-Sulfur Bonds over Borohydride Reduced Transition Metal Powders Stable Organic Free Radicals as Ligands in Transition Metal Complexes Peptide Sequencing Using Ion Kinetic Energy Spec trometry Photoelectron Studies of Transition Metal Com plexes Associations in Fluorophosphines
P R F research grant program, as well as application forms and assistance in the submission of proposals, can be ob tained by writing to Petroleum Re search Fund, American Chemical So ciety, 1155—16th Street, N.W., Wash ington, D.C. 20036.
Investigator and institution
David Chandler U of Illinois, Urbana Kenneth Y. Chen U of Southern California Ronald B. Cohen Illinois Inst, of Tech. Alvin L. Crumbliss Duke U
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J. Christopher Dalton U of Rochester Philip A. W. Dean Washington U, St. Louis Andrew DeBoer U of Wyoming Robert C. Dunbar Case Western Reserve U Paul S. Engel Rice U Anthony L. Fink U of California, Santa Cruz Eric A. Gislason U of Illinois, Chicago Circle Richard Glass U of Arizona, Tucson Virgil L. Goedken U of Chicago Ronald J. Gordon U of Florida, Gainesville David Gorenstein U of Illinois, Chicago Circle Gilbert L. Grady Saint Michael's Coll. A. M. Halpern New York U Arleigh Hartkopf Weber State Coll. John M. Haschke U of Michigan, Ann Arbor Andrew U. Hazi U of California, Los Angeles Peter M. Hierl U of Kansas, Lawrence Stephen S. Hixson U of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Statistical Mechanical Studies of Ionic and Polar Fluids and Related Prob lems Mechanism of Autoxidation Sulfide Reactions of Metal Ions in Modulated Crossed Beams Oxidation of Cuprous Com plexes by Molecular Oxygen Fluorescence Properties of of /3,7- and y, δ- Un saturated Ketones Complex Formation Between Antimony Pentafluoride and Other Metal Fluorides of High Lewis Acidity Bimolecular Electrophilic Substitution at Carbon Study of Properties of Cat ions by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy Photochemical Extrusion Reactions Studies on Models for Homogeneous Catalysis Molecular Beam Studies of Energy Transfer and Intermolecular Potentials Stereospecific Displacement at Carbon Bearing Nitrogen Reactivity of Metal Ions in Macrocyclic Ligand Sys tems Studies on a Mechanism of Turbulent Drag Reduction in Polymer Solutions Epimerization of a Phosphetane Oxide: Rate Limiting Pseudorotation Solvent Effects in Organo metallic and Metal Halide Free Radical Reactions Radiative and Nonradiative Processes in Saturated Amines Analytical Applications of Interfacial Adsorption in Gas-Liquid Chromatog raphy Investigation of High-Tem perature Solid-State Chem istry of Lanthanide Oxyanion Phases Theoretical Study of Molec ular Dissociation Due to Electron Impact Chemical Accelerator Studies of the Dynamics of IonMolecule Reactions Arylcyclopropane Photo chemistry
ACS News Investigator and institution
George M. Homsy Stanford U Joseph M. Hornback U of Denver Matthew H. Hulbert Lehigh U Paul J. Karol Carnegie-Mellon U Ronald H. Kluger U of Chicago Denis A. Kohl U of .1 exas, Austin Daniel J. Kosman SUNY, Buffalo
Richard J. Lagow MIT Carl W. Larson U of Washington Leslie G. Leal Caltech Gordon M. Loudon Cornell U Michael M. Malley San Diego State Coll. Patrick S. Mariano Texas A&M U Tobin J. Marks Northwestern U Luigi G. Marzilli Johns Hopkins U Charles Marzzacco New York U Stephen H. Mastin Washington U, St. Louis Maynard V. Olson Dartmouth Coll. James A. Moore Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Thomas J. Murphy U of Maryland, Donald R. Paulson California State Coll., Los Angeles William B. Peatman Vanderbilt U Judson C. Philips U of Detroit Ralph M. Pollack U of Maryland Keith B. Prater U of Texas, El Paso Douglas J. Raber U of South Florida, Tampa Julius Rebek, Jr. U of California, Los Angeles Hans J. Reich U of Wisconsin William M. Reiff Northeastern U
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Investigator and institution
Bubble Genesis in Fluidized Beds Photoracemization and Triplet Energy Transfer in Aliènes Electrochemical Investigation of Surface Reactions Following Charge Transfer Rapid High-Resolution Chromatography of Inorganic Ions Models for Energy Transfer in Biosynthesis Molecular Structures of Free Radicals Spin Density Distributions in 7-Azabicycloheptyl-Noxide Derivatives. Importance of Through Space Electron SpinNuclear Spin Couplings in Rigid Molecules Direct Fluorination Studies
Daniel H. Rich U of Wisconsin, Madison R. Peter Richards Oberlin Coll.
Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Highly Excited Haloalkyl Radicals Rheology of Particulate Suspension Electrostatic Catalysis in Carbonium Ion Reactions Picosecond Molecular Spectroscopy Novel Isomerization Process in Various Alkenylidenecycloalkene Systems Reactions of Metal Carbonyl Dianions Having High Coordination Numbers Template Syntheses via Co(l) Complexes Effects of Intermolecular Interactions on Electronic Spectra Photochemical Reactions of Organometallic Complexes
Virginia M. Scherr U of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha Steven M. Schildcrout Youngstown State U Raymond L. Schmidt Louisiana State U, New Orleans Lawrence T. Scott U of California, Los Angeles James P. Senter Georgetown Coll., Kentucky Robert R. Sharp U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Reactions of Coordinated Ligands Photochemically Induced Rearrangements of Polymers Statistical Mechanics of Coulomb Systems Photochemistry of Simple, Unactivated Epoxides Studies of Gaseous Molecular Ions by Photoionization Resonance and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Azirinium Ions Amine Catalysis of Organic Reactions Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode Study of Chemical Reactions Following Electron Transfer Utility of Oxonium Salts as Reagents and Intermediates in Organic Synthesis Template Synthesis of Cyclic Peptides Configurational Stability of Selenoxides Studies of Electron Transfer in Synthetic Biochemical Models Using Ordinary and Magnetically Perturbed Môssbauer Spectra
Frederick S. Richardson U of Virginia C. R. Robertson Stanford U Garfield P. Royer Ohio State U Joseph C. Salamone Lowell Tech. Inst. Arthur P. Schaap Wayne State U
Robert J. Shine Trinity Coll. Leonard J. Soltzberg Simmons Coil. Sara J. Steck DePaul U John G. Stevens U of North Carolina, Asheville Kenneth L. Stevenson Purdue U Josef Takats U of Minnesota, Minneapolis Dino S. Tinti U of California, Davis F. A. Van-Catledge U of Minnesota, Minneapolis Richard P. Van Duyne Northwestern U Carl C. Wamser California State Coll., Fullerton C. H. Wang U of Utah, Salt Lake City Ronald R. West Kansas State U Nicholas Winograd Purdue U Andrew J. Yencha SUNY, Albany Jeffrey I. Zink U of California, Los Angeles
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Rearrangement of Allylic Xanthates Ecology and Adaptive Morphology of Lower Paleozoic Brachiopods Study of Natural and Magnetic Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence Role of Hydrodynamics in Thrombus Formation on Foreign and Natural Surfaces Enzyme-Polymer Complexes. Introduction of Groups for Auxiliary Binding and Orien tation of the Active Site The Quaternization Polymerization of 4-Vinylpyridine Studies on the Chemiluminescence Produced by Thermal Decomposition of 1,2-Dioxetanes Molecular Orbital Studies Gaseous Ion-Neutral Reactions of Metal Complexes Dynamics of Molecules in the Liquid State Carbene Additions to Aromatic Hydrocarbons Molecular Weight Determinations by Osmotic Magnetic Fields Novel Spin-Echo Method for Measuring Ligand Exchange Rates of Complex Metal Halides Displacement of a Nitrogen or Sulfur Moiety from Thiopseudourea Compounds Crystallographic Studies on an Organic Photoconductor High-Temperature Molecules as Synthetic Reagents 121 Sb Môssbauer Study of Antimony Minerals Photolytic Induction of Optical Activity in Racemic Compounds Transitional Metal Complexes of Benzyne Phosphorescence-Microwave Double-Resonance Studies of Organic Carbonyls Investigation of pi-sigma Interactions in Nonplanar Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Studies in Radical Ion Annihilation Chemistry Steric Effects in Electronic Energy Transfer Processes Inelastic Light Scattering Studies of HydrogenBonded Molecular Systems Paleobiology of Pennsylvanian Brachiopods: Approach Through Ecosystems Internal Reflection Spectroscopy at Transparent Electrodes Study of the Emission Spectra of Excited State Ions New Studies of Chemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization OCT. 19, 1970 C&EN
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