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THIS MONTH IN CHEMICAL HISTORYHarold Goldwhite, California State University, Los Angeles • [email protected] a recent column I mentioned my recent purchase of a textbook, “Kane’s Chemistryedited by Draper” published in 1845. I also described the careers of these two eminentmid-19th. century scientists. In this column I will begin the examination of chemistry in1845 as described in the 700 pages of small print in this comprehensive text. But firsta little context. Putting ourselves into the mid-19th. century we recall that it is only 40years since Dalton proposed his new idea of the chemical atom with its important prop-erty of mass. It is also about the same time since Avogadro proposed his hypothesis.While Dalton’s ideas permeate this text Avogadro is not mentioned. It would be aboutanother 20 years, after Cannizzaro’s masterly exposition of the use of Avogadro’shypothesis in assigning atomic weights at the Karlsruhe conference of 1860, beforechemists began to pay attention to these novel ideas.The arrangement of Kane’s “Chemistry” will seem unusual to those of us used to cur-rent introductory general chemistry books. After 2 pages on the origin and objects ofchemistry (rather short shrift to this chemical historian!) the initial chapter is on gravityand cohesive forces and includes a discussion of crystals and crystallization. ChapterII is on “the properties of light as characterizing chemical substances” and includes adiscussion of polarized light. The text comes down firmly on the theory of light beingthe vibrations of an exceedingly attenuated medium, the luminiferous ether. In view ofDraper’s later work in photography it is interesting that the text discusses briefly theway in which light can decompose certain classes of chemical substances including thesalts of silver, gold, platinum, and mercury.Chapter III is on “Heat Considered as Characterizing Chemical Substances” and isentirely about physical changes associated with heat including expansion; specificheat; liquefaction ; vaporization; and conduction. This chapter includes a discussion ofinfrared radiation (though not named as such) as a form of heat including the observa-tion that infrared radiation exhibits double refraction in some crystals, just like visiblelight. Chapter IV on “Electricity Considered as Characterizing Chemical Substances”covers static and current electricity including galvanic batteries and their construction.Other than copper plating there is no discussion of electrochemistry in this chapter!Humphrey Davy’s work on the isolation of the alkali metals is mentioned later in the dis-cussion of the metals themselves. I must quote, in fairness, some of the closing sen-tences of this chapter. ”To the chemist, therefore, the most useful property of electricityis the power which it possesses of modifying, annulling, or superseding chemical affini-ty…..the question whether electrical influence and affinity are identical, or what are theirexact relations,…..still remain.”Chapter V is the inevitable description of chemical nomenclature. The table of elementsincluded in this chapter has 55 entries; the period following the discovery of electrochem-istry saw a rapid expansion in the discovery of new elements. Beryllium is still called glu-cinum (symbol G) at this time. The authors credit Lavoisier and Guyton (but fail to addBerthollet and Fourcroy; all 4 were the authors of the “New Method of ChemicalNomenclature”) for reforming nomenclature into the basis of the system we use today ininorganic chemistry. They also discuss the name of oxygen, mistakenly given to the ele-ment by Lavoisier who believed that all acids contain oxygen, which means acid-former.Citing the work of Davy who showed that “oxymuriatic acid” contains no oxygen theyembrace the new name of hydrochloric acid as more correct.I plan to conclude my discussion of this most interesting glance at mid-19th. centurychemistry in a future column.

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NEW YORK SECTIONTuesday, October 2, 2018Westchester Chemical SocietySee page 8.Thursday, October 4, 2018Chemical Marketing & Economics GroupSee pages 9-11.Thursday, October 4, 2018Long Island SubsectionSee page 9.Friday, October 12, 2018High School Teachers Topical GroupSee page 9.Sunday, October 21, 2018New York Celebrates National ChemistryWeekSee pages 12-13.Tuesday, October 21, 2018Biochemical Topical GroupSee page 13.Tuesday, October 39, 2018NY Section Society for AppliedSpectroscopySee page 14.Thursday, October 25, 2018Hudson-Bergen Chemical SocietySee pages 14-15.Saturday, October 27, 2018Teaching Students with DisabilitiesSee page 16.

alsoNovember 2018NY Section Society for AppliedSpectroscopySee page 18.

Thursday, November 1, 2018Long Island SubsectionSee page 20Thursday, November 15, 2018Westchester Chemical SocietySee page 18.Wednesday, December 5, 2018NY Section Society for AppliedSpectroscopySee page 18.Thursday, December 6, 2018Westchester Chemical SocietySee page 18.Thursday, December 6, 2018Long Island Subsection - Holiday SeminarSee page 20.

gNORTH JERSEY SECTIONMonday, October 22, 2018North Jersey Executive Comittee MeetingSee page 5.Saturday, October 20, 2018Chem Expo at Liberty Science CenterSee pages 5-6.

alsoThursday, November 29, 2018Organic Chemistry Topical GroupSee pages 5 and 7.

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North Jersey Meetingshttp://www.njacs.orgNORTH JERSEY EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE MEETING Section officers, councilors, committeechairs, topical group chairs, and sectionevent organizers meet regularly at theExecutive Committee Meeting to discusstopics of importance to running the sectionand representing the membership. All ACSmembers are welcome to attend this meet-ing and to become more involved in sectionactivities. Tentative Information:Date: Monday, October 22, 2018Time: 6:30 PMPlace: Rice Lounge Fairleight Dickinson University Florham Campus 285 Madison Avenue Madison, NJ 07940(See www.njacs.org for any changes.)For reservations please call NJACS secre-tary Bettyann Howson (973) 822-2575 oremail [email protected] or registeronline at http://www.njacs.org prior toWednesday, October 17, 2018.

2 CHEM EXPO AT LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTERDate: Saturday, October 20, 2018(See flyer on page 6 for full deails.)

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$NORTH JERSEY SECTION ORGANIC TOPICAL GROUPAward for Creativity in Molecular Designand SynthesisDate: Thursday November 29, 2018(See flyer on page 7 for full deails.)



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New York Meetingswww.newyorkacs.orgACS, NEW YORK SECTIONBOARD OF DIRECTORSMEETING DATES FOR 2018The dates for the Board of DirectorsMeetings of the ACS New York Section for2018 have been selected and approved.The meetings are open to all – everybody iswelcome. All non-board members whowould like to attend any of the meetingsought to inform the New York Section officeby emailing Mrs. Marilyn Jespersen [email protected] or by calling theSection office at (516) 883-7510. The remaining board meeting will be held atSt. Johnʼs University, 8000 Utopia Parkway,Queens, NY. The meeting room will be post-ed on the New York Section website atwww.NewYorkACS.org. Dr. JosephSerafin will chair all meetings. Refresh mentswill be available starting at 6:00 PM and theboard meeting will start at exactly 6:30 PM. The final Board Meeting date for 2018 is: Friday, November 16, 2018More information will be posted in futuremonthly issues of The Indicator and on theNew York website at http://www.NewYorkACS.org

%WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETYSpecial Seminar – “Living in thePolymer World: Polymers andMacromolecules in Our Daily Lives”

Speaker:Joseph W.Krumpfer, PhDAssistantProfessor ofPolymer andInorganicChemistry,Department ofChemistry & Physical SciencesDyson College ofArts and SciencesPace University861 Bedford Rd.Pleasantville, NY

Abstract: Polymers are the single mostimportant material currently used by human-ity. They comprise everything from construc-tion materials to cosmetics and can be foundin nearly every aspect of daily life. This talkwill offer a brief introduction into what poly-mers are and how they are made, both syn-thetically and industrially. Applications ofthese polymers and their unique propertiesare also discussed. Furthermore, a historicaloverview on the increasing importance ofpolymers to human development is present-ed. Finally, the effect of the environmentalimpact of polymers, both positive and nega-tive, along with recent advances in mediat-ing polymer waste problems and renewableenergy devices, gives a brief outlook intohow these materials can solve many of themost pressing problems facing our society.Biography: Dr. Joseph W. Krumpferreceived his B.S. in Chemistry at Seton HallUniversity in South Orange, NJ and his M.S.and Ph.D. in Polymer Science andEngineering at the University ofMassachusetts - Amherst. His post-doctoralresearch in the field of carbon fiber precur-sor polymers was performed at the MaxPlanck Institute for Polymer Research inMainz, Germany where he was awarded anAlexander von Humboldt Post-DoctoralResearcher Fellowship. Currently, he is anassistant professor of Inorganic andPolymer Chemistry at Pace University inPleasantville, NY. His current research inter-ests include conductive and light-emittingpolyquinolines, silicone-inorganic oxideequilibration reactions, and pre-ceramicpolymers and materials for high temperatureapplications.Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2018Times: Refreshments - 5:30 PM Lecture - 6:00 PMPlace: Westchester Community College Gateway Building Room 110 75 Grasslands Road Valhalla, NY 10595Cost: Free and Opened to the PublicFor further information: contact Paul DillonE-Mail [email protected] 1-914-393-6940


CHEMICAL MARKETING & ECONOMICS GROUPChemical Industry Digitalization, Innovation and GrowthSpeaker: Duane Dickson Deloitte Consulting (see flyers for affiliations)Date: Thursday, October 4, 2018Times: Registration and Networking 11:15 AM - 12:00 Noon Luncheon 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM Talk - Webcast 1:00 - 2:00 PMCost: Luncheon $120 non-members $90 members Webcast $30. Free webcast recording for ACS members(See flyers on pages 10-11) for all details.

*LONG ISLAND SUBSECTIONRethinking Asymmetric Synthesis: TheDevelopment of General Metal-CatalyzedCross-Coupling Reactions That Enablethe Use of Optically Active Nucleophiles Speaker: Dr. Mark R Biscoe Chemistry & Biochemistry Department City College of the City University of New YorkAbstractThe development of transition metal-cat-alyzed cross-coupling reactions has greatlyinfluenced the manner in which the synthe-sis of complex organic molecules isapproached. A wide variety of methods arenow available for the formation of C(sp2)–C(sp2) bonds, and more recent work hasfocused on the use of C(sp3) electrophilesand nucleophiles. The use of secondaryalkyl nucleophiles in cross-coupling reac-tions remains an outstanding challengebecause of the propensity of these alkylgroups to isomerize under the reaction con-ditions. In principle, enantio enriched sec-ondary alkyl organometallic nucleophilescan undergo cross-coupling reactions withtransfer of the original stereochemistry, thusenabling a new approach to the preparationof enantioenriched molecules. In this semi-nar, we will describe new methods for theuse of configurationally stable, opticallyactive alkyltin and alkylboron nucleophiles instereospecific Pd-catalyzed cross-couplingreactions. Such processes enable the rapid

generation of libraries of non-racemic drugcandidates from a single optically active pre-cursor. Date: Thursday, October 4, 2018Times: Refreshments 5:00 PM Meeting 6:00 PM Place: S-112 Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue New York, NY 11364

!HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TOPICAL GROUPDemo Derby 1 — Attendees ProvideDemonstrations That Should be Brief(5 to 8 minutes maximum)Date: Friday, October 12, 2018 Time: Social Hour and Dinner — 6:00 PM (Dutch treat)Place: DoJo Restaurant 14 West 4th Street (at the corner of Mercer St.) New York, NY Time: Meeting — 7:15 PMPlace: New York University Silver Center, Room 207 32 Waverly Place (also 31 Washington Place) (near NE corner of Washington Square Park) New York, NYSecurity at NYU requires that you show apicture ID to enter the building. In case ofsevere weather, call John Roeder, (212)497-6500, between 9:00 AM and 2;00 PM toverify that the meeting is still on or (917)848-9397 (Bob Drake) for other info. Note:Street parking near the Silver Center is freeafter 6:00 PM, but construction continues tolimit availability.Claim your presentation order by writingyour name on the board when you enter. Wehave moved a Demo Derby to the beginningof the academic year by popular demandbecause some of these demos should beuseful immediately. (Demo Derby 2 willoccur at the April, 2019 meeting.) Pleaseprovide printed instructions for attendeeswith contact information to help your col-leagues replicate your procedures.Remember that our refurbished room 207no longer has gas, water, or hood. You areresponsible for safety, procedures, andcleanup. Please bring enough safety glass-es for front row observers.


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NY SECTION CELEBRATESNATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEKChemistry is Out of This World!Date; Sunday, October 21, 2018(See flyer on page 12 for full deails.)

*BIOCHEMICAL TOPICALGROUP – JOINT MEETING WITHTHE NYAS BIOCHEMICALPHARMACOLOGY DISCUSSIONGROUPNew Therapeutic Strategies to CombatAntibacterial ResistanceOrganizers: Eric Brown, PhD McMaster University Junjun Gao, PhD Boehringer Ingelheim John Hambor, PhD Boehringer Ingelheim Deborah Hung, MD, PhD Broad Institute of MIT Harvard Medical School Eric Pamer, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Sara Donnelly, PhD The New York Academy of Sciences Sonya Dougal, PhD The New York Academy of SciencesKeynote Speaker: Helen W. Boucher, MD Tufts University School of MedicineSpeakers: Sean Brady, PhD The Rockefeller University Eric Brown, PhD McMaster University Lynette Cegelski, PhD Stanford University Paul J. Hergenrother, PhD University of Illinois Deborah Hung, MD, PhD Broad Institute of MIT Harvard Medical School Victor Nizet, MD University of California San Diego

Richard P. Novick, MD NYU School of Medicine Eric Pamer, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Elizabeth Sockett, PhD University of Nottingham Helen I. Zgurskaya, PhD University of OklahomaThis symposium will focus on the currentchallenges that basic and translationalresearchers are facing to fight antimicrobialresistance, as well as offering perspectiveson emerging therapeutic strategies toaddress this global health threat.Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2018Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (reception to follow)Place: New York Academy of Sciences 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street – 40th Floor New York, NY 10007Cost: This event has reduced-rate registra-tion for ACS and NYAS members, at $60 or$25 (for students and post-docs). Pleaseselect the appropriate non-memberRegistration Category and use the PriorityCode ACS. Non-members may attend for afee of $160 (corporate), $105 (non-profit oracademic) or $70 (students and post-docs). This symposium will also be available via webinar for those who cannot attend thesymposium in person, and ACS and NYASmembers will receive discounted admissionrates. For more information and to register for theevent, go to www.nyas.org/antibacterial2018To become a Member of the Academy, visitwww.nyas.org/benefits


NEW YORK SECTION SOCIETYFOR APPLIED SPECTROSCOPYA Comparison of Structuraland Functional OpticalCoherence TomographySystems for Assessment of Hard Dental TssuesSpeaker: Christine Sahyoun Rutgers UniversityAbstract: In clinical dental practice, visualinspection is highly subjective and X-rayimaging exposes the patient to radiation.Therefore, there is a need for safe, non-invasive methods that can be used to betterdetect and quantify early dental lesions.Optical coherence tomography (OCT) pro-vides cross-sectional images of tissueextending up to 2 mm in depth, allowingvisualization of the enamel and dentin layersin teeth. Most previous investigations ofOCT in dentistry have used commercial sys-tems operating in the 1,325 nm wavelengthregion with low NA optics. However, thereare many modifications to this standard con-figuration that can potentially reveal addi-tional structural and / or functional informa-tion. In this study, we examined the effect oflight source center wavelength by acquiring3D volumetric data in vivo with OCT sys-tems operating at 1,325 nm and at 827 nm.We examined the effect of sample arm NAon transverse resolution in en face recon-structions by using objective lenses withvarying NA (0.04, 0.15). We also assessedthe additional information that can beobtained by polarization-sensitive OCT.These system configurations were used forimaging healthy dental tissue in vivo, as wellas ex vivo specimens with indicationsincluding demineralization, cracks, caries,and white spot lesions. Our results indicatethat different OCT configurations can beemployed to enhance sensitivity to dentalhard tissueBiography: Christine Sahyoun is currentlypursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineeringat Rutgers University under the guidance ofher advisor, Dr. Mark Pierce. Her workfocuses on developing and using opticalimaging methods such as OCT and short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging for theassessment and quantification of tissuehealth and disease, specifically focusing onoral health. Christine received her BS(2014) and MS (2016) in BiomedicalEngineering from Rutgers University.

Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Check with the NYSAS website (www.nysas.org) for possible changes to the date or other details.Time: 5:15-5:30: Arrive 5:30-6:30: Dinner, networking, and dessert 6:30-7:30: Welcome & presentation 7:30-8:00: Q&A and Wrap upPlace: Horiba Scientific* 20 Knightsbridge Road Piscataway, NJ 08854Cost: $15 (members), $5 (students)*Note that Horiba has moved their location

from their historical facility. Condenseddirections are: take Route 287 to Exit 8, ortake Route 18 North straight. It becomesHoes Lane, then go left onto Knightsbridge.Go around the circle to the Horiba buildingon the left or use your GPS or Mapquest orGoogle Maps to get directions from yourlocation. Our website is: www.nysas.org. Pleaseconsult the website regularly for updatesabout the meeting details, as well as possi-ble changes as well as information aboutfuture meetings. If you plan to attend ameeting, please notify the NYSAS [email protected] beforehand so wecan make arrangements for the expectednumber of people. Your name will then alsobe added to our e-mail list for future meetingannouncements unless you request not tobe added.

h HUDSON-BERGEN CHEMICALSOCIETY and THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITYIn celebration of NATIONAL CHEMISTRYWEEK Invite you to the lecturePhosphostasis and Cell Fate – Phosphorylation States of PEA-15 andRegulation of Cell Proliferation andApoptosisSpeaker: Dr. Yufeng Wei Department of Chemistry New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ


Abstract: Cell fate is determined by the rel-ative tendency of cell proliferation and celldeath. PEA-15 (phosphoprotein enriched inastrocytes, 15 kD) is a small, non-catalytic,death-effector domain (DED) containing pro-tein that regulates both proliferation andapoptosis through protein-protein interac-tions under specific phosphorylation states.PEA-15 is widely expressed in different tis-sues and highly conserved among mam-mals, and the overall expression level ofPEA-15 is almost constant in most tissues.PEA-15 contains two phosphorylation siteson the C-terminal tail, Ser104 and Ser116,and the phosphorylation states of these twoserine residues vary significantly dependingon cell and tissue types and/or cellular envi-ronment and conditions. UnphosphorylatedPEA-15 inhibits extracellular signal-regulat-ed kinase (ERK)-dependent cell prolifera-tion, while the doubly phosphorylated pro-tein binds to Fas-associated death domain(FADD) and blocks death receptor mediatedapoptosis. Using advanced nuclear magnet-ic resonance (NMR) techniques, werevealed a surprising conformationalchange of the PEA-15 DED upon interactionwith ERK2. In addition, DED conformation issignificantly modulated by the phosphoryla-tion of the C-terminal serine residues, whichswitches binding specificity from ERK1/2 toFADD. Based on our most recent results, wepropose a phosphorylation homeostasis (orphosphostasis) model, in which the balancebetween phosphorylated and unphosphory-lated PEA-15 is strictly regulated in differentcell types and tissues and controls the cellfate, any disruption of the delicate balancecould lead to various diseases, such as can-cers and neurodegenerative diseases. Weare trying to substantiate the phosphostasismodel using various techniques, includingNMR, quantitative Western blot, and cell cul-

ture functional assays, to study the confor-mational changes of PEA-15 upon phospho-rylation and the effects of phosphorylationon apoptosis and proliferation.Biography: Dr. Yufeng Wei graduated fromPeking University in Beijing with a B.S. inChemistry. He went to Columbia Universityin the City of New York for his graduatestudy, and received PhD in Biochemistryand Biophysics. Then he did a short post-doctoral training at the University ofMichigan before he moved back to New YorkCity as a Research Associate at theRockefeller University, where he started hisresearch on molecular biology and bio-physics of cancer-related projects. Later hebecame a faculty member of Seton HallUniversity, and moved to New Jersey CityUniversity, where he is now an AssistantProfessor of Biochemistry, and continuedwith cancer and drug abuse research at theinterface of biochemistry and molecular andcellular biology. He has published over 20peer-reviewed articles in top scientific jour-nals, including Nature Structural andMolecular Biology, Molecular Cell, and theJournal of American Chemical Society. He isa recipient of National Institutes of Healthgrants and presented his research at inter-national conferences and several universi-ties and institutes in the U.S., China, and thePhilippines.Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018Times: Refreshments 5:00 PM

Lecture 5:30 PM Place: Fairleigh Dickinson University Dickinson Hall Room 4468 Teaneck, NJ 07666Cost: FreeReservations required: Dr. Mihaela Leonida(201)692-2338, e-mail:[email protected], by October 18, 2018.


TEACHING STUDENTS WITHDISABILITIESA 2017 NSF report (Women, Minorities andPersons with Disabilities in Science andEngineering) reports that 6% of the US pop-ulation ages 18-34 is estimated to have adisability, and that in 2012 about 11% of theundergraduate population reported a dis-ability. Nearly 25% of these students enrollin a science or engineering field. Do youfeel knowledgeable about including studentswith physical disabilities requiring mobility,visual or hearing accommodations in thelaboratory setting?The New York Section has received anInnovative Projects Grant (IPG) to hold aday-long symposium on methods for adapt-ing laboratory experiences for students withdisabilities. Our target audience includeshigh school and college science faculty,graduate teaching assistants, and disabilityservice administrators. The program isbeing co-sponsored by the national ACSCommittee on Chemists with Disabilitiesand the CUNY Graduate Center, and will befree to attendees.The program will be held on Saturday, October 27 in Manhattan, at the CUNYGraduate Center, Fifth Avenue and 34thStreet, tentatively from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM.In addition to the live audience, we plan tovideotape the symposium and livestream iton Facebook Live.Potential topics will include, but not neces-sarily be limited to:

- safety considerations in the lab environment- adapted lab equipment and procedures- electronic data collection in the laboratory- adaptations for written handouts, computer resources, and evaluative materials- ACS materials and programs- service dogs in the laboratory environmentRegistration information will be available inSeptember, but if you have questions orwant to ensure you are on the mailing list,please contact the symposium organizer, Dr. Patricia Redden, at [email protected]. If you have expertise inany of the topics, please contact Dr. Reddento be included in the program. Date: Saturday, October 27, 2018Times: 9:30 AM - 3:00 PMPlace: CUNY Graduate Center Fifth Avenue and 34th Street New York, NYThe registration website for the TeachingStudents with Disabilities symposium ishttp://www.newyorkacs.org/meetings/Symposium/Symposium.php

h EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSCOMMITTEE OF THE NEWYORK SECTIONTo Human Resources Departments inIndustry and AcademiaThe Employment and Professional Rela tionsCommittee maintains a roster of candidateswho are ACS members seeking a position inthe New York metropolitan area. If you havejob openings and would like qualified candidates to contact you, please senda brief job description and educational/experience background required to [email protected] from our roster who meet therequirements you describe will be asked tocontact you.



ObituaryRichard D. Cassetta, Professor Emeritus of the College of NewRochelle, died peacefully at his home in Rye, New York on July 21,2018. Professor Cassetta was eighty-one years old.Professor Cassetta was born in Bronx, New York on May 1, 1937.He attended Manhattan College, where he graduated with a B.S.degree in Chemistry in 1959, earned a M. S. degree in Chemistryfrom St. John’s University in 1961 and did doctorate work at TuftsUniversity.Professor Cassetta taught physical and organic chemistry at theCollege of New Rochelle for 47 years until his retirement in 2009. Hetaught and mentored generations of future chemists, teachers, doc-tors, nurses, and business people during his time at the college. Hewas an active member of the American Chemical Society and

served as Chair of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society and as itsCouncilor for several years.He is survived by his wife Carole of 56 years, their six children Richard P. Cassetta, MoniqueClass, Paul R. Cassetta II, Dr. Michael Cassetta CDR, Stephen Cassetta (USNR, Ret.) andChristine Kenny; sons-in-law Eric Class and Mike Kenny; daughters-in-law Tonia JaneVeazey Cassetta, Maureen Cassetta, Ann Cassetta; and brothers Douglas Cassetta andJohn Casetta. He was a devoted grandfather to 14 grandchildren.Professor Cassetta lived in Rye, NY for forty-eight years. He was a member of ResurrectionParish and was an active member of the community. Professor Cassetta served for a num-ber of years as a little league baseball coach and was an avid boater, having kept a boat atRye Marina throughout the time he lived in RyeProfessor Cassetta, very much, enjoyed being a member of the ACS New York Section - forover 50 years. He served on numerous committees and attended an extraordinary amountof Section events. He was a highly respected and dedicated ACS volunteer. His kindness,his interest in others and his perseverance will always be remembered. Professor Cassettawas a true and loyal friend to many and is greatly missed.

PROFESSOR RICHARD D. CASSETTA:AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY SERVICE

NATIONAL ACS ACTIVITIES: Steering Committee for 202nd ACS National Meeting, NYC, 1990-91 Councilor 2011-2013, 1994-96, 1990-92, 1987-89, 1983-85 Alternate Councilor 1997, 1993,1996-2001, 2004-06, 2008-10, 2014-17NEW YORK SECTION ACTIVITIES: Chair 1984 Chair-elect and Program Chair 1983 Outstanding Service Award 1989 Outstanding Service Award Committee 1989-92, Chair 1992; Long Range Planning Committee Member since 1981, Chair 1986-2008 Councilor 1983-85, 1987-89, 1990-92, 1994-96, 2011-13 Alternate Councilor 1993,1997-2001, 2004-06, 2008-2010, 2014-17 Director-at-Large 1976-77 Nichols Medal Jury Member 1983-87, Chair 1987 Program Chair, Metrochem 1985 Educational Activities, Chair 1981-82 Membership Committee 1977-80 Student Affiliate Committee Member since 1976, Chair 1979-80 Chemical Education Committee 1975-88, Chair 1980-81 Salute to Excellence Award 2007WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES: Chair 1972, 1982MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING ACTIVITIES: MARM ’93 & MARM ’97 Planning Committees MARM Representative 1988-date MARM ’93 & MARM ’97 Planning Committees; MARM Representative since 1988

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NEW YORK SECTION — SOCIETY FOR APPLIED SPECTROSCOPYNew York SAS Section Announces theForthcoming MeetingsThe New York/New Jersey section of theSociety for Applied Spectroscopy is pleasedto announce the new meeting schedulecoinciding with the next academic year,which began in September 2018. The fol-lowing speakers will be presenting theirwork, as well as others for future meetings:November, 2018 – EAS Gold Medal AwardProgram honoring Professor Igor Lednev,University of Albany sponsored by NY/NJSAS and EAS. – held in conjunction with theEastern Analytical Symposium (EAS),November 11-14, 2018December 5, 2018 – Curtis Marcott, Ph.D -Special Tour Speaker Meeting. Title: “Per -spectives on the Future of IR Spectroscopy:IR beyond the diffraction limit at submicronand nanoscale spatial resolutions via photo -thermal techniques”Due to the required lead times for publica-tion, we have to make this announcementbefore we have all the details of the meet-ings arranged. Everyone interested inattending a meeting will find the meetingdetails posted on the NYSAS website:www.nysas.org as soon as they becomeavailable. Please consult the website regu-larly for updates about the meeting details,as well as possible changes and informationabout future meetings. If you plan to attenda meeting, please email the NY/NJ SASsecretary at [email protected] hand so we can make arrangementsfor the expected number of people. Yourname will also then be added to our e-maillist for future meeting announcementsunless you request to not be added.

^WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETY

FUTURE MEETINGS*****

Note that the meeting tentatively scheduledfor Tuesday, November 6, 2018 must bepostponed until a Winter/Spring 2019 timeframe.

Special Seminar – “Chemistry inCameroon: Quality Control of Drugs”

Speaker:Rolande Hodel, PhDAdjunct LecturerDepartment ofChemistryWestchesterCommunity CollegeValhalla, NYFounder andPresident of AIDSfreeAFRICAOssining, NY [email protected]

Abstract: AIDSfreeAFRICA’s mission is toimplement and advance pharmaceuticaldrug production in Sub-Saharan Africa.Although AIDSfreeAFRICA has been work-ing in Cameroon since 2005, the organiza-tion has only recently decided to tackle theproblems that arise because of the generallack of basic laboratory services in theAfrican nation.AIDSfreeAFRICA is often approached andasked to take samples of pharmaceuticaldrugs to the USA and test them for theircomposition and/or quality. The import ofpharmaceuticals in Cameroon is largelyunregulated. Much of the imported drugs arebrought into the country from Nigeria bysalespeople who buy and sell drugs with lit-tle regard for the origin of the drugs.Additionally, the salespeople are not educat-ed on how to transport or store drugs prop-erly. We suspect that the main problem withdrug quality in Cameroon is degradation dueto heat and humidity rather than the counter-feit drugs. However, without the ability toquality control drugs on a large scale, it ishard to say.In this talk Dr. Hodel will discuss the effortsunderway to bring quality control toCameroon.Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018Times, Place, Additional Information, seeunder October meeting, page 8.

***** Special Seminar – “MitochondrialReactive Oxygen Species (ROS) as aNon-Toxic Adjuvant IntegrativeAnticancer Therapy Option for AdultStage IV Solid Tumor Patients (Brain,Lung, Breast, and Prostate) When


Traditional Therapy Options Have BeenExhausted: Palladium/Lipoic AcidComplex and Coenzyme Q10 Impactingthe ROS Production and ApoptosisSpeaker: Edward J. Neren Biomedical/Pharmaceutical Consultant/Contractor Neren & Co. / NerenPossible Services 3 Belvedere Path Suffern, NY 10901Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018Times, Place, Additional Information, seeunder October meeting, page 8.

WESTCHESTER CHEMICALSOCIETYThe Treasurer and Education Secretary ofthe Westchester Chemical Society, Dr. PeterCorfield, of the Department of Chemistry atFordham University, gave a talk at theAnnual Meeting of the AmericanCrystallographic Association in Toronto,Ontario, July 20-24, which covered severalyears of research at Fordham University.The title of the talk was: Mixed-ValenceCopper Cyanide Polymers – Successes,Surprises and Disappointments.


Ellen Engelson, Rolande Hodel, Maryna Kyriak and Toby Rossmanl.(Photo courtesy of Rolande Hodel)

WESTCHESTER CHEMICAL SOCIETYOn Wednesday, August 22, 2018, the co-chair of the Westchester Chemical Society, Dr.Rolande Hodel, of the Department of Chemistry at Westchester Community College andPresident and Founder of the non-profit AIDSfreeAFRICA, had the honor of giving her thirdtalk (previously 2011 and 2015) to the Hudson Valley Science Café on her work withAIDSfreeAFRICA in Cameroon. She spoke on “Chemistry in Cameroon: Quality Control ofDrugs and Water Safety”. For those unfamiliar with them, a Science Café is a gathering ina Café, Pub or Restaurant, open to the public, with a short presentation of a topic followedby discussion. The essence of a Science Café is informality, with groups seated aroundtables with food and drink to encourage conversation. The café was held at The FlamingGrill & Buffet in the Newburgh Mall, Newburgh, NY. The photo is of Ellen Engelson, anAIDSfreeAFRICA volunteer and Donations Manager, Dr. Hodel, Maryna Kyriak, anAIDSfreeAFRICA volunteer, and Dr. Toby Rossman, chair of the Hudson Valley ScienceCafé.

LONG ISLAND SUBSECTIONFUTURE MEETINGS

***** Clean Direct Use of Biomass forThermal ApplicationsSpeaker: Dr. Rebecca Trojanowski Famingdale State University Brookhaven National LaboratoryDate: Thursday, November 1, 2018Time: (Refreshments start at 5:30 PM 6:00 PM to 8:00 PMPlace: Queensborough Community College, Room 112 222-05 56th Avenue Queens NY 11364

***** 2018 Holiday Seminar — "The Historyand Chemistry Associated with the Useof Lethal Gas Weapons During WorldWar I"Speaker: Professor Paris Svoronos Chemistry Department Queensborough Community College Queens, NYAbstract: The use of lethal gas duringWorld War I (1914-1918) was the first casein history where a massive scale of thisweapon was employed. The historicalsequence as well as the description of thebiological effect of the most commonly usedgases during this war will be described.Date: Thursday, December 6, 2018 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPlace: Nassau Community College CCB Room 251/252 Uniondale, NY



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OPPORTUNITY FOR ACS MEMBERS TO AID STUDENTS 2SCIENCE IN A HYBRID VIRTUALLAB PROGRAMCan you spare a few hours of your time? Doyou like working with students and wouldyou like the opportunity to share your sci-ence knowledge in a classroom? Students2Science (S2S) is seeking volunteers tosupport its V-Lab program. S2S has a seriesof elementary, middle, and high schoolexperiments that run in various schoolsacross New Jersey. Members are especiallyneeded to mentor students in participatingschools to help with experiments. It's greatfun, a wonderful way to give back, and onlyrequires 1-2 hours of your time. Experimentsinclude CO2 to the Rescue, CuriousCrystals, Mystery of M&Ms, Thermo -chemistry: Exothermic and EndothermicChemical Reactions, and Glow it Up: TheChemistry of Luminol. All are age-appropri-ate and volunteers are provided with instruc-tions on how to support in the classroomprior to your scheduled volunteer day.For more information, contact CyndiRoberson, Director of Corporate Relations,at (973) 947-4880 ext. 516 or visit the web-site to register for the upcoming school year:www.students2science.org.

qSEMINAR SPEAKERS WANTEDThe New York Section of the ACS is insearch of speakers that we can add to ourSpeakers Bureau database of interestedlocal area speakers who are available forSection-wide seminars and symposia. Ifyou have an area of research or interest thatwould provide an interesting talk appropriatefor our Section members, and would like tobe included in our Speakers Bureau, pleasecontact the New York Section Office at(516) 883-7510 or send an email to [email protected] with the followinginformation that will be posted on theSection's website: your name, affiliation, atitle, and 5-6 words briefly summarizing yourarea of specialty. We look forward to hearingfrom you about topics that you wish to sharewith our other members!

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FREDDIE AND ADA BROWN AWARDThis Award recognizes and encourages highachieving middle- and high-school students,of African American and Native Americanheritage, to further develop their academicskills, with views on careers in the chemicalsciences.Award AmountsMiddle School $100.00 Check and $50.00gift certificate : High School $200.00 Checkand $100.00 gift certificate.Who is EligibleMiddle School students enrolled in a scienceclass : High School students who have com-pleted a chemistry courseGradesMiddle School B Average or better inScience, B Average overall : High School BAverage in Chemistry, B Average overallLetter of RecommendationMath or Science/Chemistry Teachers orGuidance CounselorStatementMiddle School “Why I Like Science” : HighSchool “Why I Like Chemistry”Selection CriteriaApplicants must be African American (Black)or Native American (including PacificIslander) or of mixed race.TranscriptOfficial transcript required.Financial NeedNot Required.Applications available on the web:www.njacs.org/freddieadabrownor from your school guidance office.Return Application ToFreddie and Ada Brown Award, NJACSSection Office, 49 Pippens Way, Morristown,NJ 07960Due DateCompleted Applications must be post-marked no later than March 31 AnnuallyQuestions: Contact Jeannette [email protected] or (908) 239-1515


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COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORYOF THE NEW YORK SECTIONOver the past twenty-three years the NewYork Section has participated in the desig-nation of seven National Historic ChemicalLandmarks and four New York SectionHistoric Chemical Landmarks. A briefdescription of these National and local sec-tion landmarks may be found on the NYSection Home Page at newyorkacs.orgunder the Committee on the History of theNY Section. These landmark programsrecog nize achievements in the chemical sci-ences and related areas, in order to enhancepublic appreciation for the contributions ofthe chemical sciences to modern life.Please consider making a nomination for anhistoric chemical landmark. The Committeeon the History of the NY Section will consid-er all nominations. In addition to a particularachievement, an historic library, building orassociation may be worthy of this distinction.Please send your nomination, with sup -porting documentation, to the Chair of the Committee, Dr. Neil Jespersen, [email protected].

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUEUNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS Serendipitous Discovery by IUPUI Researchers May Lead to Environmentally Friendly LubricantINDIANAPOLIS -- Seed oil components ofan ornamental flower could provide a directpathway for designing a new class of envi-ronmentally friendly lubricants.Researchers at the School of Science atIUPUI identified the compound in the seedoil of the Orychophragmus violaceus, whichis produced in a manner unlike any otherfatty acid. The study was published onlinetoday in the journal Nature Plants.The Orychophragmus violaceus plant is apurple flower native to China; it's commonlyreferred to as the February orchid. Whilecollaborating on the O. violaceus plant'sbiology and genetic makeup, researchers atHuazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan,China, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln encountered a bit of a mystery: Allplant seeds contain oils as energy reservesfor later growth, but researchers noticed theFebruary orchid seed oils were unusual.They called upon IUPUI bioorganic chemistRobert Minto, who specializes in identifyingnatural products and unknown compounds."This was a serendipitous discoverybecause we didn't think there were anyunusual compounds in the plant," Mintosaid. "It turned out that almost half of theseed oil is these unusual fatty acid com-pounds that had never been identified."Minto and IUPUI researcher Alicen Teitgendetermined the major compound's structure,a process complicated by the plainness of aportion of the molecule. This result led theresearch team to the realization that the waythe O. violaceus plant's seed oil is made isextraordinary. The seed oil contains a fattyacid, which is a long linear molecule madewhen some two-carbon units are added tothe end of the molecule over and over again.Each of these elongation steps requires afour-reaction cycle to add the carbon units.During normal fatty acid production, no reac-tion in the set of four is left out. In O. vio-laceus, researchers discovered, one ofthose cycles is only partially completed,

leading to the unusual compounds."This the first time it's ever been observed inany fatty acid biosynthesis that a partialcycle happens and then more cycles occurafterward," Minto said. "There are many nat-ural products, such as certain commonantibiotics, that are made using a chemicallysimilar process that leaves out steps in near-ly every cycle. Alternately, there are fattyacid biosynthetic pathways where all thesteps are completed. But there has beennothing in between."The biosynthesis of this seed oil compoundis finally an example of the in-between."These discoveries could provide clues as towhat chemically makes the O. violaceusseed oil a superior lubricant. Compared tocastor oil, a common bio-based lubricantused in engine oils, researchers found thatFebruary orchid seed oil demonstrates bet-ter friction and wear reduction and with-stands higher temperature stability.Lubricant performance testing was conduct-ed on steel surfaces at the University ofNorth Texas.“Commercially, it may be prove to be a reallygood biorenewable component of lubri-cants,” Minto said."Discontinuous Fatty Acid Elongation YieldsHydroxylated Seed Oil with ImprovedFunction" is published in the Aug. 27 issueof Nature Plants. Co-corresponding authorsare Minto; Edgar Cahoon, University ofNebraska-Lincoln; and Chunyu Zhang,Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan,China. Additional authors are Xiangjun Li;Alicen M. Teitgen, IUPUI Ph.D. graduate;Asghar Shirani; Juan Ling; Lucas Busta;Rebecca E. Cahoon; Wei Zhang; Zaiyun Li;Kent D. Chapman; and Diana Berman,University of North Texas.About the School of Science at IUPUIThe School of Science at IUPUI is commit-ted to excellence in teaching, research andservice in the biological, physical, computa-tional, behavioral and mathematical sci-ences. The school is dedicated to being aleading resource for interdisciplinaryresearch and science education in supportof Indiana's effort to expand and diversify itseconomy.The seed oil components of the Februaryorchid, native to China, may lead to a newclass of environmentally friendly lubricants.

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