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http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 97, No. 2

HIGHLIGHTS

Chair's Col umn 26

Leap Day Net work ingEvent 30

Seek ing Sec tion AwardNominees 34

Book Re view 37

2012 MARM 39

2012 Cal en dar 42

MARCH MEETING

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Edgar Fahs Smith LectureWilliam H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley

at theUniversity of Pennsylvania

See the MARCH issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email PhilaACS@aol.com.

A D V A N C E N O T I C E

Feb ru ary Meet ing

Stu dent Poster Ses sion

Tem ple University

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Founded April 15, 1899

STAFF

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRobin S. Davis

EDITORSNews Atoms: Alan WarrenProof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil

Marge MatthewsAlan Warren

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Chair: Marge MatthewsAnthony W. AddisonGeorgia Arbuckle-KeilRobin S. DavisVince GaleRobert GatesJudy Summers-GatesKendra LutherVictor TortorelliAlan Warren

Pub lished monthly ex cept July, Au gust and De cem ber by the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i -can Chem i cal So ci ety. All views ex pressed are those of the ed i tors and con tri bu tors and do notnec es sar ily rep re sent the of fi cial po si tion of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i can Chem i calSo ci ety. Ed i to rial mat ters should be sent to the at ten tion of the Ed i tor-in-Chief c/o the Phil a del -phia Sec tion ACS, De part ment of Chem is try, Uni ver sity of Penn syl va nia, 231 South 34th Street,Phil a del phia, PA 19104-6323 or philcatalyst@aol.com.

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CON TENTSMarch Ad vance No tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Chair's Col umn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Call for Judges

Twelfth An nual Stu dent Poster Ses sions . . . . . 26Feb ru ary Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27News At oms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Ad di tional Al ter nate Coun cil ors for 2012 . . . . . . . . 30Leap Day Net work ing Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Seek ing Pre-Col lege Teach ing Award Nom i nees . 31Seek ing Un der grad u ate Teach ing Award Nom i nees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Seek ing Phil a del phia Sec tion Award Nom i nees . . 34De cem ber 2011 Board Meet ing Min utes. . . . . . . . 35Book Re view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Lo cal ACS on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37His tor i cal Events in Chem is try . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382012 Mid dle At lan tic Re gional Meet ing. . . . . . . . . 39Di rec tory of Ser vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Ad vanced Ma te ri als Sym po sium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412012 Cal en dar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Rick Ewing

It has been a mild win ter in -deed. My pur chase of newwin ter boots, rated for con di -tions as cold as -40°C and the new snow-blower prettymuch guar an teed no snow inJan u ary. We usu ally have aless elab o rate Jan u ary meet -ing be cause of the un pre dict -

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able weather. At our Jan u aryboard meet ing we ini ti atedplan ning for the up-com ingfall Na tional meet ing, ini ti -ated the Sec tion’s Awardcom mit tee for 2012 and sup -ported mov ing a re quest from YCC for a Na tional ACS in -no va tion grant. The lo calsec tion will par tic i pate in the2012 Sci ence Car ni val on the Park way, Sat ur day, April 21st, dur ing the April 20th throughApril 29th Phil a del phia Sci -ence Fes ti val. Our LinkedInmem ber ship con tin ues togrow, with over 200 lo calsec tion mem bers reg is tered.

If in ter ested, please joinLinkedIn ACS – Phil a del phia Sec tion Group at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3366988.

Feb ru ary brings one of ourpre mier events to the Section, the An nual Poster Session atTem ple Uni ver sity on Feb ru -ary 23rd. This is a well at -tended event with stu dentsfrom high school, col lege and grad u ate school pre sent ingtheir re search, net-work ingand en joy ing the com pany ofcol leagues. I’m gen u inelylook ing for ward to the event!

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FEBRUARY MEETING

THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

presents

Thursday, February 23, 2012

THE ANNUAL STUDENT POSTER SESSION

5:00 - 8:00 PM

Great Court, Mitten Hall Temple University

1913 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122

Refreshments will be served

Reservations Required; cost: $15.00

RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Libby Harper at the Section Office, (215) 382-1589 or emailing PhilaACS@aol.com, by 5:00 PM on Thursday, February 16th. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after NOON on Tuesday, February 21st. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED. FREE PARKING is available in lot #1 between 15th and Broad Streets, south of Norris Street after 3:00 PM. For map and directions, see http://www.temple.edu/maps/ The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM in room 108A in Barton Hall.

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NEWS AT OMSJo seph Subotnik, as sis tantpro fes sor of chem is try at theUni ver sity of Penn syl va nia,was named as a HewlettPackard out stand ing ju niorfac ulty mem ber by the Com -put ers in Chem is try di vi sionof ACS.

DEATHSLewis J. Brown, re tiredchem ist for merly with Penn-walt, May 21, 2010 at 99. Hejoined Pennwalt in 1950 as are search chem ist and re tiredaf ter 26 years in 1976. He was a 50+ year mem ber of ACS.

Jo seph Marton, re tired pa per in dus try chem ist, June 1,2010 at 91. Born in Hun garyhe spent sev eral years fol low -ing WWII in re con struc tionac tiv i ties in the chem i calin dus try.

Af ter the 1956 rev o lu tion hewas a re search fel low in Swe -den where he be came in -volved in lignin chem is try. In1960 he im mi grated to theUnited States to join WestVir ginia Pulp and Pa per as are search chem ist. He was a1978 fel low of the Tech ni calAs so ci a tion of the Pulp andPa per In dus try (TAPPI) andpub lished sev eral pa pers intheir jour nal. In 1986 he re -ceived TAPPI’s Har ris O.Ware prize. He re tired as se -nior re search as so ci ate in

1987 and then worked as acon sul tant for 20 years. Hewas a 50+ year mem ber ofACS.

George E. Raynor, Jr., re -tired re search chem ist for -merly with FMC, No vem ber25, 2010 at 73. Fol low ingser vice in the US ArmyChem i cal Corps he joinedAmer i can Viscose in 1962and later be came di rec tor ofR&D of the Avicel Di vi sionin Prince ton. He then workedfor FMC in new busi ness de -vel op ment, re tir ing af ter 45years.

Ches ter A. Bishof, re tiredchem ist, April 6, 2011 at 82.He worked for Betz Lab o ra -to ries in the field of cor ro sion in hi bi tion. He was a 50+ year mem ber of ACS.

Irving Kassman, April 92011 at 92. He was a 64-yearmem ber of ACS. No fur therde tails are avail able.

Jul ius E. Dohany, chem ist,May 17, 2011 at 84. Born inYu go sla via, he stud ied in Bu -da pest but fled af ter the Hun -gar ian rev o lu tion to Switzer-land where he earned his doc -tor ate. In 1963 he im mi grated to the US and joined Penn-walt working on poly vi -nylidene flu o ride. He au thor-ed a chap ter on flu o rine-con -tain ing poly mers in theKirk-Othmer En cy clo pe dia of Chem i cal Tech nol ogy. Do-hany re tired af ter 25 yearswith Pennwalt as di rec tor offluorochemicals R&D.

Henry F. Camp bell, June 19, 2011 at 67. He was a phar ma -ceu ti cal re search chemist andthen had a sec ond ca reer inthe hos pi tal ity in dus try af terearn ing a de gree in res tau rant management.

Maryanne R. An drews, June 26, 2011 at 67. She held de -grees in chem is try and foodsci ence.

John P. Barker, re tiredchem ist, No vem ber 1, 2011 at 89. He was em ployed byGen eral An i line and Film,Nopco Chem i cal, and thenCe lan ese Poly mer Co. wherehe was sec tion head of poly -vi nyl ac e tate emul sion ap pli -ca tions. He then moved toM&T chem i cals to work onresin ap pli ca tions with vi nylplastisols. In 1964 he joinedAmer i can Olean Tile Co. as ade vel op ment en gi neer, re tir -ing in 1990. For 10 years heserved as chair man of theNorth Penn Water AuthorityBoard.

He was a 60-year mem ber ofACS.

Don ald L. Felley, re tiredRohm and Haas ex ec u tive,De cem ber 4, 2011 at 90. Af -ter serv ing in the US ArmyField Ar til lery with ac tions in New Guinea and the Phil ip -pines in WWII, he joinedRohm and Haas in 1949. In1957 he moved to Paris toover see the com pany’s op er a -tions in Eu rope. He re turnedto the US in 1964 and wasnamed vice pres i dent of pro -duc tion. He be came pres i dent

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the Cat a lyst and CEO in 1978 and heldthose po si tions until heretired in 1986.

Felley was ac tive in com mu -nity af fairs as di rec tor of theGreater Phil a del phia Cham -ber of Com merce, chair manof the Greater Phil a del phiaFirst Cor po ra tion, and chair -man of the Phil a del phia Hor -ti cul tural Society.

Alan R. Bandy, R. S. Han-son pro fes sor of chem is try atDrexel Uni ver sity, De cem ber24, 2011 at 71. He was au thor or co-au thor of nu mer oustech ni cal ar ti cles. His re -search in ter ests in cluded an a -lyt i cal chem is try of in dus trial gases, im pu ri ties in re agentgases, and more re cently, at -mo spheric pro cesses that cool the earth. In the 1980s he de -vel oped an ex per i men tal de -sign to better un der stand thechem i cal and me te o ro log i caldy nam ics of the ef fects ofchem i cal com pounds in theat mo sphere. For over 30years he was leader or prin ci -pal in ves ti ga tor in many pro -grams, spon sored by NSF,NASA, ONR and NOAA,that used aircraft and groundsites to study the marineatmosphere.

Jo seph S. Schmuckler, pro -fes sor of chem is try and sci -ence ed u ca tion in thegrad u ate school at Tem pleUni ver sity, De cem ber 26,2011. He taught high schoolchem is try at Haverford High

School for 15years. He alsoworked part time for Sun Oil,Sadtler Re search Lab o ra tory,and taught part time at theUni ver sity of Penn syl va nia.Schmuckler joined the Tem -ple Uni ver sity fac ulty in 1968 where he be gan teach ingphys i cal sci ences and ped a -gog i cal courses of sci ence ed -u ca tion K-12. In the 1980s he ed ited a col umn in the ACSJour nal of Chem i cal Edu-cat ion.

Joe Schmuckler authored andco-authored a num ber ofbooks and ar ti cles, di rectedpri mar ily to chem i cal ed u ca -tion and the teach ing of thesci ences, and lec tured widelyin Eu rope, Ko rea and China.In 1980 he be gan di rect ing afac ulty-grad u ate stu dent ex -change pro gram be tweenTem ple and ac a demic in sti tu -tions in the Peo ple’s Re pub lic of China. In 1988 he wasawarded hon or ary pro fes sor -ship in chem i cal ed u ca tion atthe Tianjin Nor mal Uni ver sity and the Shang hai Teach ersUni ver sity. In the 1980s and90s he was a writ ing teamleader for the ACS-NSFchem is try pro gram “Chem is -try in the Com mu nity”(CHEM COM). With his col -league Da vid Majerich he de -vel oped a com pen dium oflec ture-dem on stra tions fromthe late 1800s to 2003, for use in teach ing sci ence teach ersK-12. He served as a sci enceex hibit con sul tant to theFrank lin In sti tute, the Acad -

emy of Nat u ral Sci ences, theWagner Free Institute, thePhiladelphia Zoo and thePlease Touch Museum.

Joe was ac tive for many years in the Phil a del phia Sec tionACS serv ing on the ed u ca tion com mit tee and the ed u ca -tional top i cal group, as a di -rec tor, and as an al ter natecoun cilor. He re ceived ser vice awards from the Sec tion in1967 and 1993. He wasnamed out stand ing chem is tryteacher by the Phil a del phiaCham ber of Com merce in1963 and re ceived the out -stand ing sci ence teacher inthe state of Penn syl va niaaward in 1963 and 1967. In1968 he was rec og nized withawards in chem i cal ed u ca tionby the Man u fac tur ing Chem -ists As so ci a tion and theChem i cal In dus try Coun cil.In 1969 he re ceived the ACSJames Bryant Conant awardin high school chem is tryteach ing. At Tem ple he re -ceived the Chris tian Lindback award for dis tin guishedteach ing in 1976, and in 1986 was rec og nized for his workwith mi nor i ties in sci ence ed -u ca tion by re ceiv ing theGeorge Wash ing ton Carveraward. In 1988 he was givena dis tin guished alum nusaward from the Uni ver sity ofPenn syl va nia, and in 1989earned the Great Teacheraward of Tem ple Uni ver sity.Dr. Schmuckler do nated hislet ters and working papers tothe Chemical Heritage

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Foundation. He was a 57-year member of ACS.

Note: News At oms seeks tore port on peo ple in the fieldof chem is try in the greaterPhil a del phia area. If you have news about new hires, sig nif i -cant pro mo tions, hon ors andawards, and those who havere cently passed away, send itby email to philcatalyst@aol.com or by mail to the Phil a -del phia Sec tion ACS.

THE ACS PHIL A DEL PHIA SEC TION

LEAP DAY NET WORK ING EVENT

Wednes day, Feb ru ary 29, 2012

6:00-8:00 PM

Iron Hill Brew ery

1460 Beth le hem Pike (PA Route 309)

North Wales, PA 19454

Come and net work with your fel low ACS mem bers as we con tinue to en cour age our mem bers tocon nect with one an other in an in for mal and easy-go ing set ting. You may be sur prised at whatyou’ll dis cover and how you can help oth ers, too. Please join us!

Free to all ACS mem bers from all re gions

To reg is ter for this event, please visit http://acsphillycareerservices.eventbrite.com

Fur ther in for ma tion about the event can be ob tained by call ing Mrs. Libby Harper at the Sec tionOf fice, (215) 382-1589, or by e-mail at PhilaACS@aol.com.

Iron Hill Brew ery is lo cated at The Shoppes at Eng lish Vil lage on Beth le hem Pike (PA Route309) and is readily ac ces si ble from the PA 309/FortWashington Ex press way, the Penn syl va niaTurn pike and US 202. Plenty of free park ing is avail able in the shop ping cen ter park ing lot.

Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs

Judg ing for the Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs will be start ingin early March. Judges and men tors are al ways needed. Checkthe website www.dvsf.org for more in for ma tion and to vol un -teer.

Ad di tional Al ter nateCoun cil ors for 2012

Rob ert J. Le vis

Rus sell Phifer

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The 21st Annual Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRE-COLLEGE TEACHING

The Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society will honor two outstanding science teachers from the Delaware Valley with its Awards for Excellence in Pre-College Science Teaching. One award will be given to a full-time educator involved in teaching science in grades K-8. The second award will be given to a full-time educator at the secondary level (grades 9-12) who teaches chemistry. Nominees must teach in the Philadelphia Section's geographic area (Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, Burlington and Camden counties). Nominations for 2012 will be accepted until Thursday, March 1, 2012. The nomination package should consist of a letter of nomination, the nominee's resume and at least two letters of recommendation. Other supporting information, such as students' comments, is welcome. However, the total nomination package should not exceed 30 pages. The nomination package may be emailed to PhilaACS@aol.com or a copy of the nomination materials may be mailed to:

Mr. John P. Northrop Chair, Awards Committee

Philadelphia Section, ACS Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323

For more information, please contact the Philadelphia Section, ACS office: phone (215) 382-1589 or email: PhilaACS@aol.com

Award recipients will be honored at our May 2012 Section meeting with a

plaque and an honorarium.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The 10th Annual

Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES

The Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society will honor an outstanding undergraduate teacher from the Delaware Valley with its Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Chemical Sciences. The award will be given to a full-time educator involved in teaching an undergraduate course in the chemical sciences (chemistry, biochemistry). Nominees must teach in an institution that is within the Philadelphia Section's geographic area (Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, Burlington and Camden counties). Nominations for 2012 will be accepted until Thursday, March 1, 2012. The nomination should consist of a letter of nomination, the nominee's resume and at least two letters of recommendation. Other supporting information, such as students' comments, is welcome. However, the total nomination package should not exceed 30 pages. The nomination package may be emailed to PhilaACS@aol.com or the nomination package may be mailed to:

Mr. John P. Northrop Chair, Awards Committee

Philadelphia Section, ACS Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323

For more information, please contact the Philadelphia Section, ACS office:

phone (215) 382-1589 or email: philaACS@aol.com The award recipient will be honored at our May 2012 Section meeting with an honorarium and a plaque.

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CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK

FEBRUARY 8, 2012 MEETING

Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org Date and Time: Wednesday, February 8th, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Networking, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Talk and Business Session, 7:30 PM.

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NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR THE

2012 PHILADELPHIA SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARD

The Philadelphia Section invites its members and regional and topical groups to consider recommending candidate(s) for the Philadelphia Section Award. This Award recognizes an individual, “who, by conspicuous scientific achievement through research, has made important contributions to man's knowledge and thereby aided the public appreciation of the profession.” Any member of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia Section, may be nominated for this award. Recent awardees include: Larry Sneddon (University of Pennsylvania), Eric Borguet (Temple University) and John J. Baldwin (Vitae Pharmaceuticals).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING NOMINATION

(1) The nominator should provide detailed biographical data of the nominee, showing educational and employment data, a list of publications and a record of other accomplishments pertinent to consideration for this award.

(2) One or two seconding letters (at least one of which should be from a person in an organization other than

that of the nominee) should be requested in support of the nomination. (3) Nominators and seconders should be identified with addresses and telephone numbers so that they can be

contacted, if necessary, for additional information. (4) Unsuccessful nominees from previous years may be renominated. In fairness to the nominee, however,

renominations must be accompanied by an updating of the nominee's biographical data and list of accomplishments in order to make the nomination competitive. Unsuccessful nominees who have been considered three years in a row should not be renominated for the fourth year in succession without prior consultation by the nominator with the chair of the Awards Committee.

Nomination forms are available from the Section Office. Contact the Administrative Secretary, Mrs. Libby Harper at: Philadelphia Section, ACS Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 (215) 382-1589; email PhilaACS@aol.com The completed packet of nomination materials may be emailed to PhilaACS@aol.com or mailed by March 29, 2012 to Mr. John P. Northrop, Chair, Awards Committee, at the Section Office address above.

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635th BOARD OF DI REC TORS’MEET ING

Thurs day, De cem ber 8, 2011

The Hunt Room, Wil liam PennInn

Am bler, PA 19002

Pres ent: J. Tierney, R. Ew ing,K. Lysko, D. Cichowicz, M.Cichowicz, E. Da vis, J.P.Northrop, C. Palmer, K. Thrush Shaginaw, J. Sum mers-Gates,W. Smith and T. Straub.

Also: L. Harper, C.J. Bruner, D. J. Wolf, A. Heldon, M. Tunick,S. Flem ing and J. Falcone.

Ex cused: D. Cook, A. DeMasi,D. Hausner, K. Lu ther, M.Matthews, S. Miller, D. Thomas and V. Tortorelli

Meet ing was called to or der byChair man J. Tierney at 5:35PM.

Min utes for the Oc to ber 2011meet ing were ap proved withamend ments.

As L. Harper was not pres entwhen the meet ing was called toor der, the Chair moved tochange the or der of busi nessand went straight to “Sal ary” on the Agenda.

COM MIT TEE RE PORTS:

Sal ary: The Sal ary Com mit teemet and dis cussed, fol low ingthe pre vi ously set pre ce dent,and ap proved a bo nus for L.Harper plus a raise in ac cor -dance with the Phil a del phiaArea Cost of Liv ing In dex (Oc -to ber 2011 – lat est num bers).

Gov ern ment Af fairs: A.Heldon re ported that the stategov ern ment of fi cially rec og -

nized 2011 as the In ter na tionalYear of Chem is try. His dis cus -sion in cluded the need for sci -en tists to ed u cate pol i ti ciansabout sci en tific facts and thatsci en tists need to be in volved in this arena. He sug gested thatwe con tact the Com mit tee ofEco nomic and Pro fes sional Af -fairs to give them our views. This of fice has been changed tothe Of fice of Pub lic Af fairs. E.Da vis com mended A. Heldonfor his ac tive par tic i pa tion inthe gov ern ment af fairs on be -half of the Section.

Tell ers: T. Straub re ported thatthe elec tion re sults were ap -proved by the board. How everthere are three 1-year al ter natecoun cilor po si tions to be filled. He rec om mended J. Nikelly, R.Gates and M. Forman be ap -proved. A mo tion to ap provethe above al ter nate coun cil orswas unan i mously ap proved.

Women Chem ists: KathyShaginaw re ported from the na -tional con fer ence she at tended.The next PAGES™ event isSat ur day, April 21, 2012.

OF FI CER’S RE PORTS:

Chair: J. Tierney brought to the ta ble the re vised 2011 By lawsfor con sid er ation. He met withD. Cichowicz, R. Ew ing, and S. Flem ing to re view the changesfrom the 1996 ver sion. J.Tierney went over nu mer ouschanges that he in cluded af terhe sent the re vised By laws tothe board ear lier to re view andcom ment. He re ceived com -ments from board mem bers and com mit tee mem bers and in cor -po rated the sug ges tions re sult -ing in clar i fied com mit tee de-scriptions and des ig na tions. He

re aligned the by laws to re flectthe op er a tion of the board andSec tion at this time, and thecur rent Na tional ACS re quire -ments. He will send the newlyre vised By laws again to theBoard for ap proval of the pro -posed changes. J.P. Northropsug gested hav ing eight meet -ings of the Board per year andelim i nat ing the spec i fied datesfor pur poses of flex i bil ity. Cat -a lyst pub li ca tion dates arechanged be cause of its on linefor mat. A De cem ber is sue maybe in cluded. A num ber ofchanges in volved elim i nat ingthe spe cific com mu ni ca tionmethod “by post” due to the ad -vent of on line tech nol ogy andever-chang ing me dia op tions.

Chair Elect: R. Ew ing re ported that the Na tional ACS hasasked us to par tic i pate in a pi lot pro gram for wel com ing newmem bers into our Section. Thepro ce dures have not been de -cided upon. A pos si ble sce nario would be to call each one andper haps in vite them to a boardmeet ing din ner. He men tionedit would de pend on the num berof peo ple join ing in a year. L.Harper pointed out that theACS Na tional pro vided con tactin for ma tion but that it was of ten out dated.

J. P. Northrop will be at tend ingthe ACS Na tional Lead er shipTrain ing Con fer ence as the2012 chair-elect. J. Sum -mers-Gates men tioned that theAwards Com mit tee needs an in -crease in mem ber ship but she is wait ing for peo ple to re ply tofill the list; J.P. Northrop will be chair. The MARM will be heldat Uni ver sity of Mary land, Bal -ti more and she pro posed as al -

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the Cat a lyst ter nate rep re sen ta tive Eric Wil-liamsen from Ursinus Col lege. K. Lysko made the mo tion toap prove him, R. Ew ing sec -onded and the board approvedhim unanimously.

T. Straub re ported that the sec -tion re ceived a 25-year par tic i -pa tion award for the Chem is tryOlym piad. He asked if wewanted to con tinue par tic i pa -tion. R. Ew ing said that wouldbe fine and men tioned it was inWash ing ton, DC this year.

Sec re tary: K. Lysko gave J.Tierney an award let ter and pinfrom the Na tional ACS rec og -niz ing his val ued ser vice for2011 as Chair of the Phil a del -phia Sec tion of the Amer i canChem i cal So ci ety and theBoard ech oed its thanks as well.

Trea surer: D. Cichowicz pre -sented the Oc to ber Trea surer’sre port. He in formed the boardthat the Section re ceived a$5000 grant from Merck Co.for the pro mo tion of chem is try. It must be spent by November1, 2012. D. Cichowicz has senta let ter of thanks to Merck forthe award. He men tioned thatwe have been re im bursed byNa tional ACS for the coun cil -ors’ ex penses. $39,000 is left in the bud get at this point, mostlydue to the Com mu ni ca tionsCom mit tee. A mo tion to ap -prove the Trea surer’s re portwas made by R. Ew ing and sec -onded by J.P. Northrop. It wasap proved unan i mously.

D. Cichowicz also pre sented the 2011 bud get. He added the$5000 from Merck Co. in line

4140. He in cluded a $1000Speaker’s Bu reau re quest. TheSci ence Café item still has $300 for it. We will let the stu dentsat the U. of the Sci ences knowthis as they were plan ning to do an other Sci ence Café. In ad di -tion, J. Falcone men tioned thatour in vest ment plan had gained6% and that he would be rec -om mend ing move ment ofmoney into var i ous cat e go ries.He also men tioned ware hous ing items listed in red in the bud getex cept line item 2090 which we will re tain. D. Hausner wouldlike the Poster ses sion to becon sid ered as a sep a rate cat e -gory in the bud get in stead of inthe Pro grams cat e gory, and tomake sure it has money al lo -cated to it. The budget will beapproved in January.

A dis cus sion fol lowed about in -creas ing the bud get for the up -com ing Na tional meet ing inPhil a del phia in Au gust 2012. W. Smith asked what money are we re spon si ble to pay. L.Harper will check what we ac -tu ally paid for the pre vi ousmeet ing in Phil a del phia. L.Harper men tioned we paid forCat a lyst an nounce ments of themeet ing and bob ble-head pins.R. Ew ing will do some call ingto get an idea of the money thatwill need to be spent. R. Ew ing asked that $5000 be put in 2012 bud get for the meet ing ex -penses. J. Falcone said thiswould be fine and they willchange the 2012 bud get whichwill be ap proved in Jan u ary.

OTHER BUSI NESS:

1. J.P. Northrop re ported thatAmericorps has re quested ACShelp for the Penrose El e men tary

School on Mar tin Lu ther KingDay, Jan u ary 16, 2012 to pres -ent sci ence dem on stra tions. Itwill take about 35-45 min utesfor 30-40 stu dents and their par -ents. He is plan ning to do itand J. Tierney said he wouldhelp. J. Sum mers-Gates men -tioned that a sci ence kit has ex -per i ments that would beap pro pri ate. J. Tierney will also ask for stu dent vol un teers fromthe lo cal uni ver si ties. J.P.Northrop asked for an in creasein the Speaker’s Bu reau bud getfor next year. He also ap pliedfor a $1000 grant to the Ca reerSer vices Committee and hereceived it.

2. L. Harper asked for ap proval to give the Penn build ing staffend of year gra tu ities in clud inga slight raise for one long termper son tak ing over a higher po -si tion. D. Cichowicz moved toap prove $210 for this; E. Da vissec onded and the board ap -proved the motion.

3. The Board ex pressed itsthanks and grat i tude to J.Tierney for do ing a great job asChair this year es pe cially withhis in cred i ble re vi sions of theBy laws. The By law doc u mentwill be cir cu lated and ap provedby the Board and sent to Na -tional ACS for re view at a laterdate.

4. J.P. Northrop moved to endthe meet ing and K. Lysko sec -onded the mo tion. Meet ing was ad journed at 6:30 PM by Chair -man, J. Tierney.

Re spect fully sub mit ted,Kathie Lysko, Sec re tary

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Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS Group on LinkedIn

As many mem bers of ACS are al ready aware, the website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com)is an ex cel lent net work ing site ded i cated to keep ing work ing pro fes sion als in touch with one an -other. As a re sult, and in an ef fort to as sist in any way that we can, the Phil a del phia Sec tion ofthe ACS has es tab lished a group open for all to join. Within this group, dis cus sions can be fa -cil i tated as well as the op por tu nity for new jobs and in tern ships to be posted. If you al ready have a pro file in LinkedIn, feel free to go to the Groups Sec tion and search for“Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety - Phil a del phia Sec tion.” Send a mes sage to the group ad min is tra -tor to be come a mem ber. If you are not al ready on LinkedIn, we highly rec om mend that youjoin. Es tab lish ing an ac count is free and easy to set up. For ad di tional in for ma tion or as sis -tance, please feel free to con tact J.P. Northrop, Li ai son Com mit tee, atjohn.northrop@anton-paar.com

To join, please click on the fol low ing link:

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BOOK RE VIEW—Alan War renPrac ti cal Mi cro wave Syn the sis for Or ganic Chem ists by C. Ol i verKappe, Do ris Dallinger, and S. Shaun Murphree. 310 pages, 6 ¾ by 9 ½ inches, hard bound, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Ger many,2009. ISBN 978-3-527-32097-4, $80 from John Wiley, 111 RiverStreet, Hoboken, NJ 07030.

This book is in tended as a “how to” for be gin ners and more ex pe ri -enced mi cro wave us ers. Fol low ing in the leg acy of the Bun sen burner, oil bath, heat ing man tleand hot plate, mi cro wave ir ra di a tion is the heat ing method of the 21st cen tury. Mi cro wave the oryis re viewed. Equip ment has evolved from the mi cro wave oven to a se ries of in stru ments ded i -cated to chem i cal syn the sis. De vices by Biotage, CEM, the Lib erty Pep tide Syn the sizer and var i -ous multimode in stru ments are ex am ined.

Mi cro wave pro cess ing tech niques are pre sented with the tran si tion from sol vent-free open-ves selre ac tions to the use of or ganic sol vents with sealed ves sels, scale-up, con ven tional vs mi cro waveheat ing, and batch vs con tin u ous flow syn the sis. One chap ter re views prac ti cal is sues in clud ingchoice of sol vent, time and tem per a ture, mi cro wave in stru ment soft ware, re ac tion mon i tor ing,and safety is sues among oth ers.

The fi nal chap ter pres ents 27 ex per i men tal pro to cols. Half of them use sin gle-mode sealed ves sels on a small re ac tion scale. Each pro to col lists re agents, equip ment and con di tions. A few ex am ples are Grig nard re ac tion, Diels-Al der re ac tion, imine syn the sis, as pi rin syn the sis, Fischer indole syn -the sis, and solid-phase pep tide syn the sis among many oth ers.

Lit er a ture ref er ences are given at the end of each chap ter. An in dex con cludes the book. The au -thors pres ent a good over view of the tools and meth ods for mi cro wave-as sisted or ganic syn the sis(MOAS).

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Feb ru ary His tor i cal Events In Chem is tryby Leopold May

Feb ru ary 1, 1905 Sev enty-five years ago, Emilio Segré with C. Perrier disovered tech ne -tium (Tc, 43). With D.R. Corson and K.R. Mac Ken zie he codiscovered as ta -tine in 1940 and dem on strated the antiproton with oth ers in 1955. He shared the No bel Prize in Phys ics (1959) with Owen Cham ber lain for their dis cov -ery of the antiproton.

Feb ru ary 7, 1905 Ulf von Eu ler, who was born on this date, shared the No bel Prize in Med i cine or Phys i ol ogy in 1970 with J. Axelrod and B. Katz for dis cov er ies con cern inghumoral trans mit ters in nerve ter mi nals and the mech a nism for their stor age, re -lease and in ac ti va tion.

Feb ru ary 9, 1871 Ed ward C. C. Baly, who showed that sugar and other or ganic com pounds are formed from wa ter, car bon di ox ide, and am mo nia un der the in flu ence oflight, was born on this date.

Feb ru ary 9, 1950 Cal i for nium was dis cov ered by ion ex change chro ma tog ra phy on this date at the Uni ver sity of Cal i for nia, Berke ley.

Feb ru ary 11, 1914 Alwin Mittasch and Chris tian Schnei der filed an ap pli ca tion re sult ing in USpat ent 1,201,850, de scrib ing cat a lytic pro duc tion of meth a nol from car bonmon ox ide and hy dro gen.

Feb ru ary 14, 1878 Fa ther Jul ius Nieuland, who was known as the “Fa ther of Acet y lene Chem -is try,” was born on this date. He is a dis cov erer of neo prene and was the first PhD in Chem is try from Cath o lic Uni ver sity in 1905.

Feb ru ary 19, 1955 One atom of men de le vium (Md, 101) was pro duced by the bom bard ment ofone bil lion at oms of 253Es on this date.

Feb ru ary 20, 1937 Sev enty-five years ago, Rob ert Huber, re searcher on the three-di men sionalstruc ture of pro teins in volved in pho to syn the sis, was born on this date. In1988, he shared the No bel Prize in Chem is try with Johann Deisenhofer and Hartmut Michel for the de ter mi na tion of the three-di men sional struc ture of a photosynthetic re ac tion cen tre.

Feb ru ary 25.1898 Sev enty-five years ago, Wil liam Thomas Astbury used x-ray dif frac tion pat -terns to study the struc tures of nu cleic ac ids and wool in both the stretchedand unstretched forms. He was born on this date.

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Feb ru ary 27, 1901 Fifty years ago, Linus C. Pauling was awarded The No bel Peace Prize. Hewas born on this date. He was a re searcher on struc ture of mol e cules, va -lency, and res o nance. He re ceived the No bel Prize in Chem is try in 1954 forhis re search into the na ture of the chem i cal bond and its ap pli ca tion to theelu ci da tion of the struc ture of com plex sub stances.

Ad di tional his tor i cal events can be found at Dr. May’s website:

http://faculty.cua_Hlt188259233_Hlt188259236_Hlt188259245_Hlt188259251.BM_1_BM_2_BM_3_BM_4_edu/may/Chemistrycalendar.htm.

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PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS

2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Event Locations Wednesday, February 8 Chemical Consultants Network: Tim Malloy: Effective

PowerPoint Presentations The Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsult.org

Thursday, February 9 Joseph Priestley Society: Craig Rogerson, Chemtura Corporation: Focused Innovation: The New Chemtura

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org

Monday, February 13 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: Charles N. McEwen, University of Sciences: New Ionization Approaches in Mass Spectrometry and How They Might Work

Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

February 17-25 AIChE: Engineers Week in the Delaware Valley http://www.dvewc.org/events.php

Tuesday, February 21 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Mark Schure, Dow What is Separation Orthogonality and How Do You Measure it? Designing and Optimizing Separations

D’ignazio’s Towne House Media, PA http://www.cfdv.org/

Wednesday, February 22 Chemical Heritage Foundation and Discover Magazine: Ivan Amato, Moderator: Advanced Materials: Stories of Innovation

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org

Thursday, February 23 Student Poster Session Temple University, Philadelphia http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org

Thursday, February 23 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Daniel Paone, Merck: Discovery of Telcagepant (MK-0974): The First Orally Bioavailable Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Receptor Antagonist for Migraine Treatment

Chemistry Building University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org/

Thursday, February 29 Career Services Committee: Leap Day Networking Event Iron Hill Brewery North Wales, PA http://acsphillycareerservices.eventbrite.com/

Thursday, March 15 The Edgar Fahs Smith Lecture: William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org

Wednesday April 11 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley (CFDV): Two One-day Short Courses: HPLC Troubleshooting and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA http://www.CFDV.org

Thursday, April 12 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Spring Symposium

Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA http://www.CFDV.org

Thursday, April 19 Undergraduate Awards McCall’s Meeting and Conference Center Upper Darby, PA

April 20-29 Philadelphia Science Festival http://www.philasciencefestival.org/

Saturday, April 21 PAGES™ Program (Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science) for Sixth Grade Girls

Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA http://www.pagesprogram.org./

Saturday, April 21 Philadelphia Science Carnival: Science on the Parkway http://www.philasciencefestival.org/

Thursday, May 17 Teaching Awards TBA

Thursday, June 21 Fifty-Year Luncheon TBA

ACS Spring National Meeting March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA

43rd MARM, Chemistry on the Chesapeake, May 31 – June 2, 2012, University of Maryland, Baltimore

ACS Fall National Meeting, August 19-23, 2012, Philadelphia, PA

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