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SEPTEMBER HISTORICAL EVENTS IN CHEMISTRYby Leopold MayThe Catholic University of AmericaWashington, DC

September 1, 1877Francis W. Aston, who introduced the mass spectrograph in 1919, was born on this day. Hemeasured the mass of several isotopes to accuracy of 1/1000 and received the Nobel Prizein Chemistry in 1922 for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, ina large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-numberrule.

September 3, 1938Ryoh Noyori, who was born on this date, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 withWilliam S. Knowles for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions and K. BarrySharpless for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions.

September 6, 1766John Dalton was born on this day. He proposed an atomic theory, discovered law of multi-ple proportions, “Dalton's law of partial pressures,” and discovered that pressures of satu-rated vapors of all liquids have the same value at their boiling point.

September 9, 1858One hundred years ago, Carl Auer von Welsbach discovered lutetium with Georges Urbain.He was a researcher on rare earths, invented the incandescent mantle (Welsbach Mantleor Auerlicht), and discovered neodymium and praseodymium. He was born on this date.

September 10, 1942The weighing of a pure compound of a synthetic element, plutonium, was done by B. B.Cunningham and L. B. Werner at wartime Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago onthis date.

September 14, 1936Ferid Murad, a researcher in role of NO and cyclic GMP, was born on this date. He sharedNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro in 1998 fortheir discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.

September 17, 1677Stephen Hales studied the role of air and water in the maintenance of both plant and ani-mal life, developed thepneumatic trough, and discovered that ‘air’ is released in the decom-position of plant and animal substances. He was born on this date.

September 18,1907One hundred years ago, Edwin M. McMillan, who made discoveries in the chemistry of thetransuranium elements was born. In 1940, he codiscovered neptunium with P. H. Abelsonand plutonium with G. T. Seaborg, J. W. Kennedy, and A.C. Wahl. In 1951, he shared theNobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn T. Seaborg for their discoveries in the chemistry of thetransuranium elements.

September 19, 1861Alexandre M. Butlerov presented the first definition and use of the term, chemical structure,before Speyer Congress on this date.

September 21, 1832One hundred and seventy-five years ago, Louis P. Cailletet, a researcher on the liquefactionof gases, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and air, was born.

September 23, 1915Fifty years ago, John Sheehan synthesized penicillin-V. He was born on this date.

September 25, 1813On this date, Charles Hatchett published a method for separating iron from manganese.

September 28, 1881Solvay Process Co. was incorporated on this date.

NEW YORK SECTIONThursday, September 6, 2007Chemical Marketing & Economics GroupSee page 16.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007Biochemical Topical GroupSee page 16.

Thursday, September 27, 2007Long Island SubsectionSee page 17.

Friday, September 28, 2007High School Teachers Topical GroupSee page 17.

NORTH JERSEY SECTIONThursday, September 6, 2007Careers in TransitionSee page 7.

Thursday, September 13, 2007NoJ Mass Spectrometry Discussion GroupSee page 7.

Monday, September 17, 2007Teacher Affiliates Executive CommitteeSee page 7.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007NoJ NMR Topical GroupSee page 8.

Monday, September 24, 2007NoJ Executive CommitteeSee page 6.

Monday, September 24, 2007ChemTAGSee page 8.


September Calendar

Deadline for items to beincluded in the October

2007 issue of The Indicatoris August 15, 2007.

CAREERS IN TRANSITION GROUPJob Hunting??

Are you aware that the North Jersey Sectionholds monthly meetings at FairleighDickinson University in Madison to helpACS members? Topics covered at thesecost-free workshops are:

• The latest techniques in resume prepara-tion

• Ways for improving a resume

• Answers to frequently asked interviewquestion and

• Conducting an effective job searching.

The next meeting for the Careers InTransition Group will be held Thursday,September 6, 2007, in the Rice Lounge onthe first floor of the New Academic Building.The meeting will start at 5:30 PM and end at9:00. There will be a Dutch-treat dinner. Toget the most from the meeting, be sure tobring transparencies of your resume.

Please contact [email protected], if youplan on attending this meeting.

NORTH JERSEY MASSSPECTROMETRY DISCUSSIONGROUP2007 Distinguished Lecture

Speaker: Prof. Fred McLaffertyPeter J. W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, Cornell UniversityMember, National Academy of Sciences2007 NJ MSDG Distinguished Lecturer

Dr. McLafferty ha been a member of theNational Academy of Sciences since 1982.His contributions have been recognized bynumerous prestigious awards, including theSir J. J. Thomson Gold Medal, the RobertBoyle Gold Medal from the Royal Society ofChemistry, the Heyrovsky Medal from theCzech Academy of Sciences, the GiulioNatta Gold Medal from the italian ChemicalSociety, the Torbern Bergman Medal fromthe Swedish Chemical Society, the LavoisierMedal from the French Chemical Society,and the Distinguished Contribution in MassSpectrometry Award from the AmericanSociety for Mass Spectrometry.

Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007Times: Vendor Show 4:00 - 8:00 PM

Hors d’oeuvres 4:30 - 5:30 PMDinner 6:00 - 7:30 PMLecture 7:30 - 8:30 PM

Place: DoubleTree HotelSomerset, NJ

Door prizes (iPods every hour!) available.Register at http://www.njacs.org/ms.html

pTEACHER AFFILIATESExecutive Committee Meeting

Date: Monday, September 17, 2007Time: 4:30 PMPlace: Chatham High School

255 Lafayette AvenueChatham, NJ

Contact: Diane Krone at (201) 385-4810 [email protected]

North Jersey Meetingshttp://www.njacs.org

NORTH JERSEY EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE MEETINGThe North Jersey Section ExecutiveCommittee meeting will be in conjunctionwith the Project SEED Poster Session andDinner at Seton Hall University. Section offi-cers, councilors, committee chairs, topicalgroup chairs, and section event organizerswill meet to discuss topics of importance torunning the section and representing themembership. All ACS members are wel-come to attend this meeting as visitors andto become more involved in section activi-ties.

Date: Monday, September 24, 2007Time: Meeting 4:30 PM

Dinner 6:00 PMPlace: Science and Technology Center

Seton Hall University400 South Orange AvenueSouth Orange, NJ

Cost: Dinner $20.00

Directions: http://www.shu.edu/visiting/

Reservations: call (732) 463-7271 or [email protected] prior to Wednesday,September 19, 2007.

Dinner at the North Jersey Meeting ispayable at the door; however, if you arenot able to attend and did not cancelyour reservation, you are responsible forthe price of your dinner.

hIN MEMORIAMDr. Patrick Grimes 52 Years ServiceMs. Dorothy Lehmkuhl 60 Years ServiceDr. Herman Noether 67 Years ServiceDr. Louis Papazian 53 Years ServiceMr. Andrew Rubino 52 Years Service

PROJECT SEEDAll ACS Members and Friends, Comeand Hear about the Latest ResearchGoing on in Area Laboratories

Take an hour or two to see the posters thatyou choose, as displayed by eager SEEDstudents. You will receive highlights of theresearch they did in organic, pharmaceuti-cal, biological, analytical, environmental,computational, inorganic, physical, andpolymer chemistry, as well as in chemicaland bioengineering, food, cosmetic, plant,and materials science, and drug develop-ment.

Your interest is critical. Thanks to your help,the SEED students will be further inspired.SEED students worked at NJIT, Rutgersand Cook College (3 campuses), SetonHall, Stevens, Montclair, Beth IsraelHospital, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson,William Paterson University, RamapoCollege, New Jersey City University,Fairleigh Dickinson, Fordham, Long IslandUniversity, Brooklyn College, NJMeadowlands Environmental Org.,Hackensack Hospital, and the Public HealthResearch Institute in Newark.

Thanks are due to the mentors’ kindnessand dedication, and funds donated byschool boards, corporations, the ACS SEEDendowment, and many individual chemists.

The poster session will take place as part ofthe social hour of the North Jersey ACSmeeting. It is at Seton Hall University, SouthOrange Avenue (corner Centre Street),South Orange, NJ, in the Student Center.Everyone is invited. There is no charge andno reservations are needed if you go to theposter session and cannot stay for dinner.You are welcome to be a judge, and if youare a judge, you receive a free buffet dinner.To stay for dinner, call Bill Suits at (908) 234-9240 preferably by September 20th. CallSusan Fahrenholtz at (973) 338-6588 orAllene Johnson at (973) 763-6883 for moreinformation. While you are there, stay forone of the after-dinner talks.

Date: Monday, September 24, 2007Times: Poster Session 4:30 - 6:30 PM

Dinner 6:00 PMPlace: Student Center



NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK POSTER CONTESTAs part of the National Chemistry Week (NCW) 2007 celebration and in recognition of the20th anniversary of the program, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring aposter contest for students in Kindergarten – Grade 12.

Students are invited to create a poster that celebrates the theme “The Many Faces ofChemistry”. The poster should be fun, motivational and inspire students to pursue ascience/chemistry-related career.

Consider how science/chemistry is used by people in different careers.• Photographer: chemistry’s role in developing film and making prints• Artist: the chemistry of the materials used to paint, draw or sculpt• Veterinarian: understanding what medicines can be given to pets• Crime Scene Investigator: investigating crimes with chemical tests

Prizes…Prizes…Prizes….Prizes…

First and second place in each of the following grade categories:• K – 2nd• 3rd – 4th• 5th – 8th• 9th – 12th

1st Place: $250 — 2nd Place: $150There are also prizes for teachers of winning students, which will include a Periodic Tableof the Elements poster!

Local prizes for North Jersey American Chemical Society students and teachers1st Place: $50.00, 2nd Place $25.00, 3rd Place $10.00 in every age group.

Teachers of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place students receive the same prize.

EDUCATORS: Find additional ideas about careers in chemistry, resources for students andeasy ways to celebrate at chemistry.org/ncw and www.njacs.org

Contest Rules:• All entries must be original works without aid from others.• Posters must be no larger than 14 x 22 inches.• Entries on foam board will not be accepted.• Entries must be hand-drawn using crayons, paint, colored pencils or markers.• Posters must be sent to:

National Chemistry Week Poster Contestc/o Mrs. Mary Ann Penna, 4 Cameron Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854

• Posters must be submitted to Jeannette Brown, NCW Coordinator, at the addressabove in time for the local contest Deadline October 13.

• All entries must have the following information included on the back of the poster: stu-dent’s name, grade, name of school, school address, teacher’s name, school telephonenumber, student/teacher email address. Home schooled students are eligible for thecontest and should include the name of any homeschool group with which they areassociated. Suggestion make a label with this information and paste it on theback of the poster.

• Entries lacking complete and legible information will be disqualified.• Schools please encourage all students in each class to participate. Please judge the

posters in the school and submit only the three best posters per grade level perschool.

• Posters not submitted should be displayed in the school during National chemistryweek. Make a photo copy of the school winning posters for display. Winning posters willnot be returned.

• All student participants will receive a token gift, a mini mole or a patch or washable tattoo.• Please publicize the poster contest in your school to the media and parents and school

board members.• Invite local parents who may be scientists to help with the contest or be models for the

students.

NMR TOPICAL GROUPUnsymmetrical Indirect Covariance NMR

Speaker: Dr. Gary MartinDistinguished FellowRapid Structure CharacterizationLaboratoryPharmaceutical Sciences - Chemical & Physical SciencesSchering-Plough CorporationSummit, NJ

Gary received a B.S. Pharmacy from theUniversity of Pittsburgh in 1972 and a Ph.D.in 1975 from the University of Kentucky inthe combined areas of solid-phase synthe-sis and NMR studies of reaction mecha-nisms. He was a Professor at the Universityof Houston from 1975-1989, leaving there toassume responsibility for NMR spec-troscopy with Burroughs Wellcome, Co. inthe US from 1989-1995. From 1996 throughearly 2006, he headed a group at Upjohn/Pharmacia/Pfizer responsible for the isola-tion and structural characterization of impu-rities and degradation products or pharma-ceuticals. In March 2006, he joinedChemical & Physical Sciences at Schering-Ploughs, Summit, NJ facility where he con-tinues to work on the characterization ofimpurities and degradation products ofpharmaceuticals and the development ofnew NMR methods and applications.

Door Prizes!

Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Times: Dinner 6:30 PM

Seminar 7:00 PMPlace: Woodbridge Hilton

Iselin, NJCost: Dinner cost: $30

($5 for student/postdoc)No charge for seminar only.

Directions: http://njacs.org/d_woodhilt.htmlRegister online: http://njacs.org/nmr.html, or via e-mail to [email protected]

gChemTAG MEETINGDate: Monday, September 24, 2007

Judging of SEED Posters willprecede our meeting

Time: 4:00 to 7:00 PMPlace: Science and Technology Center


Contact: Diane Krone at (201) 385-4810 [email protected]

THE 29th ANNUAL PRINCETONACS FALL ORGANICCHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM“Cooperativity and Dual Activation inAsymmetric Catalysis”Professor Eric JacobsenDepartment of ChemistryHarvard University

“Discovery of JANUVIATM (Sitagliptin),A Selective Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2Diabetes”Dr. Ann Weber Department of Medicinal Chemistry Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway

“Asymmetric Catalysis for OrganicSynthesis”Professor Hisashi YamamotoDepartment of ChemistryThe University of Chicago

“Molecules that Changed the World”Professor K.C. NicolaouDepartment of ChemistryThe Scripps Research Institute

Date: Friday, September 28, 2007Times: Registration 12:00-1:00 PM

Symposium 1:00-8:30 PMPlace: Forsgate Country Club

Monroe Township, NJCost: Registration/Reception/Dinner:

$90.00 ($25.00 students/postdoc)

Name: ____________________________

Telephone/Fax: ____________________

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Affiliation: __________________________

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Address: __________________________

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Email: ____________________________

If Student/Postdoc,list Advisor: ________________________

Vegetarian dinner required (check box) ❑

Return to: Denise D’AuriaPlease make checks payable to:

“Princeton ACS Fall Organic Symposium”and mail to:

Princeton University Chemistry Dept., Frick LabsPrinceton, NJ 08544-1009


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CHEMISTRY OLYMPIADBy Ray Baylouny

In the last issue of The Indicator (June 2007, p. 18), I described 11 high school students whoreached the second level of the National Chemistry Olympiad. As a result of their subse-quent test performances, two of them, shown below, were qualified as being the the top 20Olympiads in the US! Almost 1000 high school students overall took the battery of tests. All20 were invited to attend a two-week study camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Yuxin Xie (teacher: Paul Kimmel, East Brunswick High School).

Brian Lee (teacher: David Ostfeld, Bergen Academy of Science & Technology)

We also report that Brian Lee qualified for the team of four students who competed in theInternational Chemistry Olympiad held July 15 through 24, 2007, in Moscow, Russia. Thismakes three consecutive years that the NoJ Section placed a student on the Internationalteam. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN LEE WHO RECEIVED A SILVER MEDAL AT THEINTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD!!

• Think outside the box in other words think of all the things a chemist might do.• Look for ideas on www.njacs.org• Local Winners will be posted on the NJACS website during Chemistry Week.• National Winners will be notified during November• All local prizes will be mailed during November.• ACS is not responsible for lost, damaged, or delayed postal shipments.• All posters become the property of the American Chemical Society.• Acceptance of prizes constitutes consent to use winners’ names and entries for editori-

al, advertising and publicity purposes.• Address questions to Coordinator: Jeannette Brown Jebrown@infionline. net

Judging:Entries will be evaluated based on the following:1. Artistic Merit (use of color, quality of drawing, poster design & layout)2. Poster Message (should be fun, motivational and inspire students to pursue a career

with emphasis on the chemistry in the career)3. Originality and Creativity (unique, clever and/or creative design)4. Neatness (free of spelling and grammatical errors and/or stray marks)

YSTUDENT AFFILIATE RESEARCH CONFERENCEThe 59th Annual Research Conference of Student Affiliate Champters, North JerseySection, was held on April 27, 2007, on the Drew University campus.

Twelve papers were presented representing 20 speakers and co-authors from St. Elizabeth,Drew, NJIT and FDU (Florham). Winners are:

1st place: Justin Mykietyn (Jean Durana Award), mentor: Mary-Ann Pearsall, Drew

2nd place: Maria Carroll, mentor: Adam Cassano, Drew

3rd place: Megan Redd, mentor: Gloria T. Anderle, FDU (Florham)

NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK POSTER CONTEST(continued from page 9)

Winners and their Mentors(l-r): Dr. Gloria Anderle,Megan Redd, Dr. AdamCassano, Maria Carroll,Justin Mykietyn, Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall.

Some of the Student Presenters.

Olympiad StudentsAfter Taking Tests (l-r):Ben Yang, Eric Liu,Hashim Choudhry, AlexMorrison, Kenneth Chu,Ziran Xiao, YuxinXie,Sakul Ratanalert,Wenzong Zhao, RachelChasin, Brian Lee.

Olympiads Hardat Work in Lab

at FDU(Florham).

Olympiads andTeachers at the NoJAwards Banquet (l-r):Mr. Michael Amendola,Ben Yang, Brian Lee,Eric Liu, Yuxin Xie,Wenzong Zhao, Dr. PaulKimmel, Mr. EdPotosniak, KennethChu.


ORGANIC TOPICAL GROUPDrugs from Academia: Marketed Drugsfrom Academic Labs

Program

“Discovery of Alimta, a Broadly EffectiveNew Antitumor Agent”Edward C. TaylorPrinceton University

“SAHA (Vorinostat): The First AnticancerHDAC Inhibitor Approved for Human Use”Ronald BreslowColumbia University

“Didanosine (ddI): A Member of theVersatile 2',3'-Dideoxy Family ofBiomedicinal Nucleoside Analogues”Morris J. RobinsBrigham Young University

“Basic Science to the Market. TheDiscovery of Lyrica®”Richard B. SilvermanNorthwestern University

“The Discovery and Development of 3'-Heteranucleosides”Dennis C. LiottaEmory Uinversity

Date: Friday, October 26, 2007Times: Registration will begin at 8.30 AM

Symposium 9:00 AM - 4.30 PMLunch 12.30 PM

Place: Palace at Somerset Park333 Davidson AvenueSomerset, NJ 08873

Cost: $95.00 (Symposium and Lunch)

For directions, on-line registration and fur-ther details please visit our websitewww.njacs.org/organic.html

*Due to limited seating, please completethe on-line registration form atwww.njacs.org/organic.html and send acheck payable to “North Jersey SectionACS” c/o:

Dr. Binh VuDiscovery Chemistry, 123/3Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.340 Kingsland StreetNutley, NJ 07110E-mail: [email protected]

POLYMER TOPICAL GROUP —COSPONSORED BY THE ACSDIVISION OF POLYMERCHEMISTRYGreen Polymers: Materials, Processesand Products

This symposium is intended to bring thelocal polymer science community up to dateon the penetration of green principles intothe practice of polymer science and engi-neering and to some recent advances in thearea. Through a combination of overviewsand case histories, the attendees will gain afundamental foundation, a broad perspec-tive on the directions and growth, and anupdate on recent advances in green poly-mer materials and processes.

This event features presentations, postersand networking opportunities at a mixer dur-ing the poster session. In addition to posterson green polymers, general polymer postersare being requested.

Organizer: Thomas J. Pacansky

Preliminary Program

Session I: Green Polymers: Materialsand ProcessesMichael Jaffe, presiding

The Future of Polymers and theEnvironment: Opportunities at theMolecular LevelJohn C. Warner U. Mass Lowell

Synthetic Absorbable Polymers -Molecular and Design Considerationsfor Implantable Medical DevicesDennis JamiolkowskiJNJ

The Preparation and Application ofHighly Modified StarchesJohn S. Thomaides, ICIL. Cimecioglu, ICIK. Rodrigues, Alco, andM. Crossman, Alco

Polyolefins - They're Greener than YouThinkD. J. LohseD. N.Schulz, ExxonMobilSession II: Green Polymers: ProductApplication ApproachesRon DeMartino, presiding

NJCG MAY 2007 SYMPOSIUMThe North Jersey Chromatography Group’sMay Symposium themed “ChromatographicIndustrial Needs - Quality by Design: PATand Compliance” presented several lec-tures from Jonathan Crowthers, PhD, RickCooley, Jim Bergum, PhD, Su-Chin Lo, PhD,and Joel Young. The lectures were compli-ment to a successful vendor show and raf-fle; which all received great feedback fromover 70 attendees (from industry and acad-emia). Based on the success of this year’sSymposium, the NJCG will be holdinganother symposium May 2008. Stay tunedto the NJCG website for information aboutupcoming meetings and the 2008 Sym-posium: www.northjerseychromgroup.org.

YNJ HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRYTEACHERS AT COOK COLLEGEOn June 12, 2007, forty chemistry teachersgathered at Cook College of Rutgers

University for the last NJACS-TA sponsoredChemTAG meeting of the school year. Aftera buffet dinner, teachers participated inselecting student winners of the Mole DayPoster Contest. Then Dr. Mukund Karwe,Undergraduate Program Director for theFood Science Department gave anoverview of the major offerings. His powerpoint presentation was filled with humor andgenerated questions. Among the new infor-mation about food that we learned, was howwheat from different geographic locationshas a great influence on the shapes intowhich pasta can be formed. Dr. Karwe alsodescribed the large variety of career possi-bilities in the area of food science.

Following this, Dr. Richard Ludescher, arecipient of the Endel Karmas Award forExcellence in Teaching, and chemistry pro-fessor in the Department of Food Science,led an engaging interactive discussion ofgelatin, the polymer. Each teacher in theaudience constructed a “monomer” frompipe cleaners and had fun linking them alltogether to form a huge model of a gel. Themodel served as an excellent summation forthe exercise and exhibited many of the prop-erties of gelatin.

Following these presentations, Dr. Karweconcluded the program by taking us on atour of Rutgers University high hydrostaticpressure processing facility. Here bacteriain food are destroyed using pressure up tosix thousand atmospheres.

Thanks to everyone, the experience was awonderful way to conclude our year ofChemTAG.

Submitted by Bobbi Gorman

Dr. Mukund Karwe, joins in the modelbuilding.

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I am an employee at: ________________

The activities at my table will be: ____________________________________________________________________________

In addition to a table, I also need: __________________________________________________________________________

I will be bringing handouts on activities thatthe students can do at home. ❑ Yes ❑ No

I will need more than one table. ❑Yes ❑ No

How many additional tables will you need?__________________________________

Form 2. My company would like to supportthese efforts.

The following company/individuals are will-ing to help defray the costs of these events:(Checks should be made out to the NorthJersey Section and sent to me.)

An acknowledgement letter for this contribu-tion should be sent to (name and fulladdress):

The Role of Polymers in HighPerformance Construction MaterialsCharlene WallBASF

Polymers for Printing Inks; A GreenHistoryRichard DurandSun

Green Chemistry in the World ofCosmeticsKarl KrummelL’Oreal

Poster Session Jin Zhang, organizer and presiding

Mixer

Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007Times: Registration 1:00 PM

Program 1:30 PMPlace: Rutgers University

Busch CampusFiber Optics Building AuditoriumPiscataway, NJ

Cost: Registration: Member, $30Non-member; $40Student, $20.

Directions: Can be found at the RutgersUniversity website. (http://maps.rutgers.edu/directions/nb.aspx)

Registration deadline is October 24,2007.

Please send your full contact informationalong with a check made payable toNJACS-Polymer Group to Dr. Willis B.Hammond, Treasurer, NJACS-PTG, 128Center Ave., Chatham, NJ 07928

Poster Submission: Contact Jin Zhang(Bristol Myers Squib)[email protected]

Sponsors: ExxonMobil, Apollo Ventures,LLC

Co-sponsors: ACS Division of PolymerChemistry

Endorsing Organizations: ACS GreenChemistry Institute, AIChE North JerseyLocal Section, CUNY Center forEngineered Polymeric Materials, LehighCenter for Polymer Science andEngineering, NJIT Medical Device ConceptLaboratory, Princeton Center for ComplexMaterials.

WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE LSCNational Chemistry Week

The Liberty Science Center has re-openedand you probably have heard about all thenew demos. Why don’t you join us onSaturday, October 27, as the North JerseySection celebrates National ChemistryWeek? After sharing some of your knowl-edge of chemistry/science by overseeing ahands-on activity, you can tour the Centerand take-in the new demos. It will be a funday for you and your family!

The theme for this year is "The Many Facesof Chemistry". This gives you great latitudeas you plan your hands-on activities. It wouldbe appreciated if you could get a diversegroup of people to join you at your table.Youractivities should be geared for 8 to 12 yearolds. As usual our first priority is safety.Preferably presenters should use householdmaterials to demonstrate a scientific princi-ple. We would like the students to be able toredo these experiments at home and atschool so it would be very helpful if you hadhandout instructions to distribute.

If you are out of ideas for safe activities for atable, you can look at the NCW page at theACS website. To minimize duplication of thepresentations, we will need to know byOctober 2 the activity you would like to con-duct at your table. Individuals contacting usfirst with their idea(s) will be given priority,so please let us hear from you as soon aspossible. By October 12, we need to havethe names and addresses of the individualswho will be joining you at your table.

As usual we are looking for financial supportto cover the many expenses associated withour activities and would be most grateful, ifyou would contact the appropriate individu-als at your company.

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xLONG ISLAND SUBSECTIONEnergetic and Kinetic FoldingMechanism of the Parallel Beta-HelixProtein Pectate Lyase C

Speaker: Douglas Kamen, Ph.DAsst. Professor of ChemistryAdelphi UniversityChemistry DepartmentGarden City, NY

Pectate lyase C (pelC) was the first proteinin which the parallel _-helix structure wasrecognized. The unique features of theseproteins – a simple topology and unusualinteractions among side-chains – make thisan interesting class of proteins to study withrespect to protein folding. Denaturant titra-tions monitored by far- and near-UV circulardichroism (CD), and fluorescence spectro-scopies were used to observe the isother-mal denaturation of pelC. Unfolding wasmonitored as a function of temperature bydifferential scanning calorimetry and tem-perature dependent CD. These experimentsindicated that pelC is remarkably stable,and its denaturation is not a simple two-state process. Experiments to understandthe kinetic folding mechanism were alsocarried out.

Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007Times: Coffee 5:30 PM

Seminar 6:00 PMPlace: Hofstra University

Chemistry BuildingLister Auditorium

Times: Dinner: 7:00 PMPlace: Neighboring restaurantCost: $20.00

Contact: Professor Eugene BrownChair, Long Island Section 2007Chemistry Department Nassau Community CollegeGarden City NY 11530(516) 572-7579

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERSTOPICAL GROUPNeural Prostheses

Speaker: Victor D. Chasescience writer

During some 30 years in the field VictorChase has garnered newspaper, wire ser-vice, and magazine experience. His latestbook, “Shattered Nerves: How Science IsSolving Modern Medicine’s Most PerplexingProblem, 2006,” Johns Hopkins UniversityPress, is about an exciting new area of med-ical implant technology created to returnsight to the blind, movement to the para-lyzed, and hearing to the deaf. It was citedby the Library Journal as one of the best sci-ence books of 2006.

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NY BIOCHEMICAL TOPICALGROUP — JOINT MEETINGWITH THE NYAS BIOCHEMICALPHARMACOLOGY DISCUSSIONGROUP Clinical Studies on the TherapeuticValue of Human Stem Cells

Organizers: Keith HaskellPfizer Global R&D

John HamborCognate Bioservices

Adult stem cells possess properties of self-renewal and pluripotency, where they play arole in homeostatic tissue regeneration, aswell as the repair of injured or diseased tis-sue. An accepted modality, adult stem cellshave been used either exclusively or in com-bination with other treatments to achievesignificant healthcare benefits for sufferersof multiple conditions. Furthermore, thefuture application of adult stem cells fortreatment therapies, where clinical trialshave already indicated significant potentialbenefit, include Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s,spinal cord injuries, organ transplantation,blood production, muscle regeneration, dia-betes, and heart disease.

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Obituaries

HERMAN GERSHONHerman Gershon, a former chair of the NYsection of the ACS [1970-72] and winner ofits distinguished service award [1978]passed away on February 5th, at age 86.Herman spent the major part of his career atthe Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for plantresearch [over 22 years] as a senior scien-tist, retiring in 1984. After retiring he collab-orated with Dr. Donald Clarke at FordhamUniversity and the NY Botanical gardensand continued publishing on the antifungalproperties of substituted 8-hydroxyquino-lines until his death.

Herman’s studies were interrupted by WorldWar II in which he served as a medical aid-man. He received Bronze and Silver Starsas well as a Purple Heart for his service.After returning from the army he worked forhis Ph. D. at Colorado State U under Prof.Karl Dittmer and then returned to the eastcoast to join Pfister Chemical works andlater BTI.

DOROTHY LEHMKUHLDorothy Schroeder Lehmkuhl, 1990 Chair ofthe North Jersey Section, died on June 1 inAnnapolis, MD. She also served on manylocal and national committees for the ACSand was an ACS councilor for several terms.

Born in Kearny, NJ, Dorothy graduated fromwhat is now known as Montclair StateCollege, in New Jersey, with an A.B. degreein 1942. During World War II, she worked atAberdeen Proving Ground, an Army ammu-nitions testing facility in Maryland, as ananalytical chemist. After the war, shereturned to Montclair State, earning a mas-ter’s degree in 1946.

From 1956 until 1984, she taught chemistryat Lyndhurst High School and at MontclairState College. After retirement, she becameactive in many organizations, including theNew Jersey Science Teachers Association,New Jersey Educational Association, andACS. Dorothy was an animal lover and wildbird enthusiast. She also traveled extensive-ly around the world.

She is survived by her children, Christine,David, and Bob.

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NEW YORK SECTIONELECTION RESULTSThe results of the ACS New York Section's2007 elections, held in May, wereannounced at the Board of Directors meet-ing in June. The New York Section extendsa sincere thank you to all of the candidatesin this election and expresses its deepappreciation for their time and efforts. TheSection looks forward to another successfulyear in 2008.

Chair-elect for 2008Barbara R. HilleryOld Westbury College - SUNY

Treasurer for 2008 and 2009Stephen Z. GoldbergAdelphi University

Director-at-Large for 2008Mary K. CowmanPolytechnic University

Sharon Lall-RamnarineQueensborough Community College -CUNY

Hessy L. TaftSt. John’s University

Councilors for 2008–2010Jean A. DelfinerNYC Department of Education (Retired)

Vijara L. KorliparaSt. John’s University

Frank R. RomanoAgilent Technologies, Inc.

Alternate Councilors for 2008-2010Ronald P. D’AmeliaHofstra University

Richard M. GoodmanRichard M. Goodman Consulting LLC

Ralph StephaniSt. John’s University

Congratulations to All!

L2007 JERRY MARCH MEMORIALLECTUREThe Chemistry Department of AdelphiUniversity is pleased to present the 2007Jerry March Memorial Lecture in memory ofour distinguished colleague Jerry March,author of, among other texts, the classic,March's Advanced Organic Chemistry:Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure.

Watson's the Double Helix: Fact Versusthe Fictional Rosalind Franklin

Speaker: Lynne Osman ElkinProfessor Emeritus of BiologyCalifornia State Universityat Hayward

Professor Elkin received her Ph.D. from U.C.Berkeley in 1973, working in Melvin Calvin’slab. She taught biology at California StateUniversity at Hayward from 1971 through2003 when she retired. After nine years oforiginal research, Dr. Elkin is currently writ-ing a condensed biography of Dr. Franklinentitled Rosalind Franklin and The DoubleHelix: Justice Pending. This book is specifi-cally designed to correct any possible mis-impressions created by James Watsonsince the publication of his 1968 personalaccount. Dr. Elkin is a recognized authorityon the life and work of Dr. Franklin, and hasdelivered more than 35 lectures in theUnited States and England. These includepresentations at a number of local andnational meetings of the AAAS and theACS. She also presented at the awardingceremony of the prestigious Van Slykeaward, presented posthumously to Dr.Franklin at the 2003 meeting of theAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2007Time: 7:00 PMPlace: University Center Ballroom

Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY

Cost: Free and open to the public

Maps and travel directions can be found athttp://www.adelphi.edu/visitors/maps.phpIf you need additional information call (516)877-4136.

Lynne Osman Elkin

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OthersSTEVENS INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGYAjay Bose Honored with IndianChemical Society’s LifetimeAchievement Award — Stevens profes-sor recognized for contributions tochemical research and education

Dr. Ajay Bose, recently retired Professor ofChemistry at Stevens Institute ofTechnology, was honored by the IndianChemical Society at its national meeting inDecember 2006. The society presentedBose with its Lifetime Achievement Awardfor his valuable contributions to the field ofchemical research and education. Thisaward is significant because Bose’s educa-tional work was conducted in the U.S. TheLifetime Achievement Award, considered tobe the most prestigious Indian award inchemistry, is given by the Indian ChemicalSociety to only one chemist every year.

Bose has received many other awardsincluding the U.S. Presidential Award forExcellence in Science, Mathematics andEngineering Mentoring in 1999, and theDreyfus Award for Encouraging Dis-advantaged Students into Careers in theChemical Sciences that same year.

Bose was elected a Fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) in 2004 for “significant contributionsto the chemistry of beta-lactam antibiotics,microwave-induced chemistry, outstandingmentoring of under-represented minoritystudents.

In 1992 Bose was honored by the State ofNew Jersey by a Senate Resolution for hisresearch and teaching achievements. Hewas named the New Jersey Professor of theYear in 1990. In 1987 he received the firstHenry Morton Distinguished Teacher Awardof Stevens.

Bose joined the Department of Chemistry ofStevens Institute of Technology in 1959. Inhis laboratory he mentored 35 Ph.D. candi-dates and trained more than 100 post-doc-torals and visiting scientists from manycountries. He has co-authored more than350 research publications, 2 books, andchapters in several books; he also holdsnine patents. He has been a consultant topharmaceutical companies in the U.S. andabroad.

Bose was the founter and Director of theChemical Biology Education EnhancementProgram at Stevens that received a $1 mil-lion grant (1991 to 1994) from the HowardHughes Medical Institute for attractingAmerican students to the study of science.He was the American Principal Investigatorof a $2 million INDO-US collaborative pro-gram (1986 to 1992) on “Bioactive Sub-stances from the Indian Ocean.”

One of Bose’s most notable contributionshas been the founding in 1971 of UPTAM(Undergraduate Projects in Technology andMedicine), a summer research program thathe directed until recently. UPTAM and itshigh school version, Pre-UPTAM, have pro-vided enhanced career opportunities forseveral hundred students from diverse eth-nic groups and economically disadvantagedfamilies.

In recent years Bose has helped neighbor-ing inner city/urban schools with limitedchemistry laboratory facilities by devisingmicrowave assisted rapid and safe chem-istry experiments that could be performed attheir facilities in short periods of time.

As a legacy of Bose, the UPTAM programhas been made a permanent feature of theDepartment of Chemistry and ChemicalBiology at Stevens Institute of Technology.


Call for Nominations2008 AWARD FOR CREATIVITYIN MOLECULAR DESIGN ANDSYNTHESISThe North Jersey Section of the AmericanChemical Society is soliciting nominationsfor the 2008 “Award for Creativity inMolecular Design and Synthesis.” Unlikethe various other Awards, which arebestowed upon members each year by sin-gular organizations, “The Award forCreativity in Molecular Design andSynthesis” is unique in that it has beenestablished by the North Jersey Section ofthe ACS and a combined consortium oforganizations from the pharmaceutical sec-tor and academic arena. The foundingsponsors of this Award include: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck,Novartis, Schering-Plough, and RutgersUniversity. The Award consists of a crystalplaque and a $5,000 honorarium. TheSection presents the Award biannually, oneven years, to commemorate the scientific,technical, and industrial impact of seniormembers of the American Chemical Societyand their mentorship of younger members.The Award is given in recognition of accom-plishment in pure and/or applied chemistry,as characterized by the initiative, creative-ness, leadership, and perseverance of theindividual as indicated by published orunpublished evidence. “Accomplishment”for the purpose of this Award is understoodto be that of a world renowned leader ofunusual merit, with a specific emphasis onan individual who has demonstrated broadscoping impact in the areas of chemicalsynthesis, method development, bio-organ-ic/ medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical sci-ences, and/or molecular recognition.

Nominations for the Award should include aletter describing the nominee’s achieve-ments, a brief biography along with the indi-vidual’s Curriculum Vitae, and a list of thenominee’s more important publications.Recommendation letters supporting thenomination are strongly encouraged andshould be assembled by the nominatingindividual on behalf of the candidate.

Please submit materials by November 30,2007, to:

Professor Lawrence WilliamsRutgers UniversityDepartment of Chemistry & Chemical

Biology

610 Taylor RoadPiscataway, NJ 08854

>2008 SISTER MARIAN JOSESMITH AWARD OF THE NORTHJERSEY SECTIONThe biennial award, funded by Roche, con-sists of $1,000 prize and a recognitionplaque. It recognizes a professor from adegree-granting Institution in the NorthJersey Section for inspiring students andlaunching them on successful careers inchemistry as manifested by their accom-plishments.

Please submit nominations and supportingletters to Jiwen Chen, Awards CommitteeChair, c/o NJ ACS, 4 Cameron Road,Piscataway, NJ 08854. Tel: (609) 818-6319,email: [email protected]. (We welcomeelectronic submission of the nominationpackage.) Nominations must be received byFeb 8, 2008. Visit http://www.njacs.org/awards. html for more information and a listof past recipients.


ACROSS1. Ghosts arising in distill of the

night?6. Swamp gas

12. “By the pricking __ my thumbs,something wicked…”

13. _____ Scarum15. Goes with Id(iot)s16. Of iniquity or thieves18. Waxed satellite (2 wds)19. Sacred bird in family

Threskiornithidae21. Z=5722. Unit of wt. for blowing up mon-

sters, or Big Sky st.23. Digital assistance Frankenstein

could use today to make a bet-ter monster, briefly

25. Like the text of a DNA mes-sage

26. Seance ghosts knock once for28. Alcoholic beverage or a “fellow,

well-met” of the Royal Societywho’s been over-celebrating 53down?

29. Z=4230. Moon goddess element, briefly32. Anglophilic heat meas.34. Creepy condensate?37. Initiation one of 45 across, or

Octavian month, for short39. A turf fungicide or the prefix for

midlevel clouds41. Sun’s No. 2 element42. A distiller’s quip?45. DNA triplet46. Servants of 71 across (Possibly

clones?)47. High, craggy hill or rocky out-

crop49. Refractometer meas., or the

Ocean st.

50. Unit of meas. for wavelengthabsorbance (abbr.)

52. Anno domini, briefly53. Comes alive at 18 across54. Results of your experiment if

you forget to press 69 downand your lab tech did the runwithout checking

57. Killer whale58. Pythonian “Knights who say

___” are probably not referringto element 28, briefly

59. Bristle-like appendage (planty)61. Unit of magnetic flux named in

honor of 24 down’s “summon-er”

63. “Count” him among the moreseverely UV-challenged.

65. “Hellish” element68. What you need to do after your

experiment is 54 across70. ____ 5171. Quintessential mad scientist

DOWN1. Exorcist salt (2 words)2. Salty bondage?3. Radiofrequency, briefly4. Ultima ____, or Inuit ancestors5. Photosynthetic foodstuffs du

jour?6. Tut AND his mother7. Not-yet-invented device a sci-

entist might need upon beingtold by the chair of the depart-ment that his or her bitter rivalfrom the lab next door 53 D:“____ control”?

8. Egg source9. Z=47

10. Point in a lens where lightpaths cross

11. Einsteinium, for short14. Goosebumps” author: _ _ Stine17. DNA dye, for short, or first two

initials of Charlotte’s Web cre-ator.

20. Sulfur monoxide formula23. Witch’s beaker?24. Maxwell’s fiend27. Show me the antimony, briefly31. Van Gogh’s “love letter”33. Chinese “Way”35. Chemistry premeds dread?36. Small quartz formation covered

with CaCO338. ____ catastrophe40. “Double, double, ____ and

trouble; fire burn and 23 downbubble.”

43. Very small amt. or woodedpath, briefly

44. Fountain tip element, briefly, orZ=76

45. ___ from the Black Lagoon48. Hobbit enemy51. Beckman’s famous spectropho-

tometer53. Got the Nobel prize55. Levitated or where 34 across

dissolves (2 words)56. Dr. Who’s nemesis60. Swamp travel61. Micro letter62. Skeleton seer64. A grave container65. Ringed planet, briefly66. Flower necklace67. Swedish devil (or an air-moving

device)69. First button to check when your

spectrometer doesn’t run

Solution on page 24.


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