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

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Philadelphia Section Teaching Awards

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Official publication of the Philadelphia Section, ACS http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org

April 2015 Volume 100, No. 4

HIGHLIGHTS Chair’s Comments 65

Speaker’s Biography 67

News Atoms 68

2014 ACS Fellow Dr. Frank B. Mallory 70

Calendar 77 APRIL MEETING

Dr. Melissa Betz Cichowicz West Chester University

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CONTENTS May Advance Notice .................................................. 63 Comments From The Chair ....................................... 65 April Meeting .............................................................. 66 Speaker’s Biography .................................................. 67 Chemagination Competition ....................................... 67 News Atoms .............................................................. 68 ACES May Program .................................................. 69 2014 ACS Fellow, Dr. Frank B. Mallory ...................... 70 2015 Outreach Volunteer of the Year Photo .............. 71 YCC Webinar Photo .................................................. 71 Philadelphia Science Festival Needs Volunteers ....... 72 Chemical Consultants Network .................................. 73 January 2015 Board of Directors’ Meeting ................. 74 Edgar Fahs Smith Award Photo ................................. 75 Directory of Services .................................................. 76 2015 Current Calendar of Activities ........................... 77

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STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Robin S. Davis

EDITORS News Atoms: Alan Warren Proof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Kendra Luther Corrie Kuniyoshi Marge Matthews Alan Warren

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COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair: Marge Matthews Anthony W. Addison Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Matthew Bodek Robin S. Davis Vince Gale Corrie Kuniyoshi Kendra Luther Liliana Suarez Victor Tortorelli Alan Warren

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On March 19th the Section gathered at the University of Pennsyl-vania for the annual Edgar Fahs Smith Lecture. The lecture’s namesake, celebrated chemist, Edgar Fahs Smith (May 23, 1854–May 3, 1928) had a long and active career during which he demonstrated a passion for the humanism and history of chemistry and for passing this on to his students. He wrote:

“The criticism that chemistry is absolutely commercialized is fre-quently heard and, further, that it is the commercial value of the science alone which claims the thought of chemists. Such views are widely prevalent. But other ideas exist, and chemistry teachers especially know that to them the discarded 'old chemistries' bring many other messag-es: messages in history, philosophy, economics, social relations, art, international relations, lit-erature, and in a wide and extensive culture.” (Old Chemistries, 1926)

This year’s guest lecturer was Dr. Benjamin Widom, Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. His research interests include physical chemistry and statistical mechanics. In 1998, Widom was awarded the Boltzmann Medal “for his illuminating studies of the statisti-cal mechanics of fluids and fluid mixtures and their interfacial properties, especially his clear and general formulation of scaling hypotheses for the equation of state and surface tensions of fluids near critical points.” He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1974 and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.

Our next Section meeting will be on April 16th (see the meeting page in this edition for details). We will be honoring undergraduate students who have distinguished themselves at colleges and universities which have ACS approved programs or ACS student chapters. These institutions are Arcadia University, Bryn Mawr College, Chestnut Hill College, Cheyney University, Dela-ware Valley College, Drexel University, Eastern University, Haverford College, Immaculata University, La Salle University, Lincoln University, Philadelphia University, Rosemont Col-lege, Rutgers University, St. Joseph’s University, Swarthmore College, Temple University, The University of Pennsylvania, The University of the Sciences, Ursinus College, Villanova Univer-sity, West Chester University and Widener University

These outstanding students will report at the award meeting what they will be doing next year.

Comments From The Chair Dr. Bill Smith

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APRIL MEETING

THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

presents

Dr. Melissa Betz Cichowicz Associate Professor and Chemistry Department Chair

West Chester University

Oh the Places You’ll Go…..With a Degree in Chemistry

and the

2015 Undergraduate Scholastic Achievement Awards

Thursday, April 16, 2015

7:00 PM

McCall Meeting and Conference Center 201 North Lynn Boulevard Highland Park, PA 19083

Social Hour at 5:30 PM, Dinner at 6:00 PM

Dinner cost: $35; Students with reservations and ID: $18 RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Harper at the section office, (215) 382-1589, or emailing PhilaACS@aol.com by 5:00 PM Thursday, April 9th. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after NOON on Tuesday, April 14th. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED. DIRECTIONS: http://www.mccallgolf.com/directions The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM at the McCall Meeting and Conference Center.

   

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SPEAKER’S BIOGRAPHY Dr. Melissa Betz Cichowicz

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry West Chester University

Oh the Places You’ll Go…..With a Degree in Chemistry

Melissa Betz was born and raised in northeast Philadelphia, and attended Philadelphia public schools, graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1974. She enrolled at St. Joseph’s College as a chemistry major and was awarded her BS in 1978, in the last graduating class be-fore St. Joe’s became a University. Her first year of graduate school was at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA and she transferred to the University of Maryland to continue her graduate studies and marry David Cichowicz, whom she met at St. Joe’s. Research in synthetic organic chemistry was conducted under the direction of Paul Schuda, and her PhD was completed in 1984. A position as Senior Research Scientist was accepted in the Herbicide Exploratory Re-search department at Rohm and Haas Company (now Dow Chemical) and research was con-ducted there until 1986, when she took a faculty position at West Chester University of Penn-sylvania.

Dr. Cichowicz is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry; she teaches mostly organic chemistry courses, and has conducted research in the areas of syn-thetic approaches to naturally occurring compounds, synthetic methodology, and most recently, microwave-accelerated organic reaction development.

When not working as a chemistry professor, Dr. Cichowicz is actively involved in the Devon Horse Show & Country Fair, and rides and competes in lower-level equestrian events. She and her husband David have two children, Douglas – who is graduating from college this year and will be commissioning in the US Army Signal Corps, and Corinne – who is graduating from high school this year and will attend Ursinus College in the fall. Neither of them plans a career in the chemical sciences!

CHEMAGINATION COMPETITION We are excited to announce the Spring 2015 ACS Local Section Chemagination Competition on the Princeton University Campus. This is a team competition of two or three high school students per team. Intent to participate has already been received by eight teams in the Princeton area, as of mid-January. You can read about Chemagination 2015 at Princeton University at: http://chemists.princeton.edu/pacs/outreach-activities/chemagination/. The poster competition will be at Princeton University, Saturday afternoon, June 13, 2015. With the prior approval by your teacher, please communicate your entry intention as soon as possible on the online Entry Form, available at the link above.

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NEWS ATOMS—Alan Warren Magid Abou-Gharbia, the Laura H. Carnell professor of medicinal chemistry, associate dean, and director of the Moulder Center for drug discovery research at Temple University, received the Grand Hamdan international award in drug discovery in recognition of research break-throughs with a potential to have major impact on health care delivery. At the ACS spring meeting in Denver, Gary A. Molander of the University of Pennsylvania received the Herbert C. Brown award for creative research in synthetic methods.

DEATHS

James E. Connor, Jr., author of several patents related to platinum catalysts, assigned to Atlantic Refining Co. No further information available. Hans Schott, research chemist and professor. After his initial studies in Brazil he worked in quality control and chemical manufacturing there before moving to the US to obtain his ad-vanced degrees. He was engaged in chemical research with textile fibers, packaging films, rhe-ology, and detergency at DuPont, Olin, and Lever Brothers. After 14 years in industry, Schott joined the faculty of the school of pharmacy at Temple Uni-versity where he taught for 28 years. He authored over 100 papers, 8 patents, and 8 textbook chapters. Schott was a 50-year member of ACS. Paul J. Zimmer, former chemist. Following work at Frankford Arsenal he was employed as plant chemist and research chemist at Dimensional Pigments and Polymeric Systems. He also taught chemistry at several community colleges and universities. He was a 50-year member of ACS. Carl A. Hechmer, Jr., retired patent attorney, December 17, 2014 at 96. He was a research chemist at the Naval Research Laboratory and then a patent examiner for the US Patent Office. He worked in DuPont’s legal department for 17 years and then moved to Pennwalt and man-aged their patent department for over 20 years, retiring in 1988. Hechmer then served as a pro bono attorney for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania for 10 years. David E. Field, retired chemical engineer, January 26, 2015 at 83. Following work at Atlantic Richfield he then joined United Engineers & Constructors. He was a project design manager at the Savannah River nuclear site. He retired from United Engineers’ Philadelphia office in the early 2000s. His first love was music and he was a member of the Philadelphia Folksong Socie-ty. He designed and built over 400 dulcimers and performed at coffee houses, churches, and various folksong venues.

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the Catalyst Robert A. O’Dell, retired analytical chemist, February 9th at 97. Most of his career was spent in the control department of McNeil Laboratories where he worked on quality control testing of Tylenol when it was being developed, among many other projects. He served on the ASTM mass spectroscopy committee, and in retirement gave chemistry demonstrations to youth groups. George J. Beichl, chemistry professor at St. Joseph’s University, February 10th at 96. He served in the United States Army in Germany during World War II and was captured. As a POW he served as a translator in his Stalag and was later freed by the Allies. He then worked on the Manhattan Project. After obtaining his doctorate he joined the faculty of St. Joseph’s where he taught chemistry for over 50 years, with 20 of them as department chairman, retiring in 1989. He was president of the German Society of Philadelphia 1974-1993, and helped establish the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA. In 1993 he was named Distinguished German-American of the year by the foundation. Edward J. Watson, Jr., retired research chemist, February 19th at 86. He was employed by Wyeth Laboratories as an organic chemist for 21 years, retiring in 1987. Harry J. White, research chemist, February 20th at 84. His 34-year career with Rohm and Haas began with research in petroleum chemicals. In 1967 he moved to the corporate recruiting and placement department at the company’s headquarters. In 1985 White returned to the Spring House research center as personnel director and director of university relations, retiring in 1992. In retirement he was a corporate relations consultant for the department of chemistry and bio-chemistry at Notre Dame, and also an ACS Career Consultant. He served as president of the La Salle University alumni association.

ACES May Program

We are thrilled to announce the third ACES (Activities for Community Education in Science) Program, for May 9, 2015! This program is for students grades 3-8. Designed by graduate students in the Chemistry Department at the University of Pennsylvania, this program is meant to introduce students to the sciences using a hands-on approach. Students will have the opportunity to learn that science is fun!

This spring we will have all new experiments, including an experiment to make gold nanoparticles us-ing tea (see www.acesphiladelphia.com for more information)! The students will come to the Chemis-try Department at Penn, where they will split into small groups to perform a variety of science exper-iments, as well as discuss the concepts behind the activity. This event is free for all students, and co-ed! Register at www.acesphiladelphia.com/may-9th.

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2014 ACS FELLOW DR. FRANK B. MALLORY Dr. Frank B. Mallory was elected as an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow on the basis of his dedication to science and having served on the Executive Committee for the Division of Organic Chemistry of the ACS. Frank received a BS in chemistry with a minor in mathematics from Yale University (1954) and a PhD in chemistry with a minor in Physics from California Institute of Technology (1958). In 1957 he joined Bryn Mawr College as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1963 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 1969 to full Professor. He is currently the W. Alton Jones Research Professor of Chemistry. He served as chair of the department (1982-1992). Frank has had several visiting appointments: University of Pennsylvania (visiting Scholar, 1988-1989), Yale University (visiting Professor, 1968 and 1977-1979), Cornell University (visiting Fellow, 1970-1971), State University of New York at Albany (visiting Professor, summer 1967), and California Institute of Technology (visiting Fellow, 1963-1964). Some of Frank’s honors and awards are: American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award for Distinguished Research (1989), Fellow of the Inter-American Photochemistry Society Award for Lifetime Achievements in and Contributions to the Photochemical Sciences (2006), Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club Award for Distinguished Research (2000), Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching (1992), NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow (1970-1971), Bond Award of the American Oil Chemists’ Society (1970), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1964-1966 and 1966-1968), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1963-1964), General Electric Company Fellow – California Institute of Technology (1956-1957), and NSF Predoctoral Fellow – California Institute of Technology (1954-1955), among others. Over the years Frank has done quite a bit of volunteer work for the ACS including: Editorial Advisory Board for Organic Letters (1999-present), Philadelphia Local Section Awards Committee (1992-1998), Program Chair for the Division of Organic Chemistry and Coordinator for the Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Subject Area at the 1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (1992-1995), Advisory Board for Chemical Sciences Graduate School Finder (1991-present), National Organic Chemistry Symposium Past Executive Officer (1991-1992), National Organic Chemistry Symposium Executive Officer-elect (1988-1989), Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Organic Chemistry (1986-1993), Lecture Tour Speaker (1967), and Visiting Associate for the Professional Training Committee (1961-present). On the ACS website for the 2014 list of ACS Fellows Frank’s contribution to the science profession was stated as: “Recognized for syntheses and mechanistic studies of the photocyclizations of stilbenes and other 1,2-diarylalkenes, and also NMR studies of the distance dependence of coupling constants between intramolecular pairs of F-19 substituents.” A

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the Catalyst comment about contribution to the ACS community is “Served on the Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry from 1986–1992 and served as the Executive Officer of the National Organic Chemistry Symposium from 1989–1991.” The above demonstrates Frank’s volunteer work for the ACS and promotion of science and rea-sons for his being chosen as a 2014 ACS Fellow.

Dr. Christine McInnis re-ceiving the 2015 Out-reach Volunteer of the Year award at the March Board of Directors meet-ing. Christie is Chair of the Younger Chemists Committee and a mem-ber of the Board of Direc-tors.

Younger Chemists Committee members and friends enjoying the webinar Chemistry on the Silver Screen at Dow Chemical Corporation in February.

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the Catalyst 666th BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING

Thursday, January 15, 2015 Solvay, Bristol, PA

Editor’s Note: These are the minutes as approved by the Board of Directors and have not been edited for inclusion in the Catalyst. Present: David J. Cichowicz, Melissa Betz Cichowicz, Judith Cohen, Deborah H. Cook, Ella Davis, Anne DeMasi, Rick Ewing, Ste-ven Fleming, Alan R. Heldon, Cynthia Palmer, Kathleen Shaginaw, William Smith, Thomas S. Straub, Judy Summers-Gates, Denise Thomas, and Victor Tortorelli Excused: Douglas Hausner, Christine McInnis, James Tarver Absent: John (J.P.) Northrop Also present: Elisabeth Harper, Carol Jean Bruner, Joe Martino The 666th Board Meeting of the Philadelphia Section, ACS, was called to order at 4:05 PM. A quorum was present. 1. Minutes The December Board Meeting Minutes were approved with 0 nays and 3 abstentions. Note: An accident closing I95 Northbound delayed the arrival of a number of members. 2. Committees A. Career Services, Joe Martino, acsphillycareerservices@gmail.com Joe Martino reported: 1. Marge Matthews will create a career services tab on the local section website to help increase visibility and attendance at career workshop events. 2. Next event will be May 12th, 6 to 9 PM, at the Giant Supermarket Community Center in Willow Grove, PA The event will be for experienced chemists. 3. The December 2 Career Club event - held at the Community Center of the Giant supermarket in Willow Grove, PA and moder-ated by ACS Career Consultant Lori Spangler - was a success. 4. Next Career Club, with Joe Martino moderating, will be held March 31, 2015 at the Giant Community Center in Willow Grove from 6-9 PM. B. Finance and Budget The 2015 Budget was submitted for approval by the Board. A motion to approve was made with the specific provision that consid-eration for inclusion into the 2015 budget of a laptop computer and other equipment would be deferred. The budget was approved with no nays or abstentions. 3. Officers A. Chair, Bill Smith, willsmith2@aol.com. 1. The chair discussed looking for meeting venues, especially the need for personal connections for finding meeting sites. 2. February Meeting – Villanova University – February 19th. Speaker – Dr. Amanda Grannas - Chemistry on the surface of ice crys-tals. Meal attendees should respond ASAP. Minimum attendance is 30. D. Cook – Ullyot Lecture – November 19th 2015, tentative. A speaker is selected but the Committee is awaiting confirmation the speaker will be available that date. Education and Chemistry. 3. Project SEED: A Section donation was discussed and it was noted that no enabling budget provision existed in the 2015 budget just passed. The actual need for local funding of letter writing, etc. was discussed. 4. On email from S. Fleming: Dr. Brad Wayland was nominated for the inorganic seat on the Philadelphia Section Awards Commit-tee. Motion to accept passed with 0 nays and 1 abstention. 5. There is a need for Poster Session judges. Volunteers see http://www.phillyycc.org/. B. Chair-Elect, Rick Ewing, ewingwre@comcast.net. 1. Chair-elect reported that the 2016 Ullyot Lecture was “in process.” A list of potential lecturers is being correlated. 2. Plug for Joseph Priestley Society luncheons at Chemical Heritage Foundation, February – April. Heritage Day will be May 14th.

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Dr. Benjamin Widom, 2015 Edgar Fahs Smith lecturer, receiving the EF Smith Scroll from Dr. Joe Subotnick of the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania Chemistry Department (right) and Dr. Bill Smith, Philadelphia Section Chair (left) at the lecture last month.

3. The Awards Committee is committing to making an early start in 2015. 4. In August 2016 there will be an ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia. The need for local section liaison with National was dis-cussed and Anne DeMasi volunteered to chair the meeting committee. D. Cook and K. Shaginaw also volunteered for this committee. C. Secretary, Alan Heldon, alan.heldon@live.com. 1. The Secretary reminded Board members that the Section’s Bylaws have provisions relating to those occasions when Board mem-bers are unable to attend meetings. Absences for good cause can and should be requested before a Board meeting. 2. The Secretary, on behalf of ACS National, thanked Steve Fleming for his service as Section Chair and, in token thereof, present-ed Steve a “Past-Chair” pin. D. Treasurer, D. Cichowicz, cichowic@lasalle.edu 1. Unspent funds in the amount of $10,171.10 were transferred from the fiscal year 2014 to 2015. 2. On motion, the treasurer’s report was approved with no nays or abstentions. 3. Monthly investments are doing well. Capital, Awards and the Ullyot Funds are doing well. $17,000.00 in funds is available in Capital. No need to move funds from Awards to the general budget. Recent year’s practice of growing the Award Fund by not trans-ferring unused Fund monies will be continued. 4. The Women Chemists Committee was moved from Topical Groups to Committees. 5. A motion was made and seconded that JP Northrop replace Jim Falcone as a signer on the investment accounts and passed with no nays or abstentions. 6. The Section is in receipt of a bill for $7,800.00 for the Ullyot lecture of which the Section has paid $5,000.00. There was a dis-cussion of Ullyot Lecture expenses and whether Section’s funds were being used for other purposes than the Section intends. Specifi-cally, publicity expenditures. 7. The Section is in receipt of a request by D. Walsh (local Project SEED) for travel expenses reimbursement to the 2014 Spring National ACS Meeting in Dallas. Stated rationale for reimbursement was that travel was in support of local Project SEED, to build in-volvement. After discussion, further clarification was requested and the matter was tabled until the February meeting. 4. Other Business A. A funding request was made by the Philadelphia Inorganic Colloquium at Temple U. for $500.00 in support funding in 2015 and future funding. On discussion, the Board invited this group to form a topical group. Its funding requirements would be reviewed annu-ally. A Motion to reimburse the group up to $500.00 in expenses on submission of receipts was passed with no nays or abstentions. B. The Section’s acquisition of a Laptop Computer and other equipment was opened for discussion. V. Tortorelli spoke against the acquisition. Further discussion and action was tabled until the February meeting. There being no additional business before the Board, on motion, the meeting was adjourned at 5:26 PM. Respectfully submitted, Alan R. Heldon, Secretary, alanheldon@comcast.net

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PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS

2015 CURRENT CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES

Date Event Locations April American Institute of Chemical Engineers Delaware Valley

Section: several events – see their web site http://aiche-philadelphia.org/

Wednesday, April 8 Chemical Consultants Network: Pierre-Paul Depelteau, YourEncore: Use Your Consulting Experience with YourEn-core

Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA www.chemconsultants.org

Thursday, April 9 Joseph Priestley Society Luncheon: Anthony Stonis, Cardo-lite Corporation: Cardolite’s China Joint-Venture Story: A Pitch for the Movie and Book Rights

Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org

Monday, April 13 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Michigan Technological University: Un-raveling the Complexity of Atmospheric Aerosol: Insights from Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Room 115, Mendel Hall, Dept. of Chemistry Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

Thursday, April 16 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley Annual Symposium: Analytical Separations Utilized in Biotechnolo-gy R&D

Crowne Plaza Wilmington North Claymont, DE http://www.cfdv.org/

Thursday, April 16 Dr. Melissa Betz Cichowicz, West Chester University: Oh the Places You’ll Go…..With a Degree in Chemistry; Presentation of Undergraduate Scholastic Achievement Awards

McCall’s Meeting and Conference Center Upper Darby, PA See details on page 66

Saturday, April 18 Philadelphia Girls Enjoying Science Program for Sixth Grade Girls (PAGES™)

Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA www.pagesprogram.org

Thursday, April 30 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Sergey A. Kosmin, University of Chicago: TBA

Dept. of Chemistry, University of Penna. Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org/

April 24-May 2 Philadelphia Science Festival http://www.philasciencefestival.org/ Saturday, May 2 Science Carnival on the Parkway: See Us There! http://www.philasciencefestival.org/carnival Thursday, May 21 Philadelphia Section Teaching Awards TBA Thursday, June 18 Luncheon Honoring Our Fifty-year Members TBA

250th ACS Fall National Meeting

August 16-20, 2015 Boston, MA