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Monthly Meeting ACS Undergraduate Day – James Flack Norris Awardee 13th Annual Northeast Regional

YCC/JCF Exchange IUPAC Young The 2004 German Exchange Program Awardee Huang An interview by Martin Freier 2 The Nucleus November 2004 The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. Office: Marilou Cashman, 23 Cottage St., Contents Natick, MA 01760. 1-800-872-2054 (Voice or FAX) or 508-653-6329. e-mail: [email protected] Wet Chemistry______4 Any Section business may be conducted A Reflection on G.F. Smith by Arno Heyn via the business office above. NESACS Homepage: http://www.NESACS.org Monthly Meeting ______5 Samuel P. Kounaves, Webmaster ACS Hotline, Washington, D.C.: James Flack Norris Award 1-800-227-5558 Professor Richard Zare speaks: “Chemical Fizzics: Seeing in Action Officers 2004 Chair: Jean A. Fuller-Stanley 13th Annual ACS Northeast Undergraduate Day ______6 Chemistry Department, Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02481-8203 781-283-3224; [email protected] IUPAC Awardee Huang Speaks on Nanotechnology ______7 Chair-Elect: An Interview by Martin Freier Amy E. Tapper Genzyme Drug Discovery and Development 153 Second Ave. Waltham, MA 02451 Summary of Governance Actions/Reports ______9 781-434-3518 [email protected] From the 228th ACS National Meeting Immediate Past Chair: John L. Neumeyer Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital NESACS at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting ______10 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478 617-855-3388 [email protected] Photos of Section Attendees Secretary: Michael Singer Sigma RBI 4th Annual NESACS-NSYCC/GDCh-JCF Exchange______12 3 Strathmore Rd. Natick, MA 01760-2447 Areport by the NYCC Committee 508-651-8151x291 [email protected] Treasurer: James Piper Cover: Richard Zare, 2004 James Flack Norris Awardee for Excellence in 19 Mill Rd., Harvard, MA 01451 Chemical Education (photo provided by Richard Zare) 978-456-3155 [email protected] Auditor: Anthony Rosner Deadlines: January 2005 issue: November 11 Archivist: February 2005 issue: December 8 Myron S. Simon 20 Somerset Rd. 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Joseph Billo (Consultant) All Chairs of standing Business Manager: Karen Piper, 19 Mill Rd., Harvard, MA 01451, Tel: 978-456-8622 Committees, the editor Advertising Manager: Vincent J. Gale, P.O. Box 1150, Marshfield, MA 02050, of THE NUCLEUS, and Tel: 781-837-0424; FAX: 781-837-8792 the Trustees of Section Contributing Editors: Morton Hoffman, Feature Editor; Dennis Sardella, Book Reviews; Funds are members of the Calendar Coordinator: Donald O. Rickter, e-mail: rickter(at)rcn.com Board of Directors. Any Proofreaders: E. Joseph Billo, Donald O. Rickter, Myron S. Simon, Ao Zhang Councilor of the American Chemical Society residing within the section area is an ex officio Webpage: Webmaster: Samuel P. Kounaves, samuel.kounaves(at)tufts.edu member of the Board of Directors. Copyright 2004, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc. The Nucleus November 2004 3 Wet Chemistry Corporate Patrons AstraZeneca R&D Boston G. F. Smith, Perchloric Acid and More Genzyme Drug Discovery & Dev. Strem Chemicals Inc. By Arno Heyn ducts, and anything nearby. Corporate Sponsors G. Frederick Smith obtained his Ph.D. Perchloric acid explosions have in the 1920s under Hobart H. Willard, been blamed in many manufacturing Aerodyne Research Inc. who later was also my mentor at the accidents, but as G.F. Smith used to Cambridge Isotope Laboratories University of Michigan. Willard used say: If it blows out windows and walls, New England BioLabs, Inc. to say that “G.F.” was the only gradu- it’s not a perchlorate explosion, but Pfizer ate student who converted his thesis probably a fuel gas explosion. Perchlo- Sigma-RBI rate and perchloric acid explosions are work to a money-making scheme: his Donors thesis work was on perchloric acid and so powerful and rapid that they’ll blow perchlorates in analysis. At the time out anything below them, just like Consulting Resources Corp. there was no commercial source of dynamite, but not windows or such. Houghton Chemical Company perchloric acid. He set up a small man- Once I was one of the victims of a Organix Inc. ufacturing operation in his garage to small perchlorate explosion in a large make perchloric acid for sale. He also drying oven used by the students in the Quant. Lab at the U. of Michigan. In a there was the gravimetric method for popularized the use of this acid in sodium, by making use of its very low chemical analysis. Later he became a method involving perchloric acid, the solubility in a reagent containing a professor of at the dilute solution had to be filtered high percentage of magnesium uranyl University of Illinois at Urbana and through filter paper and the paper acetate, which precipitated the triple started the G. Frederick Smith Chemi- dried. We were warned to do an espe- salt sodium magnesium uranyl acetate, cal Company in Columbus Ohio. This cially thorough job of washing the fil- which could be washed with an company, in addition to selling analyti- ter paper in the funnel to remove all organic solvent and weighed. The cal grade perchloric acid (72%), made traces of HClO4 before putting the fil- potassium could be determined by pre- new organic analytical reagents avail- ter in the drying oven . Well, one of the cipitating the potassium perchlorate, able, publicizing these by publishing students must not have washed his or free pamphlet-type monographs on her filter well enough, because it insoluble in ethyl acetate (in which the each new reagent, also on perchloric exploded during the night while being sodium and lithium salts are soluble). acid, and its uses. dried in a beaker in the drying oven, Ammonium, rubidium and cesium also He introduced the “liquid fire” together with many other students’ form similarly insoluble perchlorates reaction of destroying small amounts samples, crucibles with precipitates in ethyl acetate. (up to 1 g) of organic matter by oxidiz- before weighing, etc. The explosion Later, when I was the Teaching ing them in a mixture of con. Nitric even ripped the door off the large oven. Fellow for analytical chemistry at acid and 72% perchloric acid. On the I had crucibles in the oven with mag- Michigan, I recall vacuum distilling face of it, this looks like a very danger- nesium ammonium phosphate, getting liter quantities of the 72% commercial ous scheme, because perchloric acid ready for the last step in the multi-step grade perchloric acid to get the analyti- will react explosively even with trace gravimetric analysis of limestone, and cal grade acid. This is a tricky proce- amounts of organic matter. However by I had to go back to step one and work dure, requiring all glassware to be using it in mixture with nitric acid, the my way up to the magnesium determi- scrupulously clean and free of organic latter does most of the oxidation. As nation again. impurities: Only the perchloric acid the mixture is boiled, nitric acid slowly “G.F.” was quite a character: He itself was used as a lubricant on the boils out and the constant-boiling 72% was well known at ACS meetings, ground glass seal of the vacuum-distil- lation vessel. HClO4 is left and perhaps some sought as a speaker at Local Section graphite, which is harmlessly oxidized meetings and seminars, and invariably, I also recall making the sodium reagent, magnesium uranyl acetate in by the HClO4. no matter what the subject of the talk, Perchloric acid and perchlorate he would end up talking about perchlo- multi-gallon quantities by mixing the explosions are extremely powerful, as ric acid and praise its merits in analy- component magnesium acetate and attested by many hood explosions. sis, together with giving precautions uranyl acetate in some water, then When perchloric acid is boiled and for its use. adding a very small amount of sodium partially evaporated in these hoods, the Until the introduction of perchloric acetate to the almost syrupy reagent HClO4 will condense in the hood and acid, gravimetric analysis of potassium mix so some of the triple salt saturates duct system; then one dry day, months was very laborious, and potassium had the reagent at 200 C after stirring elec- or years later, a very destructive explo- to be obtained by difference after ana- trically for hours at this temperature. sion will occur, blowing up the hood, lyzing the mixed salts for sodium. 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4 The Nucleus November 2004 Biography Monthly Meeting Richard N. Zare is the Marguerite The 855th Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Sci- ence at with an Chemical Society appointment in the Department of James Flack Norris Award Meeting Chemistry and a courtesy appointment in the Department of Physics. He is a Thursday, November 11, 2004 graduate of , where The Social Hour and Dinner will be at Walker Hall, MIT, Cambridge, MA he received his B.A. degree in chem- (Corner of Memorial Drive and Ames Street) istry and physics in 1961 and his Ph.D. The Award Meeting will be in Building 6, room 120 on the MIT Campus. in chemical physics in 1964. In 1965 he became an assistant professor at the 5:30 pm Social Hour - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6:30 pm Dinner but moved to JILA, University of Col- orado at Boulder in 1966, remaining 7:45 pm Award Meeting, Dr. Jean A. Fuller-Stanley, NESACS Chair, presiding there until 1969 while holding joint James Flack Norris, Dr. Myron Simon appointments in the departments of Introduction of the Awardee: Dr. Robert L. Lichter, Principal, chemistry, and physics and astro- Merrimack Associates, LLC, Atlanta, GA physics. In 1969 he was appointed to a full professorship in the Department of Award Presentation by Dr. Frederick D. Greene, Chair, Norris Chemistry at , Award Committee, to Professor Richard N. Zare, the Marguerite becoming the Higgins Professor of Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science, Department of Chem- Natural Science in 1975. In 1977 he istry, Stanford University moved to Stanford University. He has Evening Lecture: Chemical Fizzics: Seeing Chemistry in Action also been active in public service, serv- Dinner reservations should be made no later than noon, Nov. 4th. Please call or ing on the National Science Board, the fax Marilou Cashman at 800-872-2054 or e-mail at [email protected]. policy-setting body of the National Please specify vegetarian. Reservations not cancelled at least 24 hours in Science Foundation, from 1992 to advance must be paid. Members, $28.00; Non-members, $30.00; Retirees, 1998, the last two years as its chair. $15.00; Students, $10.00 Professor Zare is an enthusiastic and THE PUBLIC IS INVITED dedicated teacher who has taught one form or another of freshman chemistry Anyone who needs special services or transportation, please call Marilou Cash- every year he has been at Stanford man a few days in advance so that suitable arrangements can be made. University. His efforts in teaching and Parking: Available in the parking area near the Biology Bldg (off of Main mentoring have been recognized by Street, near Vasser Street; the entrance to this parking lot is just beyond the various awards including Stanford’s Vasser St. - Main St. intersection). university-wide highest award for undergraduate teaching. Zare is also renowned for his research in the area of applied to chemical reactions and Abstract to chemical analysis. He is the recipi- Bubbles fascinate the young and the size as they rise? ent of the National Medal of Science in old alike. Some think that bubbles are Why do bubbles in some carbon- 1983 and Welch Award in Chemistry in only child’s play whereas to others ated beverages fall down along the 1999. He has trained over one hundred bubbles conjure up a world of fantasy. sides of the container when the bever- graduate students who have received This lecture examines some common age is first poured into the container? their Ph.D. degrees. ◆ mysteries surroundings bubbles such What controls the height of foam as: in a carbonated beverage as a function Why can you easily make bubbles of time? simple chemical principles. These with soapy water but not with pure Why do you get more lather in hot water? are illustrated with various lecture water than in cold water? demonstrations. Only the brave should Why do bubbles form at interfaces Why do women often leave less but not in pure liquids? sit in the front row. This lecture is bubbles in a glass of champagne than Why do bubbles in a carbonated likely to make you never look at a car- men do? beverage rise, and why do they accel- bonated beverage again in quite the ◆ erate in rise rate and grow bigger in Explanations are proposed based on same way.

The Nucleus November 2004 5 In Celebration of National Chemistry Week The Thirteenth Annual ACS Northeast Regional Undergraduate Day

Saturday, November 6, 2004

Hosted by the Department of Chemistry, Boston University, and Chemia Sponsored by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society 9:00 Registration (Metcalf Science Center, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston) 9:30 Welcoming Remarks Professor Tom Tullius, Chair, Chemistry Department, Boston University Professor Morton Hoffman (Boston University), Past-Chair, Northeastern Section of the ACS Jennifer Levine, President, Chemia (ACS Student Affiliates Chapter at B.U.) 9:45 Keynote Address: Professor Matthew Shair, Harvard University: “From Biology-Inspired Organic Synthesis to Organic Synthesis for Studying Biology ” 10:30 Coffee break 10:45 Research Talk and Seminar (choose one) Professor Mark Grinstaff, Boston University: “Synthesis and Applications of Biodendrimers” Dr. Antony Wright, Strem Chemicals: “Navigating a Chemistry Career to Include Employment Within a Commercial Enterprise” 11:30 Workshop and Seminar (choose one) Professor Alex Golger, Boston University: “Demonstrations in Chemistry to Fascinate Kids” Professor Scott Schaus, Boston University: “Choosing a Graduate School” 12:00 Résumé Review and Graduate School/Industry Fair Dr. Frank Wagner, Strem Chemicals: “Preparing Your Résumé” Graduate School and Industry Fair (12:00–1:15 p.m.) 12:30 Lunch 1:15 Research Talk and Seminar (choose one) Professor John Fourkas, Boston College: “Making Things With Light” Dr. Adam Yeager, Boston University, CMLD: “Development of Chemical Libraries Using Par- allel Synthesis” (includes a tour of the B.U. Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development) 2:00 Student Affiliates Workshop Professor Anthony Fernandez, Merrimack College: “Resuscitating a Shallow–Breathing Stu- dent Affiliates Chapter” 2:45 Adjournment There will be a $10 registration fee to cover partially the cost of lunch, which will be provided, and work- shop materials. If you would like more information, or if your school or company would like to send a representative to the Graduate School and Industry Fair, please contact Kevin Burgoyne at 617–353–2503; fax: 617–353–6466; e-mail: [email protected]).

6 The Nucleus November 2004 2004 IUPAC’s Young Chemist’s Award to Yu Huang for Nanotechnology Work An Interview by Martin Freier

Chemists are at the forefront of the doctoral fellow at MIT. In 2001 Sci- race in nanotechnology and the young ence Magazine cited Huang’s work as Harvard-trained chemist Yu Huang is the “breakthrough of the year.” This helping to set the pace. She has just year Huang received the 2004 IUPAC been awarded the 2004 Young award for the young . In addi- Chemist’s Award by the International tion to the IUPAC award this year, she Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry had already received the MRS student (IUPAC) for her work and paper titled award in 2002, the grand prize of col- “Integrated Nanoscale Electronics and legiate inventors’ competition in 2002, Optoelectronics: Exploring Nanoscale an event that was sponsored by the Science and Technology through Semi- National Inventors Hall of Fame, and in conductor Nanowires.” 2003 she won the Technology Review Dr. Huang graciously allowed me Top 100 Young Innovator’s Award. to interview her recently to learn how Particularly notable are her two she came to win this award and to prestigious awards: One is her understand the significance that nan- National Inventors Hall of Fame otechnology holds for the future. $20,000 prize which is given to the Born and raised as an only child in next generation of scientific researchers basics of nanoscience. For the benefit Fuzhou, FJ, P.R. China, Huang gradu- and innovators with an extraordinary of the readers not familiar with nan- ated from the University of Science idealism, persistence and talent that otechnology, Huang explained to me and Technology of China in 1999 with will produce a safer, healthier, produc- what is so unique about nanoscience. a BS degree in chemistry. As an under- tive environment for all humanity. The Unlike other sciences, nanoscience graduate, Huang started out in inor- IUPAC award is an international chem- seeks to understand matter and compo- ganic chemistry, focusing primarily on istry award given by the International nents at the nanoscale level – 0 to 100 inorganic material synthesis. In gradu- Union of the Pure and Applied Chem- nanometers (nm). A nanometer is by ate school her passion for nanomaterial istry in recognition for her most out- definition 10-9 meter (one-billionth of a science drove her to more fully devote standing PhD chemistry thesis in pure meter), which is about 10 hydrogen her energies to and and applied chemical sciences. atoms wide, as compared to white material science of nanostructures. In Huang’s achievements are impres- blood cells that are 10,000 nanometers addition to the nanomaterial synthesis, sive because they show chemists wide. Nanotechnology also seeks to her research focused more on nano around the world that chemistry is still exploit the novel, unique, and exciting device assembly and characterization. a very progressive science and is physical, chemical, and biological That experience helped Huang land in attracting very capable young scien- properties associated with the small Harvard University with both feet on tists. In a world of chaos and terror, size by manipulating and controlling solid ground. great things are happening in science them. In spite of her modesty, Huang, these days. And chemistry in particular My understanding of nanoscience just received her PhD from Harvard has a bright future, even as in this past is that size is not always the most University (where she worked in the year we have seen job losses that rep- important criterion. Huang clarified Mark Hyman Professor of Chemistry resent a temporary setback to the pro- that notion by telling me that the size Lieber’s laboratory) and is now a post- fession. of the nanomaterials should be below As a result of Huang and her 100nm in most cases; however, this is Martin Freier is a consultant specializ- associates’ intensive efforts in Harvard not that clear-cut a requirement; some ing in technical management, techni- University, key advances were scientists are also working with some- cal, and training strategies. He holds achieved in the chemical laboratory what larger size materials and achieve a BS in Chemistry from Brooklyn Col- towards integrated nanosystems, using some interesting results as well. lege and an MS degree in Engineering the “bottom-up” approach in chemi- According to Huang the real big differ- and Management Science fr om cally synthesizing semiconductor ence between nanotechnology and con- Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is nanowire building blocks. ventional technology that produces a member of the ACS, Northeastern In the course of our interview chip power is that nanotechnology Section. Huang gave me an overview of the continued on page 8

The Nucleus November 2004 7 ethanol solution. The solution was then were built in the laboratories exhibit Huang directed across a mold with tiny chan- reasonable qualities, comparable with Continued from page 7 nels in it. The nanowires aligned them- and sometimes even better than their offers a “bottom-up” technology alter- selves in the direction of the flow. The bulk counterparts. As more and more native for miniaturization to the “top- faster the flows, the less deviation in technical scientists, engineers, and down” technology currently in use. In alignment was found. By changing the technicians from various fields are the “top-down” technology bulk items first flow direction, a second set of joining the nanotechnology research are reduced to small sizes by litho- nanowire bits were aligned to form a and development effort, there is great graphic methods (which represent the grid with those deposited during the expectation the more complex circuitry basis of integrated circuit technology). first flows. and systems will evolve. In contrast, in the “bottom-up” When I mentioned that the circuitry According to Huang, for nan- technology, nanoscientists’ objectives of the designs used were relatively otechnology to be successful a multi- are to build things up from “chemically simple, she instinctively defended her disciplinary approach must be adapted. synthesized” building blocks called turf, “These circuits are nanoscale How long before we will see more tan- nanomaterials. In the Harvard Univer- logic gates encoding the fundamental gible results depends on how seriously sity’s laboratories, Professor Lieber’s AND, OR, and NOR logical functions. this technology will be taken in terms team of scientists was able to apply the These devices represent the first “bot- of manpower and funds. Clearly, this bottom-up approach in the manufac- tom-up” assembled circuits with all represents an avenue that will create ture of nanoscale logic elements and key device metrics defined by chemi- new jobs. President Bush recognized then to use them for basic computa- cal synthesis and subsequent assembly. the potential for job creation when in tion-both of these are firsts in the nano- They, therefore, enable us to reach 2003 he approved a $3.7 billion fund electronics/molecular electronics field. much smaller size regions and will ulti- as a starting point. Even though Huang emphasized that “what is also mately allow us to move beyond the Huang’s team was able to come up quite significant here is that chemistry technological limitations of current with the original simple designs of the is able to determine the size, morphol- “top-down” approaches.” more basic device elements with ogy, properties of nanomaterials that “By means of the “bottom-up” nanowires, Huang believes that much are desirable for a particular applica- approach different nanostructures were more collaboration is needed to tion.” synthesized separately in the laboratory achieve more complex circuit designs. “Nanotechnology has the potential and brought together through chemical Only with that level of collaboration to create new materials with exciting assembly,” Huang added. “This offers can a final step to build a computer new properties that are desirable in us the unique opportunity to combine from the bottom up be reached in the various applications, Huang added. materials that would be incompatible next decade or so. According to Huang “Since nanomaterials are generally of in conventional technologies (e.g. sili- substantial collaboration is going on comparable sizes to chemical mole- con and gallium nitride) due to materi- between the Professor Lieber’s Har- cules and macromolecules, they can be als or process incompatibilities. New vard group and the computer design processed with very similar methods. functions are thus created which could experts at Caltech to push the research That is why chemists will be afforded a not otherwise be achievable.” towards the ultimate goal. unique opportunity to play a leading Huang conceded that there is In the meantime, Huang expects role in this technology.” much to be done to reach a much that other less complicated applications Not surprisingly, nanotechnology greater level of sophistication that is may be developed, way before the is already being touted as the next new likely to be required to be of any use in building of a fully functional frontier of chemical science. That’s the electronics industry today, much nanocomputer becomes a reality. For because chemists will get a chance to less decades later. The nanoscale elec- instance, there is now growing interest facilitate and promote the collaboration tronics and opto-electronics circuitry in applying nanotechnology to biomed- and interaction among the other sci- that her team members were able to ical studies, such as in medical diag- ence disciplines such as physics, mate- build merely represent a successful nostics and disease prevention as well rials, electrical engineering, and even intermediate goal in a phase that the as in anti-terror bio-warfares. Consid- biology engineers and scientists call “the proof- ering that cellular and molecular-level Huang’s ground-breaking work of-concept” phase. Typically, in that interactions occur at the nanometer resulted in the creation of electronics phase there is not any expectation to scale, some scientists believe that components from the bottom up reach the ultimate goal. nanoscience may hold the promise of through chemical synthesis and then in In fact, Huang is pleased with the bringing about fundamental changes in their assembly from individual mole- results so far and so is the scientific the way the biological processes are cules. In that process, tiny bits of community. That is why there is great studied. nanowires made of silicon, gallium anticipation that this technology could It does appear that chemistry will phosphide, gallium nitride and indium offer great potential in some very criti- benefit the most from a push towards phosphide were suspended in an cal real life applications. Devices that Continued on page 11

8 The Nucleus November 2004 Summary of Governace Actions/Reports AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 228TH ACS NATIONAL MEETING PHILADELPHIA, PA AUGUST 22-26, 2004 ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL B. Stechel for a 2005 term. David N. Rahni, Pace University, Pleasantville, New York Election Results Candidates for President-Elect and · The Committee on Nominations and Board of Directors Director, District II, 2005-2007 Elections presented to Council the · The Council was informed of the Thomas H. Lane, Dow Corning following slate of nominees for candidates for the fall 2004 ACS Corporation, Midland, Michigan membership on the Committee on national election as follows: Committees for the 2005-2007 term: Diane G. Schmidt, Procter & Gam- Lawrence Barton, Cherlynlavaugh President-Elect 2005 ble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio Bradley, George F. Cowperthwaite, E. Ann Nalley, Cameron University, Director, District IV, 2005-2007 Franklin A. Davis, Lissa Dulany, Lawton, Oklahoma Eric D. Bigham, GlaxoSmithKline, Larry K. Krannich, Melanie J. F. Sherwood Rowland, University Chapel Hill, North Carolina Lesko, Mary Virginia Orna, Eleanor of California, Irvine, California D. Siebert and James Visintainer. Paul R. Jones, University of North By written ballot the Council elected Isiah M. Warner, Louisiana State Texas, Denton, Texas Lawrence Barton, Lissa Dulany, University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Robert L. Lichter, Merrimack Con- Larry K. Krannich, Mary Virginia Director-at-Large, 2005-2007 sultants, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia Orna, and Eleanor D. Siebert for the John L. Massingill, Jr., Texas State 2005-2007 term. David F. Eaton, Light Insights, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware University, San Marcos, Texas · The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to Council the Judith C. Giordan, Visions in Edu- Candidate Statement Guidelines: following slate of nominees for cation, Inc., Pleasanton, California President-Elect and Board of Direc- membership on the Council Policy Howard M. Peters, Peters, Verny, tors Committee for the 2005-2007 term: Jones & Schmitt, LLP, Palo Alto, · The Council discussed a recent deci- Rita R. Boggs, Dean W. Cooke, Ann California continued on page 15 H. Hunt, Thomas J. Kucera, Robert A. Pett, Yorke E. Rhodes, Peter J. Stang, and Mark Wicholas. By writ- ten ballot the Council elected Rita R. Boggs, Dean W. Cooke, Yorke E. Rhodes, and Peter J. Stang for the 2005-2007 term. · The Council Policy Committee pre- sented to Council the following slate of nominees for membership on the Committee on Nominations and Elections: Roger F. Bartholomew, R. Gerald Bass, Frank D. Blum, Michael P. Doyle, Carol A. Duane, Merle I. Eiss, Ruth Ann Hathaway, Frederick G. Heineken, Roland F. Hirsch, Warren D. Hull, Jr., Robert A. Pribush, Kathleen M. Schulz, Herbert B. Silber, and Ellen B. Stechel. By written ballot the Coun- cil elected Frank D. Blum, Michael P. Doyle, Carol A. Duane, Ruth A. Hathaway and Kathleen M. Schulz for the 2005-07 term; and to fill two vacancies on the committee, Merle I. Eiss for a 2005-06 term, and Ellen

The Nucleus November 2004 9 NESACS at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting August 22-26, 2004

Felice Frankel (M.I.T.) with ACS President Charles Casey.

(left to right) (Cornell University), Felice Frankel (M.I.T.), Bassam Shakhashiri (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Oliver Sacks (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), and ACS President Charles Casey at the “President’s Cultural Event: Science, the Arts and the Humanities.”

10 The Nucleus November 2004 NESACS at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting Continued from page 10

Jean Fuller-Stanley (Wellesley College) at the ChemLuminary poster session. Philadelphia photos from Morton Hoffmann

a catalytic growth process in the gas Wet Chemistry Huang phase and then sequentially assembled Continued from page 4 Continued from page 8 into device structures in microfluidics. For use, the students also had to work nanotechnology. According to Huang Therefore, the human element in the at 200 C because the triple salt is chemistry was always at the center of manufacturing process could be mini- slightly soluble. This was long before all the sciences. In this new technol- mized. And yet, to achieve any kind of the Atomic Energy Commission and its ogy, ultimately, all nanotech applica- major manufacturing of the new nan- safety inspections: Pounds of a ura- tions have to resort back to material otech-based devices, she believes that nium salt in an open laboratory room! properties which are directly related to the manufacturing processes will have Horrors! material synthesis. And that can be to take place within the current infra- These were the days before equip- accomplished through application of structure in place. ment for flame photometry was avail- chemical processes, especially when As for her future plans, Huang is able – now nobody would use the new and novel properties become more currently working on interfacing bio- involved and finicky gravimetric pro- in demand. logical system with functional materi- cedures. Although I was encouraged by the als. Specifically, her aim is to develop G.F. Smith also introduced many future prospects for the chemistry pro- programmed synthesis and assembly of new organic reagents: He would have fession possible through the applica- nanostructured materials through his Ph.D. students at Illinois do the tion of nanotechnology, I expressed my genetic control of biological entities. research on these reagents, then the concern about its overall impact on the However, as one would expect of a pio- chemists at the G.F. Smith Company ailing electronics manufacturing indus- neer, Huang has a more independent would synthesize them in commercial try until Huang assured me that such streak in her psyche. She would like to quantities (i.e. at the multi-gram level) concern is not really warranted. She have her own laboratory some day and and the company would publicize and conceded that at this time individual run her own show. She certainly is sell them. ◆ building blocks are synthesized through heading in the right direction. ◆

The Nucleus November 2004 11 The 4th Annual NESACS- NSYCC/GDCh-JCF Exchange Program By Lauren Wolf (NSYCC Chair), Aida Herrera (NSYCC Career Chair), Ivan Korendovych (NSYCC Assistant-Chair), Sonia Taktak (NSYCC Treasurer) Dr. Ruth Tanner (UMass-Lowell) and Dr. Michael Strem (Strem Chemicals Inc.)

During the week of April 18, 2004, NESACS had the honor of hosting the fourth annual exchange program between its Younger Chemists Com- mittee (NSYCC) and the German Chemical Society’s Younger Chemists Committee, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker-Junchemikerforum (GDCh- JCF). It was a bright and sunny Sun- day, the first warm spring day we had seen here in Boston, when the German contingent arrived at Logan Airport. The 13 German students, as well as former and current Chairs of the Jung- chemikerforum, Nils Lessmann and Tanja Schaffer, and Dr. Kurt Begitt (GDCh), were met with a warm wel- come at the International Arrivals gate The German group at the famous John Harvard statue during a tour of Harvard Yard. by the NESACS Exchange Program Left to right: Dr. Kelly Higgins, Ivan Korendovych, Jan Phillip Weyrauch, Tanja Schaffer, Sebastian Chair, Dr. Michael Strem, and the Fritzsche, Frank Sischerl, Jan Mueller, Ulrike Helmstedt, H. Martin Mueller, Franz Dornhaus, Ben- jamin Malte Rossbach, Melanie Schnell, Christian Ducho, Peter Quast, Susanne Bieller, Jens NSYCC officers. Tschmelak, and Dr. Kurt Begitt With the introductions made and T- passes in hand, the NSYCC officers guided the German group to the Col- lege Club on Commonwealth Avenue, their home for the week. After a few hours of settling in and relaxing, the group made a trip to the top of the Pru- dential Building taking pictures of the clear 360 degree views of the city before it was time to head to Faneuil Hall for dinner at Durgin Park for a traditional New England fare. On Monday, Patriot’s Day in Boston, the German students met NSYCC members in the lobby of the College Club to start the momentous second day of the Exchange. The group reveled in the warm, sunny weather while walking to Fenway Park to enjoy one of the oldest rivalries in baseball history: the Red Sox vs. the Yankees. The game, as is the case with every game between the Red Sox and Yankees, was an exciting one. The Red Sox were down and then came back to score the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning. Final score: 5-4, Red Sox!

12 The Nucleus November 2004 part of the afternoon spent looking at YCC collections of their choosing. After din- Continued from page 12 ner, the German group, accompanied On the third day of the Exchange, by several NESACS and NSYCC the German students were given a tour members, went to an evening perform- of the newly renovated MIT chemistry ance of the Boston Symphony. department, followed by a tour of the oldest university in the The First Northeast Student where the delegation was given a brief Chemistry Career Fair lecture on Harvard history and tradi- On Friday, a rainy day in Boston, the NSYCC held the first Northeast tions by Dr. Kelly Higgins. After- Award winner, Melanie Schnell of the University wards, they enjoyed a tour of the Student Chemistry Career Fair of Hannover, talking with judge, Dr. Gil Jones of research facilities and labs in the (NSCCF). The German students Boston University, about her research during Department of Chemistry and Chemi- attended the event, held at the Brook- the NSCRC poster session. cal Biology including a look at state- line Holiday Inn, to learn about apply- the luncheon, representatives from 12 of-the-art scientific equipment ing for jobs and post-doctoral regional companies made themselves designed and assembled in the labora- fellowships in the United States. The available for greeting and discussing tory of Prof. Bill Klemperer. Fair began with a set of morning work- employment with ~120 attending On Wednesday, April 21, the Ger- shops on resumé writing and interview- younger chemists. Companies that par- man students and other Boston-area ing skills. These workshops, hosted by ticipated were Amgen, AstraZeneca, younger chemists set out for Pfizer in Dr. Daniel Eustace of ACS Career Ser- Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Cubist, Groton, CT. Upon arrival at Pfizer’s vices, engaged the ~80 attending stu- Immunogen, the German Academic new, impressive R&D facility, they dents in discussion about searching for Exchange Service (DAAD), Degussa, were greeted by host, Dr. Michael a job and even included a mock inter- Engelhard, Genzyme, Kforce Scien- DeNinno. Introductory remarks were view to illustrate good and bad inter- tific Staffing, Novartis Institute for given on Drug Discovery at Pfizer fol- viewing behavior. Biomedical Research, Pharm-Eco, lowed by lunch with Pfizer representa- After the workshops, a buffet Strem Chemicals Inc. and Wyeth. One tives discussing future careers, luncheon was held for all of the atten- student said of the Fair, “I’ve had sev- business, and science. Afterwards, Dr. dees in the upstairs Esplanade of the eral job interviews during the weeks DeNinno gave a presentation on Drug Holiday Inn. Immediately following continued on page 14 Discovery including a question and answer session. Finally, we separated into several groups and toured the labs to view state-of-the-art equipment that included liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy and NMR instrumenta- tion. Once the tours concluded, our groups recombined to depart for New- port, RI. for cliff-walking, picture-tak- ing and interacting with locals out enjoying the sunny weather with a dinner held at the famous Christie’s on the bay in downtown Newport. On Thursday our German guests, accompanied by local students, met at the MFA with laboratory research director, Dr. Richard Newman. Dr. Newman gave a fascinating presenta- tion on the authentication and preser- vation of art and artifacts and a lecture tour of the authentication and preserva- tion of analytical chemistry laborato- ries. Following lunch, the group was given a guided tour of selected pieces of American art and sculpture in the museum’s collection with the latter

The Nucleus November 2004 13 here in Boston, our German guests the 2004 Keynote Address was given YCC attended and participated in the 6th by Dr. Stephen Lippard, Chair of the Continued from page 13 Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Department of Chemistry at MIT. The following the Fair and I’m having con- Research Conference (NSCRC). This address, entitled, “New Fluorescent tinued success.” One representative event, sponsored by the Northeastern Sensors to Study Biochemical Zinc from Wyeth also said, “We have identi- Section’s Education and Younger and Nitric Oxide and to Monitor Mer- fied from the applicants an excellent Chemists Committees was held at the cury in the Environment,” was an candidate and invited her for an on- Boston University Photonics Center. exciting blend of cutting edge research site interview. Looking forward to Approximately 130 registrants from in biosensors and inorganic chemistry. another job fair next year!” numerous New England colleges and Just before the conclusion of the To celebrate the huge success of universities flocked to BU to attend. conference, awards were given to the Career Fair, the NSYCC officers The day began auspiciously with attendees for excellence in research. and members, and our German guests welcoming remarks by Dr. Casey who This year, Strem Chemicals Inc. subsequently went to a Genzyme-spon- spoke a little bit about research being donated $100, which went to Christian sored dinner at Jacob Wirth’s in the conducted in his own laboratory at the Ducho (University of Hamburg) for Theatre District. At the restaurant, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and best oral presentation. Genzyme also group was joined by Dr . Charles the future of chemistry, asking students donated monetary awards for the best Casey, National ACS President, and for their opinions on issues important student poster presentations. $100 his wife, Martha, as well as Genzyme to them. As the morning session got prizes went to Christopher Dicesare representatives Dr. Harry Mandeville, underway, undergraduates Elisa Miller (Tufts University), Supratim Datta Dr. Thomas Neenan, Dr. Thomas Joze- (BU) and Pasha Mirazimi (BC), and (Boston University), and Jamie Ryan fiak, and Dr. Amy Tapper. Everyone graduate students Filiz Aslan (BU) and (Boston University). The Annual had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Mingfeng Yang (Clark University), as Brauner Undergraduate Book Award Casey and network more intimately well as two German students Christian went to Elisa Miller of Boston Univer- with Genzyme. Ducho and Sebastian Fritzsche gave sity. In addition, Kluwer and Wiley short oral research presentations. donated books to the NSYCC that The 6th Annual Northeast In the afternoon, over 80 posters were given as honorable mention Student Chemistry Research covering myriad chemical research prizes for posters by William Neeley Conference themes were presented by attendees. . (MIT), Frank Sischerl (University of On the last full day of their stay At the conclusion of the poster session, Konstanz), Lourdes Pia H. Lopez (MIT), Melanie Schnell (University of Hannover), Nathan Maugel (Merri- GATEWAY CHEMICAL mack College) and Aaron Gregory Schmidt (Emmanuel College). TECHNOLOGY At the conclusion of the NSCRC, the German students, Drs. Casey and Lippard and their wives, NSYCC CUSTOM SYNTHESIS members and officers, as well as • Pharmaceuticals NESACS members and officers made • Agrichemicals their way over to the School of Man- • Combinatorial Platforms agement at Boston University for the • Competitor's Products farewell banquet. Our guests were able • Intermediates to enjoy one last excellent meal, includ- • Analytical Standards ing one last piece of Boston Creme Pie • Metabolites before their return to Germany. Many thanks were passed around and many PROCESS DEVELOPMENT tearful goodbyes were said. It was • Process Evaluation clear during those final moments that • New Route Development relationships were formed during the week that will last a lifetime. SPECTROSCOPIC SERVICES In summary, Weekly T-pass: • LCMS (APCI and API-ES) $16.50, Visitor Pass to the Top of the • NMR (300 MHz) Prudential Building: $6.00, Hot Dog at • GCMS (EI) Fenway: $4.00, Ticket to the Boston 11810 Borman Dr • Saint Louis, Missouri 63146 Symphony: $31.50, Relationships 314.220.2691 (office) • 314.991.2834 (fax) Formed and Experiences for All during www.gatewaychemical.com • [email protected] the Exchange Program: Priceless. ◆

14 The Nucleus November 2004 Summary of Governance tion on the New York Convention The first Society implementation Center. will be internet-based, similar to Continued from page 9 those currently used by several divi- sion by the Committee on Nomina- Membership Statistics sions, sister societies, and other tions to reduce the allowable length · The Council was informed that as of organizations, such as public corpo- for candidate statements (President- June 30, 2004, total ACS member- rations polling their shareholders Elect and Board of Directors) from ship stood at 154,945. Compared to prior to annual meetings. The Peti- 1000 words to 750. A resolution last year, this represents less than a tion to Change Division Annual was defeated at Council that would 1% decrease in the overall member- Report Deadlines makes the annual have allowed candidate statements ship number. The good news is that report deadline consistent with that to be 1000 words or more. the very impressive 50% increase in of Local Sections. This allows the the recent graduates joining the Council Committee on Divisional Proposal for an Ethics Committee Society experienced at year-end last Activities more time to evaluate · The Committee on Committees pre- year is continuing. At the end of Division Annual Reports for making sented to Council a proposal for June, more than 6,800 new members selections for the ChemLuminary establishing an Ethics Committee as had been added to the membership Awards program. The Petition for an Other Committee of the Council. rolls, which aligns well with the Membership Requirements for The charge of this committee would number at the same time last year. Teachers allows experienced quali- be as follows: To coordinate the Approval of Petitions fied chemistry teachers, who may ethics-related activities of the Soci- not otherwise fully meet the require- ety; serve as an educational resource · The Council voted to accept three ments, to become members based on and clearinghouse, but not as an amendments to the ACS Constitution their status and experience. The adjudicatory body, for ACS mem- and/or Bylaws (Petitions): Petition petition also allows a pre-college bers seeking guidance on ethics for Electronic Balloting, Petition to chemistry or allied science teacher to issues; raise awareness of ethics Change Division Annual Report become an associate member. issues through meeting program- Deadline, and Petition for Member- ming and columns/editorials; review ship Requirements for Teachers. Special Discussion Item recognition opportunities for The Petition for Electronic Balloting ·Aspecial discussion item was put on acknowledging ethical behavior; and proposed changes to the Society’s the Council agenda for this meeting. develop and oversee such other Constitution and Bylaws allowing ACS President Charles Casey and ethics-related activities as will serve for the option of electronic balloting. continued on page 16 ACS members and promote the Society’s standards of ethical con- duct within the profession of chem- istry and its related disciplines. The Council voted to refer the recom- mendation back to the Committee on Committees for further study. Registration Report, 2005 Advance Registration Fee, and Future Loca- tions of National Meetings · As of August 24, 2004, the ACS fall national meeting had attracted 13,805 registrants as follows: Regu- lar attendees 7,741; Students 2,919; Guests 482; Exhibit only 734; and Exhibitors 1,929. The 2005 advance registration fee was announced as $295. The Council approved 2014 meeting sites as follows: Washing- ton, D.C. (March 16-20) and San Francisco (August 24-28). The Com- mittee on Meetings and Expositions will be requesting that the Board of Directors agree to switch the New York 2010 meeting with the Boston 2012 site due to projected construc-

The Nucleus November 2004 15 Summary of Governance applied chemistry industry. The requests for 2005: ChemCensus Othmer Gold Medal recognizes a 2005; a Leadership Development Continued from page 15 chemical scientist of multiple talents Project and the PROGRESS Project. Board Chair James Burke lead the and achievements and is awarded by On the recommendation of the Soci- Council in a discussion on the multi- the Chemical Heritage Foundation. ety’s Budget and Finance Commit- disciplinarity/dispersion of chemistry The Board also approved financial tee, the Board voted the following as a discipline and its impact on support for the James Bryant Conant actions: to include funding for ACS members and the profession. Award in High School Chemistry ChemCensus 2005 in the ’05 pro- Questions were raised about the way Teaching for 2006. The Board posed budget at a cost of $229,000; the federal government identifies agreed that the award addresses for to fund the PROGRESS Project in jobs held by chemists as one of many the Award for Volunteer Service to the proposed 2005 budget at a cost indicators of how multidisciplinarity the Society will be presented at of $160,000, $94,000 in 2006, and has come to affect the status of annual ChemLuminary Award Cere- $98,000 in 2007; and to defer consid- chemists. The Board of Directors monies. eration of the Leadership Develop- and the ACS President have estab- ment Project for further clarification lished a joint Board-Council task The Board’s Committees and Task of the project’s focus and metrics force to assess the challenges and Forces and to resubmit a modified proposal opportunities that multidisciplinarity · The Board received a report from its at the earliest opportunity. presents to the ACS and chemical Audit Committee and voted to The Society’s Staff scientists in general. The discussion approve the committee charter and a at Council revealed an interest in this subsequent board amendment refer- · The Board received a report from topic, particularly as it applies to the encing the charter. The Audit Com- the Executive Director on the overall future of the discipline. mittee assists the Board with activities of the Society and detailed fulfilling its responsibility for over- reports on the activities of the Gov- Local Section Actions sight of the quality and integrity of erning Boards for Publishing and · On the recommendation of the Local the accounting, auditing, internal Green Chemistry, the Membership Section Activities Committee, the control and financial reporting prac- Division, Human Resources and the Council approved a name change for tices of the Society. Society’s General Counsel. The the Peoria Local Section to the Illi- Board continued its review of execu- · The Board received a progress report nois Heartland Local Section. The tive compensation through a report from its task force on strategic Council also approved the inclusion presented by Aon Consulting – a alliances, which is drafting a frame- of four additional counties to the nationally recognized human work “stage gates” of sequential Wichita Falls – Duncan Local Sec- resources consulting firm. decisions to guide the Society as it tion. pursues new endeavors. The Board Special Presentations Approval of the ACS Professional also was updated on its continued · The Board received two special pre- Employment Guidelines discussions with the American Insti- sentations. The first presentation · On the recommendation of the Com- tute of Chemical Engineers. detailed the American Chemistry mittee on Economic and Profes- · Earlier this year a task force on ACS Council’s (ACC) Long Range sional Affairs, the Council voted to development activities began study- Research Initiative and was pre- approve the seventh edition of the ing opportunities for an expanded sented by Dr. Nance Dicciani, Presi- ACS Professional Employment development program at the Society. dent and CEO of Honeywell Guidelines. These guidelines offer a At this meeting, the Board voted to Specialty Materials, and Chair of variety of recommended practices in centralize and expand the Society’s ACC’s Board Research Committee. employment for professional scien- development activities, effective The second special presentation took tists and their employers in today’s January 1, 2005. place at the Chemical Heritage Foun- workplace. dation, where the Board received a The Society’s Finances tour of the Foundation followed by ACTIONS OF THE BOARD · The Board received a report from the an overview of its history and cur- ACS Award Activity Committee on Budget and Finance rent activities as presented by its president, Dr. Arnold Thackray. ◆ · The Board of Directors voted to rec- and was advised that the Society is ommend a nominee for both the projected to end 2004 with a net 2005 Perkin Medal and the Othmer contribution from operations of Gold Medal. The Perkin Medal, the $1,531,000, which is $60,000 favor- highest award of the Society of able to the approved budget. Chemical Industry, is awarded for · The Board of Directors received and outstanding contributions to the discussed three program funding

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