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Chicago Section American Chemical Society http ://chicagoacs.org OCTOBER • 2005 CHICAGO SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Joint Meeting of Northwestern University Department of Chemistry and the Chicago Section ACS Basolo Medal Award Lecture, Dinner and Presentation FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005 BASOLO MEDAL LECTURE 2005 FRED BASOLO MEDALIST DINNER LOCATION Northwestern University Zhivago Restaurant & Banquets Technological Institute 9925 Gross Point Road 2145 Sheridan Road Skokie , IL Evanston, IL 84 7-982-1400 Lecture Room 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE RESTAURANT: DIRECTIONS TO THE TECH From the Tech Institute: Go North on INSTITUTE: Sheridan Rd. and turn left on Centra l From the city: Take Lake Shore Drive St. Turn left on Gross Poin t Rd . and North to Sheridan Road into Evanston. proceed to the restaurant. Continue on Sheridan Road to the Tech Institute. From Edens Expressway: Take From the west: take 1-88 east to 294 Dempster east to Gross Point Rd. Turn north to Dempster east. Proceed east on left on Gross Point Rd. and proceed to the restaurant. Dempster into Evanston. Turn left onto Chicago Ave . and proceed to Sheridan (FOR DETAILED MAP, SEE SEC­ Road. Take Sheridan Road north to the TION'S WEBSITE) Tech Institute. The Techno logical Insti­ tute is at the intersection of Sheridan PARKING: Free in the lot. Parking is Road and Noyes Street in Evanston. also available at Keeler and Gross Dr. John E. Bercaw, Centennia l Pro­ Point Road. To those attending the Basolo Medal fessor of Chemistry, California Insti­ lecture, parking after 4:00 p.m. is avail­ tute of Technology JOB CLUB will meet at Zhivago at able in the lot across from the Techno­ 5:30 p.m. logical Institute at the corner of Noyes Title : "Selective Catalytic Oxidations Street and Sheridan Road . Parking is Reception for John Bercaw of Methane: Keys to the Effective also available on the side streets just and Fred Basolo: 6:15 P.M. Use of Natural Gas" west of this lot - however, observe the Complementary wine, soft drinks, and posted signs. Car-pooling is always hors d'oeuvres Abstract: The rising cost of oil and fear encouraged. of high CO 2 levels in the atmosphere DINNER: 7:15 P.M. are leading scientists to search for Lecture room 3 is on the first floor of cheap a lternatives to coa l and oil. (See page 2 for dinner information) the Technological Institute and is most Direct aerobic ox idations of methane, easily reached by entering through the the principal component of natural gas NOTICE TO ILLINOIS main doors facing Sheridan Road. The to liqu id fuels and usefu l chemicals is lecture room is clearly marked and TEACHERS an attractive approach. Unfortunately, there will be signs at the entrance to the selec tivity for pa rtial oxidation of The Chicago Section-ACS is an guide you to the room. methane with most oxidants , including ISBE provider for professional 0 , are complicated by the increasing development units for Illinois teach­ Basolo Medal Lecture: 4:30 P.M. 2 reactivity of its oxidation products. ers . Teachers who register for this The Medalist Lecture is open to the month's meeting will have the public and admission is free to all those opportunity to earn up to 4 CPDU's. wishing to attend. (continued on page 2, column 1) 10/05 2 (continued from page 1) istry (complexes of Sc, Y, Zr, Hf, Nb SOUP COURSE: Cream of Mushroom · and Ta) and its applications to the Organometallic reagents offer poten­ Ziegler -Natta olefin polymerization . DINNER COURSE: Choice of entrEe: tially more attractive selectivity , and Also , he studies the late trans ition Beef Brochette (skewered beef tender­ among organometallic reagents that metal chemistry (complexes of Pd and loin filet marinated in house marinade activate carbo n-hydrogen bonds , the Pt) relevant to alkane oxidation cataly­ and grilled with an array of vegetables), "Shilov System" , stoichiometric oxida­ sis. His work includes new compound Pork Chop (center cut marinated and tion of alkanes to alcohols by aqueous synthesis and subsequent characteri ­ baked) , Salmon (broiled on a bed of Pt(IV), exhibits unusual selectivity and zation by multinuclear NMR spectrom­ spinach with Sonoma Curtier Russian better compatibility with oxidants and etry and by single crystal X-ray diffrac ­ River Sauce), or Vegetarian Pasta. protic reagents. Using a variety of kinet­ tion methods. A key area of study is ics, isotopic labeling and stereochemi­ reaction mechanism studies using iso­ DESSERT COURSE - SERVED cal stud ies, we have examined the topic labeling , characterization of FAMILY STYLE: Assorted pastries and mechanisms of the individual steps of intermediates , dynamic NMR tech­ fresh fruit the Shilov cycle. niques , and mon itoring of reaction The rate and selectiv ity determ ining kinetics and stereochemistry. These BEVERAGE: Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks step of the cycle is the initial coordina­ studies are ultimately directed toward tion of the C-H bond to Pt(II). A series assessing the roles of transition met­ GENERAL MEETING: 8:30 P.M. of bis(aryl)diimine-ligated Pt(II) methyl als in catalysis and developing new cations are found to provide bette r stoichiomet ric and catalytic reactions • Opening remarks and announce­ characterized models for the reactive for converting readily available ments : Dr. Russell W. Johnson , species in the Shilov System . These molecules such as olefins and alkanes Chair , Chicago Section Amer ican react smoothly in trifluoroethanol sol­ into more valuable products : Chemical Society ven t with the C-H bonds of arenes , He consulted with Exxon for more alkanes , methanol and dimethylether , than twenty years before beginning • Presentation of the 2005 Basolo and the relative rates for these models with BP in 2002 . He has received the Medal: Dr. Hilary Arnold Godwin , reactions have been measured . The ACS awards in Pure Chem istry Chair , Department of Chem istry , relative rate constants are found to vary (1980) , for Organometallic Chemistry Northwestern University over a relatively small range for these (1990) , for Distinguished Service in • Accep tance: Professor John E. substrates. This non-selectivity is simi­ the Advancement of Inorganic Chem­ Bercaw , 2005 Basolo Medalist for lar to that established for other C-H istry (199 7) , the George A. Olah bond activations at d8 metal centers , Outstanding Research in Inorganic Award for Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry. and stands in contrast to the higher, but Chemistry (1999) , and an Arthur C. unfavorable selectivity exhibited in Cope Schola r Award (2000) . He has • Closing Remarks: Dr. Russell W. autoxidation of methane. Recent results also been selected a Chemical Pio­ Johnson indicate that a truly catalytic variant neer by the American Institute of based on 0 2 is possible , although Chemists (1999). He was selected as In This Issue turnover numbers are not yet sufficient a Fellow of the American Association to be practical. for the Advancement of Sc ience :features (1986) and was elected a member of Biography: Professor John E. Bercaw 1 - Basolo Medal Lecture the Nat ional Academy of Sciences 2 - Dinner Meeting was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Decem­ (1990) , as a Fellow of the American ber 3 , 1944 . He rece ived his B. S. Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991 ), 5 - Basolo Medal degree from North Carolina State Uni­ and a Honorary Doctorate of Science , 5 - 2005 Illinois State Fair versity in 1967, his Ph.D. from the Uni­ University of Chicago (2001 ). 5 - Chemistry Day versity of Michigan in 1971 under the 7 - Food Science Lecture Series direction of Hans Brintzinger , and 7 - Washburn review undertook postdoctoral research with Dinnner Information: · 8 - Duties of Section Councilors Jack Halpern at the University of Chica­ Dinner reservations are required 8 - High School Teaching Excel- go for one year. He joined the faculty of and should be received in the lence Award the California Institute of Technology as Section Office via phone (847- 9 - High School Chemistry Clubs an Arthur Amos Noyes Research Fel­ 647-8405) , fax (847-647-8364) , low in 1972, and in 1974 he joined the 9 -ALA Innovation Award email (chicagoacs@amer itech.net) 1O - Reminiscences of the professorial ranks, becoming Professor or website (http ://chicagoacs .org ) of Chemistry in 1979. From 1985 to by noon on Tuesday , October 18 . Chicago Section: Corn 1990 he was the Shell Distinguished The dinner cost is $34. The cost to Products Industry, Part II Professor of Chemistry, and in 1993 he students and unemployed members is 11 - Online Networking/Job Forum was named Centennial Professor of $17 .00 . PLEASE HONOR YOUR Chemistry. Bercaw has been a Royal RESERVATIONS. The Section must In 'Every Issue Society of Chemistry Guest Research pay for all dinner orders. No-shows 1 - Notice to Illinois Teachers Fellow at Oxford University 1989-90, a will be billed. 3 - ChemShorts for Kids Visiting Miller Professor at University of 3 -Job Club California, Berkeley (1990), the Robert APPETIZER COURSE - SERVED 4 - ALMA e-News Burns Woodward Visiting Professor at FAMILY STYLE: Fresh tomato and 4 - Free T-Shirts Harvard University (1999) , and a mozzarella salad, breads, fire cracker 5 - Contact the Chair Seaborg Scholar at Los Alamos Nation­ meat rolls with Asian sauce, calamari 6 - wee Column : This Month­ al Laboratory in 2004. and fresh vegetables Professor Bercaw's research areas Kristine Salmen include the early transition metal chem- 11 - Ad Index 12 - Calendar 10/05 3 substance (the ink) may be attracted to 'CHEfylSHORTS'' the solvent (water) and follow it up the October , 2005 Vol. 92, No. 8. 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