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Lawrence, KS, Holiday Inn on Thursday Evening, October 24Th Credits General Chair Robert G. Carlson Program Chairs Cynthia K. Larive Joseph A. Heppert General Session Chairs Analytical Chemistry Heather Desaire Chemical Education Janet Robinson Inorganic Chemistry Mikhail Barybin Organic Chemistry Helena Malinakova Physical Chemistry Cindy Berrie Symposia Chair Paul Hanson Exhibits Chair Eric Munson John Stobaugh Undergraduate Activities Barbara Schowen Bonnie Sheriff Treasurer Malonne Davies Webmaster Kenneth Ratzlaff University of Kansas Continuing Education Carol Smith Heather Hoy Kristin Tate Midwest Award Leah O’Brien ACS Regional Meeting Office John Michael Sophos Kansas Union Coordinator Gene Wee Welcome to the 37th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society October 23-25, 2002 The Kansas Union The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Hosted by the University of Kanasas Local Section MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 Local Sections of the Midwest Region of the American Chemical Society Ames Iowa Kansas City Kansas State University Mark Twain Mo-Kan-Ok Nebraska Omaha Ozark Sioux Valley South Central Missouri Southern Illinois St. Louis University of Kansas University of Missouri University of Arkansas Wichita 2 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 Table of Contents Credits ..................................................................................... inside front cover Welcome .................................................................................................. 1 Local Sections of the Midwest Region ..................................................... 2 Table of Contents .................................................................................... 3 Special Greetings Bill Graves, Govenor of Kansas ....................................................... 5 Krzysztof Kuczera, Chair of University of Kansas ACS Section ...... 6 Meeting at a Glance ................................................................................. 7 General Information ................................................................................. 9 58th Midwest Regional Award in Chemistry ............................................ 11 16th Midwest Regional Award for High School Teaching ........................ 14 ACS Women Chemists Committee Midwest Regional Award for Contribution to Diversity.................................................................... 16 Bailey Hall: National Historic Chemical Landmark ................................... 18 Undergraduate Program and Symposium ............................................... 19 Technical Program Special Symposia Anion Receptors ....................................................................... 20 Applications of NMR to Problems in Material Science ............. 21 Applications of NMR to Problems in Pharmaceutical Chemistry ......................................................................... 22 Catalysis ................................................................................... 23 Green Catalysis ........................................................................ 24 Meeting the Analytical Challenges of Proteomics .................... 25 New Developments in Combinatorial Chemistry ...................... 26 Probing Biological Surfaces ..................................................... 27 3 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 Table of Contents (cont.) Research in Problem Solving ................................................... 28 Theory and Simulation of Condensed Phase Materials ........... 28 General Sessions Analytical .................................................................................. 30 Chemical Education ................................................................. 32 Inorganic .................................................................................. 34 Organic ..................................................................................... 38 Physical .................................................................................... 42 Poster Sessions General Poster Session I ......................................................... 45 General Poster Session II ........................................................ 51 Undergraduate Poster Session ................................................ 58 Abstracts .................................................................................................. 60 Author Index ............................................................................................ 237 Kansas Union Map .................................................................. inside back cover 38th Midwest Regional ACS Meeting Announcement ....................... back cover 4 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 5 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 6 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 MWRM 2002 THE MEETING AT A GLANCE Wednesday, October 23 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM REGISTRATION KANSAS UNION 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM MIXER, POSTER SESSION AND VENDOR EXHIBITION BALLROOM Thursday, October 24 7:00 AM-5:00 PM REGISTRATION KANSAS UNION CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND CONVERSATION 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM MALOTT ROOM WITH ACS GOVERNANCE 8:00 AM - 12:00 N VENDOR EXHIBITION BALLROOM 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY JAYHAWK ROOM 8:00 AM - 12:40 PM INORGANIC CHEMISTRY: COORDINATION CHEMISTRY PARLOR B/C 8:00 AM - 12:40 PM PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: STRUCTURE AND SPECTROSCOPY ENGLISH ROOM 8:30 AM - 12:10 PM ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: SEPARATIONS AND MASS SPECTROMETRY CENTENNIAL ROOM 8:30 AM - 12:25 PM GREEN CATALYSIS ALDERSON AUDITORIUM 8:40 AM - 12:20 PM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: ORGANOMETALLIC METHODOLOGY KANSAS ROOM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CAREER SERVICES WORKSHOP: EMPLOYMENT TRENDS KANSAS UNION 9:00 AM - 11:40 AM PROBING BIOLOGICAL SURFACES PINE ROOM 9:00 AM - 12:00 N CHEMICAL EDUCATION: RESEARCH IN PROBLEM SOLVING BIG 12 ROOM 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CAREER SERVICES WORKSHOP: RESUME PREPARATION KANSAS UNION 11:00 AM - 12:00 N CAREER SERVICES WORKSHOP: INTERVIEWING SKILLS KANSAS UNION 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CAREER SERVICES WORKSHOP: INDIVIDUAL RESUME REVIEW KANSAS UNION 1:00 PM - 4:20 PM CHEMICAL EDUCATION: CHEMICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH BIG 12 ROOM 1:00 PM - 4:35 PM ANION RECEPTORS JAYHAWK ROOM 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY PARLOR B/C 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM MEETING THE ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE OF PROTEOMICS KANSAS ROOM 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM APPLICATIONS OF NMR TO PROBLEMS IN MATERIAL SCIENCE PINE ROOM 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM CATALYSIS ALDERSON AUDITORIUM PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: 1:00 PM - 5:20 PM ENGLISH ROOM DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY OF CONDENSED PHASES ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: 1:30 - 4:30 PM CENTENNIAL ROOM POLYMERS, MEMBRANES AND SURFACE ANALYSIS 4:30 - 5:30 PM MIDWEST AWARD ADDRESS WOODRUFF AUDITORIUM 4:35 - 5:35 PM ANION RECEPTOR POSTER SESSION BALLROOM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MIDWEST ACS AWARDS BANQUET LAWRENCE HOLIDOME 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM POSTER SESSION AND VENDOR EXHIBITION BALLROOM 7 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 MWRM 2002 THE MEETING AT A GLANCE Friday, October 25 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM REGISTRATION KANSAS UNION 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM VENDOR EXHIBITION BALLROOM 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY CENTENNIAL ROOM 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM THEORY AND SIMULATION OF CONDENSED PHASE MATERIALS ENGLISH ROOM 8:00 AM - 12:40 PM INORGANIC CHEMISTRY PARLOR B/C CHEMICAL EDUCATION: 8:20 AM - 12:00 N BIG 12 ROOM CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY INSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS OF NMR TO PROBLEMS 8:30 AM - 11:45 AM PINE ROOM IN PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM ANION RECEPTORS JAYHAWK ROOM 9:00 AM - 12:00 N CATALYSIS ALDERSON AUDITORIUM 12:00 N MIDWEST REGION STEERING COMMITTEE LUNCHEON 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM WORKSHOP ON WRITING SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH PROPOSALS ALDERSON AUDITORIUM 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM UNDERGRADUATE POSTER SESSION BALLROOM 8 MWRM 2002 37th Midwest Regional Meeting October 23-25, 2002 General Information The 37th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held from Wednesday, October 23, to Friday, October 25, 2002, at the Kansas Union on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas Section of ACS will host the meeting. Information and Registration Registration will be held in the Kansas Union and will be open 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 7:00 am - 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, and 7:30 - 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Technical Sessions All of the tecnical sessions are in the Kansas Union as listed in the following program. A map of the union can be found on the inside back cover. Exhibition An exhibition featuring scientific instruments, supplies, publishers, and software will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the Ballroom. A number of universities will also have booths at the exhibition for anyone interested in attending graduate school. The hours of the Exhibition are 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday in conjunction with the first Poster Session and the Welcoming Reception/Mixer, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, and 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. on Thursday in conjunction with the second Poster Session, and 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Awards The Midwest Region Award for Outstanding Achievements in Chemistry, Sponsored by the ACS St. Louis Section, will be presented to Professor Michael Gross and the Midwest Regional High School Teaching Award will be presented to Janice P. Crowley at the Midwest Award Banquet on Thursday evening. The Midwest Award Address will be presented on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium
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