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http://chicagoacs.org MAY ¥ 2007 THE NINETY-SIXTH PRESENTATION OF THE WILLARD GIBBS MEDAL (Founded by William A. Converse) to PROFESSOR SYLVIA T. CEYER sponsored by the SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007

The Arboretum Club paid dues to the Local Chicago Sec- tions of product molecules from a sur- 401 Half Day Road tion ($15 per year), the price is $47. face chemical reaction. (Route 22 and Buffalo Grove Road) Note: Professors must make student Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 reservations. Acceptance of the Award

From O’Hare International Airport: (continued on page 2, Column 2) Take the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) north into Lake County. It will become I-94 in AWARD CEREMONY 8:30 PM Lake County. Exit west on Route 22 and travel about 4 miles to the restaurant The Willard Gibbs Medal Dr. Kenneth Fivizzani, Chair From Chicago: Chicago Section, ACS Take the Tri-State (I-294) north, or take Edens north to the Tri-State spur. Take Introduction of the Medalist the Tri-State north into Lake County Charles P. Casey and follow the directions above. Past President, ACS

Parking: Free Presentation of the Medal Dr. Bruce Bursten RECEPTION 6:00-7:00 P.M. President-Elect, ACS Hors-d’oeuvres Champagne Punch and Non-alcoholic Citation: For seminal in Punch molecule-surface reaction dynamics as related to heterogeneous catalysis DINNER 7:00 P.M. and semiconductor etching. This pioneering work has uncovered Dr. Sylvia Teresse Ceyer new mechanisms for dissociative Dinner reservations are required. To J. C. Sheehan Professor of , chemisorption, desorption and reserve your tickets, please call the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chicago Section office at 847-647- absorption, thus extending the under- 8405 or register at standing of molecular precursors. http://ChicagoACS.org by Friday, Experimental results include ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS May 18 and pay $45 at the door, or fill remarkable achievements using "Bulk H: A New Kind of Surface out the reservation form on page 7 molecular beam-surface scattering, Species with a Chemistry of Its Own" and mail it with your payment of $45 coupled with optical and electron by Friday, May 11 to the address spectroscopies, to measure the given on the form. If you have not angular, and mass distribu- (continued on page 2) 5/07 2 (continued from page 1, column 3)dissociation of a product of a surface (continued from page 1, column 2) reaction, identified and clarified the site Abstract: Experiments that document conversion process, and extended the Tables of 10 may be reserved. If you the distinctive reactivity of H embedded understanding of molecular precursors. request seating for a group, please in the bulk of a Ni metal catalyst are Ceyer is a fellow of the National include a list of names of the people in described. Specifically, a transient H Academy of Sciences and the former your group and their meal choices. atom emerging from the bulk onto the chair of its chemistry section, the sec- Tickets and nametags will be available surface is observed to be the reactive retary of the Physical and Mathemati- at the door. No refunds will be made species in hydrogenation of ethylene cal Sciences Class of the National after noon, on Friday, May 18, 2007. and acetylene adsorbed on Ni to form Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the (continued on page 2) ethane and ethylene, respectively. An H American Academy of Arts and Sci- atom adsorbed on the Ni surface does ences, a fellow of the American Associ- THE MENU: Caesar Salad; Entree not hydrogenate ethylene or acetylene. ation for the Advancement of Science choice of Pecan Asiago Chicken with However, a surface bound H atom will and a fellow of the American Physical Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Hazelnut react with adsorbed acetylene to form Society. She has been awarded the Crusted Grouper with Wild Rice Pilaf, or ethylidyne, a precursor to coke that poi- Hope College Distinguished Alumni Butternut Squash Ravioli tossed in Gar- sons the catalyst. The different reactivi- Award, the Edgerton Prize, the Ameri- lic Cream Sauce; Flourless Chocolate ties of bulk and surface bound H arise can Association of University Women's Cake; Wine from the very different energetics of the Young Scholar Award and has been two kinds of H atoms. A bulk H atom the holder of a Sloan Fellowship and a reacts with an adsorbate while it is a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher- IN THIS ISSUE transiently energetic species emerging Scholar award. Ceyer has received the from the bulk onto the surface with as Baker Award for undergraduate teach- much as 24 kcal/mol more energy than ing, the School of Science Teaching 1 Ð Gibbs Medal Award a reacting surface bound H atom. Prize and the Nobel Laureate Signa- These results demonstrate that bulk H ture Award for Graduate Education and Dinner is not solely a source of surface bound from the American Chemical Society. 3 Ð ChemShorts for H in catalytic hydrogenation as pro- In 1998, she was named a MacVicar Kids: Homemade posed 50 years ago, but rather, a reac- teaching fellow at MIT. tant with a chemistry of its own. Professor Ceyer is presently a mem- Floam ber of the Basic Energy Sciences Advi- 3 Ð Notice to Illinois sory Committee for the Department of Teachers THE MEDALIST Energy, a member of the National Sylvia T. Ceyer is the Associate Chair Research Council's Benchmarking the 4 Ð of the Department of Chemistry and the Research Competitiveness of US History J. C. Sheehan Professor of Chemistry Chemistry Committee and a member of 5 Ð State Fair Project at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- the editorial board of Chemical . nology. She received her B.A. summa Most recently, she served as an associ- Volunteers Needed cum laude in chemistry from Hope Col- ate editor of Physical Review Letters, a 5 Ð Old Athletic Shoes lege in 1974 and her Ph.D. from the member of the Program Committee of Needed University of California at Berkeley in the American Association for the 1979. After a postdoctoral appointment Advancement of Science, and a coun- 6 Ð U of I Extension Sci- at the National Bureau of Standards, cilor of the American Physical Society. ence Volunteer Pro- she accepted a position as assistant She has held numerous named lecture- gram professor at MIT in 1981. ships including the Dreyfus Lecturer at Professor Ceyer is a physical Dartmouth University, Willard Lecturer 7 Ð Gibbs Dinner Reser- with research interests in the area of at the University of Wisconsin, Tetel- vation Form molecule-surface reaction dynamics as man Lecturer at , 7 Ð Death Notices related to heterogeneous catalysis and Harkins Lecturer at the University of semiconductor etching. She has uncov- Chicago, Welch Foundation Lecturer, 7 Ð WCC Article Authors ered sources of the apparent lack of Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer at Needed surface reactivity under ultrahigh vacu- the University of California Berkeley 7 Ð Ad Index um conditions and then used that and the Langmuir Lecturer of the Amer- knowledge to effect high- het- ican Chemical Society. 8 Ð Calendar erogeneous catalytic reactions in an ultrahigh vacuum environment where microscopic reaction steps can be dis- cerned. Specifically, she has uncovered new mechanisms for dissociative chemisorption and desorption such as atom abstraction and collision induced activation, absorption and desorption. She has provided new methods for adsorbate synthesis, demonstrated the use of electron spectroscopy as a vibra- tional spectroscopy sensitive to bulk species, discovered the role of bulk hydrogen in hydrogenation reactions, observed and verified the gas phase 5/07 3 1 bags or dolls. Or, for more hands-- on fun, you can grind StyrofoamTM May, 2007 Vol. 94, No. 5. Published cups using a cheese grater. by the Chicago Section of The American Chemical Society, Editori- The Elementary Education Committee References: al Staff: Cherlyn Bradley, Editor; of the Chicago Section ACS presents Anne Marie Helmenstine’s “About Fran Kravitz, Associate Editor; this column. They hope that it will reach Chemistry” at http://chemistry.about. Fadwa Al-Taher and Richard Trep- young children and help increase their com/od/chemistryhowtoguide/ht/ tow, Proofreaders; Frank Jarzem- science literacy. Please cut it out and floam.htm bowski, Publications Business Man- pass it on to your children, grandchil- ager. Address: 7173 North Austin, dren, or elementary school teachers. It Edited by K. A. Carrado, Argonne Niles, Illinois 60714; 847/647-8405. is hoped that teachers will incorporate National Laboratory Subscription rates: $15 per year. some of the projects in this column into Frequency: monthly-September their lesson plans. All past “ChemShorts”: http://member through June. ship.acs.org/C/Chicago/ChmShort/ Homemade Floam kidindex.html. NOTICE TO ILLINOIS Kids, what is like slime with polystyrene beads in it that can be molded into TEACHERS shapes? It’s a really fun toy called The Chicago Section ACS is an TM Floam . You can sculpt with this color- ISBE provider for professional ful goop or use it to coat other objects. development units for Illinois teach- You can store it to reuse it or allow it to ers. Teachers who register for this dry, if you want permanent creations. month's meeting will have the It's a lot of fun, but not always easy to opportunity to earn up to 3 CPDU's. locate. So, you can make a type of 'Floam' yourself. 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How it works: THE GREEN CHEMISTRY Borax reacts to crosslink the polyvinyl RESOURCE EXCHANGE acetate molecules in the glue. This forms a flexible . The Green Chemistry Resource Exchange is a new, web-based, Tips: dynamic database hosted by the ACS 1. If you use a 4% solution of Green Chemistry Institute. The polyvinyl alcohol instead of glue, resource exchange links researchers you will get a more transparent with green chemistry information, examples, tools and resources. Search Visit the product that will hold shapes better. Chicago Section 2. Polystyrene beads can be found and Browse the resource exchange with a keyword or select from a list of at craft stores (e.g., JoAnn Fab- at rics), usually as fillers for bean over 60 search categories at: www.ChicagoACS.org www.GreenChemEx.org 5/07 4 THE WILLARD GIBBS many of these names with classic 1974 reactions or theories. In any case, the Herman F. Mark 1975 AWARD fame achieved by the Gibbs medalists Kenneth S. Pitzer 1976 Founded by William A. Converse has crossed the boundaries between 1977 The award was founded in 1910 by chemistry specialties. W. O. Baker 1978 William Converse (1862-1940), a for- E. Bright Wilson 1979 mer chairman and secretary of the Svente Arrhenius 1911 Frank Albert Cotton 1980 Chicago Section. The medal was Theodore W. Richards 1912 Bert Lester Vallee 1981 named for Professor Josiah Willard Leo H. Baekeland 1913 1982 Gibbs (1839-1903) of Yale University. 1914 John D. Roberts 1983 Gibbs, whose formulation of the Arthur A. Noyes 1915 Elias J. Corey 1984 Phase Rule founded a new science, Willis R. Whitney 1916 Donald J. Cram 1985 is considered by many to be the only Edward W. Morley 1917 Jack Halpern 1986 American born scientist whose dis- William M. Burton 1918 Allen J. Bard 1987 coveries are as fundamental in William A. Noyes 1919 Rudolph A. Marcus 1988 as those of Newton and Galileo. F. G. Cotrell 1920 Richard B. Bernstein 1989 Mr. Converse supported the award Mme. 1921 Richard N. Zare 1990 personally for a number of years, and 1923 Gunther Wilke 1991 then established a fund for it in 1934 Gilbert N. Lewis 1924 Harry B. Gray 1992 that has subsequently been augment- 1925 Peter B. Dervan 1993 ed by the Dearborn Division of W. R. Sir James Colquhoun Irvine 1926 M. Frederick Hawthorne 1994 Grace & Co. J. Fred Wilkes and his John Jacob Abel 1927 Sir John Meurig Thomas 1995 wife have also made considerable William Draper Harkins 1928 1996 contributions to the award.Since the Claude Silbert Hudson 1929 1997 sale of the Dearborn/Grace division to 1930 Mario J. Molina 1998 Betz, the BetzDearborn Foundation, Phoebus A. Levene 1931 Lawrence F. Dahl 1999 located in Horsham, Pennsylvania Edward Curtis Franklin 1932 Nicholas J. Turro 2000 has most generously offered to con- Richard Willstatter 1933 Tobin J. Marks 2001 tinue the historic relationship between Harold Clayton Urey 1934 Ralph Hirschmann 2002 the Section and Dearborn. This Foun- Charles August Kraus 1935 John I. Brauman 2003 dation has contributed annually since 1936 2004 the purchase toward the Willard Herbert Newby McCoy 1937 David A. Evans 2005 Gibbs Medal Fund to help defray the Robert R. Williams 1938 2006 cost of the medal and of the banquet Donald Dexter Van Slyke 1939 itself-helping to make the banquet Vladimir lpatieff 1940 award the outstanding and gracious Edward A. Doisy 1941 event that it is. We are most apprecia- Thomas Midgley, Jr. 1942 tive of their support. Conrad A. Elvehjem 1943 The purpose of the award is “To George O. Curme, Jr. 1944 publicly recognize eminent Frank C. Whitmore 1945 who, through years of application and 1946 devotion, have brought to the world Wendell M. Stanley 1947 developments that enable everyone Carl F. Con 1948 to live more comfortably and to under- Peter J. W. Debye 1949 stand this world better.” Medalists are Carl S. Marvel 1950 selected by a national jury of eminent William Francis Giauque 1951 chemists from different disciplines. William C. Rose 1952 The nominee must be a chemist who, Joel H. Hildebrand 1953 because of the preeminence of his Elmer K. Bolton 1954 work in and contribution to pure or 1955 applied chemistry, is deemed worthy 1956 of special recognition. W. Albert Noyes, Jr. 1957 The award consists of an eighteen- Willard F. Libby 1958 carat gold medal having, on one side, Hermann I. Schlesinger 1959 the bust of J. Willard Gibbs, for whom George B. Kistiakowsky 1960 the medal was named. On the reverse Louis Plack Haminett 1961 is a laurel wreath and an inscription 1962 containing the recipient’s name. Paul D. Bartlett 1963 Given annually for ninety-five lzaak M. Kolthoff 1964 years, the recipients span nearly a Robert S. Mulliken 1965 century of chemistry. Most of the Glenn T. Seaborg 1966 names are familiar to chemists 1967 regardless of specialty. This fame 1968 may result from later recognition, 1969 including, in many cases, the Nobel Frank H. Westheimer 1970 Prize. Another reason for the familiar- 1971 ity of these names may be that text- John T. Edsall 1972 books have permanently associated Paul John Flory 1973 5/07 5 ILLINOIS STATE FAIR OLD ATHLETIC SHOES PROJECT NEEDED VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Chicago Section ACS is collecting The Illinois Sections of the ACS are used athletic shoes for a community planning to again have a cooperative project being performed by Steven tent at the Illinois State Fair August Edelman, son of Fran Kravitz. The pro- 10-19 in Springfield. Our tent activi- ject is called Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe. Nike ties provide information to the public recycles shoes of any brand and on chemistry through demos, donates the Nike Grind material for new hand-on activities, literature, and sports surfaces like playgrounds for give-aways and give us a chance to kids who wouldn’t otherwise have touch the lives of many Illinois citi- access to high-performance sports sur- zens and governmental leaders. Last faces to play on. year, over 13,000 people visited Athletic shoes will be collected at the our tent! Chicago Section ACS dinner meetings through October (the first collection was We are looking for volunteers to at the April meeting). Note: Shoes will help during the fair and also to help not be collected at the Willard Gibbs in planning this project. Our next Award dinner this month. Won’t you planning meeting for this year will be please help others by giving your used May 19 via conference call. 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2007 GIBBS DINNER RESERVATION FORM

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# dinners: Pecan Asiago Chicken with Garlic Mashed Potatoes ______

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Return with payment to: American Chemical Society, Gibbs Reservations 7173 North Austin Ave., Niles, IL 60714 ...... cut here ...... OBITUARY WCC ARTICLE AUTHORS Murray Hauptschein, 83, died March NEEDED 11, 2007 at his home in Indian Head Park, Illinois. He had moved to the Chica- The Chicago Section’s Women go area and joined the Chicago section Chemists Committee has a project to ACS following his retirement. He was pre- highlight women, both current and histori- ceded in death by his wife Gloria and is cal, and topics of interest to women. The survived by sons David (Lois Kimmelman) project is called the “WCC Column” in the and Mark (Marty Walker), and grand- Chemical Bulletin and the project has daughter, Alison. been very successful. Murray was born and raised in New We invite anyone, women or men, to join York City and earned a bachelors degree us in this endeavor of writing an article for from City College of New York. During the column. The article needs to be about World War II he was selected to work on 500 words long and will also be put on the the at Columbia Uni- Chicago Section website. The author also versity and then went on to earn a Ph.D. needs to design a poster for display at the in organic chemistry from Duke Universi- corresponding monthly meeting. Our office ty, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. A distin- manager, Gail Wilkening, will help with the guished career in the Philadelphia area poster, which can be primarily a large font as a research chemist and business version of what you wrote, if you wish. We executive followed, working at the welcome new authors and those who have Research Institute of Temple University already discovered what a pleasure this and Pennwalt Corporation where he was project is. Whether you interview a current Director of Research and Development chemist or research an historical chemist, until his retirement in 1982. Murray please join us in this stimulating activity. received the first American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award for CO-CHAIRS MARGY LEVENBERG AND conspicuous achievement through SUSAN SHIH research in 1962. Murray was granted 85 Advertising Index US patents and contributed to 43 ACS publications. Company Page Telephone URL

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May 10: Chicago Section Board Meeting, 7173 N. Austin

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May 19: Illinois State Fair Planning Committee conference call meeting. For more information, call the Section office at (847) 647-8405.

May 25: Chicago Section’s Willard Gibbs Medal Award Presentation and Banquet at The Arboretum Club, 401 Half Day Road, Buffalo Grove, IL. The medalist is Professor Sylvia T. Ceyer, MIT. See details and dinner reservation coupon in this issue.

June 3-7: 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. For fur- ther information, contact ASMS at (505) 989-4517 or go to www.asms.org.

June 14: Chicago Section Board Meeting, 7173 N. Austin Ave., Niles, IL. Call the Section office at (847) 647-8405.

June 21: Chicago Section’s monthly dinner meeting held jointly with YCC. Note that this meeting is on a Thursday. Ruth Ann Armitage, Eastern Michigan University, is the after-dinner speaker.

July 9-13: 59th Annual Inter/Micro 2007 Conference host- ed by McCrone Research Institute and dedicated to applied microscopy, The Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 East Walton Place, Chicago, IL. Go to www.mcri.org for com- plete information or contact Lauren Newbrough by e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (312) 842-7100.

August 10-19: ACS Illinois Sections’ cooperative tent pro- ject at the Illinois State Fair. For further information on this activity, contact the section office at (847) 647-8405.

August 30: Chicago Section Board Meeting, 7173 N. Austin Ave., Niles, IL. Call the Section office at (847) 647-8405.

September 20: Chicago Section Board Meeting, 7173 N. Austin Ave., Niles, IL. Call the Section office at (847) 647-8405.

September 28: Chicago Section’s dinner meeting at Loy- ola University. , , is the after-dinner speaker.

October 5: Microchemical Methods course, McCrone Research Institute, 2820 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Go to www.mcri.org for more information or call (312) 842-7100.

October 11: Chicago Section Board Meeting, 7173 N. Austin Ave., Niles, IL. Call the Section office at (847) 647-8405.

October 19: Basolo Medal Award joint dinner meeting of the Chicago Section ACS and .

October 21-27: National Chemistry Week’s 20th anniver- U. S. POSTAGE

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PAID November 8: Chicago Section Board Meeting, 7173 N. Austin Ave., Niles, IL. Call the Section office at (847) 647-8405.

November 16: Chicago Section’s Education Night dinner meeting. Zafra Lerman, Columbia College Chicago, is the after-dinner speaker.