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St. Louis Section, American Chemical Society
Chemical
Bond
Volume 55
Number 2
February 2004
The meeting of twopersonalities is like thecontact of two chemicalsubstances; if thereis any reaction both are
transformed.-jung
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WCC OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AWARD FORWOMEN UNDERGRADUATES
The Overcoming Challenges Award acknowledges the efforts of womenundergraduates who have overcome economic, personal and/or academichardships in pursuit of an education in the chemical sciences. The awardconsists of a plaque, a $250 honorarium, and $1,000 for travel expenses to theACS Fall National Meeting where the award is presented.
Award candidates must be women matriculating as an undergraduatechemical science major/minor in a two-year program or at a four-year school notgranting a doctoral degree in chemical related disciplines. Nominations are dueMay 1, 2004, and should be sent to: Women Chemists Committee, AmericanChemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. For additionalinformation, contact the WCC at [email protected]. or visit http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC. You are encouraged to apply and/or nominatedeserving women for the WCC Overcoming Challenges Award.
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Chemical BondVolume 55 February, 2004No. 2
The Chemical Bond is published in January Through May and September throughDecember by the St. Louis Section-American Chemical Society. It is mailed free of charge tomembers of the section at their address on file at ACS National Headquarters. Changes of addressfor members will be made automatically upon notification to National ACS Headquarters; send oldaddress and new address with zip codes to ACS Subscription Service Department, 1155 16th St.N.W., Washington, DC 20036 or visit chemistry.org, log in, and go to Update my Profile. Alloweight weeks for change to take effect.
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In this issue . . .4 Meetings & Seminars6 Letters, Words & More: The Debate Continues7 Laboratory Notebook: You mean it has legal
significance?7 Call for Nominations for Midwest Regional Award8 St. Louis Public Schools21st Career Awareness Fair8 Science Fair Call For Judges11 Recognition Night Reservation Form 2003
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St. Louis Section–ACS Board ofDirectors meets on the secondThursday of each month, at theAlumni Center, University of Mis-souri–St. Louis. Meetings are open toall members, and all are encouraged toattend. Elected officers and chairs ofmajor committees have the right tovote; others in attendance have voicebut no vote. If you want to attend thedinner, please contact Bijan Khazai([email protected] or 314/497-8629) at least one week prior to themeeting date. The usual cost of dinneris $15. Members wishing to becomeactive in section activities are wel-comed for their first dinner for free,compliments of the section.
Date: Feb. 12Social hour: 5:30 pmDinner: 6:30 pmBusiness meeting: 7:15 pmFuture meetings: March 11,April 8, May 13
Board of Directors
Synthetic OrganicChemistry (SOC)Discussion Group
The Synthetic Organic Chemis-try (SOC) discussion group will holdits second meeting of the New Yearon:
Wednesday, February 18St. Louis UniversityLee Lecture Hall 1 (LH1)(lower level lecture halls,just next to Chem. Dept.)
and will be also very pleased tohost the following speaker on thatevening:
Prof. Alexei V. DemchenkoUniversity of MO, St. LouisGlycosyl Thioimidates inOligosaccharide Synthesis
Please convene for refreshmentsat 5:30 pm, general remarks andcomments/suggestions from theparticipants will start at 6 pm, and thepresentation will follow.
Parking will be available at theOlive Parking Garage, corner of OliveBlvd. and N. Compton Ave. Thelower level lecture halls and Chem.Dept. are located just behind thesoccer stadium. If you need direc-tions, contact Olivier Nicaise.
If you are interested in partici-pating, would like to make sugges-tions regarding the organization oradditional activities of the SOCdiscussion group, or would like tomake a presentation at a futuremeeting, please contact one of theorganizers listed below:
Prof. Olivier NicaiseSt. Louis University(314) [email protected]
Prof. Kevin MoellerWashington University(314) [email protected]
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Seminars are held on Mondays at4:00 pm in Room 451 Benton Hall un-less otherwise specified. Refreshments15 minutes prior to seminar time.(www.umsl.edu/chemistry)
February 9Thomas SmithDonald Danforth PlantScience CenterTBA
February 23Sonya J. FranklinUniversity of IowaChimeric MetallopeptideNucleases: the HTH as aScaffold for de novo Design
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Seminars start at 3:30 pm in Room204 Macelwane Hall, unless noted oth-erwise. Refreshments follow. For moreinformation, contact Paul Jelliss,[email protected].
St. Louis University
Washington University
Seminars are in McMillen 311 at4 pm unless otherwise noted. Coffee isavailable 20 minutes prior to the talk,and refreshments follow. For informa-tion, contact:
An up-to-date list of seminars isavailable at:
www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~seminars/seminars.html
March 13 - Recognition NightGlen Echo Country Club
April 18 - Women Chemist’sLuncheon (speaker: Kristin Bowmen-James)
April 19 - Awards NightKemoll’s Restaurant
Volunteers Still needed for:
March 8 - St. Charles-LincolnCounty Regional Science Fair
March 20 - Illinois JuniorAcacemy of Science Fair
April 16 - Greater St. LouisScience Fair
May 4-5 - Career Awareness Fair
St.Louis NMRDiscussion GroupThe St. Louis NMR Discussion
Group will feature the followingspeaker at 4:00 pm in Room 241Compton Hall at Washington Univer-sity.
February 23Jeff ReimerUniv. of California, BerkleyEnergy From Battery andFuel Cells: Traffic and ParkingProblems in the AtomicCommute
For more information contact:Mark Conradi 935-6292 or 935-6418.
to Remember
Dates
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The Debate Continuesby Jack Bornmann
When I started the column forthe January issue I almost made anerror with the word Nostratic. At first,I thought the name of the hypoth-esized primitive language wasNostradic not Nostratic. When I heardthe word it sounded like Nostradic tome and the Latin roots of noster anddictum leaped out at me. (I like myname better.)
Why did I not hear the wordcorrectly? Say duh and tuh. There isa very slight difference in the positionof the tongue. It is so slight I had torepeat duh and tuh many times beforeI noticed that when saying tuh, thetongue rests behind the upper incisor
teeth. With duh the tongue is betweenthe upper incisors and the soft palateof the upper mouth. Thus, I made amistake and subsequently learnedsomething. This is another example ofhow languages can slip into a differentform over time.
By the way the hypothesizedNostratic dictionary now has over 600words in it.
The pronunciation of conso-nants may give us a clue to the mannerby which words shift within a lan-guage or between two related lan-guages. In German the consonant v ispronounced liked an f. For examplethe volk in Volkswagen is pronouncedfolk. If you know your Germanhistory, you know that the Volkswagenwas developed under the Nazi regimeas an inexpensive automobile for thepeople, i.e. the folk.
How did the sound of a v slipinto an f? Try this. Say fuh and thenvuh. Notice that your teeth do not
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Laboratory Notebook:You Mean It Has Legal Significance?
Sadiq ShahOffice of Technology Transfer
Western Illinois University
The dates of the conception of an invention and its reduction topractice are critical in determining not only when the discovery was made, butalso who came-up with the idea first. When would you need this information? Itmay be required to address issues such as a publication appearing in print lessthan one year prior to the filing date of a patent application. The goal of alaboratory notebook is to demonstrate that the invention was made prior to thepublication date. Sometimes, not often, one does encounter situations where twoindependent inventors make the same patent claims in separate patent applica-tions. Uncorroborated testimony by inventors is not considered valid proof. Alaboratory notebook becomes the legal document that can be presented in acourt of law as documentary evidence. The notebook must be bound, dated, andall entries must be legible and have sufficient details provided so that anyonecan follow the description and reproduce the results. Additionally, someone whois not a co-inventor must witness the notebook pages.
Stay tuned for more on these topics and associated ownership rights in futureChemical Bond issues.
Call for Nominations for Midwest Regional Award
The ACS Midwest Regional Award, established in 1944, recognizes out-standing achievement in chemistry done in the midwestern region of the UnitedStates. To be eligible, a nominee must have performed the cited work whileresiding within the Midwest Region of the ACS. (The nominee does not have toreside currently within the Region.) Nominations must include a nominatingletter, two or more seconding letters, a curriculum vitae, a brief biography, anddocumented, objective information regarding the outstanding achievements ofthe nominee. If the nominee is an academician, a list of persons who havereceived advanced degrees under his or her direction should be included. Pleasesubmit nine copies of all nomination material to:
Jim O’BrienDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Missouri - St. Louis8001 Natural Bridge Rd.St. Louis, MO 63121-4499314/[email protected]
*Nominations must be received on or before the deadline of March 31, 2004.
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St. Louis Public Schools 21st Career Awareness Fair
Volunteers still needed for the St. Louis Public Schools Career AwarenessFair to be held at the America’s Center - Hall 3, Tuesday-Wednesday, May 4 and5, 2004 from 8 AM to 2 PM. Come join in and invest in a world-/;/;l;l;classworkforce by sharing your career as a chemist with 8th grade students. This Fairreinforces the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) by showing students howthe things they learn in school are applied in the work environment. You canshare your work experience with these young future chemist. For more informa-tion or to volunteer, please contact Greg Wall, ph: 800-325-5832 ext. 3139 or e-mail: [email protected]. Hope to see you at the Fair!
Science Fair Call for JudgesScience Fair season is just around the corner, and so is another opportu-
nity for you to encourage an understanding of good science by participating as aScience Fair judge. Members of the ACS St. Louis Section are needed as judgesto evaluate chemistry projects for special awards at regional science fairs in thegreater St. Louis area. Secondary-level winners receive prizes from the section(science books and more), while all elementary-level participants with chemis-try-related projects receive ribbons. Everyone (kids and judges) wins in otherways as well.
This year, the judging times are as follows:
St. Charles-Lincoln County Regional Science FairMonday, March 8th, 6:00 PM at St. Charles Community College
Illinois Junior Academy of Science Region 12 Science FairSaturday, March 20th, 9:30 AM at SIU-Edwardsville
Greater St. Louis Science FairFriday, April 16th, 6:00 PM at Greensfelder Pavilion at Queeny Park
Interested in judging? Please contact David Haselbauer:phone: (314) 918-1062
email: [email protected]
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move, nor does your tongue shift. Thedifference lies in the puff of air that isexpelled when you say fuh and thepuff of air sucked into the mouthwhen you say vuh.
In German the w is pronouncedlike a v in English. The interestingword “Volkswagen” is not afolkswagon when said in German. Itis pronounced folksvagen. Why is adouble-u pronounced as a v? I am notsure, but I do notice that a w is notreally a double-u; it is a double-v!
While we are discussing conso-nants, consider the j. I, of course,know how to pronounce John inEnglish. But the German nameequivalent to John is Johann and it ispronounced Yo-hahn. In French Jeanis pronounced something like zhahn.In Spanish the j is pronounced like anh, as in Jose (hoe-zay) and Jesus ishay-soos.
I was listening to a book on tapeabout Peru and Chile. The speakermentioned a yama. I repeated thatsection of tape and confirmed that theword definitely was yama. I won-
dered if it was a special kind of yam.Unfortunately I was unable to identifythe thing by the context of thesentence. About a month later, Isuddenly realized that the speaker waspronouncing llama as yama. I hadlearned that in Spanish the ll ispronounced as a y, but I have neverheard anyone call a llama anythingother than lama. I had a friend inCanada who raised llamas and healways called them lamas and he likedto talk about his llamas. I wrote tohim about my problem and heresponded that English speakingpeople and everyone else he knows ofcalls the animal a lama. However, headded that the natives up in the Andescall the animal a yama.
Linguists studying the relation-ships between different languages andseeking an original language mustconsider all the different consonantpronunciations. I have not evenmentioned the differences in vowelpronunciation.
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