AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Paul G. Gassman, Chairman Albert I. Meyers, Chairman-Elect Peter Beak, Secretary-Treasurer

Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Roger Adams Laboratory

University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801

Walter S. Trahanovsky, Secretary-Treasurer-Elect Leon Mandell, Symposium Executive Officer Robert M. Coates David A. Evans Koji Nakanishi Leo A. Paquette Martin Semmelhack Edel Wasserman

MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY:

COUNCILORS

Edward M. Burgess Michael Cava Norman A. LeBel Ernest W enkert

ALTERNATE COUNCILORS

Albert Padwa Stuart Staley Jacob Szmuszkovicz

You are cordially invited to attend the Woodward Memorial Symposium which will be held in conjunction with the National ACS meeting in New York City, August 23-28, 1981. The Symposium will begin on Monday morning, August 24, and continue through Friday morningi August 28. The Symposium will feature ~e following speakers: __ _ D. Arigoni G. Closs D. Evans J. Meinwald E. Wenkert D.H.R. Barton E.J. Corey C.S. Foote H. Reich F. Westheimer J. Berson D.J. Cram R. Hoffmann R. Schlessinger F. Wudl R . Breslow S. Danishefsky Y. Kishi R. Stevens H.E. Zimmerman H .C. Brown W. Dauben J . Knowles G. Stork G. Buchi A.E. Eschenmoser J.M. Lehn H. Wasserman Although the Organic Division will not be scheduling contributed papers for this meeting, program chairmen in other divisions have indicated a willingness to accept our papers in their programs. Requests for hotel reservations should be withheld until publication of the preliminary program in Chemical and Engineering News.

FUTURE DIVISIONAL PROGRAMS June 21-15, 1981. The 27th National Organic Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee. The Organic Symposium will feature the award of the Roger Adams Medal to Nelson J. Leonard. The speakers will be O.L. Chapman, S. Hanessian, C. Heathcock, K.N. Houk, H. House, A. Kende, N.J. Leonard, J.C . Martin, L. Paquette, W.C. Still, B. Trost. The Symposium Executive Officer is Leon Mandell, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. The local Chairman is Howard E. Smith, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235. March 28-April 2, 1982. 183rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Las Vegas, Nevada. Program chairman will be Walter Trahanovsky, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. A Symposium on Organoselenium Chemistry and Synthesis is being organized by Hans Reich, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706; invited papers only.

OTHER MEETINGS OF INTEREST June 1-5, 1981. The International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry will be held in Durham, North Carolina. L.D. Quin,

- Dept. -0-f Chemistry,- Duk Univ..ersit.y, Dui:.ham.,-1~.Jor.th Carolina, is chairmaIL.OLthe or..ganizing_committe_e. August 2-6, 1981. The First IUP AC Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed toward Organic Synthesis will be held in Fort Collins, Colorado. J .K. Stille, Dept. of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado is the chairman of the organizing committee.

BOOK DISCOUNT FOR MEMBERS A coupon is enclosed which will provide a substantial discount on the purchase of books from Academic Press, Holden Day, Marcel Dekker, Plenum, and Pergamon Publishing companies. To obtain the discount, sign the enclosed coupon and include it with prepayment in an order to the publisher's· address as indicated. Four discount coupons per member are available and are enclosed. Discounts and publishers included are:

Academic Press, Inc., 250/o discount. Orders must be directed to Mr. Fred Haight, Academic Press, Inc., 111 5th Ave., New York, NY 10003.

Holden Day, Inc., 250/o discount. Holden Day, Inc., 500 Sandsome St., San Francisco, CA 94111. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 300/o discount. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. Plenum Press, Inc., 250/o discount. Plenum Publishing Company, 227 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011. Pergamon Press, Inc., 250/o discount. Orders must be directed to Ms. J. Rudosky, Pergamon Press, Inc.,

Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523.

Division members are also eligible for one copy at a 400/o discount of books resulting from symposia sponsored by the division. Some of the books in the Advances in Chemistry Series, published by the ACS, are eligible for this discount. The order must be prepaid and made on a special order form which can be supplied on request by the Secretary-Treasurer of the division.

ABSTRACTS The abstracts of papers presented before the Organic Division will be lithographed and distributed to the members of the Division. Complete sets of the abstracts of all papers presented at the August, 1980 National ACS Meeting may be obtained from ACS News Service. Be sure to indicate Divisional Membership while ordering. A limited number of copies of the abstracts of papers previously presented before the Division are available from the Secretary's office upon receipt of a self-addressed, stamped envelope (at least 8" x 10") and remission of $1.50 per abstract of National meetings, $2.00 per abstract of National Organic Symposia.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS Enclosed with this letter is the 1981 Nominating Committee Report, a ballot, and a return envelope for the marked ballot. Results of the ballots shall be determined by those whose votes are returned to the Secretary by June 15, 1981.

BYLAW REVISION Nominations for officers of the Division may be made by petition or by a Nominating Committee appointed by the Chairman. The enclosed Bylaw Revision, proposed by the Executive Committee, would separate the nominations for councilor and alter­nate councilor from one another and would transfer the responsibility for the nominations for those offices from the Nominating Committee to the Executive Committee. Nominations by petition would not be affected by this proposal. The ra­tionale for this change is that the interest of the Division are best served by establishing continuity on the council. Adoption of this revision requires a three-fifths majority of the ballots received by June 15, 1981. A ballot is enclosed for your considera­tion. Please enclose it with your nominations ballot in the addressed envelope.

Walter Trahanovsky will be taking over the Secretary-Treasurer's office in August of this year. I have appreciated your suggestions throughout my term and would encourage you to communicate with Walter on matters of divisional interest.

Sincerely yours,

J£ftL©e(,~ Peter Beak

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

Nominating Committee: C.H. Heathcock, Chairman

W. Leimgruber A. Trozzolo

The election of officers shall be held by mail ballot and the results of the ballot shall be determined by the majority of those whose votes are received by the Secretary by June 15, 1981. The announcement of the officers elected to serve will be made at a business meeting in New York and in the fall newsletter. Enclosed with this report are a ballot and an addressed return envelope. In order for votes to be valid, the votes must be marked in ac­cordance with the instructions given, placed in the addressed envelope, sealed, stamped, and mailed so that the Secretary will receive them by June 15, 1981.

FOR CHAIRMAN-ELECT: (one to be elected)

JAMES C. MARTIN - b. 1928; B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1951; M.S., Vanderbilt University, 1952; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1956; Instruc­tor to Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Executive Committee, Organic Division, 1971-1972; Symposium Executive Officer, 1975-1977; Organizing Committee and Conference Chairman, Gordon Conferences and Reactions Mechanism Conference; Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1972-1977; American Chemical Society: Committee on Publications, 1978-1983, Science Commission, 1978-1980; Guggenheim Fellow; Sloan Fellow; AAAS Fellow; Humboldt Awardee; Buck-Whitney Medalist; Research interests: sulfuranes and per­sulfuranes, pentavalent species, solvent cage effects, mechanisms of organic reactions, radical chemistry, organofluorine chemistry.

BARRY M. TROST - b. 1941; B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Assistant Professor to Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, 1976; Sloan Fellow; Dreyfus Fellow; American Swiss Foundation Felow; AAAS Fellow; ACS award in Pure Chemistry, 1977; ACS award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1981; Na­tional Academy of Sciences, 1980; Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1974-1980; Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1973-1977; Board of Editors, Organic Reactions; Executive Committee, Organic Division, 1977-1979; Chairman, Organizing Committee, Third IUPAC Symposium on Organic Synthesis; Adyisory Panel, NSF, 1973-1977; Research interests: chemistry of ylids, natural pro­ducts structure elucidation, natural products synthesis, development of new synthetic methods, organopalladium chemistry.

FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: (two to be elected)

ROBERT G. BERGMAN - b. 1942, B.A., Carlton College, 1963; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1966; Instructor to Professor of Chemistry, Cal Tech, 1967-1977; Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 1977-; Sloan Fellow; Dreyfus Fellow; Editorial Ad­visory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980- ; member NIH Study Section, 1977-1980; Research interests: physical organic chemistry, organotransition metal chemistry, biradicals, mechanisms of organometallic reactions.

CARL R. JOHNSON - b. 1937; B.S., Medical College of Virginia, 1958; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1962; Assistant Professor to Professor, Wayne State University; Sloan Fellow; Board of Editors, Organic Synthesis; Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1976-1980; Chairman, Gordon Research Conference; Organic Division, Symposium Executive Officer, 1978-1979, Chairman, Committee on Organic Nomenclature, 1980- ; Research interests: new synthetic methods utilizing sulfur and phosphorous, organometallic chemistry, asymmetric syn­thesis, medicinal chemistry.

LARRY E. OVERMAN - b. 1943; B.A., Earlham College, 1965; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1969; Sloan Fellow; Dreyfus Fellow; Assistant Professor to Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine; Research interests: synthetic organic chemistry, synthesis of natural products, pericylic reactions.

HEINZ D. ROTH - b. 1936; B.S., University of Karlsruhe, 1958; M.S., University of Cologne, 1962; Ph.D., University of Cologne, 1965; Member of the Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, 1967- ; American Chemical Society, Divisional Activities Committee, 1975-1981; Chairman, Gordon Research Conference; Research interests: physical organic chemistry; structure, multiplicity, and reactivity of carbenes; electron transfer reactions, structure and rearrangement of radical ions; chemically induced nuclear polarization, nuclear magnetic resonance.

FOR COUNCILOR AND ALTERNATE COUNCILORS: (one to elected councilor, three to be elected alternate councilors)

MICHAEL P. CAVA - b. 1926; B.S., Harvard University, 1946; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1951; Assistant Professor to Professor, Ohio State University, 1953; Professor, Wayne State University, 1965; Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1969; Executive Committee, Organic Divi­sion; Councilor, Organic Division; Member, NIH, Medicinal Chemistry Study Section, 1966-1970; Research interests: isolation, structure and syn­thesis of alkaloids, condensed cyclobutanaromatic compounds, organic sulfur and selenium chemistry.

DAVID M. LEMAL b. 1934; A.B., Amherst College, 1955; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1959; Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1960-1965; Associate Professor to Professor, Dartmouth College; Sloan Fellow; Chairman, Gordon Conference; Member and Chair­man, Board of Trustees, Gordon Conferences; Executive Committee, Division of Fluorine Chemistry; Research interests: synthesis of highly strain­ed polycylic molecules, investigation of short-lived species, organofluorine chemistry, photochemistry, orbital topology.

ALBERT PADWA - b. 1937; B.A., Columbia University, 1959; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1962; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Ohio State University, 1963-1966; Professor, State University of New York, 1969; Professor, Emory University, 1979; NIH, Medicinal Chemistry Study Section, 1976-1980; Sloan Fellow Editorial Board, Reviews of Chemical Intermediates; Editorial Ad-visory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981-; Alternate Councilor, Organic Division; Research interests: mechanistic and exploratory organic photochemistry, the synthesis unusual molecules and strained ring species, heterocyclic chemistry, studies of new organic reactions.

STUART W. STALEY - b. 1938; B.A., Williams College, 1959; Ph.D., Yale University, 1964; Assistant Professor to Professor, University of Maryland, 1964-197 4; Professor, University of Nebraska, 1978- ; Chairman, Gordon Conference; Alternate Councilor, Organic Division; Research interests: carbanions, aromaticity and anti-aromaticity, electron and ion collision spectroscopy, reaction mechanisms.

PROPOSED BYLAW REVISION Bylaw Ill, Section 5. Election of Officers and Members of Executive Committee.

PRESENT PROVISION (a) Nominations . ............................................ (3rd sentence). This nominating committee shall provide the Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry with a slate of candidates which includes the following minimum numbers: For Chairman-elect, two nominees, for Councilor and Alternate Councilor, one nominee for each position to be filled; for Secretary-elect, one nominee; ...... .

NEW PROVISION (a) Nominations . ................................................ (3rd sentence). This Nominating Committee shall provide the Executive Committee with a slate of candidates which includes the following minimum numbers: for Chairman-elect, two nominees; for Secretary-elect, one nominee; .... (DELETE from the 3rd sentence of the present provision the words "for Councilor and Alternate Councilor, one nominee for each position to be filled;")

ADD NEW PARAGRAPH #3 TO PRESENT PROVISION The Executive Committee, at its meeting in the Fall of the year prior to when Councilor and Alternate Councilor elections are to be held, shall provide the

Secretary of the Division one nominee for each of the Councilor positions to be filled and one nominee for each of the Alternate Councilor positions to be filled. The Executive Committee may nominate as Councilors any MEMBERS of the Division who are in good standing and who are not already members of the Council. Members whose term of office as Councilor or Alternate Councilor are ending would be eligible for nomination for additional terms. It is recommended that the nominees for Councilors or Alternate Councilors shall be selected from the group of present and past Divisional Offic;ers or Executive Committee members; however, this is to be regarded as a recommendation and not a rule. The Secretary shall obtain from each candidate nominated for Councilor and Alternate Councilor a short biograf>hy and a written statement of the candidate's willingness to serve if elected.

Bylaw IV. Councilors. PRESENT PROVISION

(a) (Paragraph two) The election of Councilor and Alternate Councilor shall be conducted from a single slate of nominees. Members may cast as many votes as there are positions to be filled. The nominees receiving the highest numbers of votes shall fill the available Councilor positions; those receiving the next highest numbers of votes shall fill the available Alternate Councilor positions; tie votes shall be resolved by the Executive Committee from among those tied.

NEW PROVISION (a) (SUBSTITUTE the following for paragraph two)

The ballot for Councilor and the ballot for Alternate Councilor shall have the instruction to vote for no more than the number of Councilor positions and Alternate Councilor positions to be filled. When there are more nominees for Councilor or for Alternate Councilor than the number of positions to be filled, those receiving the highest numbers of votes shall fill the available positions. Tie votes shall be resolved by the Executive Committee from among those tied. (b) (DELETE - This is now paragraph three Section III 5a.)

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

BALLOT

PROPOSED BYLAW REVISION TO BYLAW Ill, Section 5.

To separate the nominations of Councilor from Alternate Councilor from one another and to have

those nominations made by the Executive Committee.

D Approve

D Disapprove

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

BALLOT CHAIRMAN-ELECT (One to be elected)

(Vote for ONE [1])

D JAMES C. MARTIN D BARRY M. TROST

COUNCILOR AND ALTERNATE COUNCILORS: (One to be elected councilor, three to be elected alternate councilors)

(Vote for ONE [ 1 ])

D MICHAEL P. CAVA D DAVID M. LEMAL

D ALBERT PADWA D STUART ST ALEY

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: (Two to be elected)

(Vote for no more than TWO [2])

D ROBERT G. BERGMAN D CARL R. JOHNSON

D LARRY E. OVERMAN D HEINZ D. ROTH

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