Indicator FEBRUARY 1983 Vol. 64 @ No. 2 ISSN 0019-6924 PROFESSOR NEIL BARTLETT 1983 Nichols Medalist 1903—Edward B. Voorhees 1905—Charles L. Parsons 1906—Marston T. Bogert 1907—Howard B. Biship 1908—William H. Walker 1909—W.A. Noyes H.C.P. Weber 1910—L.H. Baekeland 1911—M.A. Rosanof C.W. Easley 1912—Charles James 1914—-Moses Gomberg 1915—Irving Langmuir 1916—Claude S. Hudson 1918—Treat B. Johnson 1920—Irving Langmuir 1921—Gilbert N. Lewis 1923—Thomas Midgely, dr. 1924—Charles A. Kraus 1925—E.C. Franklin 1926—S.C. Lind 1927—Roger Adams 1928—Hugh S. Taylor 1929—William L. Evans 1930—Samuel E. Sheppard 1931—John A. Wilson 1932—James B. Conant 1934—Henry C. Sherman 1935—Julius A. Neiuwland 1936—William M. Clark 1937—Frank C. Whitmore 1938—P.A. Levene 1939—Joel H. Hildebrand 1940—John M. Nelson 1941—Linus Pauling 1942—Duncan A. Maclnnes 1943—Arthur B. Lamb 1944—Carl S. Marvel March 4th, 1983 Nichols Medal Symposium & Award Dinner The Nichois’ Symposium will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4th, 1983 in conjunction with the 1983 Nichols Award presentation to Professor Bartlett. The Symposium will be held at Marymount College, Spellman Auditorium, Tarrytown, NY. The Symposium will be followed by a Banquet and Presentation of the 1983 Nichols Medal. The Banquet will be preceded by a Cocktail Hour beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Rita Hall Fireplace Area, Marymount College. The Banquet and Award Presentation will be held in the Rita Hall Dining Room. Medalist Neil Bartlett For his synthesis of the first noble gas compounds and subsequent synthesis of other molecules which have enlarged our view of the chemical universe, Professor Neil Bartlett wilt receive the 1983 Nichols Medal. Neil Bartlett synthesized the first com- pound of Xenon in 1962. His discovery started a world-wide search for other noble gas compounds, and a re-evaluation of the theories of chemical bonding which led to the incorrect prediction that these com- pounds could not exist. The availability of noble gas compounds has led to an entire new chemistry. Bartlett synthesized the first tetracovalent compound of nitrogen(V) in 1966, the first gold(V) compound in 1972, the first salts of perfluorobenzene cation, and new salts of graphite and baron nitride. All of these compounds significantly extend the range of what is chemically possible. 4 THE INDICATOR-FEBRUARY 1983 Nichols Medal Symposium “CHEMISTRY NEAR THE LIMITS OF OXIDATION AND BONDING” 1:00 p.m. — Opening of the Symposium Dr. Edward N. Walsh 1:10 p.m. — “Twenty Years of Excitement in High- Energy Halogen Oxidizers” Dr. Karl O. Christe Rocketdyne, A Division of Rockwell International Corporation 2:00 p.m. — “Some Exotic Molecules from Non-Metal Fluorine Chemistry” Professor Dr. Konrad Seppelt FREIE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN 2:50 p.m. — Tea and Coffee Break 3:20 p.m. — “Xenon Nitrogen Compounds - A Search for New Xenon - Element Bonds Professor Darryl D. DesMarteau CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 4:10 p.m. — “From The Oxidation of Oxygen to Synthetic Metals — An Oxidative Odyssey” Professor Neil Bartlett UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY 5:00 p.m. — Questions & Discussion 5:45 p.m. — Close of Symposium 6:00 p.m. — Cocktail Hour - Rita Hall Fireplace Area 7:00 p.m. — Banquet and Presentation of 1983 Nichols Award to Dr. Neil Bartlett 1945—Vincent du Vigneaud 1946—Wendel M. Stanley 1947—George B. Kistiakowski 1948—Glenn T. Seaborg 1949—1.M. Kolthoff 1950—Oscar Wintersteiner 1951—Henry Eyring 1952—Frank H. Spedding 1953—Reynold C. Fuson 1954—Charles P. Smyth 1955—Wendell M. Latimer 1956—Robert 8. Woodward 1957—Louis P. Hammett 1958—Melvin Calvin 1959—Herbert C. Brown 1960—Herman F. Mark 1961—Peter J.W. Debye 1962—Paul J. Flory 1963—Louis F. Fieser 1964—Arthur C. Cope 1965—Herbert E. Carter 1966—Frederick D. Rossini 1967—Karl Folkers 1968—William S. Johnson 1969—Marshall Nirenberg 1970—Britton Chance 1971—Henry Taube 1972—John D. Roberts 1973—R. Bruce Merrifield 1974—Harold A. Scheraga 1975—F. Albert Cotton 1976—Paul D. Bartlett 1977—E.J. Corey 1978—Frank A. Bovey 1979—Choh Hao Li 1980—Gilbert Stork 1981—Roald Hoffmann 1982—Frank Westheimer THE INDICATOR-FEBRUARY 1983 5