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Gajewski, Joseph John was born on November 7, 1939 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Son of Aloysius Peter and Genievieve (Bywalec) Gajewski.
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Hydrocarbon Thermal Isomerizations, Second Edition
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Hydrocarbon Thermal Isomerizations summarizes rearrangements which are induced by heating neutral hydrocarbons under non-catalytic conditions in the vapor phase or in non-polar solution. This subject has attracted the interest of mechanistic organic chemists and theorists in the last quarter century because it is one of the few fields workable by state of the art techniques of both camps. This work collects together most of the crucial rate and stereochemical data in a single volume, along with a critical analysis of each of these reactions. Unlike reviews or other books in this area that focus on reaction types, e.g.. electrocyclic reactions, or Claisen rearrangements, this volume is organized like the Chemical Abstracts Formula Index, but with an important exception: all of the relevant derivatives of each parent compound are discussed with the parent and not in their logical formula index positions. As it is not always obvious what is a parent material and what is a derivative, detailed cross-references are included throughout. An important aspect of this edition is the inclusion of calculational results that provide insight, often more than was anticipated, into these relatively simple reactions. • Energetics of thermal isomerization reactions • Stereochemistry of thermal isomerization reactions • Organization to facilitate and integrate global analyses • Comparison of experimental and theoretical results
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Joseph John Gajewski
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Joseph John Gajewski, American Chemistry educator. Research interests include stereochemistry and kinetics of thermal photochemistry and transition metal catalyzed reactions, Woodward Hoffmann Rules, secondary deuterium isotope effects, molecular mechanics, high spin organic species, coal liquefaction. Alfred P. Sloan fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Indiana U., 1971-1973.
Education
Bachelor of Science Chemistry, Loyola University, Chicago, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1965; National Science Foundation Postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University, 1965-1966.
Career
Assistant professor of chemistry, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1966-1969; associate professor of chemistry, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1969-1975; professor of chemistry, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1975. Visiting professor department chemistry, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1971, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972. Founder, consultant Serena Software, Bloomington, since 1985.
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Hydrocarbon Thermal Isomerizations, Second Edition
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Hydrocarbon Thermal Isomerizations, Second Edition
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (chairman Division Organic Chemistry), American Association of University Professors, International Science Foundation Panel, Tau Kappa Epsilon (vice president Loyola University chapter 1958-1961).
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Married Mary DiOrio, June 23, 1962. Children: John Peter, Jean Marie Nicole.
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Roman Catholic