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MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM April 2,1900-June 20,1969 BY DEREK HORTON AND W. Z. HASSID MELVILLE WOLFROM was born in Bellevue, Ohio, on April 2, 1900. He was the youngest of nine children in the family of Frederick Wolfrom and Maria Louisa (Sutter) Wolfrom. Originally, Melville's father's name was Friedrich Wolfrum, but some time before his marriage he anglicized it to Frederick Wolfrom. Melville's grandfather, Johann Lorenz Wolfrum, brought his family to America from the Sudeten German border town of Asch (now in Czechoslovakia) in 1854 and settled in a log cabin near Weaver's Corners, Sherman Township, Huron County, Ohio. Friedrich Wolfrum attended the county schools and worked from an early age to help support the family. For many years he was in the dry goods business in a store in nearby Bellevue, Ohio, and later worked as secretary-treasurer of a local tele- phone company that was the forerunner of the Ohio Northern Telephone Company. He died when Melville was only seven years old; as a result, from an early age Melville was instilled with the need for self-reliance. When still quite young, he worked on odd jobs, especially during the summers. His mother had a great respect for cultural pursuits, such as music and good literature, and stimulated in him an interest in serious reading. Melville was brought up in a very strict orthodox Lutheran tradition; and, although in later years he did not 487

488 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS adhere to this strict religious background, he consistently ad- vocated some type of formal religious training for his children during their formative years. During his early teens, Melville became involved in a small manufacturing business maintained in the family home. His three oldest brothers bought the patent on a type of horse harness snap that was used successfully by several fire depart- ments. After school each day, on Saturdays and holidays, and throughout the summer vacations, Melville worked on the pro- duction of these harness snaps and was paid ten to fifteen cents an hour for his labor. During this time, he often tried to im- prove the devices and, as a result of this experience, determined to become a college graduate engineer with a view to a career in manufacturing. Melville attended Bellevue High School and graduated second in the class of 1917. Stimulating teachers helped him develop an early interest in nature study, fine arts, mathematics, and German. His first encounter with science was in high school, where he learned physical geography and botany from a Mr. S. A. Kurtz. Later, he was much influenced by Mr. W. A. Hammond, with whom he studied chemistry and, later, physics. Hammond's influence was primarily responsible for Melville's decision to become a chemist, or, more specifically, a chemical engineer; the more "practical" aspect of the latter field was appealing as a result of his earlier experience in the workshop. Being without family financial support, Melville was un- able to enter college upon graduation from high school. In- stead, he obtained a position with the National Carbon Com- pany, a firm manufacturing wet and dry batteries in the nearby town of Fremont. There, in the works laboratory, he tested the quality of the daily products. Within six months he was placed, at the age of seventeen, in charge of the laboratory, with about six persons under him. Here he conducted his first research

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 489 project, an evaluation of the physical properties of carbon dry- cell electrodes as a function of the conditions used in baking the electrodes. During the winter, he took an evening course in qualitative inorganic analysis, given at the plant. Early the following summer, he resigned his post to go to Cleveland, with the idea of entering Western Reserve University in the autumn and earning his board by waiting on tables. He worked during the summer at a boarding house and also at a variety of jobs in factories and laboratories in Cleveland that were busy at that time with war production. That autumn, the government estab- lished the Students' Army Training Corps, and Melville entered the naval unit at Western Reserve. The prescribed course of study included physics, but no chemistry. The courses were un- inspiring, much disorganization resulted from the influenza epidemic, and he disliked the barracks life and the snobbish fraternity system of the school. When the armistice came in November 1918, he returned home to Bellevue feeling frus- trated. After working for a brief period as an advertising representa- tive for a trade paper, in the autumn of 1919 he entered Washington Square College of New York University. The col- lege unit was new and was not functioning well; no chemistry was offered. Again, he gave up his studies and returned to Bellevue, where he felt regarded as a disgrace and misfit. The following year he worked at odd jobs, as a laborer and then as a bookkeeper. Finally, in the autumn of 1920 he entered The Ohio State University in Columbus and embarked on a course in chemical engineering, an endeavor that at last held his attention and interest and that he enjoyed greatly. For his board, he worked at boarding houses, restaurants, and cafe- terias—as waiter, counter man, and dishwasher; he preferred the last kind of work. In general, he always preferred working with material things rather than with people; this preference was

490 B I O G R A P H I C A L M E M O I R S evident throughout his life, although he had an unexpectedly perceptive insight into the character of those people he got to know. Young Wolfrom's first encounter with the chemistry of carbohydrates came at the end of his sophomore year, when Professor C. W. Foulk recommended him for a post as student research assistant to Professor William Lloyd Evans of the De- partment of Chemistry. The stipend was $250 per year, and Wolfrom put in all of his extra time on the work. During his junior year, he carried out quantitative oxidations of maltose with permanganate at various temperatures and concentrations of alkali. In his senior year, he attempted unsuccessfully to synthesize amino acid esters of glycerol. None of this work was published, but it was a good introduction to chemical research. Professor Evans, a student of J. U. Nef's, was very research- minded and inspirational. Wolfrom continued his work with Professor Evans and received the A.B. degree (cum laude) in 1924. The influence of Professor Evans and the other inspira- tional teachers of his undergraduate days was to endure through- out his career; the broad interdisciplinary approach that he took to research and the insistence upon careful observation, clear expression, and historical accuracy can all be traced to the early roots of his undergraduate training. During every summer of his college career, Wolfrom worked at Gypsum, Ohio, with his high school chemistry teacher, W. A. Hammond, who was plant chemist for that installation of the United States Gypsum Company. Melville's well-to-do uncle, Frank A. Knapp, impressed by his nephew's progress, offered to loan him the funds to complete his college work, but Mel- ville's mother sternly forbade him _~___ _ , 1 1 . r. . ~ ~ to take advantage of this oIrer, as 1l ala not nt into ner scheme of Spartan training for him. Following graduation from The Ohio State University, Wol- from moved to Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, to

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 491 carry out his graduate work under Professor W. Lee Lewis, a student of Nef's. He began research immediately and worked on it night and day, completing the M.Sc. degree in 1925 and the Ph.D. in 1927. His problem was to provide experimental evidence for the enediol theory advanced by Wohl and Neuberg to explain the Lobry de Bruyn-Alberda van Ekenstein inter- conversion of sugars in alkaline media. He observed that 2,3,4,6-tetra-0-methyl-D-glucose could be equilibrated with the D-manno epimer in aqueous alkali and that there was no loss of the 2-0-methyl group and no formation of keto sugars. The result pointed to an enediol intermediate common to the two methylated sugars and showed that the mechanism of enol for- mation was not one of selective hydration and dehydration, as had been suggested by Nef, but rather was consistent with a simple keto-enol tautomerism. This work, published with Lewis in 1928, was the first in what was to become Wolfrom's remarkably prolific output of research Caners on the sugars ex- tending over more than four decades and numbering more than five hundred individual reports. He had a phenomenal memory for detail from his early work; forty years after his paper with Lewis was published, he could still describe it in 1 1 <o ~ exact detail without preparation, even to remembering the values of some of the physical constants. While at Northwestern, Wolfrom held an unusual teaching post provided by the fire insurance underwriters' association that sponsored a technical course to selected scholarship holders at the University. The program included a course in chemistry, and Wolfrom taught this course in the laboratories of the nearby College of Dentistry, holding the rank of assistant in- structor. Wolfrom was married to Agnes Louise Thompson, of Auburn, Indiana, in 1926. She had been trained at Depauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, as a public school music teacher and later did advanced work at Northwestern Univer-

492 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS sity, where she met her future husband. Throughout their married life, she continued to be involved in music teaching and in musical activities in the community and was ever a sympa- thetic and stimulating helpmate to her husband. After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern, Wolfrom was awarded a National Research Council Fellowship that enabled him to undertake a period of postdoctoral study with some of the leading investigators in his field of interest. First, he went to study with Claude S. Hudson, then at the National Bureau of Standards, in Washington, D.C., and the undisputed leader on the American scene in research on carbo- hydrates. Hudson, a student of Van' t Hoff's, had a strong background in physical chemistry; and his individualistic phi- losophy of research impressed Wolfrom greatly: his continuity of purpose, his exacting standards in experimental work, and his conservatism in theorizing until a thorough basis of facts had been recorded. All of these attributes, together with Hudson's concise and lucid style of writing, were to serve as models to Wolfrom throughout his career. It is doubtful that two such strong personalities could have long coexisted in the same in- stitution, but Wolfrom ever after regarded Hudson as an inspir- ing teacher and colleague, to whom he owed a great deal. Years later, they were to be closely associated in editorial and nomenclatural work, and they much enjoyed each other's com- pany. After a few months in Washington, Wolfrom moved in September 1927 to New York City in order to work in the laboratory of P. A. Levene at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Levene, the outstanding master on the North American continent in the young discipline of biochem- istry, was an ardent genius with a remarkable capacity for hard work and an urbane and cosmopolitan personality; he had a warm interest in all of those who worked with him. In his

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 493 contact with Levene, Wolfrom was able to assimilate at first hand some of the valuable aspects of the European traditions in science that Levene was able to convey to his co-workers at the Rockefeller Institute, and he was simultaneously exposed to the enormous challenge to the structural chemist offered by the seemingly hopeless slimes and mucins that were components of animal tissues. Levene had realized that more needed to be known about the structures of the simple sugars, especially the linkage positions in the disaccharides and the ring size in cyclic monosaccharide derivatives, before he could ever hope to achieve his goal of structural elucidation in the nucleic acids. Wolfrom worked with him on these aspects, and, within a few months, a paper resulted on the Wohl degradation of cello- biose and its use in determining interglycosidic linkage-position. In quick succession thereafter were published two more papers on the ring structures of methyl D-lyxosides. In the summer of 1928 Wolfrom returned to The Ohio State University to finish up his two-year fellowship. There he worked independently on the synthesis of stable derivatives of the acyclic forms of the sugars, as such acyclic intermediates had been so often proposed as transient species in reactions of the sugars. By re- moving the thioacetal groups from the pentaacetate of D-glucose diethyl dithioacetal, he was able to obtain and characterize the acetate of the free aldehyde form of D-glucose; similar work in the D-galactose series followed later. In the autumn of 1929, Wolfrom was appointed Instructor in Chemistry at The Ohio State University and one year later was raised to the rank of Assistant Professor. He remained on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at Ohio State for the whole of his career, becoming Associate Professor in 1936 and Professor in 1940. In 1939 he was awarded a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; and, in February of that year, he traveled to Switzerland to work in

494 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS the laboratory of Professor P. Karrer of the University of Zurich but returned to the United States at the outbreak of hostilities in Western Europe. With the aid of the successive generations of students who came to carry out their graduate research under his direction, Professor Wolfrom was able to launch a wide-ranging program of research, with problems of structure and reactivity in the carbohydrate field constituting the principal theme. The pro- cedures used for obtaining acetylated aldehydo-D-glucose were systematically extended through the sugar series, and new types of aldose derivatives containing substituents on the hydrated carbonyl gTOUp were obtained; these showed the predictable behavior in being isolable in two isomeric forms, epimeric at C-1. The new well-established fact that acyclic structures can exist as reactive sugar-intermediates, sometimes having con- siderable stability, rests largely on his pioneering work. His first Ph.D. student, Alva Thompson, showed that the acetylated · · r ~ . ~ · ~ ~ oxime of D-glucose undergoes conversion from a cyclic to an acyclic form during the Wohl degradation, and for this work Thompson received the Ph.D. degree in 1931. Professor Wolfrom often appeared rather formidable and awesome to the new graduate student, even though he was physically only of medium height and build. He expected of his colleagues the standards of work that he set for himself. It was often difficult for lesser people to live up to his standards. His own experimental research was always done with precision, and he was proud to show that the samples he had prepared ~ ~ or · I' I' ~ I. n~mse~r In one tn~rt~es were unctecomposect several decades later and that their purity was unimpeachable, even by the chroma- tographic techniques later developed. He expected that all melting points and optical rotations recorded by his students should be as authoritative as his own experimental values. Not every student or colleague who came into contact with Wolfrom could accept his uncompromising standards. Professor

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 495 Wolfrom chose to expend his energies in those areas where the problems could be clearly defi-necl; and, once he had decided what was the right course, he held steadfast to that position, regardless of outside pressures. He tended to avoid becoming involved in situations where negotiations and compromises had to be made, or where the issues could not be stated in precise terms. A hard taskmaster, Wolfrom earned the greater respect of many of his students after they had completed their work with him. Despite his rather retiring and diffident manner toward groups of people not known to him, and despite the apparent gruffness and terseness that so often characterized his day-to-day contacts with his co-workers, he actually took a deep interest in the welfare of every colleague and student who had a genuine interest in, and aptitude for, science. He went to considerable lengths to help each of his students become established in a suitable post after graduation and kept in touch with a sur- prisingly large proportion of them long after their departure. He had a deep insight into human personality and found-it intriguing to delve into the background and motivations of each of the persons with whom he worked. This interest is reflected in the number of biographical memoirs that he chose to write, especially of his early mentors; these were done with char- acteristic thoroughness and show his perceptive qualities in understanding human nature. Although he never regarded lightly any of the work he undertook, Wolfrom had a very strong sense of humor, not always recognized by those who did not know him well. He had an endless store of anecdotes concerning the personalities of science, based on his own contacts with other scientists and on his wide reading of the history of science; the humor of his dry remarks would once in a while be betrayed by a fleeting smile. This side of his personality was most in evidence when he was with small groups of people he knew well and with small classes -

496 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS of advanced students who were perceptive enough to appreciate the subtleties of his comments. His approach to teaching was always based on a solid, his- torical foundation that traced the development of science through the major milestones of factual knowledge, rather than through rationalizations and correlations that involved extrapo- . . ~ . . . ~ . at~on ot existing Information. At the graduate level, where he supervised almost a hundred Ph.D. students and numerous M.S. candidates, Professor Wolfrom made his major educational contribution. With these students he was able to pursue research on several broad fronts in the field of the carbohydrates. (A list of Wolfrom's published articles and the participating co-workers is given at the end of this memoir.) In the early days, most of the research students were employed as part-time teaching assistants in chemistry at Ohio State. Later, and especially after World War II, outside funding through grants and contracts from government and industry became available, and Wolfrom was able to expand his research program further. The research group was enriched by a regular succession of postdoctoral associates who came from other institutions for one or two years of experience in Professor Wolfrom's laboratory. The group became very cosmopolitan, always containing members from Europe and Asia, and Wolfrom particularly appreciated the new ideas and techniques brought in by these colleagues who had received their doctoral training in other laboratories. Throughout his career, Wolfrom's early theme of research on the acyclic forms of the sugars continued; in fact, one of his posthumous articles is a book chapter on the subject. Extending the route developed for aldehydo-D-glucose pentaacetate, he devised general methods for obtaining crystalline acetates of those sugars in which the carboyl group, aldehydic or ketonic, was present in the free form, uncombined with any hydroxyl group of the sugar chain; and the general chemistry of the

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 497 hydrated carbonyl group was explored. A synthesis of higher- carbon ketoses by the action of diazomethane on acetylated aldonyl chlorides was established that led to the preparation of acyclic keto-acetates that, on deacetylation, gave larger chain ketoses. It was shown that the keto-acetates could be used for the synthesis of branched-chain structures. In cooperation with T. M. Lowry of Cambridge University, Wolfrom conducted pioneer work on the optical rotatory dispersion of the acyclic sugar acetates and demonstrated the Cotton effects attributable to the asymmetrically perturbed absorption of the carbonvl ~ . ~ . . ~ ~ group. It was demonstrated that many of the hydrazones and osazones of the sugars were either totally acyclic or contained such a structure as a significant tautomeric form. He recog- nized at an early stage the potential of nuclear magnetic reso- nance spectroscopy in structural chemistry and applied it in 1962 to show that an "anhydro-phenylosazone" that had been prepared in his laboratory in 1946 possessed an unexpected, unsaturated phenylazo structure. The chemistry of the dithioacetals of the sugars was explored in detail, and many useful synthetic transformations were demonstrated. A notable development was the reductive de- sulfurization of the dithioacetals to the hydrocarbon stage. This reaction was used to establish a major milestone in the chem- istry of natural products, the unambiguous correlation between the configurational standards of D-glyceraldehyde for the sugars and anserine for the amino acids; the correlation was achieved by way of the diethyl dithioacetal of 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose, which was transformed into a derivative of ~-alanine without disturbing the configuration of the asymmetric center at carbon atom two. , , . ~ In the chemistry of dithioacetals Wolfrom also prepared the first dithioacetal of a ketose (D-fructose), and established the technique of mercaptolysis for the fragmentation of polysac- charides. In other hands, the technique of mercaptolysis has

498 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS been applied successfully for determination of structure, notably with the seaweed polysaccharides agar and carrageenan. The acetylated dithioacetals were shown to be useful characterizing derivatives for the sugars, and subsequent workers have utilized these derivatives extensively for determination of the gross structures of sugars by mass spectrometry. Dithioacetal deriva- tives were also significant in Wolfrom's work on the structure of the antitubercular antibiotic streptomycin, playing a role in the elucidation of structure of the streptose component. The configuration of the streptidine entity was established by its synthesis from 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose, and further contribu- tions were made on the structure and configuration of the entire streptomycin molecule. Synthetic methods were developed for amino sugars by dis- placement of sulfonyloxy groups by nitrogen nucleophiles and applied especially for the synthesis of 2-amino-2-deoxypentoses, until the complete series of eight stereoisomers had been elab- orated. Procedures for protecting the amino group were estab- lished that led to the successful synthesis of nucleosides contain- ing 2-amino-2-deoxy sugars in the furanosyl form. This work formed part of an extensive program of synthesis of nucleoside analogs having structural variation in the carbohydrate moiety, as potential anticancer agents. Professor Wolfrom was always concerned with planning re- search in a logical, orderly way, and he undertook to fill in some of the gaps left by Emil Fischer in the systematic elaboration of the simple sugars. These included the crystalline forms of racemic glucose, racemic glucitol, D-glucose clime thyl acetal, ~-fructose, racemic talitol, ~-talitol, and xylitol. For key crystal- line compounds, he made a special point of recording the data from an X-ray powder diagram as an unequivocal fingerprint of the compound in the particular crystalline modification; he had little faith in syrups unless a suitable crystalline derivative could be prepared. He would accept chromatographic evidence as a

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 499 tool for monitoring reactions, but only as a preliminary guide to characterization by a definitive method, preferably through a crystalline compound. Wolfrom investigated a number of problems of techno- logical interest. The formation of color in sugar solutions as present in food products and during sugar refining was in- vestigated. Products of the dehydrating reactions favored by acidity were identified, and the mechanism of the nonenzymic browning (Maillard) reaction between sugars and amino acids was examined; a reactive 3-deoxyhexosulose intermediate was established for the latter reaction, a finding that provided the basis for extensive work in other laboratories. It was demon- strated that the action of alkali on reducing sugars leads to stepwise enolization down the sugar chain. The composition of cane sugar molasses was examined in detail. In a study on the alkaline electroreduction of D-glucose, it was shown that carbonyl groups are reduced completely to the hydrocarbon stage and that a side-product is a twelve-carbon atom derivative formed by way of an aldol reaction. Electron paramagnetic resonance studies were conducted by Professor Wolfrom and his group on the remarkably stable, free radicals formed when sugars in the solid state are irradiated. The chemical transformations taking place during the con- trolled ignition of cellulose nitrate were investigated extensively in a project for the armed services. Other nitrated polyhydroxy compounds were also investigated for potential uses as ex- plosive polymers. ~1_ _ ~ · . ~ · ~ , ., ~ ne o~osyntnes~s ot cotton bolls was investigated by prepar- ing photosynthetically i4C-labeled cotton celluloses. ,B-D-Gluco- pyranosyl phosphate, the anomer of the common a!-D-gluco- pyranosyl phosphate, was synthesized; and a synthetic route to -iduronic acid was devised. Both of these products were sub- sequently found by others to occur naturally. New techniques for working with carbohydrates and their

boo BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS derivatives, notably in separation methods, were devised in Professor Wolfrom's laboratory. Extrusive column chromatog- raphy was developed as a valuable tool for the separation of mixtures of acylated sugars and was utilized particularly in studies on oligosaccharides, including the characterization of several polymer-homologous series of oligosaccharides. Pro- cedures involving ion-exchange resins were introduced into the carbohydrate field, and the use of microcrystalline cellulose for thin-layer chromatography of unsubstituted sugars was de- veloped. The use of sodium borohydride to reduce free sugars to alditols was first reported by Wolfrom's group, as were the . first examples of arsenate, benzeneboronate, and urethan de- rivatives of the sugars, and the use of absolute hydrogen sulfate as a solvent. Also developed were reliable analytical procedures for the determination of acetyl and methoxyl groups in carbo- hydrates containing them. Professor Wolfrom devoted many years to the determination of the structure of various polysaccharides. The most challeng- ing of these was heparin, the natural blood anticoagulant. Methods were found for modifying the intractable "backbone" chain of this polymer, notably by use of diborane to reduce the uranic acid moieties, to give a derivative amenable to structural characterization by the method of fragmentation analysis. By means of crystalline disaccharide fragments that were unequivo- cally characterized, it was shown that N- and O-sulfated 2- amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose and D-glucopyranuronic acid residues, connected by ~-D-~1 - > 4) linkages, are present in the polymer, and that r-iduronic acid residues also occur. Other animal polysaccharides investigated by Wolfrom were chon- droitinsulfuric acid and the galactan of beef lung. Molecular structures of starch and glycogen were extensively investigated; evidence for the branch points at carbon atom six was placed on a firm, crystalline basis by the method of frag- mentation analysis. Incidental to this work, the nature of

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 501 reversion of sugars by acids was interpreted. Synthetic con- firmation of the structure of the branch-point disaccharide, namely Comatose, involved the difficult step of introducing the --linkage in the interglycosidic position; this was achieved by a modification of the Koenigs-Knorr synthesis, with the use of a nonparticipating protecting group at carbon atom two in the glycosyl halide derivative. A similar approach was sub- sequently used for the synthesis of panose, a trisaccharide frag- ment involved at the branch points in the polysaccharide. Structures were also established for the mannan and arabino- galactan of the green coffee bean, and the presence of these polysaccharides in commercial coffee extracts was established. Detailed structural investigations were made on British gums, produced commercially by heat treatment of starch. In the quest for novel derivatives of starch having potential utility in industry, various acetal and unsaturated ether derivatives were studied, and routes were developed for the synthesis of amino derivatives of starch having the hydroxyl group at carbon two replaced by an amino group; the latter were used for pre- . ~ . paring polymers having structures related to that of heparin. In the cellulose field, comparative studies were made on various series of cello-oligosaccharide derivatives as models for the parent polymer; these investigations included oxidation with alkaline hypochlorite as related to the industrial extraction and bleaching of cellulose fibers. Professor Wolfrom had a long-standing interest in the pig- ments occurring in the osage orange (Maclura pomifera Raf.), a common hedge-tree found in Ohio. The chemical nature of two complex phenolic pigments present in the fruit of this plant was elucidated, and a synthesis of their skeletal compo- nents was effected. These compounds were the first for which it was established that isoprenoid units were condensed on the nucleus of a common plant-pigment, in this case, an isoflavone; other examples have since been found in plants. Three phenolic

502 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS . . . . . pigments containing Soprano units condensed on a xanthone nucleus were discovered in the root bark of the same plant, and it was found possible to elucidate their structures, mainly by use of spectroscopic techniques; one of the pigments was synthesized. Two of them were found to contain an isoprenoid unit in the form of a 1,1-dimethylallyl group; they were the first examples discovered of natural phenolic compounds so constituted. In 1948 Wolfrom assumed the duties of Head of the Organic Division in the Department of Chemistry at The Ohio State University, the department then being under the chairmanship of a physical chemist, Edward Mack, Jr., who, in 1941, had succeeded William Lloyd Evans as departmental chairman. Wolfrom's responsibilities included coordination of the courses and of the requirements for graduate degrees in organic chem- istry. He also served for many years on the departmental Library Committee. Thorough as always in the tasks he under- took, he played an important part in developing an excellent chemistry library, both as regards the extent of coverage and the completeness of the collection of early books and periodicals. In 1960, Wolfrom was named Research Professor, and the re- sponsibilities of the Organic Division were passed on to M. S. Newman. In his new position, Professor Wolfrom was able to concentrate more on his individual teaching effort at the grad- uate level, although he continued to present courses in the chemistry of carbohydrates. His office was a very modest one, in a long corridor of small research laboratories affectionately known to successive generations of occupants as "Sugar Alley." He spurned the opportunity to move into more spacious and modern quarters when the new Evans Laboratory was added to the department in 1960; he felt a sentimental attachment to the antiquated laboratories whose dust was, as legend had it, rich in the seeds of myriad crystal species. Fact or fiction, there is little doubt that the Wolfrom group had an impressive

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 503 record of success in bringing recalcitrant syrups of sugars to crystallization. Professor Wolfrom influenced the carbohydrate held in many ways far beyond even his own exceedingly prolific con- tributions to its literature. He provided the motivation for many others to pursue work in the area. A surprising number of the persons who, at one time or another, have worked in Wolfrom's laboratory have continued independent research on the carbohydrates; those in academic positions include H. E1 Khadem (Houghton), A. B. Foster (London>, S. Hanessian (Montreal), R. U. Lemieux (Edmonton), G. E. McCasland (San Francisco), R. Montgomery (Iowa), K. Onodera (Kyoto), A. Rosenthal (Vancouver), F. Shafizadeh (Montana), the late J. C. Sowden (St. Louis), W. A. Szarek (Kingston), l. R. Vercellotti (Virginia), R. L. Whistler (Pllrclllf~N ~nc1 n FORTRAN l~r~q',th~- of this memoir). I' V ~^ ~~, ~~ I. ~ $~1 Loll \~-a"LllQl Exceptionally well organized, Professor Wolfrom hated wasting time. He handled much of his business by telephone, even with persons in the room next to his office. These calls would be brief and often blunt, as were his letters and notes; he always made his point with maximum impact in as few words as possible. Although he derived great satisfaction from his work, chemistry was by no means Professor Wolfrom's sole preoccupation. He read widely in the classics and history and enjoyed building a fine library in his home. Not an instru- mentalist himself, he nevertheless shared his wife's love of music and worked with her in helping the development of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and in other musical and cultural activities in the community. Together, they also en- joyed the theater, ballet, and the fine arts, both in the local community and during their travels. The Wolfroms frequently received groups of colleagues, students, and visiting scientists in their spacious home on the north side of Columbus. Mrs. Wolfrom, a most gracious hostess, would often entertain the

504 BIOGRAPHIC-AL MEMOIRS guests with a musical recital at the piano, and Professor Wolfrom was happy to show guests the pleasant garden, the cultivation of which was a source of great enjoyment to him. On other occa- sions, he would lead the members of his research group and their families on picnic trips into the surrounding Ohio country- side; these expeditions were strictly recreational, although it must be said that, should Wolfrom spot some osage-orange trees along the way, a "work gang" might rapidly be delegated to collect samples. Five children were born to the Wolfroms: Frederick (who died shortly after birth), Eva Magdalena, Anne Marie and Betty lane (who were twins), and Carl Thompson. Because of Wolfrom's precise style of writing and his con- cern for an accurate historical record, he felt the need for a periodic series of authoritative articles on various aspects of research on the carbohydrates, to be written by qualified special- ists and supervised editorially through a rigorous policy in order to ensure extremely high standards of consistency and accuracy. As a result of this idea, near the end of World War II the Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry series was developed. The policies were formulated by an Executive Committee con- sisting of W. L. Evans, H. O. L. Fischer, R. Maximilian Goepp, Jr., W. N. Haworth, and C. S. Hudson, together with Wolfrom and his co-editor, W. Ward Pigman. With the enthusiastic help and collaboration of publisher Kurt Jacoby and the then- fledgling Academic Press, the first issue of the series was launched in 1945. Wolfrom remained a prime mover in this annual series for the rest of his life and was editor or co-editor of all volumes through Volume 24, except for those of 1950 and 1951. Under his guidance, the series has reflected all of the major significant developments in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, through timely contributions written by author- ities in the field. His broad knowledge and critical ability, his attention to editorial detail, and his insistence on "getting it

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 505 right," have given the series an excellent reputation for quality and reliability. Not even the most eminent authors were im- mune from his pungent remarks if their manuscripts failed in any way to meet the standards demanded. His respected col- league Claude S. Hudson worked closely with Professor Wolfrom on the early volumes of Advances; following the death of Hudson, in 1952, Wolfrom invited R. S. Tipson to join in editing the series. The Wolfrom-Tipson editorial part- nership for Advances continued for eighteen years thereafter. With the addition of representation from the British Isles on the board of Advances, starting with the second volume in the series, a close link was established between British and Amer- ican carbohydrate chemists that in subsequent years led to much fruitful cooperation, especially in the field of carbohydrate nomenclature. In collaboration with R. L. Whistler, Wolfrom served as co-editor or consulting editor for the series Methods in Carbo- hydrate Chemistry. These collections of experimental pro- cedures in the carbohydrate field have proved an invaluable standby for research workers. The international journal, Carbo- hydrate Research, inaugurated in 1965, also received strong support from Professor Wolfrom, who served on its Editorial Advisory Board. For a quarter of a century, Professor Wolfrom worked on the systematization and codification of carbohydrate nomenclature. He was a member of an American Chemical Society committee chaired by R. C. Hockett that developed, during the period 1945-1948, the rules of carbohydrate nomenclature that the society's council approved in 1948. The committee continued to consolidate and extend the rules, this time in cooperation with chemists in Great Britain, and in 1951 Professor Wolfrom became chairman of the committee. The joint study of carbo- hydrate nomenclature by British and American chemists fur- nished an excellent example of effective cooperation to improve

A- ~ 506 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS the language of science for clear and exact reporting of scientific information. A set of rules under joint British-American sponsorship was published in 1953, and as a result of continued cooperative work the rules there extended and further clarified; a revised set of jointly approved rules alas issued in 1963. Wolfrom's committee then continued to work in the de- velopment of nomenclature systems for the carbohydrates, in order to accommodate the special requirements of newly de- veloping research areas and to encompass areas, such as the polysaccharides and conformational terminology, not covered in the published rules. At the same time, he sought to develop full international acceptance of the rules by working actively with the Special Committee on Carbohydrate Nomenclature of the Organic Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. He met several times with the inter- national committee and laid much of the important groundwork for the set of international rules drafted by that body. In 1959 Professor Wolfrom assumed the duties of Section Editor for the carbohydrates section of Chemical Abstracts, a taslt that he undertook with characteristic thoroughness. All abstracts for that section were carefully checked to ensure that the names used conformed to the approved terminology, and the scientific content of the abstracts was also checked, usually against the original article. Not infrequently, he himself re- wrote those abstracts he found unsatisfactory. In 1964 he was made a member of the Board of Advisors for Chemical ~4 bstracts. For his outstanding services in the held of chemical docu- mentation, Professor Wolfrom received in 1967 the Austin Patterson Award, sponsored by the Dayton section of the Amer- ican Chemical Society. At the award ceremony, many of his old friends and colleagues were present, including Dr. W. A. Ham- mond, his high school chemistry teacher. Besides his contributions in the field of chemical docu- mentation, Professor Wolfrom served on numerous committees

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 507 and held a number of offices in professional societies. From 1940 until 1945, he was an Official Investigator of the National Defense Research Committee. A member of the American Chemical Society, he served as Chairman of the Columbus section and also of the Cellulose Division in 1940, and of the Division of Sugar Chemistry in 1948. In 1958 he was Chairman of Symposium I of the International Union of Biochemistry, in Vienna, and for this he was honored by a citation from the Austrian government. He was a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Pi Mu Epsilon, and Alpha Chi Sigma. He was a member of the National Committee of the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science from 1961 to 1963 and served as its Chairman in 1963. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New York Academy of Science, the Ohio Academy of Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and The Chemical Society (London). In 1959 he was an invited lecturer in the Biochemistry Depart- ment at Tufts University Medical School in Boston, Massa- chusetts. Numerous other honors and recognitions for his work were bestowed on Professor Wolfrom. In 1950, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and, in 1952, was presented the Honor Award (now the Hudson Award) of the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. In 1965, he was honored by The Ohio State University by being named Regents' Professor, a title created at that time to recognize exceptional distinction in scholarly activity at the university. In 1967, he was honored by the Kansas City section of the American Chemical Society with the Kenneth A. Spencer Award for his contributions to agricultural chemistry. Still at the height of his effectiveness as a scientist, Professor Wolfrom was, in mid-1969, actively planning new research pro- grams to take effect beyond the nominal age for retirement at

sos BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS seventy years. Tragically, an aortic aneurysm, found during a routine physical examination, ruptured several days after its discovery, just hours before a proposed surgical repair could be effected; Professor Wolfrom died in Columbus on June 20, 1969. It is particularly indicative of his methodical and or- ganized personality that, on the day before he was to enter the hospital, he visited each of his research students to plan work for the following few weeks, answered all of the correspondence on his desk, and left instructions for handling the various items of business that were expected to arise. He was survived by his widow, four children, three sisters, and seven grandchildren. A special issue of the journal Carbohydrate Research, com- prised of research contributions by former students of Professor Wolfrom's, was published as the Wolfrom Memorial Issue in April 1970, on the seventieth anniversary of his birth. Also dedicated to his memory was the program of papers presented in Toronto, Ontario, in May 1970, at the joint meeting of the Carbohydrate Division of the American Chemical Society and the Canadian Institute of Chemistry. In addition, a special tribute to him was paid at the Fifth International Conference on Carbohydrates held in Paris in August 1970. Professor Wolfrom's life was a noble example of devotion to the pursuit and advancement of science. His dedicated and sincere personality won the response and admiration of those who had the privilege of knowing him. His important con- tributions to carbohydrate chemistry will remain a permanent record in the annals of chemistry. He has erected to his name an enduring memorial and has left impressed in the pages of science a monolithic achievement that can serve as an inspira- tion and a challenge to others. Even more important, his spirit and ideas made a lasting influence on a whole generation of new scholars, so that the qualities for which he stood can continue to flourish.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 509 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1926 "Acrolein," H. Adkins, W. H. Hartung, F. C. Whitmore, and M. L. Wolfrom, Org. Syn., 6' 1-5. 1928 "The Reactivity of the Methylated Sugars. II. The Action of Dilute Alkali on Tetramethyl Glucose," M. L. Wolfrom and W. Lee Lewis, 1. Amen. Chem. Soc., 50,, 837-854. "Lactone Formation of Cellobionic and of Glucoarabonic Acids and Its Bearing on the Structure of Cellobiose," P. A. Levene and M. L. Wolfrom, [. Biol. Chem., 77' 671-683. "Acetyl Monoses. IV. Two Isomeric Triacetyl Methyllyxosides," P. A. Levene and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Biol. Chem., 78., 525-533. "Acetyl Monoses. V. The Rates of Hydrolysis of Tetraacetylmethyl- mannosides and of Triacetylmethyllyxosides," P. A. Levene and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Biol. Chem., 79', 471-474. 1929 "The Acetate of the Free Aldehyde Form of Glucose," M. L. Wol- from, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 51, 2188-2193. 1930 "The Fifth Penta-acetate of Galactose, Its Alcoholate and Alde- hydrol," M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 52, 2464-2473. "Aldehydo-l-arabinose I'etra-acetate," M. L. Wolfrom and Mildred R. Newlin, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 52, 3619-3623. "Carbohydrates," W. Lloyd Evans and M. L. Wolfrom, in "Annual Survey of American Chemistry," Chap. XX, Vol. IV, National Research Council by the Chemical Catalog Co., 1930, pp. 244- 257. 1931 "The Reactive Form of Glucose Oxime," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, 7. Timer. Chem. Soc., 53., 622-632. ~ This bibliography of M. L. \\Tolfrom's works by Derek Horton is taken from Advances in Carbobydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, vol. 26, pp. 23~7, 1971, by Academic Press, Inc. More recent listings have been made availa!ble and have been added to the bibliography.

510 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "The Mutarotation of the Alcoholate and Aldehydrol of Aldehydo- Galactose Pentaacetate," M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 53', 2275-2279. "The Rotatory Dispersion of Several Aldebydo Sugar Acetates," M. L. Wolfrom and Wallace R. Brode, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 53, 2279- 2281. "The Occurrence of True Hydrazone Structures in the Sugar Series," M. L. Wolfrom and Clarence C. Christman, I. Amer. Chem. Soc. 53' 3413-3419. "Aldehydo-d-xylose Tetra-acetate and the Mercaptals of Xylose and Maltose," M. L. Wolfrom, Mildred R. Newlin, and Eldon E. Stably, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 53' 4379-4383. 1932 "Hemi-acetals of Aldehydo-Galactose Pentaacetate and Their Opti- cal Properties," M. L. Wolfrom and William M. Morgan, I. Amer. Chem. Soc. 54,3390-3393. "Ring-Chain Isomerism in the Acetates of Galactose Oxime," M. L. Wolfrom, Alva Thompson, and L. W. Georges, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 54', 4091-4095. 1933 "The Acetylation of Galactose Oxime," Venancio Deulofeu, M. L. Wolfrom, Pedro Cattaneo, C. C. Christman, and L. W. Georges, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 55' 3488-3493. "The Rotatory Dispersion of Organic Compounds. Part XXIII. Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism of Aldehydic Sugars," H. Hudson, M. L. Wolfrom, and T. M. Lowry, J. Chem. Soc., 1179-1192. 1934 "Keto-Fructose Pentaacetate," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 56', 880-882. "The Free Aldehyde Form of Fucose Tetraacetate," M. L. Wolfrom and J. A. Orsino, l. Elmer. Chem. Soc., 56., 985-987. "Ring Opening of Galactose Acetates," Jack Compton and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 56, 1157-1162. "A New Synthesis of Aldehydo Sugar Acetates," M. L. Wolfrom, L. W. Georges, and S. Soltzberg, .1 Amer. Chem. Soc., 56', 1794- 1797.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 511 "The Structure of d-Glucoheptulose Hexaacetate," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, T. Amer. Chem. Soc., 56, 1805-1806. "The Tritylation of Sugar Mercaptals," M. L. Wolfrom, Joseph L. Quinn, and Clarence C. Christman, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 56, 2789-2790. 1935 "The Tritylation of Sugar Mercaptals," M. L. Wolfrom, Joseph L. Quinn, and Clarence C. Christman, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 57, 713-717. "The Rotatory Dispersion of Organic Compounds. Part XXV. Open- chain Derivatives of Arabinose, Fructose, and Fucose. Optical Cancellation of Penta-acetyl ,u-Fructose,'' W. C. G. Baldwin, M. L. Wolfrom, and T. M. Lowry, J. Chem. Soc., 696-704. "Esters of the Aldehydrol Form of Sugars," M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 57, 2498-2500. 1936 "Ring Closure Studies in the Sugar Benzoates," M. L. Wolfrom and Clarence C. Christman, ). Amer. Chem. Soc., 58' 39-43. "Estimation of O-Acetyl and N-Acetyl and the Structure of Osazone Acetates," M. L. Wolfrom, M. Konigsberg, and S. Soltzberg, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 58, 490-491. "Open Chain Derivatives of d-Mannose," M. L. Wolfrom and L. W. Georges, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 58' 1781-1782. "Semicarbazone and Oxime Acetates of Maltose and Cellobiose. Aldehy~o-Cellobiose Octaacetate," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Soltz- berg, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 58' 1783-1785. 1937 --A Study of Cellulose Hydrolysis by Means of Ethyl Mercaptan," M. L. Wolfrom and Louis W. Georges, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 59', 282-286. "The Beta to Alpha Conversion of Fully Acetylated Sugars by Alkali," M. L. Wolfrom and Donald R. Husted, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 59' 364-365. "2,3,6-Trimethylglucose Diethyl i\lercaptal and its Use in the Prepa- ration of 2,3,6-Trimethylglucose," M. L. Wolfrom and Louis W. Georges, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 59, 601-603.

512 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS -~Aldehydo Derivatives of Dibenzylideneglucose," M. L. Wolfrom and Leo J. Tanghe, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 59' 1597-1602. "The 1,5-Anhydride of 2,3,4,6-Tetramethylglucose 1,2-Enediol," M. L. Wolfrom and Donald A. Husted, I. Amer. Chem. Soc. 59', 2559-2561. 1938 "Acetals of Galactose and of Dibenzylideneglucose," M. L. \\lolfrom, Leo T. Tanghe, R. W. George, and S. W. Waisbrot, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60', 132-134. "Esters of the Aldehydrol Form of Sugars. II," M. L. Wolfrom and M. Konigsberg, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60, 288-289. "Crystalline Lactositol," M. L. Wolfrom, W. I. Burke, K. R. Brown, and Robert S. Rose, fir., I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60', 571-573. "A Yellow Pigment from the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera Raf.)," E. D. Walter, M. L. Wolfram, and W. W. Hess, T. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60, 574-577. "The Dimethyl Acetal of d-Glucose," M. L. Wolfrom and S. W. Waisbrot, 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60' 854-855. "Carbohydrates. I," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Organic Chemistry," Vol. II. Chap. XVI, Henry Gilman, Ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., pp. 1399-1476. "Studies of Cellulose Hydrolysis by Means of Ethyl Mercaptan. II," M. L. Wolfrom, Louis W. Georges, and John C. Sowden, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60', 1026-1031. "Studies of Cellulose Hydrolysis by Means of Ethyl Mercaptan. III," M. L. Wolfrom and John C. Sowden, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 60, 3009-3013. 1939 "Aldehydo-d-Mannose Pentaacetate Ethyl Hemiacetal," M. L. Wol- from, M. Konigsberg, and D. I. Weisblat, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 61' 574-576. "The Molecular Size of Metl~ylated Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom, John C. Sowden, and E. N. Lassettre, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 61, 1072-1076. "The Behavior of the Dimethyl Acetals of Glucose and Galactose Under Hydrolytic and Glycoside-forming Conditions," M. L. Wolfrom and S. W. Waisbrot, 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 61', 1408- 1411.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 51o "Tritylation Experiments in the Sugar Alcohol Series," M. L. Wol- from, W. l. Burke, and S. W. Waisbrot, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 61, 1827-1829. 'The Molecular Size of Starch by the Mercaptalation Method," M. L. Wolfrom, D. R. Myers, and E. N. Lassettre, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 61' 2172-2175. "Osage Orange Pigments. II. Isolation of a New Pigment, Pomi- ferin," M. L. Wolfrom, F. L. Benton, A. S. Gregory, W. W. Hess, J. E. iMahan, and P. W. Morgan, J. Timer. Chem. Soc., 61, 2832- 2836. 1940 "Osage Orange Pigments. III. Fractionation and Oxidation," M. L. Wolfrom and A. S. Gregory, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62, 651-652. "Monothioacetals of Galactose," M. L. Wolfrom and D. I. Weisblat. [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62' 878-880. "The Action of Phosphorus Pentachloride upon aldehydo-Galactose Pentaacetate. The 1,1-Dichloride of aldehydo-Galactose Penta- acetate," M. L. Wolfrom and D. I. Weisblat, .r. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62,1149-1151. "Crystalline Phenylurethans (Carbanilates) of Sugar Glycosides," M. L. Wolfrom and D. E. Pletcher, I. Timer. Chem. Soc., 62, 1151-1153. "aldehydo-Maltose Octaacetate," M. L. Wolfrom and M. Konigs- berg, .T- A men Chem. Soc., 62, 1153-1154. "Osage Orange Pigments. IV. Degree of Unsaturation and Flavone Nature," M. L. Wolfrom, P. W. Morgan, and F. L. Benton, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62, 1484-1489. "Derivatives of the Aldehydrol Form of Sugars. III. Carbon One Asymmetry," M. L. Wolfrom, M. Konigsberg, and F. B. Moody, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62, 2343-2349. "Melibiitol and 1Maltitol," M. L. Wolfrom and Thomas S. Gardner, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62, 2553-2555. "d-Glucose S-Ethyl O-Methyl Monothioacetal," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weisblat, and A. R. Hanze, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62, 3246- 3250. "Acyclic Derivatives of d-Lyxose," M. L. Wolfrom and F. B. Moody, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 62, 3465-3466.

514 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS 1941 "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. I," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weisblat, W. H. Zohpy, and S. W. Wais- brot, J. Elmer. Chem. Soc., 63, 201-203. "Osage Orange Pigments. V. Isomerization," M. L. Wolfrom, F. L. Benton, A. S. Gregory, VV. W. Hess, l. E. Mahan, and P. W. Morgan, .1. al men Chem. Soc., 63, 422-426. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weisblat, and S. W. Waisbrot, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 63, 632. "The Structure of the Cori Ester," At. L. Wolfrom and D. E. Pletcher, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 63, 1050-1053. "Derivatives of the Aldehydrol Form of Sugars. IV," M. L. Wolfrom and Robert L. Brown, T. Amer. Chem. Soc. ~2. , _ , 1246-1247. "Osage Orange Pigments. VI. Isoflavone Nature of Osajin," M. L. Wolfrom, J. E. Mahan, P. W. Morgan, and G. F. Johnson, I. A men Chem. Soc., 63, 1248- 1253. ~ ~ rat ~ a` ~ ~ ~ ~ _ _ ~ A, Usage Grange Figments. Vll. lsotiavone Nature of Pomiferin," M. L. Wolfrom and I. E. Mahan, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 63, 1253- 1256. "Molecular Size of Polysaccharides by the Mercaptalation Method; Methylated Potato Starch," M. L. Wolfrom and D. R. Myers, ,{. Amer. Chem. Soc., 63, 1336-1339. "Mesylated Cellulose and Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, John C. Sowden, and E. A. Metcalf, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 63, 1688-1691. "Osage Orange Pigments. VIII. Oxidation," M. L. Wolfrom and A. S. Gregory, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 63, 3356-3358. "The ,B-Form of the Cori Ester (d-Glucopyranose 1-Phosphate)," M. L. Wolfrom, C. S. Smith, D. E. Pletcher, and A. E. Brown, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64, 23-26. 1942 "The Transformation of Tetramethylglucoseen-1,2 into 5-~\Iethoxy- methyl)-2-furaldehyde," M. L. Wolfrom, E. G. Wallace, and E. A. Metcalf, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64, 265-269. "Osage Orange Pigments. IX. Improved Separation; Establishment of the Isopropylidene Group," M. L. ~Volfrom and John NIahan, /. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64, 308-31 1.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 515 "Osage Orange Pigments. X. Oxidation," M. L. Wolfrom and Sam M. Moffett, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64, 31 1-315. "Survey of the Literature of Cellulose and Allied Substances, 1938- 1940. I. General Chemical Properties of Cellulose," M. L. Wol- from and Paul W. Morgan, Paper Trade I., Technical Assoc. Papers, Ser. 25, 1-6. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. II," M. L. Wolfrom, S. W. Waisbrot, and Robert L. Brown, [. Amer. Chem Soc., 64', 1701-1704. "Crystalline Xylitol," M. L. Wolfrom and E. l. Kohn, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64, 1739. "O-Pentaacetyl-d-gluconates of Polyhydric Alcohols and Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom and P. W. Morgan, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64' 2026-2028. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. III. A New Synthesis of Ketoses and of their Open Chain (keto) Acetates," M. L. Wolfrom, S. W. Waisbrot, and Robert L. Brown, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 64' 2329-2331. 1943 "Application of the Mercaptalation Assay to Synthetic Starch," M. L. Wolfrom, C. S. Smith, and A. E. Brown, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 65', 255-259. "Sorbityl Glycosides and 2,3,4,b,6-O-Pentamethyl Sorbitol," M. L. Wolfrom and Thomas S. Gardner, 7. A men Chem. Soc., 65' 750-752. "Derivatives of the Aldehydrol Form of Sugars. V. Rotatory Power," M. L. Wolfrom and Robert L. Brown, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 65' 951-953. "Chemical Studies on Crystalline Barium Acid Heparinate," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weisblat, R. l. Morris, C. D. DeWalt, J. V. Kara- binos, and Jay McLean, Science, 97', 450. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. IV. Ketose Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom, Robert L. Brown, and Evan F. Evans, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 65, 1021-1027. "The Structures of Osajin and Pomiferin," M. L. Wolfrom, George F. Johnson, W. D. Harris, and B. S. Wildi, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 65' 1434. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. V.

516 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS Halogen Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom and Robert L. Brown, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 65, 1516-1521. "Chemical Studies on Crystalline Barium Acid Heparinate," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weisblat, i. V. Karabinos, W. H. McNeely, and Jay McLean, J. Timer. Chem. Soc., 65', 2077-2085. 1944 "Carbohydrates I," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Organic Chemistry," Vol. II. Chap. 20, Henry Gilman, Ed., 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., pp. 1532-1604. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. VI. D-Sorbose," M. L. Wolfrom, S. M. Olin, and Evan F. Evans, 7. Timer. Chem. Soc., 66,204-206. "An Acyclic Sugar Orthoacetate," M. L. Wolfrom and D. I. Weis- blat, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 66, 805-806. "Carbonyl Reduction by Thioacetal Hydrogenolysis," M. L. Wol- from and I. V. Karabinos, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 66' 909-911. "Ring Closure Studies in the D-Glucose Structure," M. L. Wolfrom, S. W. Waisbrot, D. I. Weisblat, and A. Thompson, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 66,2063-2065. "The Reactivity of the Monothioacetals of Glucose and Galactose in Relation to Furanoside Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weis- blat, and A. R. Hanze, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 66, 2065-2068. 1945 "The Identification of Aldose Sugars by their Mercaptal Acetates," M. L. Wolfrom and I. V. Karabinos, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67, 500-501. "Separation of Sugar Acetates by Chromatography," W. H. McNeely, W. W. Binkley, and M. L. Wolfrom, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67', 527-529. "Heparin Hydrolytic Characteristics," M. L. Wolfrom and T. V. Karabinos, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67' 679-680. "The Relation between the Structure of Heparin and its Antico- agulant Activity," M. L. Wolfrom and W. H. McNeely, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67, 748-753. "~-Talitol," F. L. Humoller, M. L. Wolfrom, B. W. Lew, and R. Max Goepp, Jr., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67', 1226. "The Species Specificity of Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, J. V. Kara-

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 517 binos, C. S. Smith, P. H. Obliger, J. Lee, and O. Keller, .1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67' 1624. "Isolation of Constituents of Cane Juice and Blackstrap Molasses by Chromatographic Methods," W. W. Binkley, Mary Grace Blair, and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67', 1789-1793. "The Action of Diazomethane upon Acyclic Sugar Derivatives. VII. D-Psicose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and Evan F. Evans, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 67, 1793-1797. "Chromatography of Carbohydrates and Some Related Com- pounds," B. W. Lew, M. L. Wolfrom, and R. Max Goepp, [r., J. ~ men Chem. Soc., 67, 1865. Letter to Editor, M. L. Wolfrom, ..T- Chem. Educ., 22, 299. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 1, edited by W. W. Pig- man and M. L. Wolfrom, Academic Press, New York. 1946 "Sugar Interconversion under Reducing Conditions. I," M. L. Wol- from, M. Konigsberg, F. B. Moody, and R. Max Goepp, Jr., 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68', 122-126. "Osage Orange Pigments. XI. Complete Structures of Osajin and Pomiferin," M. L. Wolfrom, Walter D. Harris, George F. John- son, J. E. Mahan, Sam M. Moffett, and Bernard Wildi, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 406~18. "The Uronic Acid Component of Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom and F. A. H. Rice, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68', 532. "Sugar Interconversion under Reducing Conditions. II," M. L. Wolfrom, F. B. Moody, M. Konigsberg, and R. Max Goepp, Jr., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 578-580. "A New Aldehyde Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom and J. V. Karabinos, 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68', 724. "~-Fructose," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 791-793. "Sugar Interconversion under Reducing Conditions. III," M. L. Wolfrom, B. W. Lew, and R. Max Goepp, {r., {. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68', 1443-1448. "Chromatography of Sugars and Related Polyhydroxy Compounds," B. W. Lew, iNI. L. Wolfrom, and R. Max Goepp, fir., {. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68', 1449-1453.

518 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "D-Gluco-~-tagato-octose," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68,1453-1455. "A New Aldehyde Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom and I. V. Karabinos, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68, 1455-1456. "Isolation of Aldonic Acid Lactones through their Hydrazides," Alva Thompson and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem Soc., 689 1509-1510. "An Improved Synthesis of N-Methyl-L-glucosaminic Acid," M. L. Wolfrom, Alva Thompson, and I. R. Hooper, Science, 104, 276-277. "Chromatographic Isolation of Cane Juice Constituents," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 1720- 1721. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. I," Liebe F. Cavalieri and M. L. Wolfrom, ). Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 2022- 2025. "Acetylation of D-Mannose Phenylhydrazone," M. L. Wolfrom and Mary Grace Blair, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68, 2110. "Degradative Studies on Streptomycin," I. R. Hooper, L. H. Klemm, W. [. Polglase, and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68, 2120. "Chromatography of Sugars and their Derivatives," L. W. Georges, R. S. Bower, and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 2169- 2171. "Isosucrose Synthesis," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68'2171-2172. "Sugar Interconversion under Reducing Conditions. IV. D-~-Glu- citol," M. L. Wolfrom, B. W. Lew, R. A. Hales, and R. Max Goepp, Jr., ]. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68,2342-2343. "N-Methyl-~-glucosaminic Acid," M. L. Wolfrom, Alva Thompson, and I. R. Hooper, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68' 2343-2345. "Degradative Studies on Streptomycin," R. U. Lemieux, W. .T Polglase, C. W. DeWalt, and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68,2747. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 2, edited by W. W. Pig- man, M. L. Wolfrom, and S. Peat, Academic Press, New York. 1947 "The Reductive Acetolysis of Nitrate Esters," D. O. Hoffman, R. S. Bower, and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69' 249-250.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 519 "The Crystalline Octaacetate of 6-~-D-Glucopyranosido-,8-D-glucose," L. W. Georges, I. L. iMiller, and lid. L. Wolfrom, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 697 473. "Recovery of Sucrose from Cane Blackstrap and Beet Molasses," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69' 664-665. "Determination of Methoxyl and Ethoxyl Groups in Acetals and Easily Volatile Alcohols," D. O. Hoffman and M. L. Wolfrom, Anal. Chem., 197 225-228. "Degradative Studies on Strentomv~in T.' I R Mnnn,~r . ~ . . _ _ -1-~ -Jo ~ ~ I-', L. H. Klemm, W. J. ~olglase, and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69, 1052-1056. "The Composition of Crystalline Secretin Picrolonate," Harry Greengard, M. L. \\lolfrom, and R. K. Ness, Fed. Proc., 6, 115. "Laboratory Disposal of Mercaptan Vapors," Hubert M. Hill and M. L. Wolfrom, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69, 1539. "Dibenzylidene-xylitol and its Reaction with Tetraacetyl-D-glucosyl Bromide; Dibenzylidene-~-fucitol," M. L. Wolfrom, W. l. Burke, and E. A. Metcalf, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69, 1667-1668. "The Uronic Acid Component of Mucoitinsulfuric Acid," M. L. Wolfrom and F. A. H. Rice, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69, 1833. "Dearadative Studies on Strentomv~in'' V ~ r-~~~~~~~~~, R U. Lemieux, C. W. DeWalt, and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Elmer. Chem. Soc., 69' 1838. "Scission of Semicarbazones with Nitrous Acid," M. L. Wolfrom. Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays-gas, 66' 238. "A Galactogen from Beef Lung," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weisblat, and l. V. Karabinos, Arch. Biochem., 14, 1-6. "Derivatives of N-Methyl-~-glucosaminic Acid; N-Methyl-~-man- nosaminic Acid," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69., 1847-1849. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. II. Methylation Experiments," M. L. Wolfrom, Liebe F. Cavalieri, and Doris K. Cavalieri, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 69' 2411-2413. "Electrophoretic Resolution of Heparin and Related Polysac- charides," M. L. Wolfrom and F. A. H. Rice, ,1. Elmer. Chem. Soc., 69,2918. 1948 Letter to Editor, M. L. Wolfrom, Chem. Eng. News, 26' 278. "Chromatography of Cuban Blackstrap Molasses on Clay; Some Con-

520 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS stituents of an Odor and Pigment Fraction," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 290-292. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. III. The Conversion of D-Glucose to 5-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde," M. L. Wolfrom, R. D. Schuetz, and Liebe F. Cavalieri, T. Ames. Chem. Soc., 70, 514-517. "A Synthesis of Streptidine," M. L. Wolfrom and W. J. Polglase, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 1672. "Action of Heat on D-Fructose. Isolation of Diheterolevulosan and a New Di-D-fructose Dianhydride," M. L. Wolfrom and Mary Grace Blair, 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 2406-2409. "Ribitol Pentaacetate," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 2809. "Degradative Studies on Streptomycin," M. L. Wolfrom and W. I. Polglase, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 2835. "The Configuration of Streptose," NI. L. Wolfrom and C. W. DeWalt, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 3148. "The Homogeneity of the Phenylosazone Prepared from D-Fructose," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, 3507. [. A men Chem. Soc., 70, "Acetylation of D-Psicose," W. Id. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 70, 3940. "Chromatography of Sugars and Related Substances," Wendell W. Binkley and Melville L. Wolfrom (monograph), Scientific Re- port Series, No. 10, Sugar Research Foundation, New York. Rudolph Maximillian Goepp, Jr., Obituary of], M. L. Wolfrom, Advan. Carbohyd. Chem., 3, xv-xxiii. "The Chemistry of Streptomycin," R. U. Lemieux and M. L. Wol- from, Advan. Carbohyd. Chem., 3, 337-384. A dvances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 3, edited by W. W. Pigman, M. L. Wolfrom, and S. Peat, Academic Press, New York. 1949 "Crystalline Derivatives of Isomaltose," M. L. Wolfrorn, L. W. Georges, and I. L. Miller, J. Ame,-. Chem. Soc., 71, 125-127. ''A Polymer-homologous Series of Sugar Acetates from the Acetolysis of Cellulose," E. E. Dickey and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Amen. Chem. Soc., 71, 825-828. "Synthesis of Perseulose (~-Galaheptulose)," M. L. Wolfrom, I. M.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 521 Berkebile, and A. Thompson, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71' 2360- 2362. "Two Ketooctoses from the D-Galaheptonic Acids," HI. L. Wolfrom and Pascal W. Cooper, 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71' 2668-2671. "Configurational Correlation of ~-(levo)-Glyceraldehyde with Na- tural (dextroiAlanine by a Direct Chemical Method," M. L. Wolfrom, R. U. Lemieux, and S. M. Olin, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71, 2870-2873. "Enzymic Hydrolysis of Amylopectin. Isolation of a Crystalline Trisaccharide Hendecaacetate," M. L. Wolfrom, L. W. Georges, Alva Thompson, and I. L. Miller, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71', 2873- 2875. "Racemic Glucose," M. L. Wolfrom and H. B. Wood, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71, 3175-3176. "Maltotriose and its Crystalline ,8-D-Hendecaacetate," J. M. Sugi- hara and M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71, 3357-3359. "2-Methylcellulose," J. M. Sugihara and M. L. Wolfrom, .1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71' 3509-3510. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. IV. Sig- nificance of Furan Derivatives in Color Formation," M. L. Wol- from, R. D. Schuetz, and Liebe F. Cavalieri, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71' 3518-3523. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 4, edited by W. W. Pig- man, M. L. Wolfrom, and S. Peat, Academic Press, New York. "Degradation of Glycogen to Isomaltose," M. L. Wolfrom and A. N. O'Neill, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71', 3857. "Configurational Correlation of (levo)-Glyceraldehyde with (dextroJ- Lactic Acid by a New Chemical Method," M. L. Wolfrom, R. U. Lemieux, S. M. Olin, and D. I. Weisblat, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 71,4057-4059. 1950 "D-Manno-~-fructo-octose," M. L. Wolfrom and Pascal W. Cooper, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72,1345-1347. "Acid Degradation of Amylopectin to Isomaltose," M. L. Wolfrom, I. T. Tyree, T. T. Galkowski, and A. N. O'Neill, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72, 1427. "Chemistry of the Carbohydrates," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Agricultural Chemistry A Reference Text," Donald E. H. Frear, Ed., Chap. I of Part I, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., New York, pp. 3-59.

522 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Chromatographic Separation of Carbohydrates," U.S. Patent 2,504,169 (April 18, 1950), Melville L. Wolfrom and Wilfred Wendell Binkley. "A Synthesis of Streptidine," NI. L. Wolfrom, S. M. Olin, and W. J. Polglase, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72' 1724-1729. "Carbohydrate Chemistry," M. L. Wolfrom and l. PI. Sugihara, Ann. Rev. Biochem., 14, 67-88. "Acetylation Desulfation of Carbohydrate Acid Sulfates," M. L. Wolfrom and Rex Montgomery, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72., 2859- 2861. "Improvements in or Relations to the Separation of Sugars and Related Substances," Cuban Patent No. 13,919 (August 10, 1950), Melville L. Wolfrom and Wilfred W. Binkley. "The Structures of ,8-Diacetone-D-fructose and p-Monoacetone-D- fructose," M. L. Wolfrom, Wilbur L. Shilling, and W. W. Bink- ley, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72', 4544~545. "Chromatographic Fractionation of Cane Blackstrap Molasses and Its Fermentation Residue," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72, 4778-4782. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. V. Com- parative Studies with D-Xylose and 2-Furaldehyde," Tzi-Lieh Tan, M. L. Wolfrom, and A. W. Langer, fir., [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72, 5090-5095. "Chromatographic Separation of Carbohydrates," U.S. Patent 2,524,414 (October 3, 1950), Melville L. Wolfrom and Baak W. Lew. "The Structure of the Caryophyllenes," M. L. Wolfrom and Abra- ham Mishkin, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 72' 5350. "The Structure of Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, Rex Montgomery, J. V. Karabinos, and P. Rathgeb, J. Amer. Chem. bloc., 72, 5796. 1951 "Osage Orange Pigments. XII. Synthesis of Dihydro-iso-osajin and of Dihydroisopomiferin," M. L. Wolfrom and Bernard S. Wildi, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73., 235-241. "Degradation of Glycogen to Isomaltose,' M. L. Wolfrom, E. N. Lassettre, and A. N. O'Neill, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73., 595-599. "~-Mannoheptulose (~-Manno-~-tagato-heptose)," M. L. Wolfrom and Harry B. Wood, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73., 730-733.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 523 A Simple Acetolysis of Nitrate Esters," M. L. Wolfrom' R. S. Bower' and G. G. Maher, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73,, 874. "Chromatography of Sugars and Their Derivatives; Aldonamides," M. L. Wolfrom, R. S. Bower, and G. G. Maher, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 875~. "Sodium Borohydride as a Reducing Agent for Sugar Lactones," M. L. Wolfrom and Harry B. Wood, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 2933-2934. "The Gentiobiose Heptaacetates," Alva Thompson and M. L. Wol- from, T- Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 2966. "A Dodecitol from the Alkaline Electroreduction of D-Glucose," M. L. Wolfrom, W. W. Binkley, C. C. Spencer, and B. W. Lew, f. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 3357-3358. "Action of Heat on D-Fructose. II. Structure of Diheterolevulosan II," M. L. Wolfrom, W. W. Binkley, W. L. Shilling, and H. W. Hilton, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 3553-3557. "Action of Heat on D-Fructose. III. Interconversion to D-Glucose," M. L. Wolfrom and Wilbur L. Shilling, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 3557-3558. "Some Carbohydrate and Natural Product Research in the Depart- ment of Chemistry," M. L. Wolfrom, The Grad Hate School Record, The Ohio State University, 4' No. 11, 4-6. "4-cr-Isomaltopyranosyl-D-glucose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and T. T. Galkowski, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73' 4093-4095. "Acid Degradation of Amylopectin to Isomaltose and Maltotriose," M. L. Wolfrom, l. T. Tyree, T. T. Galkowski, and A. N. O'Neill, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73', 4927-4929. "Degradation of Amylopectin to Panose," A. Thompson and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 73, 5849-~850. 1952 "Isomaltitol," M. L. Miolfrom, A. Thompson, A. N. O'Neill, and T. T. Galkowski, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 1062-1064. "Lactitol Dihydrate," M. L. Wolfrom, Raymond M. Hann, and C. S. Hudson, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74., 1105. "The Structure of Chondrosine and of Chondroitinsulfuric Acid," M. L. Wolfrom, R. K. Madison, and M. J. Cron, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 1491-1494.

524 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Synthesis of Streptamine," U.S. Patent No. 2,590,831 (March 25, 1952), M. L. Wolfrom and S. M. Olin. "Acyl Derivatives of o-Glucosaminic Acid," M. L. Wolfrom and M. J. Cron, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74, 1715-1716. "Molasses: Important but Neglected Product of Sugar Cane," M. L. Wolfrom, W. W. Binkley, and L. F. Martin, Sugar, 47' No. 5, 33-34. "Synthesis of Sedoheptulose(D-Altroheptulose)," M. L. Wolfrom, I. iM. Berkebile, and A. Thompson. [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74', 2197-2198. "A New Di-D-fructose Dianhydride," M. L. Wolfrom, H. W. Hilton, and W. W. Binkley, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 2867-2870. "The Structure of Maltotriose," A. Thompson and M. L. Wolfrom. [. A men Chem. Soc., 74' 3612-3614. "Correction Concerning Some Reported Derivatives of D-Talitol," C. S. Hudson, M. L. Wolfrom, and T. Y. Shen, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 4456. "Molecular Structure of the Galactogen from Beef Lung," M. L. Wolfrom, Gordon Sutherland, and Max Schlamowitz, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 4883-4886. "Effect of [Moisture on the Chromatographic Properties of a Syn- thetic Hydrated Magnesium Silicate." M. L. Wolfrom, Alva Thompson, T. T. Galkowski, and E. J. Quinn, Anal. Chem., 24' 1670-1671. "Some Studies on the Chromatography of Cane Juice and Blackstrap Molasses," M. L. Wolfrom, El Crisol, 6', 67-69. "The Polymer-homologous Series of Oligosaccharides from Cellu- lose," M. L. Wolfrom and I. C. Dacons, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 5331-5333. "Bimolecular Dianhydrides of ~-Sorbose," M. L. Wolfrom and H. W. Hilton, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74, 5334-5336. "Sodium Borohydride as a Reducing Agent in the Sugar Series," M. L. Wolfrom and Kimiko Anno, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74, 5583-5584. "Acetylated Thioacetals of D-Glucosamine," M. L. Wolfrom and Kimiko Anno, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74, 6150-6151. "Improved Preparation of Stachyose," M. L. Wolfrom, R. C. Burrell, A. Thompson, and S. S. Furst, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 74' 6299.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 525 Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 7, edited by C. S. Hudson, M. L. Wolfrom, S. M. Cantor, S. Peat, and M. Stacey, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1953 "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. VI. The Repeating Unit in Browning Polymers," M. L. Wolfrom, R. C. Schlicht, A. W. Langer, Jr., and C. S. Rooney, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 1013. 'D-Xylosamine," M. L. Wolfrom and Kimiko Anno, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 1038-1039. "Sulfated Nitrogenous Polysaccharides and Their Anticoagulant Activity," M. L. Wolfrom, (Miss) T. M. Shen, and C. G. Sum- mers, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 1519. "Amino Acids in Cane Juice and Cane Final Molasses," G. N. Kowkabany, W. W. Binkley, and M. L. Wolfrom l Alar Fnnr1 Chew. 1', 84-87. , , ~ "The Uronic Acid Component of Chondroitinsulfuric Acid," M. L. Wolfrom and W. Brock Neely, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 2778. "Acid Reversion in Relation to Isomaltose as a Starch Hydrolytic Product," A. Thompson, M. L. Wolfrom, and E. J. Quinn, 7. Elmer. Chem. Soc., 75, 3003-3004. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. VII. pH Dependency," M. L. Wolfrom, Doris K. Kolb, and A. W. Langer, Jr., J. A men Chem. Soc., 75, 3471-3473. "Preparation of Crystalline Anhydrous ~B-Gentiobiose," A. Thomp- son and M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75' 3605. "Nitrated Aldonic Acids," M. L. Wolfrom and Alex Rosenthal, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 3662-3664. "Acyclic Acetates of Dialdoses," M. L. Wolfrom and Earl Usdin, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 4318-4320. Letter to Editor, M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Chem. Educ., 30, 479. "Ethyl Trithioorthoglyoxylate," M. L. Wolfrom and Earl Usdin, f. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 4619. "Selective Hydroxyl Reactivity in Methyl a-D-Glucopyranoside," iM. L. Wolfrom and M A. El-Taraboulsi, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75, 5350-5352. "Chemical Interactions of Amino Compounds and Sugars. VIII.

526 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS Influence of Water," M. L. Wolfrom and C. S. Rooney, /. Amer. Chem. Soc., 75' 5435. "Polysaccharide Chemistry," by R. L. Whistler and C. L. Smart (book foreword>, Academic Press, Inc., New York, p. v. "Chemical Nature of Heparin, " M. L. Wolfrom, Eng. Ex pt. Sta. News, The Ohio State University, 25, No. 5, 22-25. "The Composition of Cane [uice and Cane Final Molasses," W. W. Binkley and M. L. Wolfrom, ~ dean. Carbohyd. Chem., 8', 291-314. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 8. edited by C. S. Hud- son, M. L. Wolfrom, S. Peat, M. Stacey, and E. L. Hirst, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1954 "Observations on the Crystalline Forms of Galactose," M. L. Wol- from, Max Schlamowitz, and A. Thompson, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 76' 1198. "Acid Reversion Products from D-Glucose," A. Thompson, Kimiko Anno, M. L. Wolfrom, and M. Inatome, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 76' 1309-131 1. "Studies on the Odor Fraction of Cane Molasses," M. L. NAlolfrom, Wendell W. Binkley, and Florinda Orsatti Bobbio, El Crisol, 7., 35-39. "Quantitative Immunochemical Methods as an Aid to Dete~-mina- tion of Chemical Structure," Michael Heidelberger, M. L. Wol- from, and Zacharias Dische, Fed. Proc., 13,226-227. "Immunological Specificities Involving Galactose," Michael Heidel- berger and M. L. Wolfrom, Fed. Proc., 13, 496-497. "Benzylation and Xanthation of Cellulose NIonoalkoxide," M. L. Wolfrom and M. A. El-Taraboulsi, J. A men Chem. Soc., 76 2216-2218. "Configuration of the Glycosidic Unions in Streptomycin" M. L. Wolfrom, M. J. Cron, C. W. DeWalt, and R. M. Husband, .1 Amer. Chem. Soc., 76, 3675-3677. "Pectic (Poly-D-galacturonic) Hydrazide," M. L. Wolfrom. G. N. Kowkabany, and W. W. Binkley, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 76' 4011-4012. "Comments on a 'Meso-Carbon Atom'," M. L. Wolfrom, Proc. Nat. A cad. Sci. U.S., 40, 794-795.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 527 "Synthesis of Glucothiofuranosides," U.S. Pat. No. 2,691,012 (Octo- ber 5, 1954), M. L. Wolfrom and S. M. Olin. "Isomaltose Phenylosazone and Phenylosotriazole," A. Thompson and M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 76, 5173. "Observations on the Forms of Allose and Its Phenylosazone," M. L. Wolfrom, l. N. Schumacher, H. S. Isbell, and F. L. Humoller, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 76, 5816. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 9, edited by M. L. Wol- from, R. S. Tipson, and E. L. Hirst, Academic Press, Inc., New York. Claude Silbert Hudson "Obituary of], M. L. Wolfrom, Advan. Carbo- hyd. Chem., 9., xiii-xviii. 1955 "Synthesis of ~-Iduronic Acid and an Improved Production of D- Glucose-6-Ci4," F. Shafizadel~ and M. L. Wolfrom, T- Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 2568-2569. "Two 3-Epimeric Ketononoses," M. L. Wolfrom and Harry B. Wood, Jr., 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 3096-3098. "Tetraacetates of D-Glucose and D-Galactose," A. Thompson, M. L. Wolfrom, and M. Inatome, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 3160. "Optical Activity and Configurational Relations in Carbon Com- pounds," M. L. Wolfrom, Rec. Chem. Progr., 16, 121-136. "The Action of Alkali on D-Fructose," M. L. Wolfrom and l. N. Schumacher, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 3318-3323. "Color Formation in Sugar Solutions under Simulated Cane Sugar Mill Conditions," M. L. Wolfrom, W. W. Binkley, and l. N. Schumacher, Ind. Eng. Chem., 47, 1416-1417. "Immunochemistry and the Structure of Lung Galactan," Michael Heidelberger, Zacharias Dische, W. Brock Neely, and NI. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 3511-3514. "6-O-,8-Maltosyl-c2-D-glucopyranose Hendecaacetate," A. Thompson and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 3567-3569. William Lloyd Evans "Obituary of], M. L. Wolfrom and Edward Mack, Jr., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 4949-4955. "Biosynthesis of Ct4-Labeled Cotton Cellulose from D-Glucose-1-Ci4 and D-Glucose-6-Ci4," F. Shafizadeh and M. L. Wolfrom, .1 Amer. Chem. Soc., 77' 5182-5183. "Polybenzyls from Benzyl Alcohol and Sulfuryl Chloride," R. A.

528 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS Gibbons, iMarian N. Gibbons, and M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77', 6374. "Degradation of Amylopectin to Nigerose," M. L. Wolfrom and A. Thompson, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77, 6403. "The Controlled Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. I," M. L. Wolfrom, l. H. Frazer, L. P. Kuhn, E. E. Dickey, S. M. Olin, D. O. Hoffman, R. S. Bower, A. Chaney, Eloise Carpenter, and P. McWain, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 77', 6573-6580. "Glucose," M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Encyclopedia Americana," New York, pp. 726-727. "Glycoside," M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Encyclopedia Americana," New York, p. 731. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 10, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1956 "An Evaluation of Hudson's Classical Studies on the Configuration of Sucrose," M. L. Wolfrom and F. Shafizadeh, ,1. Org. Chem., 21' 88-89. "Dithiocarbonate Esters of Arabinose," M. L. Wolfrom and A. B. Foster, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 78, 1399-1403. "Ethyl Hydrogen D~-Galactarate and Ethyl D~-Galactarate Lactone, and Their Conversion to a Derivative of a-Pyrone," J. W. W. Morgan and M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Elmer. Chem. Soc., 78, 1897- 1899. "Detection of Carbohydrates on Paper Chromatograms," M. L. Wol- from and l. B. Miller, Anal. Chem., 28, 1037. "Periodate Oxidation of Cyclic 1,3-Diketones," M. L. Wolfrom and J. M. Bobbitt, 1. Amer. Chem. Soc., 78' 2489-2493. "An Anomalous Reaction of Methyl 3,4-0-Isopropylidene-,B-D- arabinopyranoside 2-O-(S-Sodium Dithiocarbonate)," A. B. Foster and M. L. Wolfrom, T- Amer. Chem. Soc., 78, 2493-2495. "Lithium Aluminum Hydride Reduction of 3,4,b,6-Di-O-isopro- pylidene-D-gluconamide and Di-O-isopropylidene-galactaramide," i. W. W. [Morgan and M. L. Wolfrom, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 78., 2496-2497. "Biosynthesis of Ci4-Labeled Cotton Seed Oil from D-Glucose-6-Ci4," F. Shafizadeh and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 78, 2498-2499.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 529 "Problems in Communication: Nomenclature," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Polysaccharides in Biology, Transactions of the First Confer- ence," G. F. Springer, Ed., Josiah Macy, in Foundation. New York, pp. 9-30. "Phenylboronates of Pentoses and 6-Deoxyhexoses," M. L. Wolfrom and J. Solms, 1 Org. Chem., 21, 815. reoccurrence of the (1 > 3-Linkages in Starches," M. L. Wolfrom and A. Thompson, J. A men Chem. Soc., 78, 41 16-41 1 7. "Degradation of Glycogen to Isomaltotriose," M. L. Wolfrom and A. Thompson, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 78., 4182. "The Controlled Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. II," M. L. Wolfrom, l. H. Frazer, L. P. Kuhn, E. E. Dickey, S. M. Olin, R. S. Bower, G. G. Maher, I. D. Murdock, A. Chaney, and Eloise Carpenter, J. Amer. Chem. Soc.. 78. 469.~-47~)4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . Art ~ — _ _ ., ~ ~7 ~ A_ V ~ ~ ~ ^. -general Determination of Acetyl," Alan Chaney and M. L. Wol- from, Anal. Chem., 28, 1614-1615. "Carbohydrates: Physical and Chemical Characteristics," M. L. Wol- from and G. G. Maher, in "Handbook of Biological Data," W. S. Spector, Ed., The National Research Council, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa., pp. 6-15. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 11, edited by M. L. Wolfrom and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "The Cellodextrins: Preparations and Properties," M. L. Wolfrom, i. C. Dacons, and D. L. Fields, Tappi, 39', 803-806. 1957 "Synthesis of Inosamine and Inosadiamine Derivatives from Inositol Bromohydrins," M. L. Wolfrom, lack Radell, R. M. Husband, and G. E. McCasland, l. Amer. Chem. Soc., 799 160-164. "Reaction of Hydroxylamine with Ethyl <~-~2,2,2-Trichloroethyli- denejacetoacetate," M. L. Wolfrom, Jack Radell, and R. M. Hus- band, I. Org. Chem., 22, 329. "A Polymer-Homologous Series of Beta-D-Acetates from Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom and D. L. Fields, Tappi, 40', 335-337. "Acyl Migration in the D-Galactose Structure," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and M. Inatome, 7. Amer. Chew. Soc., 79', 3868- 387 1. "Degradation of Glycogen to Isomaltotriose and Nigerose," M. L.

530 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS Wolfrom and A. Thompson, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 79' 4212- 4215. "Dithiocetals of D-Glucuronic Acid and 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-galac- tose," M. L. Wolfrom and K. Onodera, T. Amer. Chem. Soc., 79., 4737-4740. "Derivatives of Glucose Containing the Sulfoamino Group." M. L. Wolfrom, R. A. Gibbons, and A. i. Huggard, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 79' 5043-5046. "Esters," A. Thompson and M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Carbohy- drates," W. Pigman, Ed., Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 138-172. "Glycosides, Simple Acetals, and Thioacetals," M. L. Wolfrom and Alva Thompson, in "The Carbohydrates," W. Pigrnan, Ed., Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 188-240. "Glycosidation with Trimethyl Orthoformate and Boron Trifluo- ride," M. L. Wolfrom, l. W. Spoors, and R. A. Gibbons, I. Org. Chem., 22, 1513-1514. "Reaction of keto-Acetates with Diazomethane," M. L. Wolfrom, i. B. Miller, D. I. Weisblat, and A. R. Hanze, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 79, 6299-6303. "The Action of Diazomethane on the Pentaacetates of aldehydo-D- Glucose and aldehydo-D-Galactose," M. L. Wolfrom, D. I. Weis- blat, Evan F. Evans, and l. B. Miller, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 799 6454-6457. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 12, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1958 "Structure, Properties and Occurrence of the Oligosaccharides," F. Shafizadeh and M. L. Wolfrom, in "Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology VI," W. Ruhland, Ed., Springer-Verlag, pp. 1-46. "Structure, Properties and Occurrence of the Oligosaccharides," F. Shafizadeh and M. L. Wolfrom, in "Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology VI," W. Ruhland, Ed., Springer-Verlag, pp. 63-86. "The Hydrolytic Instability of the Aldonamides," M. L. Wolfrom, R. B. Bennett, and J. D. Crum, J. Amer. Chem. Soe., 80' 944- 946.

M ELVILLE LA W RE N CE W O EFR O M 531 "The Controlled Thermal I;)ecomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. III," M. L. Wolfrom, Alan Chaney, and P. McWain, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 80', 946-950. "The Controlled Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. IV. Ci4-Tracer Experiments," F. Shafizadeh and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Timer. Chem. Soc., 80, 1675-1677. "The Reduction of Diazomethyl-keto Acetates; A New Route to Osone Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom and I. B. Miller, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 80, 1678-1680. "Synthesis of Amino Compounds in the Sugar Series by Phenylhy- drazone Reduction," M. L. Wolfrom, F. Shafizadeh, I. O. Wehr- muller, and R. K. Armstrong, J. Org. Chem., 23, 571-575. "Structures of Isomaltose and Gentiobiose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and A. M. Brownstein, 7. A men Chem. Soc., 80, 2015-2018. "Sulfated Aminopolysaccharides," U.S. Pat. 2,832,766 (April 29, 1958), M. L. Wolfrom. "A Polymer-Homologous Series of Oligosaccharide Alditols from Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom and D. L. Fields, Tappi, 41', 204- 207. "Synthesis of Amino Sugars by Reduction of Hydrazine Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, F. Shahzadeh, and R. K. Armstrong, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 80' 4885-4888. "Nitrogen-Containing Polymers Arising from 1,2:5,6-Dianhydro-3,4- O-isopropylidene-D-mannitol," M. L. Wolfrom, J. O. Wehr- muller, E. P. Swan, and A. Chaney, 7. Org. Chem., 23,, 1556- 1557. "Paramagnetic Resonance Study of Irradiation Damage in Crystal- line Carbohydrates," Dudley Williams, J. E. Geusic, M. L. Wol- from, and Leo J. McCabe, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 44' 1128- 1136. Harold Hibbert (biographical memoir), M. L. Wolfrom, Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 32, 146-180. Claude Silbert Hudson (biographical memoir), Lyndon F. Small and M. L. Wolfrom, Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 32,181-220. "Condensation Polymers from Tetra-O-acetylgalactaroyl Dichloride and Diamines," M. L. Wolfrom, Madeline S. Toy, and Alan Chaney, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 80' 6328-6330.

532 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Glycosides, Natural,' M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Encyclopaedia Britannica," Chicago, Ill., pp. 448-449. "The Composition of Pyrodextrins," A. Thompson and M. L. Wol- from, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 80', 6618-6620. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 13, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "Chitosan Nitrate," M. L. Wolfrom, G. G. Maher, and Alan Chaney, 7. Org. Chem., 23', 1990-1991. 1959 "The Action of Diazomethane on the Tetraacetates of aldehydo-D- (and ~~-Arabinose," M. L. Wolfrom, l. D. Crum, l. B. Miller. and D. I. Weisblat, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81', 243-244. "The Effect of Ionizing Radiations on Carbohydrates," M. L. Wol- from, W. W. Binkley, L. l. McCabe, T. M. Shen Han, and A. M. Michelakis, Radiat. Res., 10, 37-47. "Studies on the Biosynthesis and Fragmentation of Ci4-Labeled Cotton Cellulose and Seed Oil," NI. L. Wolfrom, l. M. Webber, and F. Shafizadeh, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81, 1217-1221. "The Controlled Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. V. Ci4-Tracer Experiments," F. Shafizadeh, M. L. Wolfrom, and P. McWain, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81' 1221-1223. "The Effect of Ionizing Radiation on Carbohydrates. The Irradia- tion of Sucrose and Methyl c~-D-Glucopyranoside,'' M. L. Wol- from, W. W. Binkley, and Leo l. McCabe, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81', 1442-1446. "2,4-Dinitrophenyl Ethers of the Alditols," M. L. Wolfrom, B. O. ~uliano, Madeline S. Toy, and A. Chaney, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81' 1446-1448. "The Sulfation of Cl~itosan," M. L. Wolfrom and (Mrs.) T. M. Shen Han, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81', 1764-1766. Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Biochemistry, Vienna, Sept. 1-6, 1958, Vol. I, Symposium I, Carbohydrate Chemistry of Substances of Biological Interest, edited by M. L. Wolfrom, Pergamon Press, London. "The Controlled Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. VI. Other Polymeric Nitrates," M. L. Wolfrom, Alan Chaney, and K. S. Ennor, 7. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81' 3469-3473.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 533 "Ethyl Glycosides of 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-1-thio-D-galactose," M. L. Wolfrom and Z. Yosizawa, [. A men Chem.Soc., 81, 3474-3476. "Synthesis of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-~-arabinose (~-Arabinosamine)," iM. L. Wolfrom and Z. Yosizawa, 7. A men Chem. Soc., 81, 3477- 3478. "Synthesis of Amino Sugars by Reduction of Hydrazine Derivatives; D- and ~-Ribosamine, D-Lyxosamine," M. L. Wolfrom, F. Shafi- zadeh, R. K. Armstrong, and T. M. Shen Han, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81, 3716-3719. "The Composition of Pyrodextrins. II. Thermal Polymerization of Levoglucosan," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and R. B. Ward, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81, 4623~625. "Derivatives of D-Mannitol 1,2,3,5,6-Pentanitrate," M. L. Wolfrom, E. P. Swan, K. S. Ennor, and A. Chaney, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81, 5701-5705. "3,4,5-Tri-O-benzoyl-D-xylose Dimethyl Acetal," M. L. Wolfrom and Walter von Bebenburg, I. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81,5705-5706. "Synthesis of Isomaltose," M. L. Wolfrom and Ian C. Gillam, Science, 130, 1424. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Nlol. 14, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "Ethyl 1-Tl~io-c~-D-galactofuranoside,'' M. L. Wolfrom, Z. Yosizawa, and B. O [uliano, J. Org. Chem., 24, 1529-1530. "9-,8-Lactosyladenine and 2,6-Diamino-9-,3-lactosylpurine," M. L. \\7olfrom, P. McWain, F. Shafizadeh, and A. Thompson, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 81' 6080-6082. "Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra of Free Radicals Trapped on Irradiation of Crystalline Carbohydrates," Dudley Williams, Bernhard Schmidt, M. L. Wolfrom, A. Michelakis, and Leo J. McCabe, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 45, 1744-1751. 1960 "Heparin and Related Substances," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Polysac- charides in Biology," Transactions of the Fourth Conference, May 21-23, 1958, Princeton, New Jersey, G. F. Springer, Ed., Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, New York, pp. 115-158. "Carbohydrates of the Coffee Bean," M. L. Wolfrom, R. A. Plunkett, and M. L. Laver, J. Agr. Food Chem., 8, 58-65.

534 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS John Ulric Nef (biographical memoir), M. L. Wolfrom, Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 34, 204-227. "Preparation of 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine Derivatives of Highly Oxygenated Carbonyl Compounds," M. L. Wolfrom and G. P. Arsenault, 1. Org. Chem., 25', 205-208. "Chondroitin Sulfate Modifications. I. Carboxyl-reduced Chon- droitin and Chondrosine," At. L. Wolfrom and Bienvenido O. ~uliano, 1 Amer. Chem. Soc., 82, 1673-1677. "Chondroitin Sulfate Modifications. II. Peracetylated Sodium Chon- droitin Sulfate A," M. L. Wolfrom and l. W. Spoors, 1. Org. Chem., 25', 308. "Chromatographic Separation of 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine De- rivatives of Highly Oxygenated Carbonyl Compounds," M. L. Wolfrom and G. P. Arsenault, Anal. Chem., 32' 693-695. "Chondroitin Sulfate Modifications. III. Sulfated and N-Deacetyl- ated Preparations," M. L. \\Tolfrom and Bienvenido O. Juliano. [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 82, 2588-2592. "Acetals and Dithioacetals of 2-S-Ethyl-2-thio-D-xylose~lyxose)," M. L.. Wolfrom and Walter von Bebenburg, [. Amer. Chem. Soc., 82' 2817-2819. "The Controlled Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose Nitrate. VII. Carbonyl Compounds," M. L. Wolfrom and G. P. Arsenault, .1 A men Chem. Soc., 82', 2819-2823. "Nitration of Unsaturated Alcohols," M. L. Wolfrom, G. H. NIc- Fadden, and Alan Chaney, I. Org. Chem., 25., 1079-1082. "Nucleosides of Disaccharides; Cellobiose and Maltose," Al. L. Wol- from, P. McWain, and A. Thompson, .1 Amer. Chem. Soc., 82', 4353-4354. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. IS, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "Pectin," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Encyclopaedia Britannica," Chicago, Ill., pp. 429-430. "Carbohydrates," M. L. Wolfrom and F. Shafizadeh, in "Encyclo- Daedia Britannica." Chicago, Ill., pp. 828-833. 1961 "Alditol Arsenite Esters," M. L. Wolfrom and M. 1. Holm, .1 Org. Chem., 26', 273-274.

MELVILLE LAWREN CE WO~FROM 535 "Composition of Pyrodextrins5" M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and R. B. Ward, Ind. Eng. Chem., 53', 217-218. "Preparation of Polyvinylamine Perchlorate," M. L. Wolfrom and Alan Chaney, J. Org. Chem., 26, 1319-1320. "Reaction of Heparin with Hi4CN," A. B. Foster, M. Stacey, P. I. M. Taylor, l. M. Webber, and M. L. Wolfrom, Biochem. :~.~ 80, 13-14P. "A Chemical Synthesis of Isomaltose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. O. Pittet, and I. C. Gillam, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 47', 700-705. "Methyl 2-Deoxy-2-sulfoamino-,8-D-glucopyranoside Trisulfate and the Preparation of Tri-O-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-`x-D-glucopyrano- syl Bromide," At. L. Wolfrom and T. M. Shen Han, [. Org. Chem., 26, 2145-2146. "Carboxyl-Reduced Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, i. R. Vercellotti, and G. H. S. Thomas, [. Org. Chem., 26, 2160. "Color Reactions of 2-Amino-2-deoxyalditol Derivatives," D. Hor- ton, l. Vercellotti, and M. L. Wolfrom, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 50, 358-359. "Synthesis of Benzyl Vinylcarbamate and 3-O-Vinylcarbamoyl-D-man- nitol Pentanitrate," M. L. Wolfrom, G. H. McFadden, and Alan Chaney, [. Org. Chem., 26, 2597-2599. "An Attempted Synthesis of Phenyl Nitrate," Alan Chaney and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Org. Chem., 26, 2998. "Acyclic Sugar Nucleoside Analogs," M. L. Wolfrom, A. B. Foster, P. McWain, W. von Bebenburg, and A. Thompson, /. Org. Chem., 26, 3095-3097. "Methyl Glycoside Formation from ,B-D-Glucopyranose Pentani- trate," M. L. Wolfrom and Ian C. Gillam, [. Org. Chem., 26., 3564-3565. "Ethyl 2-S-Ethyl- 1,2-dithio-5-aldehydo-cr-D-xylotlyx o~pentodialdofur- anoside," \~. L. Wolfrom, Walter von Bebenburg, and A. Thomp- son, [. Org. Chem., 26, 41 ~ 1-4152. "Carboliydrates of the Coffee Bean. II. Isolation and Characteriza- tion of a Mannan," M. L. Wolfrom, M. L. Laver, and D. L. Patin, J. Org. Chem., 26, 4533~535. "The Composition of Pyrodextrins. III. Thermal Polymerization of Levoglucosan," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, R. B. Ward, D. Horton, and R. H. Moore, J. Org. Chem., 26, 4617-4620.

536 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Synthesis of Amino Sugars by Reduction of Hydrazine Derivatives. 2-Amino-2-deoxy-L-lyxose (L-Lyxosamine) Hydrochloride," D. Horton, M. L. Wolfrom, and A. Thompson, J. Org. Chem., 26., 5069-5074. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 16, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "John Ulric Nef," M. L. Wolfrom, in "Great Chemists," E. Farber, Ed., Interscience Publishers, New York, pp. 1129-1143. "Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene," Al. L. i4Jolfrom, in "Great Chemists," E. Farber, Ed., Interscience Publishers, New York, pp. 1313-1324. "Claude Silbert Hudson," M. L. N\rolfrom, in "Great Chemists," E. Farber, Ed., Interscience Publishers, New York, pp. 1535- 1550. 1962 "A Disaccharide from Carboxyl-Reduced Heparin," M. L. Wol- from, J. R. Vercellotti, and D. Horton, J. Org. Chem., 27, 705. "Process for the Preparation of Diglycosylureas," U.S. Pat. 3,023,205 (February 27, 1962), P. R. Steyermark and A. L. Wolfrom. Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. I, "Analysis and Prepara- tion of Sugars," edited by Roy L. Whistler and M. L. Wolfrom, 13 chapters by M. L. Wolfrom and A. Thompson, 1 chapter by M. L. Wolfrom and Murray Laver, 1 chapter by C. F. Snyder, Harriet L. Frush, H. S. IsbeIl, A. Thompson, and M. L. Wol- from, Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 3, 4-8, 8-11, 118-120, 120-122, 171-172, 202-204, 209-211, 316-318, 334-33b, 368-369, 448~53, 454-461, 517-519, 524-534. "Thiosugars. I. Synthesis of Derivatives of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-1-thio-D- glucose," D. Horton and M. L. Wolfrom, J. Org. Chem., 27' 1794-1800. "The reaction of Free Carbonyl Sugar Derivatives with Organo- metallic Reagents. I. 6-Deoxy-L-idose and Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Hanessian, 7. Orb. Chem., 27', 1800-1804. "Reaction of Free Carbonyl Sugar Derivatives with Organometallic Reagents. II. 6-Deoxy-~-idose and a Branched-Chain Sugar," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Hanessian, 7. Org. Chem., 27' 2107-2109. "5-S-Ethyl-~-thio-~-arabinose Diethyl Dithioacetal," M. L. Wolfrom and T. E. Whiteley, [. Org. Chem., 27, 2109-2110.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 537 "Olefinic Structures from Acetylated Phenylhydrazones of Sugars, M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and D. R. Lineback, [. Org . . Chem., 27., 2563-2567. "Simple Pigment Structures Containing Condensed Isoprenoid Units," M. L. Wolfrom and F. Komitsky, fir., in "Chemistry of Natural and Synthetic Colouring Matters and Related Fields," Academic Press, London, pp. 287-300. "Hydrolytic Sensitivity of the Sulfoamino Group in Heparin and in Model Compounds," R. A. Gibbons and M. L. Wolfrom, inch. Biochem. Biophys., 98., 374-378. "Acyclic Sugar Nucleoside Analogs. II. Sulfur Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, P. McWain, and A. Thompson, [. Org. Chem., 27', 3549-3551. "Synthesis of Amino Sugars by Reduction of Hydrazine Derivatives. 5-Amino-3,6-anhydro-5-deoxy-~-idose Derivatives," M. L. Wol- from, I. Bernsmann, and D. Horton, ..T- Org. Chem., 27' 4505- 4509. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 17, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1963 "Synthesis of 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-~-xylose," M. L. Wolfrom, D. Horton, and A. Bockmann, Chem. Ind. (London), 41. "Comparative Hydrolysis Rates of the Reducing Disaccharides of D-Glucopyranose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and C. E. Timberlake, Cereal Chem., 40, 82-86. "The Linkage in a Disaccharide from Carboxyl-reduced Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, l. R. Vercellotti, and D. Horton, I. Org. Chem., 28, 278. "A Second Disaccharide from Carboxyl-reduced Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, l. R. Vercellotti, and D. Horton, I. Org. Chem., 28' 279. Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. II, "Reactions of Carbo- hydrates," edited by Roy L. Whistler and M. L. Wolfrom, 5 chapters by M. L. Wolfrom and A. Thompson, 1 chapter by M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and E. Pacsu, 1 chapter by NI. L. Wolfrom and D. R. Lineback, 1 chapter by M. L. Wolfrom and G. H. S. Thomas, Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 21-23, 24-26, 32-34, 65-68, 211-215, 215-220, 341-345, 427-430.

538 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Chapter VII, Polysaccharides," D. Horton and M. L. Wolfrom, in "Comprehensive Biochemistry,Vol. 5, Carbohydrates," M. Flor- kin and E. H. Stotz, Eds., Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam, pp. 185-232. Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. III, Cellulose, Roy L. Whistler, Ed., 2 chapters by M. L. Wolfrom and A. Thompson, 2 chapters by M. L. Wolfrom and F. Shafizadel~, Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 143-150, 150-153, 375-376, 377-382. "Thiosugars. II. Rearrangement of 2-~3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-2-amino-~- deoxy-,8-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-thiopseudourea," M. L. Wolfrom, D. Horton, and D. H. Hutson, J. Org. Chem., 28, 845-847. "Isopropyl Tetra-O-acetyl-~-D-glucopyranoside; A Synthesis of Koji- biose," iM. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and D. R. Lineback. [. Org. Chem., 28, 860-861. "Effect of Maltose on Acid Reversion Mixtures from D-Glucose in Relation to the Fine Structures of Amylopectin and Glycogen," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and R. H. Moore, Cereal Chem., 40, 182-186. "Thioglycosides of 3-Amino-3-deoxy-D-mannose," M. L. \\lolfro~n, D. Horton, and H. G. Garg, I. Org. Chem., 28, 1569-1572. "Macluraxanthone and Two Accompanying Pigments from the Root Bark of the Osage Orange," M. L. Wolfrom, F. Ko~nitsky, fir., G. Fraenkel, l. H. Looker, E. E. Dickey, P. McWain, A. Thompson, P. M. Mundell, and O. M. Windrath, Tetrahedron Lett., 749-755. "The Linkage Sequence in Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, T. R. Vercel- lotti, H. Tomomatsu, and D. Horton, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 12, 8-13. "3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-2-O-nitro-~-D-glucopyranosyl Chloride and the Anomeric Tetraacetates of 2-O-Nitro-D-glucopyranose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. Thompson, and D. R. Lineback, 7. Org. Chem., 28, 1930. "Chromatography of Sugar Acetates and Methyl Ethers on Mag- nesol," M. L. Wolfrom, Rosa M. de Lederkremer, and L. E. Anderson, ~ nal. Chem., 35, 1357-1359. "Tetra-O-acylglycosyl Chlorides from 1-Thioglycosides and Their Conversion to Penta-O-acyl Esters," M. L. Wolfrom and Wolf- gang Groebke, J. Org. Chem., 28, 2986-2988.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 539 "Glycosyl Halide Derivatives of 3-Amino-3-deoxy-D-mannose," M. L. Wolfrom, H. G. Garg, and D. Horton, J. Org. Chem., 28' 2989- 2992. "Conversion of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-1-thio-D-glucose Derivatives into Glycosyl Halide Derivatives. A Tetra-O-acetylglycosylsulfenyl Bromide," D. Horton, M. L. Wolfrom, and H. G. Garg, I. Org. Chem., 28, 2992-2995. "3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-~-D-galactopyranosyl Bromide Hydrobromide," NI. L. Wolfrom, W. A. Cramp, and D. Horton, J. Org. Chem., 28,, 3231-3232. "Hydroboration in the Sugar Series," M. L. Wolfrom, K. Matsuda, F. Komitsky, fir., and T. E. Whiteley, [. Org. Chem., 28,, 3551- 3553. "Amino Derivatives of Starches. Amination of Amylose," M. L. Wolfrom, Mahmoud I. Taha, and D. Horton, [. Org. Chem., 28' 3553-3554. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 18, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1964 "Hexofuranosyl Nucleosides from Sugar Dithioacetals," M. L. Wol- from, P. McWain, R. Pagnucco, arid A. Thompson, J. Org. Chem., 29' 454-457. "Structural Investigations of Acetylated Sugar Phenylhydrazine De- rivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, G. Fraenkel, D. R. Lineback, and F. Komitsky, Jr., I. Org. Chem., 29, 457-461. Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. IV, "Starch," Roy L. Whistler, Ed., 2 chapters by M. L. Wolfrom and N. E. Franks, Academic Press, New York, pp. 205-251, 269-271. "Carboxyl-Reduced Heparin. Monosaccharide Components," M. L. Wolfrom, I. R. Vercellotti, and G. H. S. Thomas, I. Org. Chem., 29, 536-539. "Two Disaccharides from Carboxyl-Reduced Heparin. The Link- age Sequence in Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, I. R. Vercellotti, and D. Horton, 7. Org. Chem., 29' 540-547. "Methylation Studies on Carboxyl-Reduced Heparin. 2-Amino-2- deoxy-3,6-di-O-methyl-~-D-glucopyranose from the Methylation

540 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS of Ghitosan," M. L. Wolfrom, I. R. Vercellotti, and D. Horton, jr. Org. Chem., 29, 547-550. "Osage Orange Pigments. XIII. Isolation of Three New Pigments from the Root Bark," M. L. Wolfrom, E. E. Dickey, P. McWain, A. Thompson, I. H. Looker, O. M. Windrath, and F. Komitsky, Jr., J. Org. Chem., 29, 689-691. "Osage Orange Pigments. XIV. The Structure of Macluraxanthone," M. L. Wolfrom, F. Komitsky, Jr., G. Fraenkel, J. H. Looker, E. E. Dickey, P. McWain, A. Thompson, P. M. Mundell, and 0. M. Windrath, J. Org. Chem., 29', 692-697. "A Synthesis of O-~-D-Glucopyranosyl-( 1 ~ 4 )-2-amino-2-deoxy-cr-D- glucopyranose Hydrochloride," M. L. Wolfrom, H. E1 Khadem, and i. R. Vercellotti, Chem. Ind. (London), 545. "A Polymer-Homologous Series of Methyl ,8-D-Glycosides from Cellu- lose," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Haq, Tappi, 47, 183-185 . "Alkaline Hypochlorite Oxidation of Cellulose Analogs," M. L. Wolfrom and W. E. Lucke, Tappi, 47' 189-192. "Anomeric Purine Nucleoside Derivatives of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D- glucose," M. L. Wolfrom, H. G. Garg, and D. Horton, Chem. Ind. (London), 930. "2-Amino-2-deoxy-~-xylose,' M. L. Wolfrom, D. Horton, and A. Bcickmann, J. Org. Chem., 29, 1479-1480. "Thin-layer Chromatograpl~y on Microcrystalline Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom, D. L. Patin, and Rosa M. de Lederkremer, Chem. Ind. (London), 1065. "Isolation and Characterization of Cellulose in the Coffee Bean," M. L. Wolfrom and D. L. Patin, 7. Ag'-. Food Chem., 12, 376- 377. "Action of Nitrous Acid on Osazone Acetates. A New Synthesis of Osotriazoles," M. L. Wolfrom, H. E1 Khadem, and H. Alfes, {. Org. Chem., 29, 2072. "Thio Sugars. III. Synthesis and Rearrangement of 2-~3,4,6-Tri-O- acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-,0-D-galactopyranosyl)-2-thiopseudourea Di- hydrobromide and Analogs," M. L. Wolfrom, W. A. Cramp, and D. Horton, J. Org. Chem., 29', 2302-2305. "Carbohydrates: Physical and Chemical Characteristics," M. L. Wolfrom, George G. Maher, and Rinaldo G. Pagnucco, in "Biology Data Book," P. L. Altman and D. S. Dittmer, Eds., Committee on Biological Handbooks, Federation of American

MELVILLE LAWRENCE \VOLFROM 541 Societies for Experimental Biology, N\7a.shington, D.C 367. 4., pp. 351- "Amidino and Carbamoyl Osazones of Sugars," M. L. Wolfrom, H. E1 Khadem, and H. Alfes, I. Org. Chem., 29, 3074-3076. "The Polymer-Homologous Series of Acetylated Methyl ,8-D-Glyco- sides from Cellulose: Improved Preparation and Extension," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Haq, Tappi, 47., 692-694. "Halogen and Nucleoside Derivatives of Acyclic 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D- glucose. I," M. L. Wolfrom, H. G. Garg, and D. Horton, [. Org. Chem., 29, 3280-3283. "Synthetic Confirmation of an Interglycosidic Linkage in Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, H. E1 Khadem, and l. R. Vercellotti, I. Org. Chem., 29, 3284-3286. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 19, edited by M. L. Wolfrom and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "2-Deoxy-D-arabino-hexonic Acid 6-Phosphate and Methyl 2-Deoxy- ,8-D-arabino-hexapyranoside 4,6-(Monophenyl phosphate)," M. L. Wolfrom and N. E. Franks, J. Org. Chem., 29,, 3645-3647. "The Polymer-Homologous Series of Acetylated Methyl c~-D-Glyco- sides From Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Haq, Tappi, 47, 733-734. 1965 "Osage Orange Pigments. XV. Structure of Osajaxanthone. Syn- thesis of Dihydroosajaxanthone Monomethyl Ether," M. L. Wol- from, F. Komitsky, [r., and l. H. Looker, .1. Org. Chem., 30., 144-149. "Synthesis of L-threo-Pentulose and 3,4,5-Tri-O-benzoyl-l-deoxy-L- threo-pentulose," M. L. Wolfrom and R. B. Bennett, J. Org. Chem., 30, 458-462. "The Structure of Osazones," H. E1 Khadem, M. L. Wolfrom, and D. Horton, I. Org. Chem., 30, 838-841. "Synthesis of Amino Compounds in the Sugar Series by Reduction of Hydrazine Derivatives. Two Epimeric Pairs of 1,2-Diamino- 1,2-dideoxyalditols," M. L. Wolfrom and J. L. Minor, [. Org. Chem., 30', 841-843. "Thin-layer Chromatography on Microcrystalline Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom, D. L. Patin, and Rosa M. de Lederkremer, T. Chroma- togr., 17, 488-494.

542 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Osage Orange Pigments. XVI. The Structure of Alvaxanthone," ilk. L. Wolfrom, F. Komitsky, fir., and P. M. Mundell, T. Org. Chem., 30., 1088-1091. "Isomerization of Tetra-O-acetyl- 1 -deoxy-D-arabino-hex- 1 -enopyra- nose," R. U. Lemieux, D. R. Lineback, M. L. Wolfrom, F. B. Moody, E. G. Wallace, and F. Komitsky, Jr., J. Org. Chem., 30', 1092-1096. "Halogen and Nucleoside Derivatives of Acyclic 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D- glucose. II," M. L. Wolfrom, H. G. Garg, and D. Horton, I. Org. Chem., 30' 1096-1098. "Nucleosides of D-Glucuronic Acid and of D-Glucofuranose and D- Galactofuranose," M. L. ~Nolfrom and P. McWain, [. Org. Chem., 30' 1099-1101. "Synthesis of D-lyxo-Hexulose (D-Tagatose ) and 1-Deoxy-D-lyxo-hexu- lose," M. L. Wolfrom and R. B. Bennett, T. Org. Chem., 30', 1284-1287. "2,6-Diamino-2,6-dideoxy-D-mannose Dihydrochloride," M. L. Wol- from, P. Chakravarty, and D. Horton, Chem. Commun., 143. "Extrusion Column Chromatography on Cellulose," M. L. Wol- from, D. H. Busch, Rosa M. de Lederkremer, Sharon C. Vergez, and l. R. Vercellotti, 7. Chromatogr., 18' 42-46. "The Anomeric 9-~2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranosyl~adenines, M. L. Wolfrom, H. G. Garg, and D. Horton, 7. Org. Chem., 30 1556-1560. "Products from the Ortho Ester Form of Acetylated Maltose," M. L. Wolfrom and Rosa M. de Lederkremer, .1. Org. Chem., 30', 1560- 1563. "Two Forms of 2-0-~2-Acetamido-3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-,8- D-glucopyranosyl)-1,3-O-benzylideneglycerol," W. A. Szarek, M. L. Wolfrom, and H. Tomomatsu, Chem. Common., 326-32~7. "Amino Derivatives of Starches. 2,6-Diamino-2,6-dideoxy-D-mannose Dihydrochloride," M. L. Wolfrom, P. Chakravarty, and D. Hor- ton, [. Org. Chem., 30', 2728-2731. "Acyclic Sugar Nucleoside Analogs. III," M. L. Wolfrom, W. van Bebenburg, R. Pagnucco, and P. Unchain, I. Org. Chem., 30' 2732-2735. "Ethyl 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy- 1 -thio-~-D-glucopyrano- side," M. L. Wolfrom, W. A. Cramp, and D. Horton, ]. Org. Chem., 30., 3056-3058.

i~ELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 543 "Benzylsulfonyl as N-Blocking Group in Amino Sugar Nucleoside Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom and R. Wurmb, J. Org. Chem., 30, 3058-3061. "Osage Orange Pigments. XVII. 1,3,6,7-Tetrahydroxyxanthone from the Heartwood," M. L. Wolfrom and H. B. Bhat, Phytochemis- try, 4, 765-768. "Synthesis of Diamino Sugars from 1,2-Diamino-1,2-dideoxyalditols. 4,5-Diacetamido-4,5-dideoxy-~-xylose," M. L. Wolfrom, l. L. Minor, and W. A. Szarek, Carbohyd. Res., 1, 156-163. "Amino Derivatives of Starches. Derivatives of 3,6-Diamino-3,6-di- deoxy-D-altrose," M. L. Wolfrom, Yen-Lung Hung, and Derek Horton, J. Org. Chem., 30, 3394-3400. "Isomaltose Synthesis Utilizing 2-Sulfonate Derivatives of D-Glu- cose," M. L. Wolfrom, K. Igarashi, and K. Koizumi, [. Org. Chem., 30, 3841-3844. "Chemical Evidence for the Structure of Starch," M. L. Wolfrom and H. E1 Khadem, in "Starch: Chemistry and Technology. Vol. I. Fundamental Aspects," R. L. Whistler and E. F. Paschall, Eds., Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 251-278. "Carbohydrates of the Coffee Bean. IV. An Arabinogalactan," M. L. Wolfrom and D. L. Patin, 7. Org. Chem., 30, 4060-4063. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 20, edited by M. L. Wolfrom and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "Stereoisomere Formen des Athyl-hemiacetals van ald ehyd o-D- Galaktosepentaacetat," M. L. Wolfrom and William H. Decker, Liebigs Ann. Chem., 690, 163-165. Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. V, "General Polysac- charides," Roy L. Whistler, Ed., 1 chapter by M. L. Wolfrom and N. E. Franks, Academic Press, New York, pp. 276-279. 1966 "A Chemical Synthesis of Panose," M. L. Wolfrom and K. Koizumi, Chem. Commun., 2. "Trifluoroacetyl as [V-Blocking Group in Amino-sugar Nucleoside Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom and H. B. Bhat, Chem. Commun., 146. "2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-xylose and 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-ribose and Their 1-Thioglycofuranosides," M. L. Wolfrom and M. W. Winkley, J. Org. Chem., 31, 1169-1173.

O44 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Configuration of the Glycosidic Linkage of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-wglu- copyranose to D-Glucuronic Acid in Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, H. Tomomatsu, and W. A. Szarek, I. Org. Chem., 31' 1173-1178. "Quantitative Thin-layer Chromatography of Sugars on Micro- crystalline Cellulose," M. L. Wolfrom, Rosa M. de Lederkremer, and Gerhart Schwab, I. Chromatogr., 22', 474-476. "Starch Acetals. O-Tetrahydropyran-2-yl and O-(l-Alkoxyethyl) De- rivatives of Starch," M. L. Wolfrom, S. S. Bhattacharjee, and G. G. Parekh, Die Starke, 18,131-135. "Amino Derivatives of Starches. Sulfonation Studies on Methyl 3,6- Anhydro-~-D-glucopyranoside and Related Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, Yen-Lung Hung, P. Chakravarty, G. U. Yuen, and D. Horton, ]. Org. Chem., 3192227-2232. "Amino Derivatives of Starches. 2-Amino-3,6-anhydro-2-deoxy-D- mannose," M. L. Wolfrom, P. Chakravarty, and D. Horton, I. Org. Chem., 31, 2502-2504. "Two-Dimensional Thin-layer Chromatography of Amino Acids on Microcrystalline Cellulose," D. Horton, A. Tanimura, and M. L. Wolfrom, ]. Chromatogr., 23, 309-312. "Anomeric Nucleosides of the Furanose Forms of 2-Amino-2-deoxy- D-glucose and 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-ribose," hi. L. Wolfrom and M. W. Winkley, Chem. Common., 533-534. "Alkaline Hypochlorite Oxidation of Methyl ,0-Cellol~ioside," M. L. Wolfrom and Rosa PI. de Lederkremer, Carbohyd. Res., 2', 426- 438. "Synthesis of a D-Glucofuranosyl Nucleoside Derivative Through an Oxazoline," M. L. Wolfrom and M. W. Winkley, J. Org. Chem., 31' 3711-3713. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 21, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1967 "Bis~phenoxy~phosphinyl as N-Blocking Group in Amino Sugar Nucleoside Synthesis," M. L. Wolfrom, P. J. Conigliaro, and E. ]. Soltes, I. Org. Chem., 32, 653-655. "A Chemical Synthesis of Panose and an Isomeric Trisaccharide," M. L. Wolfrom and K. Koizumi, J. Org. Chem., 32' 656-660. "On Sulphate Placement in Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom and P. Y. Wang, Chem. Commun., 241. "Osage Orange Pigments. XVIII. Synthesis of Osaj axanthone, ,,

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 545 M. L. Wolfrom, E. W. Koos, and H. B. Bhat, 7. Org. Chem., 32, 1058-1060. "Carbohydrate Nomenclature," M. L. Wolfrom, 7. Chem. Doc., 7, 78-81. "Substituted Arylazoethylenes from Aldose Arylhydrazones," H. E1 Khadem, M. L. Wolfrom, Z. M. E1 Shafei, and S. E1 Ashry, Carbohyd. Res., 4, 225-229. "Trichloroacetyl and Trifluoracetyl as N-Blocking Groups in Nu- cleoside Synthesis with 2-Amino Sugars," M. L. Wolfrom and H. B. Bhat, J. Org. Chem., 32' 1821-1823. "Anomeric Purine Nucleosides of the Furanose Form of 2-Amino-2- deoxy-D-ribose, M. L. M7olfrom and M. W. Winkley, 7. Org. Chem., 32', 1823-1825. "Polysaccharides from Instant Coffee Powder," M. L. Wolfrom and L. E. Anderson, I. Agr. Food Chem., 15,, 685-687. "2,4-Dinitrophenyl as IV-Blocking Group in Pyrimidine Nucleoside Synthesis with 2-Amino Sugars," M. L. Wolfrom and H. B. Bhat, J. Org. Chem., 32., 2757-2759. "Amino Derivatives of Starches. Amination of 6-O-Tritylamylose," M. L. Wolfrom, H. Kato, M. I. Taha, A. Sato, G. U. Yuen, T. Kinoshita, and E. J. Soltes, 1 O,-g. Chem., 32', 3086-3089. "Novel Reaction of a Nitro Sugar with Methanol," M. L. Wolfrom, U. G. Nayak, and T. Radford, Science, 157', 538. "A Novel Reaction of a Nitro Sugar with Alcohols," M. L. Wolfrom, U. G. Nayak, and T. Radford, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S., 58' 1848-1851. Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 22, edited by M. L. Wol- from and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, New York. 1968 "Amination of Amylose Oxidized with Dimethyl Sulphoxide-Acetic Anhydride," M. L. Wolfrom and P. Y. Wang, Chem. Commun., 113-114. "Reaction of Alkyl Vinyl Ethers with Methyl a-D-Glucopyranoside," M. L. Wolfrom, Anne Beattie, and Shyam S. Bhattacharjee, 7. Org. Chem., 33' 1067-1070. "~-Iduronic Acid in Purified Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, S. Honda, and P. Y. Wang, Chem. Commun., 505-506. "Glycosides, Natural," M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Encyclopaedia Britannica," Chicago, Ill., pp. 501-502.

546 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Pectin," M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Encyclopaedia Britannica," Chi- cago, Ill., p. 515. "Carbohydrates," M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Encyclopaedia Britan- nica," Chicago, Ill., pp. 863-868. Tables, George G. Maher and M. L. Wolfrom, in "Handbook of Biochemistry," Section D, Carbohydrates, H. A. Sober, Ed., The Chemical Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, pp. D1-D80. "Reaction of 3,4-Dihydro-2H-pyran with Methyl ~x-D-Glucopyrano- side," M. L. Wolfrom, Anne Beattie, S. S. Bhattacharjee, and G. G. Parekh, .1. Org. Chem., 33, 3990-3991. "AnomericAdenineNucleosides of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-ribofuranose," M. L. Wolfrom, M. W. Winkley, and P. McWain, in "Synthetic Procedures in Nucleic Acid Chemistry," Vol. I, W. W. Zorbach and R. S. Tipson, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 168-171. " 1 -(Adenin-9-yl)- 1 -deoxyl- 1-S-ethyl- 1 -thio-aldebydo-D-galactose Alde- hydrol," M. L. Wolfrom, P. McWain, and A. Thompson, in "Synthetic Procedures in Nucleic Acid Chemistry," Vol. I, W. W. Zorbach and R. S. Tipson, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 219-223. "9-~-Acetamid~3,b,6-tri-O -acetyl-2-deoxy-D-glucosyl)-2,6-dichloro-9H- purine," M. L. Wolfrom, M. W. Winkley, and P. McWain, in "Synthetic Procedures in Nucleic Acid Chemistry," Vol. I, W. W. Zorbach and R. S. Tipson, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Ned York, pp. 239-241. " 1 -~2-Amino-2-deoxy-,8-D-glucopyranosyl )thymine, " M. L. Wolfrom, H. B. Bhat, and P. McWain, in "Synthetic Procedures in Nucleic Acid Chemistry," Vol. I, W. W. Zorbach and R. S. Tipson, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 323-326. "Anomeric 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-glucofuranosyl Nucleosides of Ade- nine and 2-Amino-2-deoxy-,B-~glucopyranosyl Nucleosides of Thymine and 5-Methylcytosine," M. L. Wolfram and M. W. Winkley, ]. Org. Chem., 33, 4227-4231. A dvances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, Vol. 23, edited by M. L. Wolfrom and R. S. Tipson, Academic Press, Inc., New York. 1969 "Quantitative Analysis of Gentiobiose and Isomaltose in Admixture, and Its Application to the Characterization of Dextrins," M. L. Wolfrom and G. Schwab, Carbohyd. Res., 9', 407-413.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM o47 "On the Amination of Amylose," M. L. Wolfrom, K. C. Gupta, K. K. De, A. K. Chatterjee, T. Kinoshita, and P. Y Wang, Die Starke, 21, 39~3. "Anomeric Forms of 9-62-Amino-2-deoxy-D-xylofuranosyl~adenine," M. L. Wolfrom, M. W. Winkley, and S. Inouye, Carbohyd. Res., 10', 97-103. "The Isolation of ~-Iduronic Acid from the Crystalline Barium Acid Salt of Heparin," M. L. Wolfrom, ~ Inn And P Y wane Carbohyd. Res., 10' 259-265. "Starch Acetals. Acid Sensitivity and Preferred Site of Reaction," M. L. Wolfrom and S. S. Bhattacharjee, Die Starke, 21',116-118. "Trifluoroacetyl as an N-Protective Group in the Synthesis of Purine Nucleosides of 2-Amino-2-deoxy Saccharides," M. L. Wolfrom and P. l. Conigliaro, Carbohyd. Res., 11' 63-76. "Reaction of Carbohydrates with Vinyl Ethers; A Differential Hy- drolysis," M. L. Wolfrom, S. S. Bhattacharjee, and Rosa M. de Lederkremer, Carbohyd. Res., 11' 148-150. "Gas-liquid Chromatography in the Study of the Maillard Brown- ing Reaction," M. L. Wolfrom and N. Kashimura, Carbohyd. Res., 11, 151-152. "On the Distribution of Sulfate in Heparin," NI. L. ~Tolfrom, P. Y. Wang, and S. Honda, Carbohyd. Res., 11', 179-185. "Reaction of Alkyl Vinyl Ethers with D-Galactose Diethyl Dithio- acetal," M. L. Wolfrom and G. G. Parekl~, Carbohyd. Res., 11, 547-~57. _, ~ At,, Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vol. 24, edited by M. L. Wolfrom, R. S. Tipson, and D. Horton, Academic Press, Inc., New York. "Mono- and Oligo-saccl~arides," M. L. Wolfrom in "Symposium on Foods: Carbohydrates and Their Roles," H. W. Schultz, R. F. Cain, and R. W. Wrolstad, Eds., Avi Publishing Co., Inc., West- port, Conn., pp. 12-25. 1970 Amination of Amylose at the C-2 Position," M. L. Wolfrom and P. Y. Wang, Carbohyd. Res., 12, 109-114. 1971 "A Synthetic Heparinoid from Amylose," M. L. Wolfrom arid P. Y. Wang, Carbohyd. Res., 18', 23-37.

548 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS "Halogen and Nucleoside Derivatives of Acyclic 2-Amino-2-deoxy- D-glucose. III," M. L. Wolfrom and P. l. Conigliaro, Carbohyd. Res., 20, 369-374. "Pyrimidine Nucleosides of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D-galactose," M. L. Wolfrom, H. B. Bhat, and P. I. Conigliaro, Carbohyd. Res., 20' 375-381. `'Pyrimidine Nucleosides of the Furanose Form of 2-Amino-2-deoxy- D-glucose," M. L. Wolfrom, P. l. Conigliaro, and H. B. Bhat, Carbohyd. Res., 20, 383-390. "Pyrimidine Nucleosides of the Furanose Form of 2-Amino-2-deoxy- D-xylose," M. L. Wolfrom and P. J. Conigliaro, Carbohyd. Res., 20, 391-398. "Esters," M. L. Wolfrom and Walter A. Szarek, in "The Carbohy- drates," Vol. IA, W. Pigman and D. Horton, Eds., Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 217-238. "Halogen Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom and W. A. Szarek, in "The Carbohydrates," Vol. IA, W. Pigman and D. Horton, Eds., Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 239-~51. "Acyclic Derivatives," M. L. Wolfrom, in "The Carbohydrates," Vol. IA, W. Pigman and D. Horton, Eds., Academic Press, Inc., New York, pp. 355-422. 1972 "Acyclic-Sugar Nucleoside Analogs. Thymine Derivatives from Acyclic D-Galactose and D-Glucose Precursors," M. L. Wolfrom, H. B. Bhat, P. McWain, and D. Horton, Carbohyd. Res., 239 289-295. "Acyclic-Sugar Nucleoside Analogs. 6-Mercaptopurine Nucleosides Having Acyclic D-Galactose and D-Glucose Chains," M. L. Wol- from, P. McWain, H. B. Bhat, and D. Horton, Carbohyd. Res., 23, 296-300. "Effect of Ionizing Radiation on the Browning Reaction of D-Glu case, D-Fructose, Sucrose, and Raw-cane Sugar," W. W. Binkley, M. E. Altenburg, and M. L. Wolfrom, Sugar J., 34, 25-28. 1974 "A New Method of Acetonation, Synthesis of 4,6-O-Isopropylidene- D-glucopyranose," M. L. Wolfrom, A. B. Diwadkar, l. Gelas, and D. Horton, Carbohyd. Res., 35, 87-96.

MELVILLE LAWRENCE WOLFROM 549 "Reactions of 4,b,6-Tri-O-benzoyl-1,3-dideoxy-1-diazo-D-erythro-hexu- lose," M. L. Wolfrom, N. Kashimura, and D. Horton, Carbohyd. Res., 36', 21 1-213. "Detection of Willard Browning Reaction Products as Trimethyl- silyl Derivatives by Gas-Liquid Chromatography," M. L. Wol- from, N. Kashimura, and D. Horton, J. Agr. Food Chem., 22, 791-795. "Factors Affecting the Maillard Browning Reaction between Sugars and Amino Acids. Studies on the Nonenzymic Browning of De- hydrated Orange Juice," J. Agr. Food Chem., 22' 796-800. 1975 "Four Isomeric Ethyl 1-Thioglycosides from 2-Amino-2-deoxy-D- arabinose," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Inouye, Carbohyd. Res., 41, 1 17-134. "Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Cytosine Nucleosides of 2- Amino-2-deoxy-D-arabinose," M. L. Wolfrom and S. Inouye, Carbohyd. Res., 42' 307-14. "Synthesis of a Cytosine Nucleoside of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-,8-D-xylo- furanose," M. L. Wolfrom, S. Inouye, and P. l. Conigliaro, Carbohyd. Res., 42' 327-34.

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