Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

William T. Miller (1911 - 1998)

Cornell Faculty 1936 - 1977
Organic Chemistry

Education
PhD, Duke University, 1935

Biographies
Corson, Dale. William T. Miller. William T. Miller Service, December 12, 1998.

Academic Geneaology
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mainzv/Web_Genealogy/index.htm (Oct 11, 2004)

William T. Miller (1911-1998) (PhD 1935, Duke)
Lucius Aurelius Bigelow (1892-1973) (PhD 1919, Yale)
William Albert Noyes (1857-1947) (PhD 1901, Yale)
Treat Baldwin Johnson (1875-1927) (PhD 1870, Göttingen)
Henry Lord Wheeler (1867-1914) (PhD 1893, Yale)
Horace Lemuel Wells (1885-1924) (PhD 1877, Yale)
Oscar Dana Allen (1836-1913) (PhD 1871, Yale)
Samuel William Johnson (1830-1909) (PhD 1857, Yale)
John Pitkin Norton (1822-1852) (PhD 1846, Yale)
James Finlay Weir Johnston (1796-1855) ((none) 1833, Uppsala)
Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848) (PhD 1802, Uppsala)
Johann Afzelius (1753-1837) (PhD 1776, Uppsala)
Tobern Olaf Bergman (1735-1784) (PhD -mathematics 1758, Uppsala)
Bengt Ferrner (1724-1802) ((none) -astronomy, Uppsala)

Selected Publications

Miller, W. T.. My early days in fluorine chemistry. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (1981), 18(4-6), 305-21.

Miller, William T.; Brookes, C. J.; Lane, C. F.; Sun, K. K. Chemistry of haloperfluoro compounds. Reactions of metal fluoride alkoxides and metal acetates with fluoro-2-butyne. U. S. NTIS, AD Rep. (1976), (AD-A028824), 113 pp.

Pelosi, Lorenzo F.; Miller, William T.. Syntheses from perfluoro-2-butyne. 2. Perfluorooctamethylcubane, perfluorooctamethylcuneane, and perfluorooctamethylcyclooctatetraene. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1976), 98(14), 4311-12.

Miller, William T.; Hummel, Robert J.; Pelosi, Lorenzo F. Syntheses from perfluoro-2-butyne. I. Fluoride ion promoted telomerization of perfluoro-2-butyne with 2-bromoperfluoro-2-butene. trans-3-Bromoperfluoro-1,2,3,4-tetramethylcyclobutene. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1973), 95(20), 6850-1.

Miller, William Taylor, Jr.. Chemistry of haloperfluoroalkanes. U.S. Clearinghouse Fed. Sci. Tech. Inform., AD (1970), (No. 710277), 31 pp.

Miller, William Taylor, Jr.; Sun, Kwok K. Perfluorophenylsilver. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1970), 92(23), 6985-7.

Miller, William Taylor, Jr.; Snider, Richard H.; Hummel, Robert J. Perfluoro-1-methylpropenylsilver. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1969), 91(23), 6532-4.

Miller, William Taylor, Jr.; Burnard, Robert J. Perfluoroalkylsilver compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1968), 90(26), 7367-8.

Fainberg, Arnold H.; Miller, William T., Jr.. Molar refractivity in
fluorine-containing perhalo compounds. Journal of Organic Chemistry
(1965), 30(3), 864-76. CODEN: JOCEAH ISSN:0022-3263. CAN 62:62872 AN
1965:62872 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William T., Jr.; Whalen, David M. Trichloromethyllithium, an
electrophilic reagent. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1964),
86(10), 2089-90. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 61:4269 AN
1964:404269 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William T., Jr.; Stoffer, James O.; Fuller, George; Currie, Andrew C.
The mechanism of fluorination. IV. The effect of temperature and of
fluorine concentration on the olefin dimerization reaction. A new
fluorination apparatus. Journal of the American Chemical Society
(1964), 86(1), 51-6. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 60:22908 AN
1964:22908 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William T., Jr.; Freedman, Mark B. Substitution and addition
reactions of fluoro olefins. V. The electrophilic addition of mercuric
fluoride to fluoropropenes in hydrogen fluoride. Journal of the American
Chemical Society (1963), 85 180-3. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN
58:32781 AN 1963:32781 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William, T., Jr.; Freedman, Mark B.; Fried, John H.; Koch, Heinz F.
Electrophilic reactions of argentous and mercuric fluorides with fluoro
olefins in hydrogen fluoride. Journal of the American Chemical Society
(1961), 83 4105-6. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 56:17892 AN
1962:17892 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William T., Jr.; Frass, Werner; Resnick, Paul R. Cesium fluoride
catalyzed rearrangement of perfluorodienes to perfluorodialkylacetylenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1961), 83 1767-8. CODEN:
JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 55:130677 AN 1961:130677 CAPLUS
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Miller, William T., Jr.; Fried, John H.; Goldwhite, Harold. Substitution and
addition reactions of the fluoro.ovrddot.olefins. IV. Reactions of fluoride
ion with fluoro.ovrddot.olefins. Journal of the American Chemical
Society (1960), 82 3091-9. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 55:27441
AN 1961:27441 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, Wm. T., Jr.; Kim, Chung Sul Youn. Reactions of alkyllithiums with
polyhalides. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1959), 81
5008-9. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 54:44299 AN 1960:44299
CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Fried, John H.; Miller, William T., Jr.. Substitution and addition reactions
of the fluoro.ovrddot.olefins. III. SN2' substitution reactions of
chlorofluoroallyl chlorides with halide ions. Journal of the American
Chemical Society (1959), 81 2078-82. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863.
CAN 54:44037 AN 1960:44037 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder
(R))

Miller, Wm. T., Jr.; Bergman, Elliot; Fainberg, Arnold H. Perfluoroalkylzinc
compounds. I. The preparation and properties of perfluoroalkylzinc halides.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1957), 79 4159-64. CODEN:
JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 52:6128 AN 1958:6128 CAPLUS (Copyright
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Fainberg, Arnold H.; Miller, William T., Jr.. Preferential replacement
reactions of highly fluorinated alkyl halides. II. Some reactions of
fluorinated allyl iodides. Journal of the American Chemical Society
(1957), 79 4170-4. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 52:6109 AN
1958:6109 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William T., Jr.; Fainberg, Arnold H. Preferential replacement
reactions of highly fluorinated alkyl halides. I. Preparation of certain
fluorinated allyl iodides. Journal of the American Chemical Society
(1957), 79 4164-9. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 52:6108 AN
1958:6108 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, William T., Jr.; Koch, Stanley D., Jr. The mechanism of
fluorination. III. Fluorine atom reactions. The olefin dimerization
reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1957), 79 3084-9.
CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 51:85514 AN 1957:85514 CAPLUS
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Miller, William T., Jr.; Koch, Stanley D., Jr.; McLafferty, Fred W.
Mechanism of fluorination. II. Free radical initiation reactions.
Fluorine-sensitized chlorination and oxidation. Journal of the American
Chemical Society (1956), 78 4992-5. CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN
51:9108 AN 1957:9108 CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))

Miller, Wm. T., Jr.; Dittman, Albert L. Mechanism of fluorination. I.
Fluorine sensitized oxidation of trichloro- and tetracbloroethylene.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1956), 78 2793-7. CODEN:
JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 50:77493 AN 1956:77493 CAPLUS (Copyright
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Miller, William T., Jr.; Prober, Maurice. Vapor phase fluorination of acetyl
fluoride. Journal of the American Chemical Society (1948), 70 2602.
CODEN: JACSAT ISSN:0002-7863. CAN 42:36430 AN 1948:36430 CAPLUS
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Miller, William T., Jr.; Ehrenfeld, Robert L.; Phelan, James M.; Prober,
Maurice; Reed, Sherman K. Fluorination of perhalogen olefins. Journal
of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (Washington, D. C.) (1947), 39
401-4. CODEN: JIECAD ISSN:0095-9014. CAN 41:18776 AN 1947:18776
CAPLUS (Copyright 2004 ACS on SciFinder (R))