Joint Science Department Selected Publications Database

Current Number of publications listed in Chemistry: 180

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1. Benatan, E.; Eppley, H. J.; Geselbracht, M. J.; Johnson, A. R.; Reisner, B. A.; Stewart, J. L.; Watson, L.; Williams, B. S. 2009. IONiC: A Cyber-Enabled Community of Practice for Improving Inorganic Chemical Education. J. Chem. Ed. 86: 123 (summary). Abstract Article

2. Johns, A. M.; Chmely, S. C.; Hanusa, T. P. 2009. Solution Interaction of Potassium and Calcium Bis(triemthylsilyl)amides; Preparation of Ca[N(SiMe3)2]2 from Dibenzylcalcium. Inorg. Chem. 48 (4): 1380-1384. Article

3. Khan, T.R.; Jordan, B.; Levitan, R.; Mitchell, P.S.; Wood, C.; Hatcher, M.E.. 2009. An FTIR Investigation of Flanking Sequence Effects on the Structure and Flexibility of DNA Binding Sites. Biochemistry 48: 1315-1321.

4. Scheuermann, M. L.; Rheingold, A. L.; Williams, B. S.. 2009. Reversible Carbonylation of an [NCN]PtMe Pincer Complex and Direct Evidence of Alkyl Migration. Organometallics 28: 1613-1615. Abstract Article

5. Smythe, N. A.; Grice, K. A.; Williams, B. S.; Goldberg, K. I. 2009. Reductive Elimination and Dissociative Beta-Hydride Abstraction from Pt(IV) Hydroxide and Methoxide Complexes. Organometallics 28: 277-288. Abstract Article

6. Tian, Y., Kayatta, M., Shultis, K., Gonzalez, A., Mueller, L.J., and Hatcher, M.E.. 2009. 31P NMR Investigation of Backbone Dynamics in DNA Binding Sites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, B 113: 2596-2603.

7. A. Blackman, S. E. Bottle, S. Schmid, M. Mocerino, U. Wille, J. E. Brady, F. Senese, W. H. Brown, T. Poon, J. Olmsted III, and G. M. Williams. 2008. Chemistry. : .

8. A. R. Hurshman Babbes, E. T. Powers, and J. W. Kelly. 2008. Quantification of the Thermodynamically Linked Quaternary and Tertiary Structural Stabilities of Transthyretin and Its Disease-Associated Variants: The Relationship between Stability and Amyloidosis. Biochemistry 47: 6969-6984. Abstract Article

9. Chun-Hu Chen, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Weina Li, Linping Xu, Steven L. Suib. 2008. A Designed Single-Step Method for Synthesis and Structural Study of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Well-Ordered Layered Manganese Oxide Nanocomposites. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130: 14390-91.

10. Edward K. Nyutu, Chun-Hu Chen, Shanthakumar Sithambaram, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Steven L. Suib. 2008. Systematic Control of Particle Size in Rapid Open-Vessel Microwave Synthesis of K-OMS-2 Nanofibers. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112: 6786-6793.

11. F. M. Kessabi, T. Winkler, J. A. R. Luft, K. N. Houk. 2008. Rearrangement of a cyclohexyl radical to a cyclopentylmethyl radical on the Avermectin skeleton. Org. Lett. 10: 2255-2258.

12. J. A. R. Luft, T. Winkler, F. M. Kessabi, K. N. Houk. 2008. Substituent effects on the rearrangements of cyclohexyl to cyclopentyl radicals involving Avermectin-related radicals. J. Org. Chem. 73: 8175-8181.

13. J. Sivaguru, M.R. Solomon, T. Poon, S. Jockusch, S.G. Bosio, W. Adam, and N. J. Turro. 2008. The Reaction of Singlet Oxygen with Enecarbamates: A Mechanistic Playground for Investigating Chemoselectivity, Stereoselectivity and Vibratioselectivity of Photooxidations. Accounts of Chemical Research 41: 387-400. Abstract Article

14. L. B. Enrich, M. L. Scheuermann, A. Mohadjer, K. R. Matthias, C. F. Eller, M. S. Newman, M. Fujinaka, and T. Poon. 2008. Liquidambar styraciflua: a renewable source of shikimic acid. Tetrahedron Letters 49: 2503-2505. Abstract Article

15. Lei Jin, Chun-Hu Chen, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Linping Xu, Young-Chan Son, Steven L. Suib. 2008. γ-MnO2 Octahedral Molecular Sieve: Preparation, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity in the Atmospheric Oxidation of Toluene. Applied Catalysis A: General In Press: .

16. T. Poon and R. Ovadia. 2008. Use of Tactile Learning Aids for the Visually Impaired in a First Semester Organic Chemistry Course. Journal of Chemical Education 85: 240-242. Abstract Article

17. Thomas Davis and Andrew Zanella. 2008. Current Protocols Essential Laboratory Techniques: Unit 1.1 Volume Measurement. : .

18. Tye, J. W.; Weng, Z; Johns, A. M.; Incarvito, C. D.; Hartwig, J. F. 2008. Copper Complexes of Anionic Nitrogen Ligands in the Amidation and Imidation of Aryl Halides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 (30): 9971-9983. Article

19. Weina Li, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Edward K. Nyutu, Yunshuang Ding, Steven L. Suib. 2008. Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) Nanorods: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Applications. In Nanorods, Nanotubes and Nanomaterials Research Progress. : 203-238.

20. Cynthia Werner and Kathleen Purvis-Roberts. 2007. Unraveling the Secrets of the Past: Contested Versions of Nuclear Testing in the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. In Half-Lives and Half-Truths: Confronting the Radioactive Legacies of the Cold War : .

21. D. Leca, F. Gaggini, J. Cassayre, O. Loiseleur, S. N. Pieniazek, J. A. R. Luft, K. N. Houk. 2007. Acid-catalyzed aza-Diels-Alder reactions for the total synthesis of (±)-Lapatin B. J. Org. Chem. 72: 4284-4287.

22. J. A. R. Luft, K. M. Meleson, K. N. Houk. 2007. Transition states of diastereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrile oxides to chiral homoallylic alcohols. Org. Lett. 9: 555-558.

23. J. Katana Ngala, Shaun Alia, Arthur Dobley, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Steven L. Suib. 2007. Characterization and Electrocatalytic Behavior of Layered Li2MnO3 and Its Acid-Treated Form. Chemistry of Materials 19: 229-234.

24. Johns, A. M.; Liu, Z.; Hartwig, J. F. 2007. Primary tert- and sec-Allylamines via Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroamination and Allylic Substitution with Hydrazine and Hydroxylamine Derivatives. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 46 (38): 7259-7261. Article

25. M. Tredwell, J. A. R. Luft, M. Schuler, K. Tenza, K. N. Houk, V. Gouverneur. 2007. Fluorine-directed diastereoselective iodocyclization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47: 357-360.

26. Madison, B. L.; Thyme, S. B.; Keene, S.; Williams, B. S. 2007. Mechanistic Study of Competitive sp3-sp3 and sp2-sp3 Carbon-Carbon Reductive Elimination from a Platinum (IV) Center and the Isolation of a C-C Agostic Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129: 9538 -9539. Abstract Article

27. Purvis-Roberts, K.L., Werner, C.A., and Frank, I.. 2007. Perceived Risks from Nuclear Testing Near Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A Comparison Between Laypeople, Doctors, and Scientists. Risk Analysis 27: 291.

28. Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, J. Katana Ngala, Shaun Alia, Arthur Dobley, Christine Morein, Chun-Hu Chen, Xiongfei Shen, Steven L. Suib. 2007. New Synthetic Route, Characterization and Electrocatalytic Activity of Nano-sized Manganite. Chemistry of Materials 19: 1832-1839.

29. Wagner, W., Elkabti, A., Elkabti, F., Braun, A.P., Davis Z., Zeitler, B.L., Purvis-Roberts, K.L., . 2007. Daily Patterns in Water Soluble Inorganic PM2.5 Concentrations in Claremont, California. Journal of Young Investigators 17: 2.

30. H. P. Moeur, T. Poon , and A. Zanella. 2006. An Introduction to UV-Vis Spectroscopy Using Sunscreens. Journal of Chemical Education 83: 769. Abstract Article

31. J. A. R. Luft, Z.-X. Yu, D. L. Hughes, G. C. Lloyd-Jones, S. W. Krska, K. N. Houk. 2006. On the stability of the pi-allyl intermediate in molybdenum-catalyzed asymmetric alkylations. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 17: 716-724.

32. J. Sivaguru, H. Saito, M. R. Solomon, L. S. Kaanumalle, T. Poon, S. Jockusch, W. Adam, V. Ramamurthy, Y. Inoue, and N. J. Turro. 2006. Control of Chirality by Cations in Confined Spaces: Photooxidation of Enecarbamates Inside Zeolite Supercages. Photochemistry and Photobiology 82: 123-131. Abstract Article

33. J. Sivaguru, M. R. Solomon, H. Saito, T. Poon, S. Jockusch, W. Adam, Y. Inoue, and N. J. Turro. 2006. Conformationally controlled (entropy effects), stereoselective vibrational quenching of singlet oxygen in the oxidative cleavage of oxazolidinone-functionalized enecarbamates through solvent and temperature variations. Tetrahedron Symposia-in-Print 62: 6707-6717. Abstract Article

34. J. Sivaguru, T. Poon, C. Hooper, H. Saito, M. Solomon, S. Jockusch, W. Adam, Y. Inoue, and N. J. Turro. 2006. A Comparative Mechanistic Analysis of the Stereoselectivity Trends Observed in the Oxidation of Chiral Oxazolidinone-Functionalized Enecarbamates by Singlet Oxygen, Ozone and Triazolinedione. Tetrahedron Symposia-in-Print 62: 10647-10659.

35. Johns, A. M.; Sakai, N.; Ridder, A.; Hartwig, J. F. 2006. Direct Measurement of the Thermodynamics of Vinylarene Hydroamination. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (29): 9306-9307. Article

36. Johns, A. M.; Tye, J. W.; Hartwig, J. F. 2006. Relative Rates for the Amination of eta-3-Allyl and eta-3-Benzyl Complexes of Palladium. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (50): 16010-16011. Article

37. Johns, A. M.; Utsunomiya, M.; Incarvito, C. D.; Hartwig, J. F. 2006. A Highly Active Palladium Catalyst for Intermolecular Hydroamination. Factors that Control Reactivity and Additions of Functionalized Anilines to Dienes and Vinylarenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (6): 1828-1839. Article

38. Neff, D., Garcia, D., and Purvis-Roberts, K.. 2006. The Effects of Particulate Matter on the Lung Function of Collegiate Athletes. The Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research 4: 169.

39. W. Brown and T. Poon. 2006. Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Italian translation. : .

40. Wenzel, A. G.; Chatterjee, A. K.; Grubbs, R. H. 2006. Olefin Cross-Metathesis. Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III: Review of the Literature 1993-2005 : Vol. 11.

41. Werner, C.A., Purvis-Roberts, K.L.. 2006. After the Cold War: International Politics, Domestic Policy, and the Nuclear Legacy in Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey 25: 461.

42. Fucaloro, A., Pinnell, R., Zanella, A., Conrad, K., Pu, Y.. 2005. Partial Molar Volumes and Refractions of Cobalt(III) Complexes, Part 2: Homologous Series of Nitrilopentaamminecobalt(III) Complexes. J. Solution Chemistry : .

43. Fucaloro, A., Zanella, A., Widjaja, S., Widjaja, J.. 2005. Partial Molar Volumes and Refractions of Cobalt(III) Complexes, Part 1: Homologous Series of Hexaaminecobalt(III) Complexes. J. Solution Chemistry : .

44. J. Sivaguru, H. Saito, T. Poon, T. Omonuwa, R. Franz, S. Jockusch, C. Hooper, Y. Inoue, W. Adam, and N. J. Turro. 2005. Stereoselective Photooxidation of Enecarbamates: Reactivity of Ozone vs Singlet Oxygen. Organic Letters 7: 2089-2092. Abstract Article

45. Medici, S.; Gagliardo, M., Williams, S. B.; Chase, P. A.; Gladiali, S.; Lutz, M; Spek, A. L.; van Klink, G. P. M.; van Koten, G. 2005. Novel P-Stereogenic PCP Pincer-Aryl Ruthenium(II) Complexes and Their Use in the Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer Reaction of Acetophenone. Helv. Chim. Acta 88: 694 - 705. Abstract Article

46. Procelewska, J.; Zahl, A.; Liehr, G.; Van Eldik, R.; Smythe, N. A.; Williams, B. S.; Goldberg, K. I.. 2005. Mechanistic Information on the Reductive Elimination from Cationic Trimethylplatinum(IV) Complexes to Form Carbon-Carbon Bonds. Inorg. Chem. 44: 7732-7742. Abstract Article

47. Wenzel, A. G.; Jacobsen, E. N. 2005. Asymmetric Catalysis in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Beta-Amino Acids. Enantioselective Synthesis of Beta-Amino Acids, 2nd Ed. : .

48. Williams, B. S.; Leatherman, M. D.; White, P. S.; Brookhart, M. 2005. Reactions of Vinyl Acetate and Vinyl Trifluoroacetate with Cationic Diimine Pd(II) and Ni(II) Alkyl Complexes: Identification of Problems Connected with Copolymerizations of These Monomers with Ethylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127: 5132-5146. Abstract Article

49. Yunshuang Ding, Xiongfei Shen, Shanthakumar Sithambaram, Sinue Gomez, Ranjit Kumar, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Steven L. Suib, Mark Aindow. 2005. Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Cryptomelane-Type Manganese Dioxide Nanomaterials Produced by a Novel Solvent-Free Method. Chemistry of Materials 17: 5382-5389.

50. A. R. Hurshman, J. T. White, E. T. Powers, and J. W. Kelly. 2004. Transthyretin Aggregation Under Partially Denaturing Conditions Is a Downhill Polymerization. Biochemistry 43: 7365–7381. Abstract Article