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Chemistry Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Applications of asymmetric allylation reactions towards natural product synthesis, Philip R. Harsh

Synthesis of substituted 2-vinyl and 2-phenylbenzimidazoles and progress towards the synthesis of natural products ht-13-A and ht-13-B, Jeremiah W. Hubbard

Synthesis of bowl-shaped polycyclic aromatic compounds and homo-bi-dentate 4,5-diarylphenanthrene ligands, Daehwan Kim

Application of cathodoluminescence and quantitative color analysis to the study of glass for forensic purposes, Heidi D. Nawrocki

Characterization and application of DMPC-DHPC phospholipid preparations for non-mechanical flow control in microfluidics, Theron John Pappas

Investigation of selenium and arsenic in coal-mining associated rocks and sediments using ultrasonic and sequential extractions techniques, Innocent Pumure

Development of direct elemental speciation in solid state materials using pulsed glow discharge mass spectrometry, Jennifer N. Robertson-Honecker

Synthesis of polycyclic aromatics having unusual molecular architectures via cascade cyclization reactions of enyne -allenes, Yu-Hsuan Wang

Toward the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic compounds as nano-carbon cages, Ruoxin Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Evaluating the effective peak capacity of a saw-tooth gradient for reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography separation of proteins and peptides, Guimei Cai

De novo asymmetric synthesis of mannopeptimycin-E, novobiocin and methymycin analogues, Sanjeeva Rao Guppi

Synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via benzannulated enediynyl alcohols, Elbin Sehnaz Parbin

Collective behavior in chemical systems, Aaron J. Steele

Development of a tagged scFv based immunoprecipitation method for protein -protein interaction studies, Maria Rosa Valero Aracama

De novo asymmetric synthesis of digitoxin based carbohydrate libraries, Wenjun Xin

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

Allene cyclization chemistry: Application to the syntheses of helical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the ABCD ring core of the camptothecin family of alkaloids, Weixiang Dai

Mass spectrometric investigation of metallothionein and ionic liquids using electrospray ion source coupled with quadrupole ion trap mass analyzer, Yuchen Lu

Proton coupled electron transfer kinetics of redox centers attached to self -assembled monolayers on electrodes, Nicholas Madhiri

Development of microfluidic devices for proteomics, Trust T. Razunguzwa

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Isolation and preparation of naturally occurring aluminum ligands using immobilized metal affinity chromatography for analysis by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, Carson Baldwin

Dynamics and mechanism studies of nonlinear chemical systems, Tabitha R. Chigwada-Razunguzwa

Synthesis of novel alkaloids using squaric acid esters, Peter S. Zehr

Synthesis of novel polycyclic aromatic compounds via cascade cyclizations of benzannulated enyne-allenes, Yanzhong Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Electrochemical detection of mercury, cadmium, lead, and copper using boron -doped diamond electrodes, Carol M. Babyak

Synthesis of 1,1'-binaphthyl derivatives via benzannulated enyne-allenes, Joshua F. Bailey

Synchronization of spatiotemporal patterns and modeling disease spreading using excitable media, Jianxia Cui

Formation and characterization of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, Garry Glaspell

Development of immobilized metal affinity chromatography for the isolation and selective enrichment of phosphopeptides, Erica Sims Jackson

Synthesis and characterization of molecularly doped tri-p-tolylamine/polycarbonate blends using solid-state NMR, Brian D. Kesling

Molecular speciation using pulsed glow discharge time -of -flight mass spectrometry, Lei Li

Axial ligand binding equilibria as probes of the effective steric bulk of substituted tetraarylporphyrins, Michael Craig Thomas

Cascade radical cyclizations of benzannulated enyne-allenes and development of new synthetic strategies for novel polycyclic aromatic compounds, Yonghong Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Feedback control of wave propagation patterns in excitable media, Florin Chirila

Synthesis and characterization of molecularly imprinted polymers and their application in preconcentrators for gas phase sensors, Yi Fu

Novel syntheses of indoles, quinoxalines, 2-quinoxalinones, 2-alkylbenzimidazoles and other heterocycles, Jeffery M. Wallace

Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

Expansion of the scope of the allenic Pauson-Khand reaction to include carboxylic acids and esters, Kimberly D. Fisher

Electron transfer kinetic studies of 1-electron, 1-proton redox couples attached to electrodes, Robert M. Haddox

Reducing interferences in glow discharge spectroscopies using transient operation and collision -induced dissociation, Glen Paul Jackson

Preparation of benzoenyne -allenes, enyne -isocyanates and enyne -carbodiimides and their applications in the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocycles, Hongbin Li

Synthesis and characterization of group IV metal complexes featuring tridentate diamidoamine ligands, Alicia R. Morgan

Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001

Synthesis of derivatives of 4H-cyclopenta[ def]phenanthren-4-one and development of synthetic strategies for the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with carbon frameworks represented on the surface of C60, Xiaoqing Han

Novel synthesis of 3,4-fused indoles, Jeremiah Wallace Hubbard

Palladium -catalyzed synthesis of carbazole derivatives and formal total syntheses of several naturally occurring carbazole alkaloids, Tricia L. Scott

Synthesis of benzocarbazoles, indoloquinolines and indolonaphthridines from thermolysis of benzoenynyl ketenimines and carbodiimides, Chongsheng Shi

Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000

Development and application electrochemical and spectrophotometric methods based upon AC potential modulation for characterization of hybrid bilayer membranes and electroactive self -assembled monolayers supported on gold electrodes, Dmitri A. Brevnov

Sonovoltammetric detection of cadmium (II) at mercury thin film electrodes, Stacey L. Clark

Spectroscopic investigations of new glass-ionomer dental cements, Yigang Jin

Characterization and applications of pulsed millisecond glow discharge sources, Cris Lee Lewis

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the analysis of proteins and small molecules, Gregg A. Pratt

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic studies of the orientation of organonitriles on metal colloids, Ramaa Nagapattinam Ramakrishnan

Novel palladium-catalyzed synthesis of 3-substituted indoles and its application toward the total synthesis of indolactam V, Michael Robert Turner

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Surface -enhanced Raman spectroscopic studies of organonitriles on copper colloids, Candace Mikki Coyle

Identification and control of dynamical systems, Eugene Robert Mihaliuk

Synthesis of o-isotoluenes, o-quinodimethanes, and benzoenynyl carbodiimides and their cyclizations to polycyclic and heterocyclic compounds, Quan Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

Synthesis and reactions of antimony allyloxides, Matthew Alan Moser

Synthesis and characterization of electrophilic group 4 metal complexes of benzynes, Shawn Michael Nettles

Perturbation studies of excitable media, Lisa Elizabeth Seagraves

Theses/Dissertations from 1996 1996

Nucleation and Growth of GaN on Sapphire by MBE, Steven Buczkowski

Theses/Dissertations from 1985 1985

Search for New Membrane Active Substances: synthesis of 3-tropanols with alkyl, alkenyl and alkenynyl group at the bridgehead, Ramalinga Murty Dharanipragada