Chemistry Publications
Research in the Department of Chemistry covers a broad spectrum of chemical specialties but generally falls within three research themes: Materials and Biomaterials; Computational Sciences and Environmental Science and Ecology.
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Submissions from 2016
Synthesis, Characterization, and Thin-Film Properties of 6-Oxoverdazyl Polymers Prepared by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Joseph A. Paquette, Sabastine Ezugwu, Vishal Yadav, Giovanni Fanchini, and Joe Gilroy
Synthesis, Characterization, and Pre-Ceramic Properties of π-Conjugated Polymers Based on Ni(II) Complexes of Goedken’s Macrocycle, Joseph A. Paquette and Joe Gilroy
Catalytic cyclization and competitive deactivation with Ru(PR2NR′2) complexes, J. M. Stubbs, J. P.J. Bow, R. J. Hazlehurst, and J. M. Blacquiere
Controlled Positioning of Analytes and Cells on a Plasmonic Platform for Glycan Sensing Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Mohammadali Tabatabaei, Gregory Q Wallace, Fabiana A Caetano, Elizabeth R Gillies, Stephen S G Ferguson, and François Lagugné-Labarthet
Addition of Isocyanides to Tetramesityldigermene: A Comparison of the Reactivity between Surface and Molecular Digermenes, Nada Y. Tashkandi, Emily E. Cook, Jeremy L. Bourque, and Kim M. Baines
Addition of alkynes to digermynes: Experimental insight into the reaction pathway, Nada Y. Tashkandi, Laura C. Pavelka, Christine A. Caputo, Paul D. Boyle, Philip P. Power, and Kim M. Baines
Synthesis, self-assembly, and immunological activity of α-galactose-functionalized dendron–lipid amphiphiles, John Trant, Namrata Jain, D. M. Mazzuca, J Trevor McIntosh, Bo Fan, S M Mansour Haeryfar, Sebastien Lecommandoux, and Elizabeth Gillies
Synthesis and Reactivity of Alkoxy-activated Cyclobutane-1,1- dicarboxylates, Naresh Vemula and Brian L Pagenkopf
Poly(ester amide)s with pendant azobenzenes: Multi-responsive self-immolative moieties for modulating polymer assemblies, Andrew D. Wong, Alex Prinzen, and Elizabeth Gillies
Submissions from 2015
Preface to the Special Issue dedicated to Chemical Research at Western, Kim M. Baines and Yining Huang
An Azide-Functionalized Nitronyl Nitroxide Radical: Synthesis, Characterization and Staudinger-Bertozzi Ligation Reactivity, Stephanie M. Barbon, Pierangelo Gobbo, Wilson Luo, Jacquelyn T. Price, Mark C. Biesenger, Mark S. Workentin, and Joe Gilroy
Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated/Cross-Conjugated Benzene-Bridged Boron Difluoride Formazanate Dimers, Stephanie M. Barbon, Jacquelyn T. Price, Umesh Yogarajah, and Joe Gilroy
The Effect of Extended π-Conjugation on the Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties of Boron Difluoride Formazanate Complexes, Stephanie M. Barbon, Viktor N. Staroverov, and Joe Gilroy
Synthesis and Characterization of Cationic Low-Valent Gallium Complexes of Cryptand[2.2.2], Jeremy L. Bourque, Paul D. Boyle, and Kim M. Baines
Substrate-Mediated Deactivation of a Ru(PtBu2NBn2) Cooperative Complex, John Paul J. Bow, Paul D. Boyle, and Johanna M. Blacquiere
Au nanostructured surfaces for electrochemical and localized surface plasmon resonance-based monitoring of α-synuclein-small molecule interactions., Xin R Cheng, Gregory Q Wallace, François Lagugné-Labarthet, and Kagan Kerman
Au nanostructured surfaces for electrochemical and localized surface plasmon resonance-based monitoring of α-synuclein-small molecule interactions., Xin R Cheng, Gregory Q Wallace, François Lagugné-Labarthet, and Kagan Kerman
Kohn–Sham exchange-correlation potentials from second-order reduced density matrices, Rogelio Cuevas-Saavedra, Paul W. Ayers, and Viktor N. Staroverov
Addition of Organometallic Reagents to a Stable Silene and Germene, Bahareh Farhadpour, Jiacheng Guo, Laura C. Pavelka, and Kim M. Baines
The Addition of Nitriles to a Molecular Digermene: Reversible Addition and Comparison to Surface Reactivity, Julie A. Hardwick and Kim M. Baines
The addition of nitriles to tetramesityldisilene: A comparison of the reactivity between surface and molecular disilenes, Julie A. Hardwick and Kim M. Baines
Synthesis of novel 2-(fluoroanilino)-3-(2,4-dinitroanilino) derivatives of 1,4-naphthoquinone, Elisa Leyva, Kim M. Baines, Claudia G. Espinosa-González, Lluvia I. López, Diego A. Magaldi-Lara, and Socorro Leyva
2-(Fluoro-) and 2-(methoxyanilino)-1,4-naphthoquinones. Synthesis and mechanism and effect of fluorine substitution on redox reactivity and NMR, Elisa Leyva, Kim M. Baines, Claudia G. Espinosa-González, Diego A. Magaldi-Lara, Silvia E. Loredo-Carrillo, Telma A. De Luna-Méndez, and Lluvia I. López
Evaluation of Anisole-Substituted Boron Difluoride Formazanate Complexes for Fluorescence Cell Imaging, Ryan R. Maar, Stephanie M. Barbon, Neha Sharma, Hilary Groom, Leonard G. Luyt, and Joe Gilroy
Side-Chain Boron Difluoride Formazanate Polymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Samantha Novoa, Joseph A. Paquette, Stephanie M. Barbon, Ryan R. Maar, and Joe Gilroy