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 2009
In-capillary Enrichment, Proteolysis and Separation Using Capillary Electrophoresis with Discontinuous Buffers: Application on Proteins with Moderately Acidic and Basic Isoelectric Points, Chandra A. Nesbitt and Ken K.-C. Yeung
Total Synthesis of (±)-Quebrachamine via [3+2] Cycloaddition and Efficient Chloroacetamide Photocyclization, Brian Pagenkopf and Barbora Bajtos
A General Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Silyl Ketene Acetals Derived from Simple Esters to Aryl alpha-Ketoesters, Brian Pagenkopf and Julie Le Engers
Increased yields and simplified purification with a second-generation cobalt catalyst for the oxidative formation of trans-THF rings., Cory Palmer, Nicholas A Morra, Andrew C Stevens, Barbora Bajtos, Ben P Machin, and Brian L Pagenkopf
Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry with Top-Down Electron Capture Dissociation for Characterizing Structural Transitions of a 17 kDa Protein, Jingxi Pan, Jun Han, Christoph H. Borchers, and Lars Konermann
Solution-Phase Chelators for Suppressing Nonspecific Protein−Metal Interactions in Electrospray Mass Spectrometry, Jingxi Pan, Kun Xu, Xiaoda Yang, Wing-Yiu Choy, and Lars Konermann
Mapping the Structure of an Integral Membrane Protein under Semi-Denaturing Conditions by Laser-Induced Oxidative Labeling and Mass Spectrometry, Yan Pan, Leonid Brown, and Lars Konermann
Structural Characterization of an Integral Membrane Protein in Its Natural Lipid Environment by Oxidative Methionine Labeling and Mass Spectrometry, Yan Pan, Bradley B. Stocks, Leonid Brown, and Lars Konermann
Peptide Nucleic Acid Containing a Meta-Substituted Phenylpyrrolocytosine Exhibits a Fluorescence Response and Increased Binding Affinity toward RNA, Filip Wojciechowski and Robert H. E. Hudson
Submissions from 2008
The Lady Hudson Project, P. Beauchesne, Ian Colquhoun, A. Cross, Fred Longstaffe, L. Marciano, Jessica Metcalfe, Andrew J. Nelson, A. Pawlowski, S. Wheeler, Christine D. White, and L. Williams
Frontiers in Assessing the Role of Chemical Speciation and Natural Attenuation on the Bioavailability of Contaminants in the Terrestrial Environment, A. R. Gerson, C. Anasasio, S. Crowe, D. Fowle, B. Guo, I. Kennedy, E. Lombi, P. S. Nico, M. A. Marcus, Ronald R. Martin, Steven J. Naftel, Andrew J. Nelson, D. Paktunc, J. A. Roberts, C. G. Weisener, and M. L. Werner
Silole based acetylenes as advanced π-conjugated systems for optoelectronic applications, Brian Pagenkopf and Mahmoud M. Abd Rabo Moustafa
Synthesis and first X-ray structures of cobalt(II) and cobalt(III) complexes bearing 2,4-dioxo-alkanoic acid dialkylamide ligands, Brian Pagenkopf, Jian Wang, Nicholas A. Morra, Hongda Zhao, Vincent Lynch, Robert McDonald, and John F. Reichwein
Submissions from 2007
C-2/c-3 annulation and C-2 alkylation of indoles with 2-alkoxycyclopropanoate esters., Barbora Bajtos, Ming Yu, Hongda Zhao, and Brian L Pagenkopf
Preliminary Investigation of Element Distribution in the Cementum Rings of Human Teeth Using Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy, Ronald R. Martin, A. Arnold, Andrew Nelson, and J. Francis
Metal Distributions in the Cementum Rings of Human Teeth: Possible Depositional Chronologies and Diagenesis, Ronald R. Martin, Steven J. Naftel, Andrew J. Nelson, A. B. Feilen, and A. Narvaez
Comparison of the Distributions of Bromine, Lead, and Zinc in Tooth and Bone from an Ancient Peruvian Burial Site by X-ray Fluorescence, Ronald R. Martin, Steven J. Naftel, Andrew J. Nelson, and William D. Sapp III
Total synthesis of (+/-)-goniomitine via a formal nitrile/donor-acceptor cyclopropane [3 + 2] cyclization., Christian L Morales and Brian L Pagenkopf
Reduction of Esters to Ethers Utilizing the Powerful Lewis Acid BF2OTf·OEt2, Brian Pagenkopf and Nicholas A. Morra
First total synthesis and structural reassignment of (-)-aplysiallene., Jian Wang and Brian L Pagenkopf
Submissions from 2006
Synthesis of Indolizines and Benzoindolizines by Annulation of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes with Electron-Deficient Pyridines and Quinolines, Nicholas A. Morra, Christian L. Morales, Barbora Bajtos, Xin Wang, Hyosook Jang, Jian Wang, and Brian Pagenkopf
Submissions from 2004
Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence and Trace Metals in the Cementum Rings of Human Teeth, Ronald R. Martin, Steven J. Naftel, Andrew J. Nelson, Andrea B. Feilen, and Alfredo Narvaez
Submissions from 2003
Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Hair from Archaeological Remains, I. M. Kempson, W. M. Skinner, P. K. Kirkbride, Andrew J. Nelson, and Ronald R. Martin