S. Bart Jones
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Telephone: 910-962-3211 Fax: (910)-962-3013 E-Mail: JONESS@UNCW.EDU
Education
Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry), 1983. West Virginia University, Morgantown
Dissertation: "Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Zirconocene Hydrides"
Research Advisor: Professor Jeffrey L. Petersen
B.S. (Chemistry), ACS Certified, 1975. Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Professional Experience
Professor, (7/2010 to present) – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina
Wilmington
Associate Professor, (8/92 to 7/2010) – Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North
Carolina Wilmington
Assistant Professor, (8/85 to 8/92) - Chemistry Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Postdoctoral Research Associate, (7/83 to 7/85) - Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University
Research Advisors: Professors Theodore Kuwana and Devon Meek
Undergraduate Research Assistant, (Summers, 1972, 1973, 1974)
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Research Advisors: Professors Royce Murray and J. N. Burnett
Research Project: DC polarography, cyclic voltammetry, and generation of radical anions to
study their reaction kinetics
Teaching Assistant, (9/75 to 5/79) - Chemistry Department, West Virginia University
Laboratory Assistant, (9/72 to 5/75) - Chemistry department, Davidson College
Professional Organizations
Phi Lambda Upsilon
American Chemical Society
Awards
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, West Virginia University, 1976
Runner-up to Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, West Virginia University, 1977, 1978, and 1979
Grants Awarded
Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant -"Chromatography Across the Curriculum" Received from NSF 7/15/96 Amount: $192,112, Principal Investigator: S. Bart Jones, (Co-PI: Ned
Martin)
“Identification of Nitrogen Sources Supporting Primary production; Present and Past: A
Biomarker Isotope Approach,” P. I. Craig Tobias, Bart Jones, Pam Seaton. CMS Pilot Grant, Jan.
2005, Awarded: $28,601
“Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer. Requestors: Pam Seaton, Joan Willey, Wade
Watanabe, Heather Koopman , CMS Pilot Instrument Grant, Jan. 2005, Awarded: $ 49,920.
Publications
1. R. M. Wightman, J. R. Cockrell, R. W. Murray, J. N. Burnett, and S.B. Jones, "Protonation Kinetics
and Mechanism for 1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone and Anthraquinone Anion Radicals in
Dimethylformamide Solvent", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 98, 2562-2570 (1976).
2. S. B. Jones and J. L. Petersen, "Preparation and Structural Characterization of Early Transition Metal
Hydrides. [(μ5-C5H4CH3)2ZrH(μ-H)]2, a Binuclear Zirconium Hydride Complex", Inorg. Chem., 20,
2889-2894 (1981).
3. S. B. Jones and J. L. Petersen, "Chemical Reactivity of [(μ5-C5H4CH3)2ZrH(μ-H)]2. EPR Evidence for
the Formation and Participation of Paramagnetic Zirconocene Hydride Complexes", J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 105, 5502-5503 (1983).
4. S. B. Jones and J. L. Petersen, "Reactivity of Substituted Acetylenes with[(μ5-C5H4CH3)2ZrH(μ-H)]2.
Observation of Zirconacyclopentadiene Formation and Acetylene Hydrogenation", Organometallics,
4, 966-971 (l985).
5. C. S. Bajgur, S. B. Jones, and J. L. Petersen, "Thermolysis, Photolysis, and Deuterium Exchange
Studies of Dinuclear Zirconocene Hydride Complexes", Organometallics, 4, 1929-1936 (1985).
6. J. M. Dreyfors, S. B. Jones, and Y. Sayed, "Hexamethylenetetramine: A Review", Am. Ind. Hyg.
Assoc. J., 50, 579-585 (1989).
7. J. R. Merritt, L. Herington, S. B. Jones, and Y. Sayed, "Analysis of Hexamine Combustion", Am.
Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J., 52, 30-33 (1991).
8. Robert J. Keiber and S. Bart Jones, "An Undergraduate Laboratory for the Determination of Sodium,
Potassium, and Chloride", J. Chem. Ed., 71, A218-A222 (1994).
9. S. Bart Jones*, Christopher M. Terry, Tedd E. Lister, and David C. Johnson, “Determination of
Sub Micromolar Concentrations of Formaldehyde by Liquid Chromatography”, Anal. Chem., 71,
4030-4033, 1999.
10. J. M. Harrington, S. B. Jones, P. H. White, and R. D. Hancock, “The Possible Role of Relativistic
Effects in the Plasticity of the Coordination Geometry of Cadmium(II). A Voltammetric study of the
Stability of the Complexes of Cadmium(II) with 12-crown-4, 15-crown-5 and 18-crown-6 in Aqueous
Solution, and the Structures of [Cd(benzo-18- crown-6)(NCS)2] and [K(18-crown-6)] [Cd(SCN)3]”,
Inorg. Chem., 43, 4456-4463 (2004).
11. Salter, Michael H., Jr.; Reibenspies, Joseph H.; Jones, S. Bart; Hancock, Robert D. Lewis Acid
Properties of Zinc(II) in Its Cyclen Complex. The Structure of [Zn(Cyclen)(S:C(NH2)2)](ClO4)2 and
the Bonding of Thiourea to Metal Ions. Some Implications for Zinc Metalloenzymes. Inorganic
Chemistry (2005), 44(8), 2791-2797.
12. Clapp, Laura A.; Siddons, Chynthia J.; Whitehead, Jason R.; VanDerveer, Donald G.; Rogers,
Robin D.; Griffin, Scott T.; Jones, S. Bart; Hancock, Robert D. Factors Controlling Metal-Ion
Selectivity in the Binding Sites of Calcium-Binding Proteins. The Metal-Binding Properties of Amide
Donors. A Crystallographic and Thermodynamic Study. Inorganic Chemistry (2005), 44(23), 84958502.
13. Gan, Wei; Jones, S. Bart; Reibenspies, Joseph H.; Hancock, Robert D. A fluorescent ligand
rationally designed to be selective for zinc(II) over larger metal ions. The structures of the zinc(II) and
cadmium(II) complexes of N,N-bis(2-quinolinylmethyl)-2-(2-aminoethyl)pyridine. Inorganica
Chimica Acta (2005), 358(13), 3958-3966.
14. Harrington, James M.; Jones, S. Bart; Hancock, Robert D. Determination of formation constants for
complexes of very high stability: log 4 for the [Pd(CN)4]2- ion. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2005),
358(15), 4473-4480.
15. Clapp, Laura A.; Siddons, Chynthia J.; VanDerveer, Donald G.; Reibenspies, Joseph H.; Jones, S.
Bart; Hancock, Robert D. The amide oxygen donor. Metal ion coordinating properties of the ligand
nitrilotriacetamide. A thermodynamic and crystallographic study. Dalton Transactions (2006), (16),
2001-2007.
16. Harrington, James M.; Oscarson, Karen A.; Jones, S. Bart; Bartolotti, Libero J.; and Hancock,
Robert D. “The Affinity of Indium(III) for Nitrogen-donor Ligands in Aqueous Solution. A Study of
the Complexing of Indium(III) with Polyamines by Differential Pulse Voltammetry, Density
Functional Theory, and Crystallography”, Z. Naturforsch. B, Vol. 62, p 386-396 (2007).
17. Hancock, Robert D.; Melton, Darren L.; Harrington, James M.; McDonald, F. Crisp; Gephart,
Raymond T.; Boone, Lindsay L.; Jones, S. Bart; Dean, Nolan E.; Whitehead, Jason R.; and
Cockrell, Gregory M. “Metal Ion Complexing Properties of Highly Preorganized Non-Macrocyclic
Ligands”, Coord. Chem. Rev., 251, 1678-1689 (2007).
18. Harrington, James M.; Jones, S. Bart; VanDerveer, Donald J.; Bartolotti, Libero J.; Hancock, Robert
D. “Structural, molecular mechanics, and DFT study of cadmium(II) in its crown ether complexes
with axially coordinated ligands, and of the binding of thiocyanate to cadmium(II)”, Inorganica
Chimica Acta, 362(4), 1122-1128 (2009).
Masters Theses
1. Magolan, Kathleen “Analysis of Methanol, Ethanol, and Propanol in Aqueous Environmental
Matrices”, 2005.
2. Ballew, Nicholas D. “Development of a sensitive
15
N analysis for photopigments”, 2007.
3. Felix, Joseph David “Methanol, Formaldehyde, and Acetaldehyde in Rain; Development of a Method
to Determine 15N Concentrations in Aqueous Environmental Matrices”, 2008.
4.
Vázquez Rivera, Francheska Lin “Determination of Formation Constants of Highly Preorganized Low
Solubility Ligands with Metals Using Long Path Length UV-Vis Instrumentation”, 2012.
5. Tillman, Ryan “Kinetic Studies of Complex Formation of Highly Preorganized Pyridyl Based Ligands
with d8 Metal Ions”, 2012.
Presentations
1. S. B. Jones and J. L. Petersen, "The Stereochemistry and Chemical Reactivity of the Zirconium
Hydride Dimer, [( 5-C5H4CH3)2ZrH(u-H)]2", presented at the Twelfth Central Regional American
Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1980.
2. S. B. Jones and J. L. Petersen, "The Stereochemistry and Reactivity of the Zirconocene Hydride
Dimer, [( 5-C5H4CH3)2ZrH(u-H)]2", presented at the Joint Central and Great Lakes Regional (ACS)
Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, May l98l.
3. J. L. Petersen and S. Bart Jones, "Chemical Reactivity of the Binuclear Zirconocene Hydride, [( 5C5H4CH3)2ZrH(u-H)]2", presented at l85th National ACS Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 1983.
4. S. Bart Jones and J. L. Petersen, "Chemical Reactivity of the Binuclear Zirconocene Hydride, [( 5C5H4CH3)2ZrH(u-H)]2", presented at l5th Central Regional ACS Meeting, Miami, Ohio, May 1983.
5. S. B. Jones, B. Chandrasekhar, and J. L. Petersen, "EPR Studies of Paramagnetic Zirconocene
Hydride Complexes", presented at the 186th National ACS Meeting, Washington, D. C., August 1983.
6. S. B. Jones and J. R. Merritt, "Combustion of Hexamine", presented at the Collegiate Academy of
the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 31, 1989.
7. Chris Casieri, Pamela J. Seaton, S. Bart Jones, "GC-MS Analyses of Bioactive Marine Fatty Acids",
Eighth Annual Duke/UNC Oceanographic Symposium, Beaufort, NC, Nov. 21, 1992.
8. Chris Casieri, Pamela J. Seaton, S. Bart Jones, "GC-MS Analysis of Bioactive Fatty Acids", 44th
Southeastern-26th Middle Atlantic Joint Regional Meeting of the ACS, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 7, 1992.
9. Chris Casieri, Pamela J. Seaton, S. Bart Jones, "GC-MS Evaluation of Fatty Acids from the Marine
Diatom, Cylindrotheca", 90th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences,
Wilmington, NC, March 27, 1993.
10. S. B. Jones, C. M. Terry, D. C. Johnson, T. E. Lister, "Development of a High Performance Liquid
Chromatographic Method to Determine Formaldehyde", 50th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the
ACS, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Nov. 5, 1998.
11. S. Bart Jones, Christopher M. Terry, David C. Johnson, Tedd E. Lister, and Donna Gardner
"Determination of Submicromolar Concentrations of Formaldehyde by Liquid Chromatography”,
219th National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2000.
12. S. Bart Jones, " Teaching Chromatography using HPLC and GC from General Chemistry to
Graduation”, 219th National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2000.
13. S. Bart Jones, " HPLC and GC in Undergraduate Laboratories: Introduction of Chromatography
Across the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum”, 219th National Meeting of the ACS, San Francisco,
CA, March 27, 2000.
14. S. Bart Jones, Donna L. Gardner, and Jennifer Miller Jones, "Determination of Micromolar
Concentrations of Formaldehyde in the Presence of Bisulfite by Liquid Chromatography”, 53rd
Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS, Savannah, GA, September 26, 2001.
15. S. Bart Jones, Pamela J. Seaton “Teaching Chromatography Across the Undergraduate Chemistry
Curriculum. Part 1: Overview, and General and Organic Chemistry”, 53rd Southeastern Regional
Meeting of the ACS, Savannah, GA, September 26, 2001.
16. S. Bart Jones, Pamela J. Seaton, and Christopher J. Halkides “Teaching Chromatography Across the
Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum. Part 2: Overview, Advanced Organic, Analytical, and
Biochemistry”, 53rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS, Savannah, GA, September 26, 2001.
17. S. Bart Jones, James Harrington, Robert Hancock “Stability of complexes of lead and cadmium with
crown ethers, and the role of relativistic effects in the chemistry of group 12 ions” 55th Southeast
Regional Meeting of the ACS, Atlanta, GA, November 16-19, 2003.
18. Mike Salter, Ford McDonald, Robert Hancock, S. Bart Jones “The study of models for zinc(II)
metalloenzymes in aqueous solution”, 55th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, Atlanta, GA,
November 16-19, 2003.
19. Pamela Seaton, Wei Gan, Darren Melton, Robert Hancock, S. Bart Jones, Abhijit Mitra, “Design
and synthesis of fluorescent ligands to act as sensors for zinc”, 55th Southeast Regional Meeting of the
ACS, Atlanta, GA, November 16-19, 2003.
20. James M. Harrington, S. Bart Jones, Robert D. Hancock, “Investigation of Relativistic effects in the
formation of cadmium complexes”, 56th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, Research Triangle
Park, NC, November 10-13, 2004.
21. Robert D. Hancock, S. Bart Jones, James M. Harrington, “Relativistic effects in the structure and
stability of complexes of metal ions”, 56th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical
Society, Research Triangle Park, NC (2004).
22. S. Bart Jones, Kathleen M. Magolan, Robert J. Kieber, Pamela J. Seaton, “Analysis of Low
Molecular Weight Saturated Straight Chain Alcohols in Aqueous Environmental Matrices”, 56th
Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, RTP, NC, November 10-13, 2004.
23. Karen A. Oscarson, Robert D. Hancock, S. Bart Jones, “NMR and Voltammetric study of complexes
of Indium(III) in aqueous solution”, 56th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, RTP, NC,
November 10-13, 2004.
24. Laura A. Clapp, Robert D. Hancock, S. Bart Jones, “Models of Calcium binding sites in Calciumbinding Proteins such as Calmodulin and Annexin”, 56th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS,
Research Triangle Park, NC (2004).
25. Kelly E. Tice, S. Bart Jones, Robert D. Hancock, “Study of Binding of Copper(I) to Sulfur-Donor
Ligands and Its Implications for Biology”, 56th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, Research
Triangle Park, NC, November 10-13, 2004.
26. Jason R. Whitehead, Robert D. Hancock, S. Bart Jones, “Molecular modeling of the binding sites of
Calcium-selective proteins, and chemistry of a model complex of the binding site”, 56th Southeast
Regional Meeting of theACS, Research Triangle Park, NC, November 10-13, 2004.
27. F. Crisp McDonald, Robert D. Hancock, S. Bart Jones, “Lewis Acid Properties of Zinc(II)
Metalloenzyme Models”, 56th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society,
Research Triangle Park, NC (2004).
28. Whitehead, Jason R.; Hancock, Robert D.; Jones, S. Bart, “Study of Ca-Selectivity: Molecular
Modeling of Ca-Selective Protein Binding Sites and Chemistry of a Model Complex of a Ca-Selective
Binding Site”, 57th Southeast/61st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical
Society, Memphis, TN (2005)
29. Hancock, Robert D.; Clapp, Laura A.; Tice, Kelly E.; Siddons, Chynthia J.; Jones, S. Bart;
Whitehead, Jason R. “Role of amide donors in selective binding of Calcium in Ca-binding
proteins”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA (2005).
30. Jones, S. Bart; Magolan, Kathleen M.; Roth, Martha M.; Kieber, Robert J.; Seaton, Pamela J.
“Development of a Method to Analyze Methanol, Ethanol, and Propanol in Aqueous Environmental
Samples”, 57th Southeast/61st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society,
Memphis, TN (2005).
31. Roth, Martha M.; Jones, S. Bart; Magolan, Kathleen M.; Kieber, Robert J.; Seaton, Pamela J.
“Analysis of Methanol, Ethanol, and Propanol in Aqueous Environmental Matrices”, 57th
Southeast/61st Southwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Memphis, TN
(2005).
32. Roth, Martha M.; Jones, S. Bart; Magolan, Kathleen M.; Kieber, Robert J.; Seaton, Pamela J.
“Determination of temporal and storm origin variability in methanol concentration in rain
samples”, 58th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Augusta, GA, (2006).
33. Anhorn, Michael J.; Hancock, Robert D.; Jones, S. Bart. “Factors controlling the metal ion
selectivity of terpyridine and other pyridyl-donor ligands”, 58th Southeast Regional Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Augusta, GA (2006).
34. S. Bart Jones, Kathleen Magolan, David Felix, Robert J. Kieber, Pamela J. Seaton, Dan Sheps,
Lannette Marrett, “Development and Application of a Method for Trace Analysis of Methanol in
Aqueous Environmental Matrices”, Twenty-second Annual Duke/UNC Oceanographic Symposium,
Beaufort, NC, Nov. 22, 2008.