TULANE
TULANE UNIVERSITY
6400 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
TEL: (504) 865-5573
FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: www.tulane.edu/~chemistry
Email: brent@tulane.edu
Department of Chemistry
Brent D. Koplitz, Chair.
Mark Sulkes, Associate Chair.
Degrees Offered: B.S, M.S, Ph.D.
Fields of Specialization: Biochemistry, Inorganic,
Organic, Physical.
Interdisciplinary Program: Chemical Physics; Physics Department, Tulane University. Chemical Engineering; School of Engineering, Tulane University.
BURIN, ALEXANDER (b.1963) Assistant Professor.
M.Sc, 1986, Moscow Instit. for Physics and Eng; Ph.D,
1989, Moscow Instit. for Physics and Eng. Research Associate, 1989-1996, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow; Alfred
Toepfer Fellow, 1995-1996, Technische Universitat,
Munchen, Germany; Postdoctoral Res. Associate, 19972002, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill; Research Associate, 2002-2003, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL.
Chemical Physics; Theoretical Chemistry. Theoretical
analysis of charge transfer reaction affected by interaction with the medium: Solvent effects on the charge migration in bio-molecules. Collective emergent phenomena in complex random materials involving glasses and
doped semiconductors. TEL: (504) 862-3574 FAX:
(504) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu
Email: aburin@tulane.edu
D. Balamurugan, F. D. Lewis and A. L. Burin, Circular dichroism spectra of DNA hairpins studied by the Green function method, J. Phys. Chem, 111, 3982-3989 (2007).
S. Chatterjee, B. Gersten, S. Thakur and A. L. Burin, Molecular dynamics simulations of a single stranded (ss) DNA,
molecular simulation, Molecular Simulation, 33, 573-576
(2007).
S. Chatterjee, B. Gersten, S. Thakur and A. L. Burin, Molecular dynamics simulations of a single stranded (ss) DNA,
molecular simulation, Molecular Simulation, 33, 573-576
(2007).
G. S. Blaustein, M. I. Gozman, O. Samoylova, I. Y. Polishchuk and A. L. Burin, Guiding optical modes in chains of
dielectric particles, Opt. Express, 15, 17380-17391 (2007).
Y. V. Sereda, A. L. Burin and I. Y. Polishchuk, Resonant
susceptibility of glasses in magnetic field, Phys. Rev. B, 75,
024207 (2007).
Y. Berlin, A. L. Burin, J. Friedrich and J. Köhler, Spectroscopy of proteins at low temperature. Part I: Experiments with
molecular ensembles, Physics of LIfe Reviews, 3, 262-292
(2007).
Y. Berlin, A. L. Burin, J. Friedrich and J. Köhler, Spectroscopy of proteins at low temperature. Part 2: Experiments
with single protein complexes, Physics of Life Reviews, 4,
64-89 (2007).
Michael Gozman, Ilya Polishchuk and Alexander Burin,
Features of propagation of light in the linear array of dielectric spheres, arXiv.org, e-Print Arch., Condens. Matter, 1-4
(2008).
A. L. Burin, B. I. Shklovskii, V. I. Kozub, Y. M. Galperin
and V. Vinokur, Many electron theory of l/f noise in hopping
conductivity, Invited Article, Phys. Stat. Sol, 5, 800-808
(2008).
A. L. Burin, V. I. Kozub, Y. M. Galperin and V. Vinokur,
Slow relaxation of conductance of amorphous hopping insulators, J. Phys., Conden. Matter, 20, 244135 (2008).
A. L. Burin and D. B. Uskov, Strong localization of positive charge in DNA induced by its interaction with environment, Journal of Chemical Physics, 129, 025101 (2008).
A. L. Burin, J. A. Dickman, D. B. Uskov, C. F. F. Hebbard
and G. C. Schatz, Optical absorption spectra and monomer
interaction in polymers: Investigation of exciton coupling in
DNA hairpins, Journal of Chemical Physics, 129, 091102
(2008).
D. B. Uskov and A. L. Burin, Strong localization of positive charge in DNA from a charge-balance theory, Physical
Review B, 78, 073106 (2008).
I. S. Tupitsyn, P. C. E. Stamp and A. L. Burin, Stability of
Bose-Einstein condensates of hot magnons in yttrium iron
garnet films, Physical Review Letters, 100, 257202 (2008).
Michael Gozman, Ilya Polishchuk and Alexander Burin,
Light propagation in linear arrays of spherical particles,
Physics Letter A, 372, 5250-5253 (2008).
Yuri Sereda, Interaction of tunneling systems. (D)
BYERS, LARRY DOUGLAS (b.1947) Professor.
B.S, 1968, U.C.L.A; M.S, 1970, Princeton University;
Ph.D, 1972, Princeton University. NIH Postdoctoral Fel-
lowship, 1972-1975, University of California, Berkeley.
Bioorganic Chemistry; Enzymology. Chemical mechanisms of enzyme action and regulation. TEL: (504) 8623578 FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu/fac_byers.html
Email: byers@tulane.edu
Hong Shen and Larry D. Byers, Thioglucoside hydrolysis
catalyzed by ß-glucosidase, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun, 362, 717-720 (2007).
Erin M. Bowers, Lindsey O. Ragland and Larry D. Byers,
Salt effects on ß-glucosidase: pH-profile narrowing, Biochim.
Biophys. Acta, 1774, 1500-1507 (2007).
Heng Shen, Enzymatic degradation of cellulose. (M)
Emily B. Golden, Characterization of the mechanism of
sweet almond ß-glucosidase and a novel assay for hydrolysis
of glucono-1,5-lactone. (D)
Hong Shen, Cleavage of o/s-glucosides by glycoprotein ßglucosidase. (D)
DONAHUE, JAMES P. (b.1968) Assistant Professor.
B.S, 1991, M.I.T; M.A, 1995, Harvard University; Ph.D,
1998, Harvard University. Postdoctoral Fellow, 19992004, Texas A&M University. Bioinorganic Chemistry;
Inorganic Chemistry. A major research interest concerns
the synthesis and properties of metallodithiolene complexes, including dimetallic and trimetallic species.
Tungsten-mediated reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, including efforts to drive this process
electrolytically, is another area of focus. In the bioinorganic area is a project involving synthesis of an analogue
of the molybdenum-copper CODH active site. TEL:
(504) 862-3562 FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu/JD-Group.html
Email: donahue@tulane.edu
Kuppuswamy Arumugam, James E. Bollinger, Mark Fink
and James P. Donahue, Preparation and Isolation of Dithiolene Thiophosphoryl Molecules as Stable, Protected Forms of
Dithiolene Ligands, Inorg. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.),
46, 3283-3288 (2007).
Rongmin Yu, Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Ashok Manepalli,
Yvon Tran, Russell Schmehl, Heiko Jacobsen and James P.
Donahue, Reversible, Electrochemically Controlled Binding
of Phosphine to Iron and Cobalt Bis(dithiolene) Complexes,
Inorg. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.), 46, 5131-5133
(2007).
Yuhua Zhang, James P. Donahue and Chao-Jun Li, Gold
(III)-Catalyzed Double Hydroamination of o-Alkynylaniline
with Terminal Alkynes Leading to N-Vinylindoles, Org.
Lett, 9, 627-630 (2007).
James P. Donahue and Carlos A. Murillo, An unusual trigonal D3 assembly composed of molybdate anions and multiply bonded dimolybdenum units, Dalton Trans, 1547-1551
(2008).
Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Rongmin Yu, Dino Villagran,
Thomas G. Gray, Joel T. Mague and James P. Donahue, A
Convergent Approach to the Synthesis of Multimetallic Dithiolene Complexes, Inorg. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.),
47, 5570-5572 (2008).
Heoko Jacobsen and James P. Donahue, Computational
study of iron bis(dithiolene) complexes: Redox non-innocent
ligands and antiferromagnetic coupling, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 10037-10045 (2008).
ENSLEY, HARRY EUGENE (b.1945) Associate
Professor. B.S, 1970, Vanderbilt University; Ph.D, 1976,
Harvard University. Carbohydrate Chemistry; Organic
Chemistry. Synthesis of natural products, synthetic methods, and carbohydrate chemistry. TEL: (504) 862-8136
FAX: (504) 862-8949
Web: chem.tulane.edu
Email: hensley@tulane.edu
Elizabeth L. Adams, Peter J. Rice, Briget Graves, Harry E.
Ensley, Hai Yu, Gordon D. Brown, Siamon Gordon Monteiro, Mario A. ; Papp-Szabo, Erzsebet; Lowman, Douglas W. ;
Power, Trevor D. ; Wempe, Michael F. ; Williams and L.
David, Differential high-affinity interaction of dectin-1 with
natural or synthetic glucans is dependent upon primary structure and is influenced by polymer chain length and side-chain
branching, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 325, 115-123 (2008).
Huiqing Li, Synthesis of ß-(1 씮 3)-D-glucan building
blocks and a pentasaccharide derivative. (M)
Kai-For Mo, Synthesis of a small library of linear and
branched ␤-(1 씮 3)-D-glucans; octasaccharide to hexadecasaccharide. (D)
FINK, MARK J. (b.1957) Professor. B.S, 1978,
Brown University; Ph.D, 1983, University of WisconsinMadison. Nanochemistry; Organometallic Chemistry.
Organosilicon reactive intermediates; main group
photochemistry; transition metal-silicon compounds; catalysis; nanochemistry. TEL: (504) 862-3568 FAX:
(504) 865-5596
Web: chemistry.las.tulane.edu/fac_fink.html
Email: fink@tulane.edu
Andrew S. Heintz, Mark J. Fink and Brian S. Mitchell,
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Mechanochemical synthesis of blue luminescent alkyl/alkenyl-passivated silicon nanoparticles, Adv. Mater. (Weinheim,
Ger.), 19, 3984-3988 (2007).
Heiko Jacobsen and Mark J. Fink, Dicoordinate copper(I)
chalcogenides—structure and bonding, Inorg. Chim. Acta,
360, 3511-3517 (2007).
K. Arumugam, J. E. Bollinger, M. J. Fink and J. P. Dohahue, Preparation and isolation of dithiolene thiophosphoryl
species as stable, protected forms of dithiolene ligands, Inorganic Chem, 46, 3283-3288 (2007).
J. T. Mague, L. Linhardt, I. Medina and M. J. Fink, 1-Bromo-2,4,6-tricyclohexylbenzene, Acta Cryst, E64, o335
(2008).
J. T. Mague, L. Linhardt, I. Medina, D. Sattler, J. and M. J.
Fink, Monoclinic form of 1,2,4,5-tetracyclohexylbenzene,
Acta. Cryst, E64, o375 (2008).
J. T. Mague, L. Linhardt, I. Medina, D. Sattler, J. and M. J.
Fink, Triclinic form of 1,2,4,5-tetracyclohexylbenzene, Acta.
Cryst, E64, o376 (2008).
Kothanda Rama Pichaandi, Synthesis of strained ring compounds: Precursors to disilyne via molecular beam method.
(D)
GRAYSON, SCOTT MICHAEL (b.1974) Assistant
Professor. B.Sc, 1996, Tulane University; B.A, 1996,
Tulane University; M.Phil, 1998, University of Bradford
(U.K.); Ph.D, 2002, UC Berkeley. Postdoctoral Research
Associate, 2002-2005, University of Texas at Austin.
Biomaterials; Polymer Science. Design, synthesis, and
characterization of polymer architectures for materials
and biomedical applications. The synthesis, physical
characterization, and supramolecular interactions of cyclic polymers, and their derivatives. Stimulus responsive
hyperbranched and hydrogel based materials for the controlled release of therapeutic agents. TEL: (504) 8628135 FAX: (505) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu/GraysonsGroup_000.html
Email: sgrayson@tulane.edu
Scott M. Grayson, Boyd A. Laurent and Dawanne M. Eugene, Cyclic styrenes as substrates for unimolecular micelles,
ACS Symp. Ser, 977, 37-50 (2008).
Marco D. Giles, Simin Liu, Roy L. Emanuel, Brice C.
Gibb and Scott M. Grayson, Dendronized supramolecular
nano-capsules: pH independent, water-soluble deep cavity
cavitands assemble via the hydrophobic effect, J. Am. Chem.
Soc, 130, 14430-14431 (2008).
Scott M. Grayson and W. T. Godbey, The role of macromolecular architecture in passively targeted polymer carriers
for drug and gene delivery, J. Drug Targeting, 15, 529-553
(2008).
Dawanne M. Eugene and Scott M. Grayson, Efficient preparation of cyclic poly(methylacrylate)-block-poly(styrene) by
combination of atom transfer radical polymerization and
click cyclization, Macromolecules, 41, 5082-5084 (2008).
Mallory A. Cortez and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis and
characterization of star oxazoline polymer structures, Polym.
Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 436-437 (2008).
Mallory A. Cortez and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis of 2hydroxyethyl acrylate-2-oxazoline block copolymers utilizing click chemistry, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 438-439
(2008).
Dawanne M. Eugene and Scott M. Grayson, Cyclization of
amphiphilic block copolymers, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98,
456-457 (2008).
Dawanne M. Eugene and Scott M. Grayson, Cyclization of
amphiphilic block copolymers, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98,
456-457 (2008).
Dawanne M. Eugene, Marco D. Giles and Scott M. Grayson, Encapsulation of polar dye within dendritic star block
copolymers, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 458-459 (2008).
Dawanne M. Eugene, Marco D. Giles and Scott M. Grayson, Encapsulation of polar dye within dendritic star block
copolymers, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 458-459 (2008).
Marco D. Giles and Scott M. Grayson, Divergent polyester
dendronization of cavitands to tune host solubility, Polym.
Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 466 (2008).
Marco D. Giles and Scott M. Grayson, Divergent polyester
dendronization of cavitands to tune host solubility, Polym.
Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 466 (2008).
Marco D. Giles, Dawanne M. Eugene and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis of polyester based dendrimers as precursors
for amphiphilic star block copolymers, Polym. Mater. Sci.
Eng, 98, 467-468 (2008).
Marco D. Giles, dawanne M. Eugene and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis of polyester based dendrimers as precursors
for amphiphilic star block copolymers, Polym. Mater. Sci.
Eng, 98, 467-468 (2008).
Jessica N. Hoskins and Scott M. Grayson, End group analysis of poly(caprolactone) by MALDI-TOF MS, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 478-479 (2008).
Jessica N. Hoskins and Scott M. Grayson, End group analysis of poly(⑀-caprolactone) by MALDI-TOF MS, Polym.
Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 478-479 (2008).
Jessica N. Hoskins and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis of
cyclic poly(caprolactone), Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 480481 (2008).
Jessica N. Hoskins and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis of
cyclic poly(⑀-caprolactone), Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 480481 (2008).
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Boyd A. Laurent and Scott M. Grayson, Synthesis of linear
and cyclic amphiphilic homopolymers as unimolecular invertible micelles, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 502-503
(2008).
Yejia Li, Marco D. Giles and Scott M. Grayson, Assembly
of star polymers by clicking linear polymers to poly(alkynated) dendrimers, Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng, 98, 509-510 (2008).
Scott M. Grayson, Boyd A. Laurent, Dawanne M. Eugene,
Jessica N. Hoskins, Jeremy and Kaitlin A. Willham, Exploration of cyclic polymer architectures using click chemistry,
Polym. Prepr, 51, 174 (2008).
Boyd A. Laurent and Scott M. Grayson, Water-soluble
cyclic dendronized polymers via a divergent “graft from” approach for guest encapsulation, Polym. Prepr, 51, 287-288
(2008).
Kaitlin A. Willham, Boyd A. Laurent and Scott M. Grayson, The synthesis of a pH-independent bifurcated amphiphile, Tetrahedron Lett, 49, 2091-2094 (2008).
HERMAN, MICHAEL FREDERICK (b.1953) Professorl. B.A, 1975, Canisius College; Ph.D, 1980, University of Chicago. NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1979,
Columbia University. Chemical Physics; Theoretical
Chemistry. Statistical mechanics of condensed phases;
application of semiclassical scattering techniques to nonadiabatic collision processes. TEL: (504) 862-3582
FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu
Email: mherman@tulane.edu
M. F. Herman and A. Sergeev, Using an r-dependent Gaussian width in calculations of the globally uniform semiclassical wave function, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 126,
034104 (2007).
Y. Wu and M. F. Herman, On the properties of a primitive
semiclassical surface hopping propagator for nonadiabatic
quantum dynamics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 127,
044109 (2007).
M. F. Herman and F. Ding, On the importance of the classically forbidden region in the calculations of the relaxation
rate for high frequency vibrations: A model calculation, The
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111, 10186-10190 (2007).
Xun Huang and M. F. Herman, Numerical studies concerning the efficiency of various techniques in time-independent
surface hopping calculations, Chemical Physics, 353, 139144 (2008).
M. F. Herman, Higher order phase corrected transition amplitudes for time dependent semiclassical surface hopping
calculations, Chemical Physics, 351, 51-56 (2008).
M. F. Herman and Y. Wu, An analysis through order h-2 of
a surface hopping expansion of the nonadiabatic wave function, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, 114105 (2008).
M. F. Herman, Semiclassical nonadiabatic surface hopping
wave function expansion at low energies: Hops in the forbidden region, the Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, 1596615972 (2008).
Xun Huang, Numerical studies concerning the efficiency
of various techniques in time-independent surface hopping
calculations. (M)
JAYAWICKRAMARAJAH,
JANARTHANAN
(b.1977) Assistant Professor. B.S, 2000, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D, 2005, University of
Texas at Austin. Postdoctoral Associate, 2005-2007,
Yale University. Organic Chemistry; Supramolecular
Chemistry. I have worked on (a) the synthesis, self-assembly, and characterization of nucleic acids and oligonucleotides, (b) DNA-tethered small molecules that bind
and inhibit proteins, (c) the supramolecular chemistry of
fullerene and porphyrin arrays. TEL: (504) 862-3580
FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: chemistry.las.tulane.edu/JanansGroup.html
Email: jananj@tulane.edu
Jonathan L. Sessler, Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Andreas Goulomis, Tomas Torres, Dirk M. Guldi, Steven Maldonado and Keith J. Stevenson, Synthesis and photophysics
of a porphyrin-fullerene dyad assembled through WatsonCrick hydrogen bonding, Chem. Comm, 14, 1892-1894
(2005).
Jonathan L. Sessler and Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah,
Functionalized base-pairs: Versatile scaffolds for self-assembly, Chem. Comm, 15, 1939-1949 (2005).
Jonathan L. Sessler, Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Andreas Gouloumis, G. Dan Pantos, Tomas Torres and Dirk M.
Guldi, Guanosine and fullerene derived de-aggregation of a
new phthalocyanine-linked cytidine derivative, Tetrahedron,
62, 2123-2131 (2006).
Debarati M. Tagore, K. Ingrid Sprinz, Steven Fletcher,
Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah and Andrew D. Hamilton,
Protein recognition and denaturation by self-assembling fragments on a DNA quadruplex scaffold, Angew. Chem., Int.
Ed, 46, 223-225 (2007).
Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Debarati M. Tagore, Lun
K. Tsou and Andrew D. Hamilton, Allosteric control of selfassembly: modulating the formation of guanine quadruplexes
through orthogonal aromatic interactions, Angew. Chem., Int.
Ed, 46, 7583-7586 (2007).
Tomas Torres, Andreas Gouloumis, David Sanchez-Garcia, Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Wolfgang Seitz, Dirk
M. Guldi and Jonathan L. Sessler, Photophysical characterization of a cytidine-guanosine tethered phthalocyanine-fullerene dyad, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 292-294
(2007).
Jonathan L. Sessler, Candace M. Lawrence and Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Molecular recognition via base-pairing, Chem. Soc. Rev, 36, 314-325 (2007).
Sarah E. Pierce, Courtney L. Sherman, Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Candace M. Lawrence, Jonathan L. Sessler and
Jennifer S. Brodbelt, ESI-MS characterization of a novel pyrrole-inosine nucleoside that interacts with guanine bases,
Anal. Chim. Acta, 627, 129-135 (2008).
D. Calvin Harris, Xiaozhu Chu and Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, DNA-Small Molecule Chimera with Responsive
Protein-Binding Ability, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 130, 1495014951 (2008).
KOPLITZ, BRENT DOUGLAS (b.1958) Professor.
B.A, 1980, Willamette University; M.A, 1983, Princeton
University; Ph.D, 1985, Princeton University. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1985-1988, University of
Southern California (U.S.C.). Chemical Physics; Physical Chemistry. Molecular dynamics; photodissociation;
Doppler spectroscopy; photoionization; laser-induced
metalorganic photochemistry; site-specific chemistry; laser ablation and pulsed laser deposition. TEL: (504) 8655573 FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu
Email: brent@tulane.edu
John J. Cahill, Valentin G. Panayotov, Kenneth A. Cowen,
Ernest Harris, Lynn V. Koplitz, Kurt Birdwhistell and Brent
Koplitz, Development of a method for investigating carbon
removal processes during photoassisted film growth using organometallic precursors: Application to platinum, Journal of
Vacuum Science and Technology A, 25, 104-9 (2007).
Abdalla Darwish, Brent Koplitz, Nicholai Kukhtarev,
Xiaodong Zhang, Robert Combs, Hadi Elhkaby, Ahmed
Darwish, Khadijah Ransom and Bryan Conyer, Nonlinear
optical and electronic properties of SiC/PMMA/Ge/Fe waveguide for device applications, SPIE Proceedings, 6698,
66980A (2007).
A. Narayan, Laser assisted formation of carbon toroids and
carbon tubular constructs. (D)
L. Pringle, Cl, H, and D photofragment studies. (D)
R. Combs, Laser pulse duration and electric field effects in
the pulsed laser deposition of titanium carbide. (D)
LI, CHAO-JUN—See Chemistry Section, McGill University, Department of Chemistry.
MAGUE, JOEL TABOR (b.1940) Professor. B.A,
1961, Amherst College; Ph.D, 1965, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 19651966, London University, Imperial College, London, England. Crystallography; Inorganic Chemistry. Polynuclear, ligand-stabilized complexes of the platinum metals. Activation of small molecules by metal complexes of
Group V ligands. Homogeneous catalysis. X-ray crystallography. TEL: (504) 862-3585 FAX: (504) 865-5596
Web: chem.tulane.edu
Email: joelt@tulane.edu
Joel Mague, Douglas H. Pool and Mark J. Fink, cis-Dichlorido[bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)methane-␬ 2P,P’]palladium(II) dichloromethane solvate, Acta Crtstallographica,
Sect. E: Structure Reports Online, E63, m3083, m3083/1m3083/9 (2007).
Joel T. Mague, Benudhar Punji, Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, O-2-Naphthyl diphenylthiophosphinate, Acta Crtstallographica, Sect. E: Structure
Reports Online, E63, o4644, o4644/1-o4644/7 (2007).
Joel T. Mague, Benudhar Punji, Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, O-2-Naphthyl diphenylselenophosphinate, Acta Crtstallographica, Sect. E: Structure Reports Online, E63, o4645, o4645/1-o4645/7 (2007).
Joel T. Mague, Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Banidhar Punji
and Devarajan Suresh, Two crystalline modifications of 1,1’thiobis(2-naphthol), Acta Crystallographica, Section C:
Crystal Structure, C63, o487-o488 (2007).
Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Rashmishree Panda and Joel T.
Mague, Bis(acetylacetonato-␬ 2O,O’)[2,2’-methylenebis(4,6xylenolato)-␬ 2O,O’]titanium(IV), Acta Crystallographica,
Section E: Structure Reports Online, E63, m1815 (2007).
Joel T. Mague, Maravanji S. Balakrishna and Ramalingam
Venkateswaran, 9-Sila-9,9’-spirobixanthene, Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online, E63, o442904430, S04429/9 (2007).
Hidenon Murata, Joel T. Mague, Safo Aboaku, Naoki Yoshioka and Paul M. Lahti, An organic radical solid solution
with strong ferromagnetic exchange, Chemistry of Materials,
19, 4111-4113 (2007).
Yonghua Ling, Joel T. Mague and Angel E. Kaifer, Inclusion complexation of diquat and paraquat by the hosts cucurbit[7]uril and cucurbit[8]uril, Chemoistry—A European Journal, 13, 7908-7914 (2007).
P. Chandrasekaran, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, One-dimensional silver(I) coordination polymers
containing cyclodiphosphazane, cis-{(o-MeOC6H4O)P(␮ NtBu)}2, Dalton Transactions, 27, 2957-2962 (2007).
P. Chandrasekaran, Joel T. Mague, Ramalingam Venkateswaran and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Cyclodiphosphazane
cis-{(o-MeOC6H4O)P(␮-NtBu)}2 as a bridging bidentate ligand: Synthesis, structures of heterometallic complexes, and
halogen exchange between Rh-Cl and Cu-X (X = Br, I), Eur.
Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 31, 4988-4997 (2007).
Benudhar Punji, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Group 11 metal complexes of the mesocyclic thioether
aminophosphonites [-OC10H6(␮ -S)C10H6O-]PNC4H8E (E
= O, NMe), European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 5,
720-731 (2007).
Benudhar Punji, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Thioether-functionalized ferrocenyl-bis(phosphonite),
Fe{(C5H4)P(-OC10H6(␮-S)C10H6O-)}2: Synthesis, coordination behavior, and application in Suzuki-Miyaura crosscoupling reactions, Inorganic Chemiostry, 46, 10268-10275
(2007).
Benudhar Punji, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Highly air-stable anionic mononuclear and neutral binuclear palladium(II) complexes for C-C and C-N bondforming reactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 11316-11327
(2007).
Ramalingam Venkateswaran, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Ruthenium(II) complexes containing Bis(2(diphenylphosphino)phenyl) ether and their catalytic activity
in hydrogenation reactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 809817 (2007).
Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy, Maravanji S. Balakrishna,
Paulose P. George and Joel T. Mague, Di- and tetranuclear
copper(I) complexes containing phenylaminobis(phosphonite
), PhN{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2, and their reactivity toward bipyridyl ligands, Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 848-858 (2007).
Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji
S. Balakrishna, Synthesis and structural studies of RhI, PdI,
NiII complexes and one-pot synthesis of binuclear RuII complex [(␮ 6-p-cymene)Ru(␮ 2-Cl)3Ru{PhN(P(OC6H4OMe-o)
2)2}Cl], Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 692, 34003408 (2007).
Maravanji S. Balakrishna and Joel T. Mague, Synthesis
and molecular structure of 1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,4-bis(cyclopentadienyl)iron(II) 1,3,2,4-diazadiphosphetidine, [Fe(␩ 5C5H4)2(PNtBu)2], Organometallics, 26, 4677-4679 (2007).
P. Chandrasekaran, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Methylene insertion into the exocyclic P-N bonds
of bis(amido)cyclodiphosphazane, cis-[tBu(H)NP(␮ -tBuN)]
2, Phosphorus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 5227-5229 (2007).
P. Chandrasekaran, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Synthesis and characterization of RuII/AuI, PdII/
AuI, PdII/2AuI, PtII/2AuI and CuI/2AuI heterometallic complexes of cyclodiphosphazane cis-{(o-MeOC6H4O)P(␮ NtBu)}2, Polyhedron, 27, 80-86 (2007).
Sasmita Mohanty, D. Suresh, Maravanji S. Balakrishna
and Joel T. Mague, An inexpensive and highly stable ligand
1,4-bis(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl)piperazine for Mizoroki-Heck and room temperature Suzuki-Miyaura crosscoupling reactions, Tetrahedron, 64, 240-247 (2007).
Devarajan Suresh, Maravanji S and Joel T. Mague, Monoand di-substituted urea derivatives of cyclodiphosphazane:
[ClP(␮ -NtBu)2PN(Me)CON(H)Me] and [Me(H)NCON(Me)
P(␮ -NtBu)]2, Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 2283-2285 (2007).
Joel T. Mague, Lisa Linhardt, lliana Medina and Mark J.
Fink, 1-Bromo-2,4,6-tricyclohexylbenzene, Acta Crtstallographica, Sect. E: Structure Reports Online, E64, o335,
o335/1-o335/8 (2008).
Joel T. Mague, Lisa Linhardt, lliana Medina, Daniel J.
Sattler and Mark J. Fink, Monoclinic form of 1,2,4,5-tetracyclohexylbenzene, Acta Crtstallographica, Sect. E: Structure
Reports Online, E64, o375, 0375/1-o375/7 (2008).
Joel T. Mague, Lisa Linhardt, lliana Medina, Daniel J.
Sattler and Mark J. Fink, Triclinic form of 1,2,4,5-tetracyclohexylbenzene, Acta Crtstallographica, Sect. E: Structure Reports Online, E64, o376, 0376/1-o376/7 (2008).
Lu Yang, Huisheng Peng, Kun Huang, Joel T. Mague,
Hexing Li and Yunfeng Lu, Hierarchical assembly of organic/inorganic building molecules with ␲—␲ interactions, Advanced Functional Materials, 18, 1526-1535 (2008).
Lu Cui, Suresh Gadde, Atindra D. Shukla, Hao Sun, Joel
T. Mague and Angel E. Kaifer, Dimerization of aromatic ureido pyrimidinedione derivatives: Observation of an unexpected tautomer in the solid state, Chem. Communications, 12,
1446-1448 (2008).
D. Suresh, Maravanji S. Balakrishna, Krishnan Rathinasamy, Dulal Panda, Dulal and Joel T. Mague, Large-bite bis
(phosphite) ligand containing mesocyclic thioether moieties:
Synthesis, reactivity, group 11 (CuI, AuI) metal complexes
and anticancer activity studies on a human cervical cancer
(HeLa) cell line, Dalton Transactions, 17, 2285-2292 (2008).
D. Suresh, Maravanji S. Balakrishna, S. Maravanji and
Joel T. Mague, Novel octanuclear copper(I) metallomacrocycles and their transformation into hexanuclear 2-dimensional
grids of copper(I) coordination polymers containing cyclodiphosphazanes, [(␮ -NtBuP)2(NC4H8X)2] (X = NMe, O),
Dalton Transactions, 25, 3272-3274 (2008).
Kuppuswamy Arumugam, Rongmin Yu, Dino Villagran,
Thomas G. Gray, Joel T. Mague and James P. Donahue, A
convergent approach to the synthesis of multimetallic dithiolene complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 5570-5572 (2008).
Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy, Maravanji S. Balakrishna,
Joel T. Mague and Heikki M. Tuononen, New tetraphosphane ligands {X2P)2NC6H4N(PX2)2} (X = Cl, F,
TULANE
OMe, OC6H4OMe-o): Synthesis, derivatization, group 10
and 11 metal complexes and catalytic investigations. DFT
calculations on intermolecular P—P interactions in halophosphines, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 7035-7047 (2008).
Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy, Maravanji S. Balakrishna,
Joel T. Mague and Heikki M. Tuononen, Bi-, tetra-, and hexanuclear AuI and binuclear AgI complexes and AgI coordination polymers containing phenylaminobis(phosphonite),
PhN{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2, and pyridyl ligands, Phosphorous Lab, Inorganic Chemistry, 47-7, 2764-2776 (2008).
Chelladurai Ganesamoorthy, Joel T. Mague and Maravanji
S. Balakrishna, Tris(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phosphane, P
(NC4H8NMe)3: Synthesis, structural studies, group 10 and
11 metal complexes and catalytic investigations, S European
Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 596-604 (2008).
MCPHERSON, GARY LELAND (b.1943) Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Science and Engineering. B.S, 1965, University of Arizona; M.S, 1967, University of Illinois; Ph.D, 1969, University of Illinois. Environmental Chemistry; Nanochemistry. Spectroscopic
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V. John, Surfactant templating effects on the encapsulation
of iron oxide nanoparticles within silica microspheres, Langmuir, 23, 5143 (2007).
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cheracteristics of nanoscale functional zero-valent iron/silica
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imaging of a rigid surfactant mesophase, Langmuir, 24,
10621 (2008).
G. Tan, C. Ford, J. He, G. McPherson, A. Bose and V.
John, Surfactant solubilization and the direct encapsulation
of interfacially active phenols in mesoporous silicas, Langmuir, 24, 9286 (2008).
L. Liu. G. Tan, K. Maskos, G. McPherson and V. John,
High resolution NMR characterizations of surfactant crytstalline mesophases, Langmuir, 24, 9286 (2008).
PASCAL, ROBERT ANTHONY, JR. (b.1954) Professor. B.S, 1976, Louisiana State University; Ph.D,
1980, Rice University. NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 19811982, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Organic
Chemistry. Aromatic compounds of unusual structure;
organic electronic materials. TEL: (504) 862-3547 FAX:
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Q. Song, D. M. Ho and R. A. Pascal, Jr, The supertristeroids: Large, chiral, molecular bowls prepared by trimerization of pentacyclic steroidal ketones, J. Org. Chem, 72, 44494453 (2007).
R. A. Pascal, Jr., C. M. Kraml, N. Byrne and F. J. Coughlin, Computational and experimental studies of the conformational reactions of 1,3,5-Tris(pentaphenylphenyl)benzene,
Tetrahedron, 63, 11902-11910 (2007).
M. Kumar, S. Ramasesha, R. A. Pascal, Jr and Z. G. Soos,
Dimerization transition of alkali-TCNQ salts: Charge degrees
of freedom near the CDW boundary, Europhysics Letters, 83,
37001 (2008).
F. J. Coughlin, K. D. Oyler, R. A. Pascal, Jr and S. Bernhard, Determination of absolute configuration of chiral hemicage metal complexes using time-dependent density functional theory, Inorg. Chem, 47, 974-979 (2008).
C. Vavilala, N. Byrne, C. M. Kraml, D. M. Ho and R. A.
Pascal, Jr, Thermal C1-C5 diradical cyclization of enediynes,
J. Am. Chem. Soc, 130, 13549-13551 (2008).
R. S. Walters, C. M. Kraml, N. Byrne, D. M. Ho, Q. Qin,
F. J. Coughlin, S. Bernhard and R. A. Pascal, Jr, Configurationally stable longitudinally twisted polycyclic aromatic
compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 130, 16435-16441 (2008).
M. Lee, L. Viciu, L. Li, Y. Wang, M. L. Foo, S. Watauchi,
R. A. Pascal, Jr., R. J. Cava and N. P. Ong, Enhancement of
the thermopower in NaxCoO2 in the large-x regime (x = 0.75
), Physica B, 403, 1564-1568 (2008).
R. A. Pascal, Jr and Q. Qin, Conformational reactions of
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Sri Ram G. Naraharisetty, Dmitry V. Kurochkin and Igor
V. Rubtsov, C-D Modes as structural reporters via dual-frequency 2DIR spectroscopy, Chem. Phys. Lett, 437, 262-266
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Dmitry V. Kurochkin, Sri Ram G. Naraharisetty and Igor
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Dmitry V. Kurochkin, Sri Ram G. Naraharisetty and Igor
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Timothy V. Duncan, P. Peter Ghoroghchian, Igor V. Rubtsov, Daniel A. Hammer and Michael J. Therien, Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Nanoscale Near-Infrared Emissive
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Sri Ram G. Naraharisetty, Valeriy M. Kasyanenko and
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SCHMEHL, RUSSELL HUNTER (b.1954) Professor. B.S, 1976, Roanoke College; Ph.D, 1981, University
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photochemistry, thermal and photochemical reactions in
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(2007).
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Chem. Health and Safety, 14, 15-24 (2007).
Srivathsa Vaidya, Claire Johnson, Xian-Yong Wang and
Russell H. Schmehl, Solvent and vapo chromism of a
dimethylaminostyryl terpyridine derivative, Journal of
Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry, 187, 258262 (2007).
Kosho Akatsuka, Yasuo Ebina, Masaru Muramatsu, Heidi
Hester, Russell H Schmehl, Takayoshi Sasaki and Masa-aki
Haga, Photoelectrochemical properties of alternating multilayer films composed of titania nanosheets and Zn porphyrins, Langmuir, 23, 6730-6736 (2007).
Xian-Yong Wang, Andre del Guerzo, Hari Tunuguntla and
Russell H. Schmehl, Photophysical behavior of Ru(II) and
Os(II) terpyridyl phenylene vinylene complexes: perturbation
of MLCT state by intraligand charge transfer state, Research
on Chemical Intermediates, 33, 63-77 (2007).
Duraisamy Kumaresan, Kalpana Shankar, Srivathsa Vaidya and Russell H. Schmehl, Photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds: Osmium, Topics in Current
Chemistry, 281, 101-142 (2007).
Paul Jarosz, Jason Thall, Jacob Schneider, Duraisamy Kumaresan, Russell Schmehl and Richard Eisenberg, Synthesis,
characterization, and photophysical properties of platinum(II)
terpyridyl-based multi-component systems, Energy and Environmental Science, 1, 573-578 (2008).
K. Shankar, Ligand-ligand triplet energy transfer in tetrametallic and monometallic Ru(II) terpyridyl oligo (phenylene-vinylene) complexes and synthesis and photophysics of
tolyl terpyridyl Pt(II) complexes. (D)
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SULKES, MARK ALAN (b.1949) Professor, AssoQiuling Song, Complex aromatic compounds with unusual
shapes and structures. (D)
RUBTSOV, IGOR V. (b.1961) Assistant Professor.
M.Sc, 1984, Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology; Ph.D, 1992, Institute for Chemical Physics, Russian
ciate Chair. B.A, 1971, University of Chicago; Ph.D,
1978, Cornell University. Postdoctoral Fellowship, 19781981, University of Chicago. Chemical Physics; Environmental Chemistry. Use of supersonic expansions to
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Mark Sulkes, Selective bond fragmentation in pulsed laser
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mechanism, Chemical Physics Letters, 402, 165-169 (2005).
Ranga Subramanian and Mark Sulkes, Production of a slit
skimmer for use in cold supersonic molecular beams, Rev.
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