UConn Chemistry

2007

Cataldo, V.; Vaze, A.; Rusling, J. F. “Improved Detection Limit and Stability of Amperometric Carbon Nanotube-based Immunosensors by Crosslinking Antibodies with Polylysine” submitted to Electroanalysis, 09/2007.

Castro, S.; Cherney, E. C.; Peczuh, M. W. “Synthesis of Substituted Septanosyl 1,2,3-Triazoles” Carbohydrate Res., 2007, 342, 1366-1372.

Amore, K. M.; Leadbeater, N. E. “Microwave-promoted esterification reactions: optimization and scale-up” Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2007, 28(4), 473-477.

Raju, R.; Allen, L. J.; Le, T.; Taylor, C. D.; Howell, A. R. "Cross Metathesis of alpha-Methylene Lactones II: gamma- and delta-Lactones" Org. Lett. 2007, 9(9), 1699-1701

2006

Schiaffo, C. (Advisor Mark Peczuh) "Improving Oxepine:Glycal Selectivity in the Ring Closing Metathesis Route to Carbohydrate” Journal of Young Investigators 2006, 15(5), October 2006.

Jankolovits, J. (Advisor Xudong Yao) "Studying pH Dependence of a Peptide Modification with an N-Hydroxysuccinimide Ester Using Mass Spectrometry" Journal of Young Investigators 2006, 15(5), October 2006.

Brückner, C., Foss, P. C. D.; Sullivan, J. O.; Pelto, R.; Zeller, M.; Birge, R. R.; Crundwell, G.; "Origin of the Bathochromically Shifted Optical Spectra of meso-Tetrakis-2- and 3-thienylporphyrins as Compared to meso-Tetrakisphenylporphyrin" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2006, 8(20), 2402 - 2412.

Giudici, R., K.Utzat, E. Trosell, R. K. Bohn, "The rotational spectrum and heavy-atom-planar structure of propargyl benzene (3-phenyl-1-propyne)" J. Mol. Struct. 2006, 786, 65-67.

Maeda, A., F. C. De Lucia, E. Herbst, E. Trosell, J. Riccobono, R. K. Bohn, "The millimeter- and submillimeter-wave spectrum of the Gt conformer of n-propanol" Astrophys. J., Supp. Series 2006, 162(2), 428-435.

Hudspeth, E.D., Cleveland, D., Batchler, K.L., Nguyen, P.A., Feaser, T.L., Quattrochi, L.E., Morenz, J., Balram, S. A., Michel, R. G. "Teaching Raman spectroscopy in both the undergraduate classroom and the laboratory with a portable Raman instrument" Spectrosc. Lett. 2006, 39(1), 99-115.

Cantalupo, S.A., Salvati, H., McBurney, B., Raju, R., Glagovich, N. M., Crundwell, G. "Crystal structures and packing motifs of 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline and 2,3-diphenylbenzo[g]quinoxaline" J. Chem. Cryst. 2006, 36(1), 17-24.

Chanthavong, F., Leadbeater, N. E. "The application of organic bases in microwave-promoted Suzuki coupling reactions in water" Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 1909.

Amore, K. M., Leadbeater N.E., Miller, T.A., Schmink, J. R. "Fast, easy, solvent-free, microwave-promoted Michael addition of anilines to alpha-beta-unsaturated alkenes: Synthesis of N-aryl functionalized beta-amino esters and acids. Synlett 2006, submitted.

Ilagan, R. P., Chapp, T. W., Hiller, R. G., Sharples, F. P., Polívka, T., Frank, H. "A. Light-harvesting by pigment-reconstituted peridinin-chlorophyll proteins" Photosyn. Res. 2006, submitted.

In addition, the campus REU programs have submitted contributions to the Journal of Young Investigators (http://www.jyi.org) that were published in 2006, Volume 15, Issue 5 as part of a special UConn REU section of this online journal.

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2005

Yang, Z., Colis, L.C., Basu, A.K., and Zou, Y. "Recognition and incision of gamma-radiation-induced cross-linked guanine-thymine tandem lesion G[8,5-Me]T by UvrABC nuclease" Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2005, 18, 1339-1346.

Ilagan, R. P., Christensen, R. L., Chapp, T. W., Gibson, G. N., Pascher, T., Polívka, T., Frank, H. A. "Femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy of astaxanthin in solution and in alpha-crustacyanin." J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 3120-3127.

Arvela, R. K., Leadbeater, N. E.; Sangi, M. S., Williams, V. A., Granados, P., Singer, R. D. "A reassessment of the transition-metal free Suzuki-type coupling methodology" J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 1786.

Lara, K. K.; Rinaldo, C. R.; Brückner, C. "Synthesis of meso-Tetraaryl-2,3-diol-dithiachlorins their Pyrrole-modified Derivatives: A Spectroscopic Comparison to their All-aza-analogues’ " Tetrahedron 2005, 61(9), 2529-2539.

2004

C. V. Kumar, C.V., Bhambhani, A., Hnatiuk. N. "Zr(IV)Phosphates/Phosphonates. Handbook of Layered Materials", Eds. K. Carrado, P. Dutta, and S. Auerbach, Marcel Dekker: New York (2004).

Belizzi, M.; Foss, P. C. D.; Pelto, R.; Crundwell, G.; Brückner, C.; Updegraff III, J. B.; Zeller, M.; Hunter, A. D. "Crystal Structure of 5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(5’-methylthien-2’-yl)porphyrin, C40H30N4S4 " Z. Kristallogr. NCS 2004, 219, 129-131.

2003

Shima, S., Ilagan, R. P., Gillespie, N., Sommer, B. J., Hiller R. G., Sharples, F. P., Frank, H. A., Birge, R. R. "Two-photon and fluorescence spectroscopy and the effect of environment on the photochemical properties of peridinin in solution and in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein from Amphidinium carterae." J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 8052-8066.

Brückner, C. , McCarthy, J. R., Daniell, H. W., Pendon, Z. D., Ilagan, R. P., Francis, T. M., Ren, L. , Birge, R. R. Frank, H. A. "A spectroscopic and computational study of the singlet and triplet excited states of synthetic ß-functionalized chlorins." Chem. Phys. 2003, 294, 285–303.

Lara, K.; Rinaldo, C. K.; Brückner, C. "meso-Tetraaryl-7,8-dihydroxydithiachlorins: First Examples of Heterochlorins" Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44(42), 7793-7797.

Martínez, I; Andrews, A. E.; Emch, J. D.; Ndakala, A. J.;Wang, J. "Unusual, Strained Heterocyles: 3-Alkylidene-2-methyleneoxetanes from Morita-Baylis-Hillman-type Adducts," Org. Lett. 2003, 5(4), 399-402.

Daniell, H. W.; Williams, S.; Jenkins, H. A.; Brückner, C. "Oxidation of meso-Tetraphenyl-2,3-dihydroxy-2,3-chlorin: Simplified Synthesis of ß,ß'-Dioxochlorin" Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 4045-4049.

Brückner, C.; Barta, C. A.; Briñas R.P.; Krause Bauer, J.A. "Synthesis and Structure of [meso-Tetraarylcorrolato]Ag(III)" Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42(5), 1673-1680.

2002

Stchur, P.; Cleveland, D.; Zhou, J.; Michel, R.G. "A Review of Recent Applications of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, and of the Characteristics of a Novel PbS CCD Array-Based Near-Infrared Spectrometer" Appl. Spectrosc. Rev. 2002, 37(4), 383-428.

Smith, M.B.; Guo, L.; Okeyo, S.; Stenzel, J.; Yanella, J.; LaChapelle, E."Regioselectiove One-Pot Bromination of Aromatic Amines" Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 2321-2324.

Kumar, C.V.; Bhambhani, A.; Hnatiuk, N. "Zr(IV)Phosphates/Phosphonates: Catalytic applications" in Handbook of Layered Materials, Eds. K. Carrado, P. Dutta, and S. Auerbach, Marcel Dekker: New York (2002).

2001

Bailey, W. F.; Reed, D. P.; Kapur, G.N. "Remote Diastereocontrol in Grignard Reactions of 4-Substituted-2-Keto-1,3-Dioxanes" Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1865-1868.

Shen, Q.; Wells, C.; Traetteberg, M.; Willis, A.; Bohn, R.K.; Knee, J.L. "The Molecular Structure and Conformation of Cyclopropylbenzene as Determined by Ab InitioMolecular Orbital Calculations, Pulsed-Jet Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy, and Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction Investigations", J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 5840-5845.

Dolan, P.M.; Miller, D.; Cogdell, R.G.; Birge, R.R.; Frank, H.A. "Linear Dichroism and the Transition Dipole Moment Orientation of the Carotenoid in the LH2 Antenna Complex in Membranes of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Strain 10050" J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105(48), 12134-12142

Until 2000

Bailey, W. F.; England, M.; Mealy, M. J.; Thongsornkleeb, C.; Teng, L. "Facile O-Deallylation of Allyl Ethers via SN2' Reaction with tert-Butyllithium" Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 489-491.

Wang, J.; Montville, D.; Gonsalves, K. E.. "Synthesis of polycarbonate-co-poly(p-ethylphenol) and CdS nanocomposites." J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1999, 72(14), 1851-1868.

2007

Zarate, G.; Akhigbe, J.; Lei, Y.; Brückner, C. ‘Differentiation of Nitroaromatics by a Library of Porphyrinoids Towards an Electronic Nose’ Poster, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Austin, TX, U.S.A., Nov. 7-10.

Zarate, G.; Akhigbe, J.; Lei, Y.; Brückner, C. ‘Differentiation of Nitroaromatics by a Library of Porphyrinoids Towards an Electronic Nose’ Poster, SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) National Conference, Kansas, MO, U.S.A., Oct. 11-14, 2007.

Osambo, J. O.; Seitz, R. W.; Burdette, Shawn; Planalp, R.; Kennedy, D.; Atkinson, A. “Fluorescent ratiometric indicators for transition metal ions: A general approach” Poster, (ANYL-141), 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A., Aug. 19-23, 2007.

Planalp, R. P.; Kennedy, D. P.; Osambo, J. O.; Seitz, W. R.; Atkinson, A.; Burdette, S. C. “Synthesis of weakly-chelating monomers and copolymerization with N-isopropylacrylamide to provide ratiometric metal ion sensing polymers” Oral Presentation, (ANYL-438), 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A., Aug. 19-23, 2007.

Raju, R.; Thakur, M.; Howell, A. R.; "Olefin Cross Metathesis of Enones Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complexes", Poster (CHED #630), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Morozowich, N.; Ryppa, C.; Brückner, C. "Conversion of Free Base Octaethylporphyrins to Oxypyriporphyrins" Poster (CHED #545), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Amore, K. M.; Leadbeater, N. E. "Microwave-promoted esterification reactions: Optimization and scale-up" Poster (CHED #614), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

King, M.; Crundwell, G.; Brückner, C. "Relative Basicity of Porpholactones" Poster (CHED #1236), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Cherney, E.; Peczuh, M. W. "Inhibition of beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase by Substituted Septanose Triazoles" Poster (CHED #1338), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Ly, M.; Balram, S.; Palermo, T.; Cleveland, D.; Michel, R. G. "Quantification of Zinc in Metallothionein Standards Using High Pressure Exclusion Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry'Poster (CHED #356), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Pehratovic, H.; Bhambhani, A.; Kumar, C. V. "Surface Plasmon Resonance Studies: A Step Toward Understanding Protein-Solid Interactions" Poster (CHED #1246), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Allen, L. J.; Raju, R.; Thakur, M.; Howell, A. R.; "Olefin Cross Metathesis of Enones Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complexes", Poster (CHED #630), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

Mitchell, R. R.; Suib, S. L.; Crundwell, G. "Continuous Process for the Microwave Synthesis of Manganese Oxides" Poster (CHED #1193), 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., Mar. 25-29, 2007.

2006

Churchill, G., Yeager, J., Bohn, R. "Conformations of Substituted Acetylenes" EUCMOS XXVIII (EUropean Conference on MOlecular Spectroscopy) Istanbul, Turkey, September, 2006.

Stull, J. A., Niedzwiedzki, D., Frank, H.A. "Mechanism of short term adaptation of plants to high light stress: Steady state and time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy of spinach thylakoids having different xanthophyll pigment composition" 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March, 2006.

Bobbitt, J.M., Bartelson, A. "Oxoammonium Salts: Ene-Like Addition to Alkenes and Other Novel Chemistry" 232nd National Meeting, American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.

2005

Chanthavong, F., Leadbeater, N. E. "The application of organic bases in microwave-promoted Suzuki coupling reactions in water" North Eastern Regional Meeting (NERM) of the ACS, Fairfield, CT, August, 2005.

McGeigan, K., Kumar, C. V. "SPR Spectroscopy of Proteins Bound to Solids" North Eastern Regional Meeting (NERM) of the ACS, Fairfield, CT, August, 2005.

Bobbitt, J.M., Bartelson, A. "Oxoammonium Salts: Tandem Reactions and Novel Chemistry" 6th Tetrahedron Symposium, Bordeau, France, June 2005.

Ilagan, R. P., Chapp, T. W., Hiller, R. G., Sharples, F. P., Polivka, T., Frank, H. A. "Spectroscopic studies of the Pigment-Reconstituted Constructs of Peridinin-Chlorophyll ?-Protein from Amphidium carterae" Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, 2005.

Ilagan, R.P., Chapp, T. W., Hiller, R. G., Sharples, F. P., Polivka, T., Frank, H. A. "Spectroscopic Studies of the Native and Recombinant Pigment-Reconstituted Constructs of Peridinin-Chlorophyll ?-Protein from Amphidinium carterae" R. T. Major Symposium Storrs, CT, April, 2005.

Ilagan, R. P., Chapp, T. W.; Sharples, F. P., Polivka, T., Frank, H. A."Spectroscopic studies of native and recombinant pigment-reconstituted constructs of peridinin-chlorophyll ?-protein from Amphidinium carterae" Biophysical Society Meeting, Long Beach, CA, 2005.

Frank, H. A., Ilagan, R. P., Christensen, R. L., Chapp, T., Gibson, G. N., Pascher, T., Polivka, T. "Femtosecond absorption spectroscopy of astaxanthin and ?-crustacyanin" Fourteenth International Symposium on Carotenoids, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2005.

2004

Ilagan, R. P., Van Dyke, A. R., Gibson, G. N., Lin, S., Katilius, E., Frank, H.A. "Femtosecond Time-resolved absorption spectroscopic studies of excitation energy transfer from the carotenoid to the primary donor in bacterial reaction centers" Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, 2004.

2003

Schuster, J.; Lim, N.C.; Brückner, C.; Yao, L.; Freake, H.C. "Fluorescent Sensors for Intracellular Zinc" Poster Presentation (INOR #xxx), 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A., Mar. 27-23, 2003. accepted

2002

Brückner, C.; Barta, C.A.; Kite, B.J.; Briñas, R.P. "Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Cu(III) and Ag(III) meso-Triarylcorrolato Complexes" Oral Presentation (INOR #654), 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, U.S.A., Aug. 18-22, 2002.

Brückner, C.; Barta, C.A.; Briñas, R.P. "Synthesis and Properties of [meso-Triarylcorrolato]Ag(III)" Poster (P-268) 2nd International Conference on Porphyrins and Phtalocyanines (ICPP-2), Kyoto, Japan, June 30-July 5, 2002.

Cleveland, D.M.; Stchur, P.; Zhou, J.; Michel, R.G. "Applications of a Novel PbS-based Near Infrared Array Spectrometer System" Poster (CHED #203), 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., April 7-11, 2002.

Barta, C.A.; Briñas, R.P.; Brückner, C. "[meso-Triarylcorrolato]Ag(III): Synthesis of a Stable Ag(III) Complex" Poster (CHED #586, selected for SciMix), 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., March 7-11, 2002.

2001

Kite, B.J.; Briñas, R.P.; Barta, C.A.; Brückner, C. "Synthesis of [meso-Triarylcorrolato]Ag(III) and Cu(III) - High-Oxidation State Complexes of Silver and Copper" Poster, Randolph T. Major Memorial Lecture Series, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, U.S.A., Oct. 12-13, 2001.

Barta, C.A.; Briñas, R.P.; Brückner, C. "Synthesis of [meso-Tetraarylcorrolato]Ag(III) &endash; A Stable Silver(III) Complex" Poster at the 36th ACS Midwest Regional Meeting (MWRM 2001), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., October 10-13, 2001.

2000

Willis, A.; Bohn, R.K.; Knee, J., "The Stable Conformation and Torsional Potential Function of Cyclopropyl Benzene" Oral Presentation at New England Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NERM 2000), June 16-18, 2000, Storrs, CT.

Reed, D.P.; Kapur, G.N.; Bailey, W.F. "Remote Diastereocontrol in Grignard Reactions of 4-Substituted-2-Keto-1,3-Dioxanes" Abstract #202, 2000 Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NERM 2000), Storrs, CT, June 18 - 21, 2000.

Reed, D.P.; Kapur, G.N.; Bailey, W.F. "Stereocontrolled Diastereoselectivity in Grignard Reactions of 4-Substituted-2-keto-1,3-dioxanes" Randolph T. Major Lecture Series, University Connecticut, April 19, 2000.

Reed, D.P.; Kapur, G.N.; Bailey, W.F. "Stereocontrolled Diastereoselectivity in Grignard Reactions of 4-Substituted-2-keto-1,3-dioxanes" Abstracts, 219th National Meeting, American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 26 - 30, 2000, ORGN 710.

1999

England, M.; Bailey, W.F. "Facile O-Deallylation of Allyl Ethers via SN2' Reaction with t-Butyllithium" Presented at the Pfizer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, October 8, 1999.

Terranova, K.; Martinez, I.; Howell, A. R. "Studies toward the Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic (-)-HON RI-331" Talk at LaSalle University, Philadelphia, September, 1999.

1998

Leblanc, L. M.; Martinez, I.; Gray, K.; Howell, A. R. "An Investigation of the Synthesis and Reactivity of 2-Methyleneazetidines" Poster at the Randolph T. Major Lecture Symposium, University of Connecticut, October, 1998.

Leblanc, L. M.; Martinez, I.; Gray, K.; Howell, A. R. "An Investigation of the Synthesis and Reactivity of 2-Methyleneazetidines" Poster at the Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Poster Session, Groton, Connecticut, October, 1998.

Wanner, C.; Basu, A. "The Synthesis of Nitroreductive Products of Dinitropyrene and Oxidative Products of 1-Nitropyrene" Poster Presentation at the National ACS Meeting, Boston 1998.

McGrath, D.V.; Junge, D.M.; Cheng, A.; D'Ambruoso, G. "Dendrimers Containing Multiple Photochromic Units" Materials Research Society, Fall 1998, Boston, MA, invited lecture in symposium on Organics with Supramolecular Structure and Function.

McGrath, D.V.; Junge, D.M.; Cheng, A.; D'Ambruoso, G. "Effect of Covalently Incorporated Azobenzenes on Dendrimers" Materials Research Society, Fall 1998, Boston, MA, invited lecture in symposium on Small Confining Systems.