Chemistry Laudables

An incomplete list of scholarly activity in the last five years from our students (*) and our faculty (bolded).

Publications

Duer, W.C.; Ogren, P.J.; Meetze, A.; Kitchen, C. J.; Von Lindern, R.; Yaworsky, D. C.; Boden, C.; Gayer, J. A. "Comparison of Ordinary, Weighted, and Generalized Least-Squares Straight-Line Calibrations for LC-MS-MS, GC-MS, HPLC, GC, and Enzymatic Assay", J. Anal. Tox., 2008, 32, 329-338.

Gerber, L. C. H.; Watson, L. A.; Parkin, S.; Wang, W.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V. Bis(methylidene) Complex of Tantalum Supported by a PNP Ligand. Organometallics, 2007, 26, 4866.

Stocksdale, Mark G.; Padgitt, Margaret K.*; Berg, Michael A. G.; Slebodnick, Carla. (S)-(2,2-Dimethyl-5-oxo-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)acetic acid. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online (2007), E63(9), o3767-o3768.

Behforouz, Mohammad; Cai, Wen; Mohammadi, Farahnaz; Stocksdale, Mark G.; Gu, Zhengxiang; Ahmadian, Mohammad; Baty, Darric E.; Etling, Michele R.; Al-Anzi, Charmaine H.; Swiftney, Tyson M.; Tanzer, Lee R.; Merriman, Ronald L.; Behforouz, Nancy C. Synthesis and evaluation of antitumor activity of novel N-acyllavendamycin analogues and quinoline-5,8-diones. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (2007), 15(1), 495-510.

Ozerov, O.; Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. Operationally Unsaturated Pincer/Rhenium Complexes form Metal Carbenes from Cycloalkenes and Metal Carbynes from Alkanes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 6003.

Basuli, F.; Bailey, B. C.; Watson, L. A.; Tomaszewski, J.; Huffman, J. C.; Mindiola, D. J. Four-Coordinate Titanium Alkylidene Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Kinetic Studies Involving the Terminal Neopentylidene Functionality. Organometallics, 2005, 24, 1886.

Çelenligil-Çetin, R.; Watson, L. A.; Guo, C.; Foxman, B.; Ozerov, O. Decarbonylation of Acetone and Carbonate at a Pincer-Ligated Ru Center. Organometallics, 2005, 24, 186.

Hassani, Mary; Cai, Wen; Holley, David C.; Lineswala, Jayana P.; Maharjan, Babu R.; Ebrahimian, G. Reza; Seradj, Hassan; Stocksdale, Mark G.; Mohammadi, Farahnaz; Marvin, Christopher C.; Gerdes, John M.; Beall, Howard D.; Behforouz, Mohammad. Novel Lavendamycin Analogues as Antitumor Agents: Synthesis, in Vitro Cytotoxicity, Structure-Metabolism, and Computational Molecular Modeling Studies with NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase 1. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2005), 48(24), 7733-7749.

Ford, Michael J.; Deibel, Michael A.; Tomkins, Bruce A.; Van Berkel, Gary J. Quantitative Thin-Layer Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Caffeine Using a Surface Sampling Probe Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry System. Analytical Chemistry (2005), 77(14), 4385-4389.

Van Berkel, Gary J.; Ford, Michael J.; Deibel, Michael A. Thin-Layer Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Coupled Using Desorption Electrospray Ionization. Analytical Chemistry (2005), 77(5), 1207-1215.

Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. The Fate of Nitric Oxide in Its Reaction withthe 14-valence-electron Planar Species [(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)2N]RuCl. J. Mol. Cat. A: Chemical, 2004, 224, 51.

Ozerov, O.; Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Baik, M-H.; Caulton, K. G. Terminal Acetylenes React to Increase Unsaturation in [(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)2N]Re(H)4. Organometallics, 2004, 23, 4934.

Stocksdale, M. G.; Fletcher, S. E. S.; *Henry, I.; Ogren, P. J.; Berg, M. A. G.; Pointer, R. D.; Benson, B. W. "Developing Investigation Skills in an Introductory Multistep Synthesis Using Fluorene Oxidation and Reduction," J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 388-390.

Walstrom, A. N.; Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. Facile Insertion of Terminal Acetylenes in the RuII-NR2 Bond of a 14-valence Electron Complex. Organometallics, 2004, 23, 4814.

D. T. Craft, S. M. Arcella, S. M. McDowell, B. N. Storhoff, *A. E. Gay, M. A. Deibel, P. J. Ogren, and P. E. Fanwick. An Improved Synthetic Method for Diphenyl-1-Pyrenylphosphine and the Properties and Structure of Its Borane Adduct. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 2004, 179, 1-7.

Ozerov, O.; Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. Transformation of acyclic alkenes to hydrido carbynes by (PNPR)Re complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 6363.

Ozerov, O.; Pink, M.; Watson, L. A.; Caulton, K. G. Aromatic vs. Aliphatic C-H Cleavage of Alkyl-Substituted Pyridines By (PNPiPr)Re Compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 2105.

J. A. Bornhorst, M. A. Deibel, and A. B. Mulnix. Gene Amplification by PCR and Subcloning into a GFP-Fusion Plasmid Expression Vector as a Molecular Biology Laboratory Course. Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Education, 2004, 32(3), 173-182.

P. Ogren, M. Deibel, *I. Kelly, A. B. Mulnix, C. Peck. Use of a Web Camera in Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Laboratories. The American Biology Teacher, 2004, 66, 57-63.

Watson, L. A.; Franzman, B.; Bollinger, J. C.; Caulton, K. G. π-Donor Olefin Substituents alter Olefin Binding to CpFe(CO)2+. New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 1769.

Basuli, F.; Watson, L. A.; Huffman, J. C.; Mindiola, D. J. Phosphaazaallene and phosphinylimide complexes stemming from a terminal and four-coordinate titanium phosphinidene. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2003, 22, 4228.

Ozerov, O.; Watson, L. A.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. A π-Basic Rhenium Center that Effects Cyclohexene Isomerization to a β-Agostic Carbene Ligand. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9604.

Behforouz, M.; Cai, W.; Stocksdale, M. G.; Lucas, J. S.; Jung, J. Y.; Briere, D.; Wang, A.; Katen, K. S.; Behforouz, N. C. "Novel Lavendamycin Analogues as Potent HIV-Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: Synthesis and Evaluation of Anti-Reverse Transcriptase Activity of Amide and Ester Analogues of Lavendamycin," J. Med. Chem. 2003, 46, 5773-5780.

Ho, V. M.; Watson, L. A.; Caulton, K. G. Double C(sp3) Dehydrogenation as a Route to Coordinated Arduengo Carbenes: Experiment and Computation on Comparative π-Acidity. New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 1446.

Watson, L. A.; Ozerov, O.; Pink, M.; Caulton, K. G. Four-coordinate, Planar Ru(II). A Triplet State as a Response to a 14 Valence Electron Configuration. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 8426.

Ozerov, O. V.; Huffman, J. C.; Watson, L. A.; Caulton, K. G. Conversion of Ethylene to Hydride and Ethylidyne by Amido Rhenium Polyhydride. Organometallics, 2003, 22, 2539.

Watson, L. A.; Coalter, J. N.; Ozerov, O.; Pink, M.; Huffman, J. C.; Caulton, K. G. Amido/Phosphine Pincer Hydrides of Ruthenium. New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 263.

Ozerov, O. V.; Gerard, H. F.; Watson, L. A.; Huffman, J. C.; Caulton, K. G. Double Silyl Migration Converting ORe[NSiMe2CH2PCy2)2] to NRe[O(SiMe2CH2PCy2)2] Substructures. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 41, 5615.

Watson, L. A.; Eisenstein, O. Entropy Explained: the origin of some simple trends. J. Chem. Ed., 2002, 79, 1269.

Dodge, J. A.; Jones, C. D.; Marron, K.; Sluka, J. P.; Stocksdale, M. G. "Compounds and Compositions with Nitrogen-Containing Non-Basic Side Chains," U.S. Patent # 6,444,688, September 3, 2002.

Watson, L. A.; Caulton, K. G. Assessing Isomeric Structures of Pincer-ligated Ruthenium and Osmium Polyhydrides using Density Functional Calculations. Molecular Physics, 2002, 100, 385.

Watson, L. A.; Yandulov, D. V.; Caulton, K. G. C-Do (Do=π-donor, F) Cleavage in H2C:CH(Do) by (Cp2ZrHCl)n: Mechanism, Agostic Fluorines, and a Carbene of Zr(IV). J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 603.

Ogren, P.J., Nelson, S. and *Henry, I. "Using a Diode Laser Pointer to Count Drops and Automate Titration Systems", J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 353.

C.M. Dvorak, D. J. Hall, M. Hill, M. Riddle, A. Pranter, J. Dillman, M. Deibel, A. C. Palmenberg. "Leader Protein Of Encephalomyocarditis Virus Binds Zinc, Is Phosphorylated During Viral Infection, And Affects The Efficiency Of Genome Translation." Virology, 2001, 290(2), 261-271.

Ogren, P.J., Davis, B. and Guy, N., "Curve Fitting, Confidence Intervals and Envelopes, Correlations, and Monte Carlo Visualizations for Multilinear Problems In Chemistry: A General Spreadsheet Approach" J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 827.

C. Rulon, J. D. Robertson, M. Lovell, M. A. Deibel, W. D. Ehmann, W. R. Markesbery. "Serum Zinc Levels in Alzheimer's Disease." Biological Trace Elements in Research, 2000, 75(1-3), 79-85.

Grants

Deibel, M. A., Deibel, C., Stevens, O., Stocksdale, M. G., Watson, L. A., “Acquisition of Vernier Systems for the Chemistry Laboratory,” The Borman Family Foundation Grant, $16,000, June 2008.

Mark Stocksdale "Uptake Specificity of Synthetic Phytosiderophore Analogs by Graminaceous Plants," U.S. Department of Agriculture, $99,998.

Hilary Eppley (DePauw University, PI), Margret Geselbracht (Reed College), Adam Johnson (Harvey Mudd College), Barbara Reisner (James Madison University), Joanne Stewart (Hope College), Lori Watson (Earlham College) and Scott Williams (the Claremont Colleges Joint Science Department) “IONiC: A Cyber-Enabled Community of Practice for Improving Inorganic Chemical Education,” National Science Foundation: CCLI Phase 1, $149,374, August 2007. 

Deibel, M. A., Deibel, C., Stevens, O., Stocksdale, M. G., Watson, L. A., “Acquisition of a FT-IR spectrometer,” The Borman Family Foundation Grant, $16,000, June 2007.

Watson, L. A., Geselbracht, M. J., Benatan, E., Johnson, A. R., Eppley, H. J., Reisner, B., Stewart, J., Williams, B. S. “Project IONiC: Intellectual Online Network of Inorganic Chemists Building VIPEr: Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource,” The NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund Western Regional Advisory Council, $9750, May 2007.

Deibel, M. A., Deibel, C., Watson, L. A.; Parker, R.; Streepey, M.; Peck, C.; Jackson, M.; Iverson, J.; Matlock, D. “Computational and Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Research Initiative” W. M. Keck Foundation, $360,000, January 2007.

Watson, L. A, Deibel, M. A. “Use of Hamilton Syringes in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry,” Hamilton Syringes, $2500, June 2006.

Watson, L. A,  “Reactivity of unsaturated bisimido, phosphinoimido, and phosphineoxoimido transition metal complexes toward alkene metathesis, hydrogenation and C-X bond activation,” Camille and Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Award, $30,000, August 2005-August 2010.

Stocksdale, M. G., and Ogren, P. J., "Acquisition of an Automated Flash Chromatography System for Use in Undergraduate Research and Teaching Laboratories," The Borman Family Foundation Grant, $19,900, August 2003.

Stocksdale, M. G.; Breitenbach, G.; Deibel, C.; Deibel, M. A.; Iverson, J.; Mulnix, A.; Ogren, P.; Trueblood, N.; "The Merck / AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program at Earlham College," Merck Company Foundation / AAAS Grant, $60,000, February 2003-December 2005.

Stocksdale, M. G. (Principal Investigator); Deibel, M. A., and Trueblood, N (Co-Principal Investigators), "Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Use in Research, Teaching and Research Training at Earlham College," National Science Foundation-Major Research Instrumentation Grant, $439,419, September 2002-September 2005.

Stocksdale, M. G. "Investigation of Ring contractions and Ring Expansions of Cyclic b-Hydroxy Tertiary Amines Under Mitsunobu and Modified Mitsunobu Conditions," American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Type GB, $35,000, September 2002-August 2004.

Presentations

*Stacy, R. E.; Stocksdale, M. G. “Polymer-Bound Ph3P in Mitsunobu Reactions Involving Cyclic b-Hydroxy Amines,” 5th Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, DePauw University, October 2004.

*Lindsay, A. M.; Silver, M. K.; Stocksdale, M. G. “Synthetic Efforts Toward Novel Conjugates of the Phytosiderophore Avenic Acid,” 5th Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, DePauw University, October 2004.

Caulton, Kenneth G.; Ozerov, Oleg V.; Watson, Lori A.; Pink, Maren. Terminal acetylenes react to increase unsaturation in [(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)2N]Re(H)4. (Philadelphia ACS Meeting, September 2004)

Walstrom, Amy; Watson, Lori A.; Pink, Maren; Caulton, Kenneth G. Surprising reactivity of [N(SiMe2CH2P(tBu)2)2]RuCl with olefins and alkynes. (Philadelphia ACS Meeting, September 2004)

D. T. Craft, S. M. Arcella, S. M. McDowell, B. N. Storhoff, *A. E. Gay, M. A. Deibel, P. J. Ogren, and P. E. Fanwick. “An Improved Synthetic Method for 1-Diphenylphospinopyrene and the Properties and Structure of its Borane Adduct,” presented at the 36th Central Regional ACS Meeting, June 2004.

*Seymour Z. A.; Stocksdale, M. G. "Ring Contractions and Expansions Involving Cyclic b-Hydroxy Amines under Mitsunobu Conditions," 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2004 CHED-856.

*A. E. Gay, A. E. Rishmawi, M. A. Deibel, P. J. Ogren. “Building a scanning fluorescence system using Acton Research components and LabVIEW software,” presented at the 227th ACS National Meeting, March 2004.

Watson, Lori A. Structure and Reactivity of a 4-coordinate 14-valence electron Ru(II) molecule, Ru[N(SiMe2CH2PtBu2)2]Cl. (Albion College, January 2004)

Watson, Lori A.; Caulton, Kenneth G. Structure and Reactivity of a 4-coordinate 14-valence electron Ru(II) molecule, Ru[N(SiMe2CH2PtBu2)2]Cl. (IU Inorganic Departmental Seminar, January 2004)

*Seymour, Z.; *Elsalameen, F.; Stocksdale, M. G. "Ring Contractions and Expansions Involving Cyclic b-Hydroxy Tertiary Amines under Mitsunobu Conditions." Presented at: 1st Annual Earlham-Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, IN, November 2003; Earlham College Board of Trustees Meeting, Richmond, IN, October 2003; 4th Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, October 2003.

*Allabadi, L.; *Qualls, M.; Stocksdale, M. G. "Synthetic Approaches Towards Avenic Acid." Presented at: 1st Annual Earlham-Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Research Conference, Richmond, IN, November 2003; Earlham College Board of Trustees Meeting, Richmond, IN, October 2003; 4th Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, October 2003.

Caulton, Kenneth G.; Watson, Lori A.; Walstrom, Amy; Ozerov, Oleg V.; Pink, Maren.Reactivity of a unique triplet, 14-valence electron Ru(II) molecule, [N(SiMe2CH2P(tBu)2)2]RuCl (New York ACS Meeting, September 2003)

*Dishmon, H. M.; Stocksdale, M. G. "Progress Toward Novel Avenic Acid Conjugates," 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003, CHED-511.

Watson, Lori A.; Ozerov, Oleg V.; Pink, Maren.; Caulton, Kennerth G. Structure and reactivity of [N(SiMe2CH2P(tBu)2)2]RuCl: The first 4-coordinate, planar, d6 complex of ruthenium (New Orleans ACS Meeting, March 2003)

*Cleveland, E. F.; *Laake, A. M.; Stocksdale, M. G. "Progress Toward Novel Phytosiderophore Compounds," 3rd Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, October 2002.

*Moustofi, F; Stocksdale, M. G. "Ring Contractions and Expansions Under Mitsunobu Conditions," 3rd Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, October 2002.

Watson, Lori A. Structure and reactivity of unsaturated pincer-ligated Ru compounds: carbenes, C-H activation, and the first 14e- d6 planar complex. (Berea College, October 2002)

Watson, Lori A. Structure and reactivity of unsaturated pincer-ligated Ru compounds: carbenes, C-H activation, and the first 14e- d6 planar complex. (Eastern Kentucky University, October 2002)

Watson, Lori A.; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Evans, P. Andrew; Leahy, David K. Identification of the active catalyst-precursor and the mechanism of rhodium-catalyzed allylic substitutions. (Boston ACS Meeting, August 2002)

Watson, Lori A.; Eisenstein, Odile. Entropy explained: the origin of some simple trends. (Boston ACS Meeting, August 2002)

Caulton, Kenneth G.; Ozerov, Oleg V.; Watson, Lori; Huffman, John C.; Pink, Maren. Transformations of alkenes and alkanes by amido rhenium polyhydrides. (Boston ACS Meeting, August 2002)

M. A. Deibel, J. S. Russell. "The Use of Problem Based Learning and Blackboard in Teaching Undergraduate Biochemistry," presented at Experimental Biology 2002, April 23, 2002.

M.A. Deibel. “Trace Metals, Antioxidants and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Journey from Radiochemistry to Biochemistry.” Ball State University Chemistry Department Seminar, April 11, 2002.

*Verkamp, L. J.; *Dishmon, H. M.; Stocksdale, M. G. “Synthetic Approaches Toward Novel Phytosiderophore Compounds,” Annual Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN, April 2002.

Caulton, K. G.; Ozerov, O. V.; Watson, L. A.; Huffman, J. C.; Pink, M. Amide promoted reactivity of rhenium polyhydrides. (Orlando ACS Meeting, April 2002)

Watson, L. A. Making and Moving Oxygen: it’s all about the metal! (Indiana Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Indiana State University, March 2002)

*K. J. Seu, *G. R. Babb, C. C. Deibel, and M.A. Deibel. “Determination Of The Antioxidant Properties Of Kava Kava,” presented at the 223rd ACS National Meeting, March 2002.

*T. L. Heinke, C C. Deibel, and M. A. Deibel. "Determination Of Molybdenum Levels In Brain Tissue Using GFAAS," presented at the 223rd ACS National Meeting, March 2002.

*Dishmon, H. M.; Verkamp, L. J.; Stocksdale, M. G. “Synthetic Progress Toward Novel Phytosiderophore Conjugates,” 2nd Annual Indiana Local Section American Chemical Society Poster Session, Indianapolis, IN, October 2001, 20A.

Watson, L. A.; Caulton, K. G. Synthesis, Characterization, and Computational Studies of Transition Metal Compounds. (IU Inorganic Departmental Seminar, October 2001)

*Dishmon, H. M.; Verkamp, L. J.; Stocksdale, M. G. “Progress Toward the Synthesis of Novel Phytosiderophore Conjugates, Annual Homecoming Undergraduate Research Poster Session, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, October 2001.

Watson, L. A.; Ho, V. M.; Huffmann, J. C. Caulton, K. G. Double C(sp3) Dehydrogenation as a Route to Coordinated Arduengo Carbenes: Experiment and Computation on Comparative p-Acidity. (PINDU Symposium, Purdue University, September 2001)

Watson, L. A.; Caulton, K. G. Structure and Reactivity of Pincer-ligated Ruthenium Hydrides. (Chicago ACS Meeting, August 2001)

Caulton, K. G.; Ozerov, O. V.; Gerard, H.; Watson, L. A.; Chirag, G.; Huffman, J. C. Synthesis, Reactivity, and Structure of Rhenium Complexes Supported by Pincer type Diphosphinoamido Ligands. (Chicago ACS Meeting, August 2001)

*R. F. McGill, C. C. Deibel, M. A. Deibel. "Investigations of Antioxidant Properties of Dietary Supplements," presented at the 221st ACS National Meeting, April 2001.

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