Department Accomplishments

Student Prizes

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Amy Valladares '12
American Chemical Society/Polymer Education Division: Szilvia B.Kiss '13.
American Chemical Society/Analytical Division Award: Caitlyn Thorpe '11.
C.Pauline Burt Prize: Joo Hyun Park '11 and Anna Valentine '11
Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society Award: Chi Gao '11 and Anna Valentine '11.
CRC Press Introductory Chemistry Achievement Award: Clarke Knight '14, Yamin Tun '14, Emily Flyn '14 JinJin Lu '14.
Hause-Scheffer Memorial Prize: Sarah Perlmutter '11.
Hellmann Award in Biochemistry: Hajnalka (Sunny) Nyitri '11J.
Rosenfeld Award in Organic Chemistry: Colleen McGaughey '12 and Sarah Lim '12J.
Iota Sigma Pi Undergraduate Award Nomination: Julia Park '11.
Iota Sigma Pi Gladys Anderson Emerson Award Nomination: Catie Blunt '12.
AIC/New England Division Award: Cristina Santarossa, '11.

Student Presentations

Torres, M.; Shea, K. M. "Development of Novel Cationic Diels-Alder Dienophiles Stabilized by Cobalt-Alkyne Complexes" 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 22, 2010. (poster)
Perlmutter, S. J.; Shea, K. M. "Diels-Alder Dienes Activated by Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes" 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 22, 2010. (poster)
Olson, J.; Shea, K. M. "Development of a Tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand Strategy for the Synthesis of Tetracycles" 12th Annual Beckman Scholars Symposium, Irvine, CA, July 22-24, 2010. (Poster)
Dorset, R., Olson, J., Shea, K. M., "Development of a Tandem Diels-Alder/Pauson-Khand Strategy for the Synthesis of the Cyclic Steroid Core" 41st National Organic Symposium, Unversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, June 7-11, 2009.
Edwards, Keturah., Ousman, F., Shea, K. M., "Development of a New Class of Cationic Diels-Alder Dienophiles Stabilized by Adjacent Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes", 41st National Organic Symposium, Unversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, June 7-11, 2009.

Faculty Presentations

Shea, K. M. "Applications of Cobalt-Alkyne Complexes in Organic Synthesis" Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, April 28, 2010.
Shea, K. M. "New Applications of Cobalt-Alkyne Complexes in Organic Synthesis" Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, April 28, 2008.
Queeney, Kate "The Synergy of Etching and Oxidation: Aqueous Chemistry of Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon." University of Delaware, April 2008.
Queeney, Kate "What do You Get When You Mix Together Si, H₂O, O₂, HF, and Undergraduates? Research in Surface Chemistry at a Liberal Arts College." Harvard University, April 2008.

Recent Publications

For more complete publication lists, please visit department members' individual web pages.

Campbell, L.; Tyson, J.; Stackpole, E.; Hokenson, K.; Sherrill, H.; McKeon, J.; Kim, S.; Edmands S.; Suarez, C. and Hall, A.C., "Assessment of General Anaesthetic Cytotoxicity in Murine Cortical Neurones in Dissociated Culture", Toxicology, 2011, 283, 1-7.
Cunden, Lisa S., Linck, R. G., "Fe(CO)₄ and Related Compounds as Isolobal Fragments," Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 4228-4236.
Shea, K. M. "The Diels-Alder Reaction," In Name Reactions for Carbocyclic Ring Formations; Li, J. J., Ed.; Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2010; 275-308.
Stansfield, H.E., Kulczewski, B.P., Lybrand, K.E., Jamieson, E.R., "Identifying Protein Interactions with Metal-Modified DNA Using Microarray Technology," J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 14, 193-199.
Tsikolia, M.; Hall, A> C.; Suarez, C.; Nylander, Z. O.; Wardlaw, S. M.; Gibson, M. E.; Valentine, K. L.; Onyewadume, L. N.; Ahove, D. A.; Woodbury, M.; Mongare, M. M.; Hall, C. D.; Wang, Z.; Draghici, B.; Katritzky, A. R., "Synthesis and characterization of a redox-active ion channel supporting cation flux in lipid bilayers," Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b907350g.
Kulkarni, Margaret; Green, Sara K.; Shea, Caitlyn; Queeney, K. T.. "Role of Etching in Aqueous Oxidation of Hydrogen-Terminated Si(100)," J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 10206-10214.
Kristina D. Closser, Miriam M. Quintal and Kevin M. Shea, "The Scope and Limitations of Intramolecular Nicholas and Pauson-Khand Reactions for the Synthesis of Tricyclic Oxygen- and Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles." J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 3680–3688.

Faculty Grants and Awards

Elizabeth Jamieson, "Effect of the Spiroiminodihydantoin Lesion on DNA Helix Stability and Nucleosome Structure," from the NIH.
Kate Queeney, "AEMES: Focus on Chemistry" from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
Kevin Shea, Petroleum Research Fund Type UR Award (American Chemical Society) for "Expanding the Scope of the Diels-Alder Reactions: Development of Cationic Dienophiles Stabilized by Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes", September 2009-August 2012
Elizabeth Jamieson, Maureen Fagan, Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes, and Linda Jones, "MRI: Acqusition of Aqueous Biogeochemical Facilities.

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