Department Accomplishments

Student Prizes

American Chemical Society/Organic Chemistry Award: Sarah Perlmutter '11.
American Chemical Society/Analytical Division Award: Katie Meek '10.
C.Pauline Burt Prize: Zazi Nylander '09
Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society Award: Hannah Buettner '09.
CRC Press Introductory Chemistry Achievement Award: Tanya Hakim '12, Francesca Tomaino '12, Catie Blunt '12 and Ally Corbosiero '12.
Hause-Scheffer Memorial Prize:Azucema Ramos '09.
Hellmann Award in Biochemistry:Laura Smith '10.
Rosenfeld Award in Organic Chemistry: Natalie Wickles '11 and Sophia Bampoh '11.
Iota Sigma Pi Gladys Anderson Emerson Award Nomination and Winner: Alice Reszickova '10.
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award: Alice Reszickova '10.

Student Presentations

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.
Chen, V., Olson, J., Shea, K. M., "Synthesis of Steroid Derivatives" (poster), 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Conneticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society, Smith College, Northampton, MA, April 26, 2008.
Reznickova, Alice, Linck, R. G., "The Effect of Conformation on Bond Length", 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Conneticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society, Smith College, Northampton, MA, April 26, 2008.
Brown, Jennie, and Queeney, Kate, "Understanding Biofilm Formation: Polylysine-Mediated Adsorption of Alginate to Functionalized Silicon Surfaces." 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Conneticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society, Smith College, Northampton, MA, April 26, 2008.
Reilly, Maureen K., and K. Shea, "Synthetic Utility of Carboncations Stabilized by Cobalt-Complexed Alkynes" (poster), Celebrating Ten Years of Beckman Scholars in Chemistry, 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Oreleans, LA, April 6, 2008
Olson, Julie A. and K. Shea, "Women's Contributions to Named Organic Reactions" (poster), 40th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC, June 3-7, 2007.

Faculty Presentations

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 Deleware, 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.

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.
Mills, K.; Herrick, R.; Guilmette, L.; Nestor, L.; Shafer, H.; Ditzler, M. "Introducing Undergraduate Students to Electrochemistry: A Two-Week Discovery Chemistry Experiment," J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 1116-1119.
Chinyengetere, Fadzai, Jamieson, Elizabeth R. "Impact of the Oxidized Guanine Lesion Spiroiminodihydantoin on the Conformation and Thermodynamic Stability of a 15-mer DNA Duplex," Biochem. 2008, 47, 2584.
Closser, K.D., Vogelhuber, K.M. Hsieh, S., "Vibrational-torsional excitation and direct overtone photodissociation of ethyl hydroperoxide at 5vOH," J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 1238.

Faculty Grants and Awards

Kate Queeney, "AEMES: Focus on Chemistry" from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
Elizabeth Jamieson, Maureen Fagan, Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes, and Linda Jones, "MRI: Acqusition of Aqueous Biogeochemical Facilities.
Elizabeth Jamieson, "Research Rewards Grant from Trilink Biotechnologies.

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