Halo enol lactones with a phenyl group situated (beta) or (gamma) to the lactone carbonyl group were prepared to compare their effectiveness as enzyme-activated irreversible (suicide) inhibitors for (alpha)-chymotrypsin ...

This dissertation explores surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles, with a special focus in developing analytical methods to decipher the environment of small molecule ligands and biomolecule coronas at the molecular level. ...

In recent years, there has been great interest in the synthesis, characterization, and application of gold nanomaterials, especially gold nanorods. Due to their small size, ease of functionalization, and uniquely tunable ...

Several different m-phenylene ethynylene (m PE) folding oligomers or foldamers were designed, synthesized, and studied. These chain molecules have been shown to adopt a helical conformation under appropriate conditions in ...

In addition, a pyridopyrimidinyl urea was designed to maintain a self-complementary hydrogen-bonding array regardless of its protomeric form. This module was readily synthesized, and 1H NMR studies in a variety of solvents ...

To probe the ligand effect, a series of catalyst were prepared by supporting trans-[Re(O)2L4]+ X, (L = pyridine, 4-methylpyridine, 4-methoxypyridine, or 4dimethylaminopyridine, X = Cl - or [ReO4]-) or trans-[ReO 2(L-L)2]I ...

Electrochemical studies were performed on two interfacial systems where ions were adsorbed on the electrode surface to form mono- or multi-layer films. The two interfacial systems were glassy carbon/polyoxometallate anion ...

Various sequence-specific oligo(m-phenylene ethynylene) foldamers were designed, synthesized and studied. The foldamers were examined with the intention of translating previously reported solution-phase concepts into the ...

We have determined the crystal structure of Th(BH4)4 and confirmed that it is isomorphous with the tetragonal form of its uranium analogue. Of the four BH4- groups per formula unit, two are terminal and are bound to thorium ...