Chemistry Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations: Recent submissions

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  • Orientational Ordering and Tunneling States in Solid CH2D2 as Deduced from Low-Temperature Heat-Capacity and Neutron Cross-Section Measurements 

    Reproduced from WHITE, MA, KJ LUSHINGTON, and JA MORRISON. 1978. "Orientational Ordering and Tunneling States in Solid CH2D2 as Deduced from Low-Temperature Heat-Capacity and Neutron Cross-Section Measurements." Journal of Chemical Physics 69(9): 4227-4233, with the permission of AIP Publishing.
    No abstract available.

  • Calorimetric, Spectroscopic, and Structural Studies of Anhydrous Zinc Bromide 

    Reproduced from WHITE, MA, C. CHIEH, A. ANDERSON, and LAK STAVELEY. 1984. "Calorimetric, Spectroscopic, and Structural Studies of Anhydrous Zinc Bromide." Journal of Chemical Physics 80(3): 1254-1258, with the permission of AIP Publishing.
    No abstract available.

  • Energetics of Long Alkyl Chains Embedded in a Crystalline Matrix - (Normal-C18h37nh3)2cdcl4 

    Reproduced from WHITE, MA. 1984. "Energetics of Long Alkyl Chains Embedded in a Crystalline Matrix - (Normal-C18h37nh3)2cdcl4." Journal of Chemical Physics 81(12): 6100-6105, with the permission of AIP Publishing.
    No abstract available.

  • Measuring the Geometric Component of the Transition-Probability in a 2-Level System 

    ZWANZIGER, JW, SP RUCKER, and GC CHINGAS. 1991. "Measuring the Geometric Component of the Transition-Probability in a 2-Level System." Physical Review a 43(7): 3232-3240. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.43.3232
    We describe the measurement of a component of the nonadiabatic transition probability in a two-level system that depends only on the path through parameter space followed by the Hamiltonian, and not on how fast the path ...

  • Sodium distribution in sodium tellurite glasses probed with spin-echo NMR 

    Zwanziger, JW, JC McLaughlin, and SL Tagg. 1997. "Sodium distribution in sodium tellurite glasses probed with spin-echo NMR." Physical Review B 56(9): 5243-5249. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.56.5243
    We present results on the spatial distribution of sodium cations in sodium tellurite glasses as a function of sodium oxide content, obtained using a spin-echo NMR experiment. Glasses were studied with sodium oxide content ...

  • Structure and Disorder of Phosphates in Ag2o-Agi-P2o5 Glasses 

    ZWANZIGER, JW, KK OLSEN, and SL TAGG. 1993. "Structure and Disorder of Phosphates in Ag2o-Agi-P2o5 Glasses." Physical Review B 47(21): 14618-14621. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.47.14618
    We directly probe the microstructure of the different phosphates in several glasses in the Ag2O-AgI-P2O5 system, by means of variable angle correlation NMR spectroscopy. This two-dimensional experiment separates the ...

  • Phonon dispersion and Gruneisen parameters of zinc dicyanide and cadmium dicyanide from first principles: Origin of negative thermal expansion. 

    Zwanziger, J. W.. 2007. "Phonon dispersion and Gruneisen parameters of zinc dicyanide and cadmium dicyanide from first principles: Origin of negative thermal expansion.." Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 76(5): 0521021-052102/4. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.052102
    Zinc dicyanide, Zn(CN)2, and the isostructural cadmium dicyanide show neg. thermal expansion over a broad range of temps. By the use of d. functional theory calcns., we det. the phonon dispersion curves of these materials ...

  • First-principles study of the nuclear quadrupole resonance parameters and orbital ordering in LaTiO3. 

    Zwanziger, J. W.. 2009. "First-principles study of the nuclear quadrupole resonance parameters and orbital ordering in LaTiO3.." Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 79(3): 0331121-033112/4. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.033112
    The electronic structure of the distorted perovskite LaTiO3 is studied using d.-functional theory, implemented with a projector-augmented wave formalism together with the local-d. approxn. plus Hubbard U-parameter (LDA+U) ...

  • Non-Abelian Effects in a Quadrupole System Rotating Around 2 Axes 

    ZWANZIGER, JW, M. KOENIG, and A. PINES. 1990. "Non-Abelian Effects in a Quadrupole System Rotating Around 2 Axes." Physical Review a 42(5): 3107-3110. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.42.3107
    No abstract available.

  • Density-operator theory of orbital magnetic susceptibility in periodic insulators 

    Gonze, X., and J. W. Zwanziger. 2011. "Density-operator theory of orbital magnetic susceptibility in periodic insulators." Physical Review B 84(6): 064445-064445. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.064445
    The theoretical treatment of homogeneous static magnetic fields in periodic systems is challenging, as the corresponding vector potential breaks the translational invariance of the Hamiltonian. Based on density operators ...

  • Fractional Quantization of Molecular Pseudorotation in Na-3 

    DELACRETAZ, G., ER GRANT, RL WHETTEN, L. WOSTE, et al. 1986. "Fractional Quantization of Molecular Pseudorotation in Na-3." Physical Review Letters 56(24): 2598-2601. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2598
    No abstract available.

  • Genomic analysis of stationary-phase and exit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Gene expression and identification of novel essential genes 

    Martinez, MJ, S. Roy, AB Archuletta, PD Wentzell, et al. 2004. "Genomic analysis of stationary-phase and exit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Gene expression and identification of novel essential genes." Molecular biology of the cell 15(12): 5295-5305. doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-11-0856
    Most cells on earth exist in a quiescent state. In yeast, quiescence is induced by carbon starvation, and exit occurs when a carbon source becomes available. To understand how cells survive in, and exit from this state, ...

  • Asymmetric oxidation of 2-(arylsulfenyl)pyrroles 

    Thompson, Alison, Jose R. Garabatos-Perera, and H. Martin Gillis. 2008. "Asymmetric oxidation of 2-(arylsulfenyl)pyrroles." Canadian Journal of Chemistry-Revue Canadienne De Chimie 86(7): 676-681.
    The asymmetric oxidation of prochiral 2-(arylsulfenyl)pyrroles has been investigated. A marked electronic effect within the substrate significantly influenced the degree of enantioselectivity obtained, with very high enantio ...

  • Synthesis of natural products containing the pyrrolic ring 

    Young, Ian S., Paul D. Thornton, and Alison Thompson. 2010. "Synthesis of natural products containing the pyrrolic ring." Natural Product Reports 27(12): 1801-1839.
    This review provides an overview of the synthetic chemistry that has been utilised to prepare natural products containing a pyrrolic ring.

  • Self-assembly of novel trimers using dipyrromethene ligands 

    Thompson, A., SJ Rettig, and D. Dolphin. 1999. "Self-assembly of novel trimers using dipyrromethene ligands." Chemical Communications: 631-632.
    Ligands comprising two dipyrromethene units linked at the beta-position have been used to prepare trimeric complexes with Zn-II and Co-II; the structure of the Zn-II complex is confirmed by X-ray analysis.

  • Isolation and characterization of a novel tetrahydro-[2,2 ']bipyrrolyl dimer as an impurity from a Knorr reaction 

    Thompson, A., Y. Alattar, CS Beshara, RK Burley, et al. 2004. "Isolation and characterization of a novel tetrahydro-[2,2 ']bipyrrolyl dimer as an impurity from a Knorr reaction." Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 41(5): 777-781.
    A novel dimer, tetraethyl 2,2',3,3'-tetramethyl-1,1',2,2'-tetrahydro-4H,4'H-2,2'-bipyrrolyi-5,5,5',5'-tetracarboxylate, has been isolated as an impurity (0.4% yield) from a Knorr reaction for the synthesis of ...

  • Chloride anion transport and copper-mediated DNA cleavage by C-ring functionalized prodigiosenes 

    Diaz, Rosa I. Saez, Jasmine Regourd, Paul V. Santacroce, Jeffery T. Davis, et al. 2007. "Chloride anion transport and copper-mediated DNA cleavage by C-ring functionalized prodigiosenes." Chemical Communications: 2701-2703.
    A new class of prodigiosenes with stability-enhancing functionalities appended to the C-ring were found to transport chloride anions through liposomal membranes, as well as to induce copper-mediated DNA cleavage.

  • Investigations into the nucleophilic meso-substitution of F-BODIPYs and improvements to the synthesis of 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene. 

    Crawford, Sarah M., and Alison Thompson. 2011. "Investigations into the nucleophilic meso-substitution of F-BODIPYs and improvements to the synthesis of 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene." Heterocycles 83(2): 311-322.
    A series of three F-BODIPYs, with varying levels of steric crowding about the meso-position were selected to investigate nucleophilic meso-substitution of F-BODIPYs. The synthesis of one of these F-BODIPYs, 4,4-difluor ...

  • Synthesis of dipyrrins bearing chirality adjacent to the conjugated skeleton - Electron-poor pyrroles exhibit dramatically reduced nucleophilicity 

    Beshara, Cory S., Beth M. Pearce, and Alison Thompson. 2008. "Synthesis of dipyrrins bearing chirality adjacent to the conjugated skeleton - Electron-poor pyrroles exhibit dramatically reduced nucleophilicity." Canadian Journal of Chemistry-Revue Canadienne De Chimie 86(10): 951-957.
    With the aim of furthering our investigations into the asymmetric complexation of dipyrrinato ligands, a dipyrrin bearing a stereogenic centre directly adjacent to the conjugated skeleton was synthesized. The electron- ...

  • Heteroleptic zinc dipyrromethene complexes 

    Amiri, A., IM Comeau, and A. Thompson. 2006. "Heteroleptic zinc dipyrromethene complexes." Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 43(2): 431-435.
    H-1 NMR spectroscopy has been used to study the complexation of a per-alkyl dipyrromethene with zinc acetate. An intermediate, assigned to be the heteroleptic Zn(dipyrromethene) (acetate) complex, is observed under titration ...