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Chemistry Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Huisman, Matthew, Asymmetric Synthesis of Tryptophan Driviatives and Its Application to Streamlined Synthesis of Tryprosatain A and B

Koebke, Karl Joseph, Mechanistic Study of Heme Protein-Mediated Nitric Oxide Dioxygenation Using Photolytically Produced Nitric Oxide

Mahapatra, Mausumi, Chiral Modification of the Pd(111) Surface By Small Organic Molecules

Momen, Abdul, Improved Extraction Chromatographic Materials for the Separation and Preconcentration of Metal Ions

Sun, Huabing, Application of Coumarin Derivatives in DNA-associated Study: Mutation Detection, Site-Specific Labeling, Photoinduced Interstrand Cross-Links and Ligation Reactions

Teske, Kelly Ann, Part I. The Development of Non-secosteroidal Vitamin D Receptor Modulators Part II. The Development of a Universal GTP-ase Assay

Uddin, Md Nazim, I. Palladium (0)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Rearrangement of Allyl Enol Ether for the Synthesis of Α -aryl Quaternary Carbon Center. II. Synthesis of Chiral Tryptophan Analogs and Studies Towards Synthesis of Tryprostatin A and B

Wagie, Hannah Elizabeth, Porphyrin as a Spectroscopic Probe of Net Electric Fields in Heme Proteins

Wang, Yibin, Arylboronates as H2O2 or Photo-Inducible DNA Cross-Linking Agents: Design, Synthesis, Mechanism, and Anticancer Activity

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Ababneh, Taher, Design and Implementation of a Near-field Scanning Optical Module for Inverted Microscopes

Amin, Alaknanda, Microfluidic Device Integration of Electrostatic Corral Trapping Systems

Biawat, Poonam, The Synthesis of Alpha 5 Subtype Selective GABA(A) /Benzodiazepine Receptors Ligands

Feleke, Belaynesh, The Development of VDR-coactivator Inhibitors and Their Evaluation Using Biochemical and Cell-based Assays

Haque, Mohammad Mojibul, Modification of Pyrimidine and Purine Nucleotides By "Click" Chemistry: Design, Synthesis and Properties Study

Kestell, John, The Surface Chemistry of Adatom Mediated Oligomers of Aromatic Diisocyanides and Dithiols on Au(111) and Granular Films

Marco Alvarez, Veronica Maria, Development of Novel Methods for Characterization of Complex Organic Mixtures By Liquid Chromatography and Raman Spectroscopy

Namdarghanbari, Mohammad Ali, Cellular Zinc Trafficking: the Zinc Proteome and Its Reactions with Cadmium

Oplawski, Sarah, Extraction of Indicator Dyes into Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

Pawlak, Alan, Crown Ether Stereoisomerism: Implications in Metal Ion Extraction and Ionic Liquid Design

Shah, Dhara D., Mechanism of the Hydroxylation Reactions Catalyzed By 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase and Hydroxymandelate Synthase

Shteynbuk, Maria Shevyrev, Part I: Studies Towards Asymmetric α-halogenation and Mechanistic Studies of the Acrylate System with Organocatalyst and Part Ii: Synthesis of α-aryl Quaternary Carbon Centers

Ulicki, Joseph Steve, Part I: Synthesis and Biological Evaluations of Potent Class L Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Part II: Aqueous Complexes for Efficient Sizebased Separation of Americium from Curium Part III: Designing Strong Chiral Bronsted Acids and Their Application for Oxaxinanones Derivatization and the Aza-henry Reaction

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Alberch, Eduardo, I. Studies on the Organocatalytic Formation of Quaternary Stereocenters. II. Studies on the Claisen Rearrangement as a Route to Quaternary Stereocenters. III. Asymmetric Synthesis of Aldehydes Bearing Quaternary Carbon Centers via the Decarboxylative Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation

Baranowski, Athena Marie, Evaluation of Vdr-coactivator Inhibitors Using Biochemical and Cell-based Assays

Garvey, Michael, Applying Computational Methods to Interpret Experimental Results in Tribology and Enantioselective Catalysis

Garvey, Sarah Lynn, Anion Effects in the Extraction of Metal Ions into Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILS)

Grant, April, Characterization of the Distribution, Abundance, and Fate of Metals in Sediment

Kendhammer, Lisa Kay, Studies in Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education. Part 1: Characterization of Complex Organics By Raman Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography. Part 2: Differential Item Functioning on Multiple-choice General Chemistry Assessments

Kohlmeyer, Ryan R., Functional Organic Nanomaterials

Kopitzke, Steven, An Optical-Fiber Based Sensor Array for the Simultaneous Analysis of Zinc and Copper in Aqueous Environments

McCallum, Megan Marie, High-Throughput Approaches for the Assessment of Factors Influencing Bioavailability of Small Molecules in Pre-Clinical Drug Development

Moua, Maika, Infrared Light Induced Bending of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composite-Silicone Bilayer Films

Nowakowski, Andrew, Zinc Chemical Biology: The Pursuit of the Intracellular Targets of Zinquin

Wobig, William John, Methods in Metallomics, Proteomics, and Toxicology: Development and Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Native SDS-PAGE

Youngblut, Matthew David, Towards the Use of Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography in Mechanistic Studies of Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase from Shewanella Oneidensis

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Gerlach, Karrie Linn, The Measure and Instruction of Scale in Introductory Chemistry

Hawkins, Cory, Fundamental and Applied Studies of Metal Ion Extraction by Crown Ethers into Imidazolium-Based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

Johnson II, Edward Merle, Part 1. Design and Synthesis of Cysteine/Cystine Prodrugs and Bioisosteres Including Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Disulfides Designed to Increase Cystine Levels in the CNS in Order to Drive the Cystine/Glutamate Antiporter: A Novel Treatment for Schizophrenia and Drug Addiction. Part 2. Design and Synthesis of Subtype Selective Ester Bioisosteres of BZR Ligands for Gabaa/Benzodiazepine Receptors to Enhance Metabolic Stability

O'Connell, Erin Margaret, Rapid Knowledge Assessment (RKA): Assessing Students Content Knowledge Through Rapid, in Class Assessment of Expertise

Pergande, Melissa Rhea, Mitochondrial Targeting in Photodynamic Therapy. Metabolic and Drug Structure Requirements for Specific Mitochondrial Localization. A Pilot Investigation

Rallapalli, Sundari K., Part I. The First Enantiospecific, Stereospecific Total Synthesis of the Indole Alkaloid Ervincidine. Part II. The Synthesis of Alpha 5 Subtype Selective Ligands for Gaba(a) /Benzodiazepine Receptors

Walker, Joshua D., Structure and Chemistry of Model Catalysts in Ultrahigh Vacuum

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Clayton, Terrill S., Part I, Unified Pharmacophore Protein Models of the Benzodiazepine Receptor Subtypes ; Part II, Subtype