My research interests are in the areas of new fluorination methods and
the development of fluorinated synthons in organic chemistry. The research
has much application in biomedicinal and bioanalytical science. My students
will have a choice among a variety of projects depending upon their interests
and backgrounds.
Below is a list of M.S. students graduated from my group:
1. E. C. Haynie (1972) - A Study of the Reactions of Divalent Carbon
2. P. H. Patrick (1972) - Tris(dipivalomethanato)europium
Induced Chemical Shifts
3. J. A. Dolan (1973) - Nitrosation of 9-Acylamidoxanthenes
4. J. A. Schield (1973) - Synthesis of Fluoroaromatic Amines
5. J. L. Honegger (1974) - Synthesis of Derivatives of 5-Ethynyl-2,2'-
bithiophene
6. R. R. Bresee (1974) - Enthalpies of Hydrogen Bonding
of Psychotropic Drugs
7. G. H. Kovitch (1974) - Photochemical Reactions of
Diethyl Mercurybisdiazoacetate
8. D. L. Schutzenhofer (1974) - Insertion Reactions of
Dimethylvinylidene Carbene
9. M. E. Hoel (1975) - Photolysis of Meta-Substituted Stilbenes
10. K. H. Akkari (1976) - Mass Spectroscopy of Cyclic alpha-Hydroxy
Acids
11. M. H. Lefaivre (1976) - Fluoroxy Reactions of Polynuclear Arenes
12. M. Sasa (1976) - Reactions of 5-Formyl-2,2'-Bithienyl Derivatives
13. P. A. Egan (1976) - Phenolic Cyclic Tetramers
14. T.-T. Wu (1976) - Photochemical Reactions of Diethyl
Mercurybisdiazo-acetate in Heterocyclic Solvents
15. M. A. Dorton (1976) - Thioxanthenyl Carbene Chemistry
16. Y. H. Lee (1976) - The Synthesis and Reactions of Polymer-bound
Iodobenzene Difluoride
17. D. J. Schmidt (1977) - The Reaction of Dimethylvinylidene Carbene
with Various Olefins
18. W. E. Hall (1977) - Iodobenzene Difluoride Reactions with
Diphenylethylenes
19. C. Chang (1977) - Fluoroxy Reactions of Unsaturated Systems
20. G. Melm (1978) - Synthesis of Helenynoic Acid
21. G. Cantrell (1979) - Trifluoromethyl Hypofluorite Reactions with 1,1-
Diphenylethylene Systems
22. S. Murphy (1979) - Hypofluorite Reactions of Aromatic Imines
23. J. Gemoules (1980) - NMR Shift Reagents in Structural Analysis
24. E. Hosseini (1980) - Conductivities of Dithiapyrilium Complexes
25. M. O'Reilly (1980) - Synthesis of Bithienyl Acetylenes
26. J. Scheibel (1981) - Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Geminal
Difluorides
27. P. Flory (1983) - Fluorination of Hydrazones
28. R. Willaredt (1984) - Biaryls From Aryltriazines
29. T. Juehne (1985) - Aryltriazines to Arylnitriles
30. R. Montezania (1987) - Synthesis of 16-Fluoroestrone
31. C. Hudson (1988) - Fluorodesulfurization
32. S. Hosseini (1989) - Alkylation of 2-Fluoromethyloxazine
33. S. Bains (1989) - Reaction of 2-Fluoromethyloxazine with Carbonyl
Electrophiles
34. C. Yang (1990) - Synthesis of(S)-2-Fluoro-5- (t-butyldimethylsiloxy)-
2-penten-4-olide
35. K. Hering-Smith (1990) - Mechanism of Fluorodecarboxylation
36. X. Zhang (1992) - Reaction of 2-Fluoromethyloxazine with
Heteroatom Electrophiles
37. C. Hutchinson (1992) - Synthesis of 2-Fluoromuconate
38. J. Walker (1992) - Chiral Fluorinated Lactones
39. M. Lanahan (1994) - Chemistry of Fluorodienes
40. R. Cameron (1994) - Attempted Synthesis of Beta-fluoroacylanion
Synthon
41. C. Cheng (1995) - Synthesis and Stereochemistry of 2-Fluoro-5-(t-
butyldimethylsiloxy)- 2-penten-4-olide Derivatives
42. Y. Zhu (1995) - Synthesis and Chemistry of Fluorodienes
43. B. Neal (1996) - Synthesis of Fluorinated Pyrethrins
44. W. Ye (1997) - Synthesis of a Fluorinated Nucleoside
45. L.-K. Zhang (1997) - Mechanism of Fluorodeiodination
46. Q. Li (1997) - Deiodinative Fluorination
47. S. Qian (1999) - Rearrngement in Deiodinative Fluorination
48. H. Liu (1999) - Cyclization in Deiodinative Fluorination
49. R. Shelton (2000) - Synthesis of a Fluorinated Pheromone:(Z)-5-(1-
Decenyl)dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
50. E. Pak (2002) - Application of a Novel Fluorodienophile in the Diels-
Alder Reaction
51. H. Yu (2003) - Diels-Alder Reaction of a Fluorodiene and the
Multistep Synthesis of a Fluorodiene
52. J. Rogers (2003) - Synthesis of Novel Fluorinated Dienes and
Reactions of Alkenes with Xenon Difluoride-Iodine
Reagent
53. K. Gorrell (2006) - Use of Monofluorinated Building Blocks: The
Diels-Alder Reaction
54. C. Fianu (2006) - Fluorinated Dienophiles
55. T. Agboka (2007) - Heck Reaction with Methyl Fluorovinyl Ketone
56. B. Asmelash (2007) - Synthesis of Monofluorinated Alkoxydienes
and their Claisen Rearrangement, and the
Synthesis of Fluorobutendioate derivatives
57. H. Li (2008) - 3-Fluoro-3-buten-2-one in the Diels-Alder Reaction
58. U. Dahal (2008) - 1,4-Addition of Fluorovinyl Methyl Ketone
59. K. Tivini (2008) - A Novel Fluorolactone in the Diels-Alder Reaction
60. D. Awasabisah (2009) - Free Radical Reactions of 3-Fluorobutenone
61. R. Singh (2009) - Preparation and Reactions of Dialkylfluorofumarate
62. E. Fynn (2010) - 3-Fluoro-3-Methoxybutadiene in Hetero-Diels Alder Reaction
63. J. Neumann (2010) - Ethyl (E) and (Z)-2-Fluoropropenoate in the
Diels-Alder Reaction
64. J. Johnson (2011) - [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions of 3-Fluoro-
butenone
65. J. L. Durbin (2011) - Nitrone-Olefin [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions
of 3-Fluorobutenone
66. M. Shadmehr (2011) - Synthesis of Fluoro-Isoxazolidine and Fluoro-Pyrrolidine
via [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Diethyl (E)-Fluoro-
maleate
67. A. Khan (2011) - [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Ethyl Z-2-Fluoropropenoate and
Nitrones
68. R. Kwashie (2012) - Chemistry of Fluorinated Dienes
69. N. Ehterami (2012) - [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Ethyl 3-Fluoropropenoate
and Azomethine Imines
70. A. Blay (2012) - Heck Reactions with Organofluorinated Compounds.
71. J. Jha (2013) - [3+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Gem-dicyanoepoxide and
Elelclltrophilic Reaction of Ethyll Atropate.