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Publications & Patents (2007-2008)


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(* UWEC student co-authors)

“Ultraviolet Cavity Ringdown Spectra and the S1(n,π*) Ring-Inversion Potential Energy Function for 2-Cyclohexen-1-one and Its 2,6,6-d3 Isotopomer “; Mohamed Z. M. Rishard; Logan K. Ausman*; Elizabeth A. Brown*; Stephen Drucker; Jaebum Choo; Jaan Laane J. Phys. Chem. A 2008 (in press).

“Phosphorescence Excitation Spectrum of the T1(n,π*) —> S0 Transition of 4H-Pyran-4-one”; Laura M. Hoffelt*; Mitchell G. Springer*; Stephen Drucker*
J. Chem. Phys. 2008 (in press).

“Structural properties of CH3CN–SO2 in the gas phase and condensed-phase media via density functional theory and infrared spectroscopy”; A.A. Eigner*,
J.P. Wrass*, E.L. Smith*, C.C. Knutson,* J.A. Phillips Journal of Molecular Structure 2008 (in press).

“The Teaching Philosophy Statement: Purposes and Organizational Structure”; Eierman, R.J. J. Chem. Ed. 2008 (in press).

“NMR, Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Evidence Reveal a Different Chemical Structure for Methanobactin That Contains Oxazolone Rings”; Behling, Lee A.*; Hartsel, Scott C.; Lewis, David E.; DiSpirito, Alan A.; Choi, Dong-W.; Masterson, Larry R.; Veglia, Gianluigi; Gallagher, Warren H.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12604-12605.

“Contrasting cis and trans Effects on the Reactivity of Nonheme Oxoiron(IV) Complexes”; Zhou, Y.; Shan, X.; Mas-Ballesté, R.; Bukowski, M. R.; Stubna, A.; Slominski, L.*; Halfen, J. A.; Münck, E.; Que, L. Jr.
Angew. Chem. 2008, 47, 1896-1899.

“Oxidase, superoxide dismutase, and hydrogen peroxide reductase activities of methanobactin from types I and II methanotrophs”; Choi DW; Semrau JD; Antholine WE; Hartsel SC; Anderson RC; Carey JN; Dreis AM*; Kenseth EM*; Renstrom JM*; Scardino LL*; Van Gorden GS*; Volkert AA;* Wingad AD*; Yanzer PJ*; McEllistrem MT; de la Mora AM; Dispirito AA.
J. Inorg. Biochem. 2008, 102, 1571-1580.

“Metalloporphyrin Catalyzed Oxidation of Methyl Yellow and Related Azo Compounds”; Emmert, F.L.*; Thomas, J*.; Hon, B.*; Gengenbach, A.J. Inorganic Chim. Acta 2008, 361, 2243-2251.

“Non-heme iron complexes are efficient olefin aziridination catalysts”; Klotz, K.L.*; Slominski, L.M.*; Hull, A.V.*; Gottsacker, V.M.*; Mas-Balleste, R.; Que, L. Jr., Halfen, J. A. Chem. Commun. 2007, 2063-2065.

“Axial ligand tuning of a nonheme iron(IV)–oxo unit for hydrogen atom abstraction.”; Sastri, C.V.; Lee, J.; Oh, K.; Lee, Y.J.; Lee, J.; Jackson, T.A.; Ray, K.; Hirao, H.; Shin, W.; Halfen, J.A.; Kim, J.; Que, L. Jr.; Shaik, S.; Nam, W. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2007, 104, 19181-19186.

“Two new water-soluble derivatives of 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (PTA): Synthesis, characterization, X-ray analysis and solubility studies of 3,7-diformyl-1,3,7-triaza-5-phosphabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane and 1-pyridylmethyl-3,5-diaza-1-azonia-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.1]decane bromide”;
Krogstad, D.A.; Ellis, G.S.; Gunderson, A.K.; Hammrich, A.J.; Rudolf, J.W.; Halfen, J.A. Polyhedron 2007, 26, 4093-4100.

“Alternatives to pyridinediimine ligands: syntheses and structures of metal complexes supported by donor-modified alpha-diimine ligands”;
Schmiege, B.M.*; Carney, M.J.; Small, B.L.; Gerlach, D.L.*; Halfen, J.A.
Dalton Trans. 2007, 2547-2562.

“IR spectrum of CH3CN–BF3 in Solid Neon: Matrix Effects on the Structural Properties of a Lewis Acid-Base Complex”; A.A. Eigner,* J.A. Rohde,*
C.C. Knutson,* J.A. Phillips Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2007, 111, 1402.

“B-N Distance Potential of CH3CN–BF3 Revisited: Resolving the Experiment-Theory Structure Discrepancy and Modeling the Effects of Low-Dielectric Environments”; J.A. Phillips, C.J. Cramer
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2007, 111, 1408-1415.

"Oligomerization of Ethylene Using New Iron Catalysts Bearing Pendant Donor Modified π-Diimine Ligands,” Brooke L. Small; Ray Rios; Eric R. Fernandez; Michael J. Carney Organometallics 2007, 26, 1744-1749.

Patents: “Diimine Metal Complexes, Methods of Synthesis, and Methods of Using in Oligomerization and Polymerization”; Michael J Carney
1) US 7,129,304
2) US 7,268,096
3) US 7,271,121

“Numerical evaluation of truncated Kramers-Kronig transforms”; F.W. King
J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B 2007, 24, 1589-1595.

“High-precision calculations of the hyperfine constants for the low-lying excited 2S states of the lithium atom”; F.W. King Physical Review A 2007, 76, 042512.

“Jet-Cooled Phosphorescence Excitation Spectrum of the T1(n,π*) —> S0 Transition of 2-Cyclopenten-1-one”; Nathan R. Pillsbury; Timothy S. Zwier; Richard H. Judge; Stephen Drucker J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 8357.

Eierman, R. J. “Teaching and Learning Quantitative Analysis” in Active Learning in the Analytical Sciences, Mabrouk, P. A. , Ed.; ACS Symposium book; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2007.

Eierman, R. J., “Who’s Playing First in My Course?”, The Teaching Professor, v. 21, #4, p. 2, 2007.

Eierman, R. J., et. al Exam on Analytical Chemistry (AN07), ACS DivCHED Exams Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2007.


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