Submissions from 2024
Highly efficient CO2 electrochemical reduction on dual metal (Co–Ni)–nitrogen sites, Jianping Chen, Md Robayet Ahasan, Jin-Su Oh, Jake A. Tan, Stephen Hennessey, Mahmoud M. Kaid, Hani M. El-Kaderi, Lin Zhou, Ka Un Lao, Ruigang Wang, and Wei-Ning Wang
Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Halogen Bonding Interactions Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Derivatives, Molly M. Sherard, Jamie S. Kaplan, Jeffrey H. Simpson, Kevin W. Kittredge, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2023
Conducting research at primarily undergraduate institutions, Nicholas D. Ball, Maria A. Gomez, Brian P. Rempel, Carol A. Parish, Blakely W. Tresca, and Elizabeth G. McGinite
Exploring the disruption of SARS-CoV-2 RBD binding to hACE2, Camryn Carter, Justin Airas, Haley Gladden, Bill R. Miller III, and Carol A. Parish
Atomistic insights into the binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain with the human ACE2 receptor: The importance of residue 493, Camryn Carter, Justin Airas, and Carol A. Parish
How Elements Die, Craig Caudill and Ryan Coppage
One-pot silyl imidate formation-N-alkylation reactions of amides with propargyl propionates, Tyler G. Chong, Alex V. Helbling, Remi D. Graff, and C. Wade Downey
Nanomaterial-Doped Xerogels for Biosensing Measurements of Xanthine in Clinical and Industrial Applications, Quang Minh Dang, Ann H. Wemple, and Michael C. Leopold
Sigma Hole Potentials as Tools: Quantifying and Partitioning Substituent Effects, Kelling J. Donald, Nam Pham, and Pranav Ravichandran
One-pot enol silane formation-allylation of ketones promoted by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, Elizabeth D. Heafner, Xuechun Lin, Alexa Connors, Hanyu Zhong, R. J. Coyle, Yiqi Liu, and C. Wade Downey
Modification of thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters comprising acridan– pyrimidine moieties for efficient sky-blue to greenish-blue OLEDs, Yi-Zhen Li, Hsuan-Chi Liang, Chia-Hsun Chen, Ching-Huang Chiu, Bo-Yen Lin, Jake A. Tan, Jiun-Haw Lee, Tien-Lung Chiu, and Man-kit Leung
Comparative Analysis of the Donor Properties of Isomeric Pyrrolyl Phosphine Ligands, Vicky A. Osenga, Nolan C. Sykes, Sopheak Pa, Michael K. Bambha, Nathan D. Schley, and Miles W. Johnson
Voices of Black Talent in Chemistry: Retention Strategies and Personal Success Stories, Carol A. Parish
On-Site Detection of Neonicotinoid Pesticides Using Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Halogen Bonding, Molly M. Sherard, Quang Minh Dang, Sophia C. Reiff, Jeffrey H. Simpson, and Michael C. Leopold
ariations on the Bergman Cyclization Theme: Electrocyclizations of Ionic Penta-, Hepta-, and Octadiy, Dominic A. Sirrianni, Xinli Song, Salmiki Wairegi, Evan B. Wang, Sebastian A. Mendoza-Gomez, Adam Luxon, Maxwell Zimmerley, Arianna Nussdorf, Michael Filatov, Roald Hoffmann, and Carol A. Parish
Mechanistic Elucidation of Nanomaterial-Enhanced First-Generation Biosensors Using Probe Voltammetry of an Enzymatic Reaction, Ann H. Wemple, Jamie S. Kaplan, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2022
Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with Halogen Bonding Capability─An Avenue for Molecular Detection Schemes, Quang Minh Dang, Samuel T. Gilmore, Karthik Lalwani, Richard J. Conk, Jeffrey H. Simpson, and Michael C. Leopold
Synthesis of β,β-Disubstituted Styrenes via Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate-Promoted Aldehyde-Aldehyde Aldol Addition-Deformylative Elimination., Grant J. Dixon, Michael R. Rodriguez, Tyler G. Chong, Kevin Y. Kim, and C. Wade Downey
Submissions from 2021
From Molecules to Solids: A vdW-DF-C09 Case Study of the Mercury Dihalides, Valentino R. Cooper, Jaron T. Krogel, and Kelling J. Donald
Evaluating Halogen-Bond Strength as a Function of Molecular Structure Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Computational Analysis, Quang Minh Dang, Jeffrey H. Simpson, Carol A. Parish, and Michael C. Leopold
Group 14 Central Atoms and Halogen Bonding in Different Dielectric Environments: How Germanium Outperforms Silicon., Kelling J. Donald, Supreeth Prasad, and Kaitlin Wilson
Sintering-Based In-Situ Synthesis and Characterization by TEM of Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Ceramic Glaze Color Control., Karthik Lalwani, Nathan Dihn, Michael C. Leopold, and Ryan H. Coppage
Techno File: Silver and Gold., Karthik Lalwani, Michael C. Leopold, and Ryan Coppage
A comparison of the chemical bonding and reactivity of Si8H8O12 and Ge8H8O12: A theoretical study, Jules Tshishimbi Muya, Kelling J. Donald, Arnout Ceulemans, and Carol A. Parish
Friedel–Crafts addition of indoles to nitrones promoted by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, Zachary Z. Oracheff, Helen L. Xia, Christopher D. Poff, Scott E. Isaacson, and C. Wade Downey
Substituent Effects and the Energetics of Noncatalyzed Aryl Halide Aminations: A Theoretical Investigation, Supreeth Prasad, Dylan D. Rodene, Michael B. Burkholder, Kelling J. Donald, and B. Frank Gupton
One-Pot Synthesis of 2-Methylfurans from 3- (Trimethylsilyl)propargyl Acetates Promoted by Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate, Danielle E. Sklar, Alex V. Helbling, Yiqi Liu, and C. Wade Downey
Submissions from 2020
Rolf Huisgen’s Classic Studies of Cyclic Triene Diels-Alder Reactions Elaborated by Modern Computational Analysis., Pan-Pan Chen, Jeffrey I. Seeman, and Kendall N. Houk
Aromatic Ouroboroi: Heterocycles Involving a Sigma-Donor-Acceptor Bond and 4n+2 Pi-Electrons, Kelling J. Donald, William Tiznado, Rodrigo Baez-Grez, and Diego Inostroza
One-pot silyl ketene imine formation-nucleophilic addition reactions of acetonitrile with acetals and nitrones, C. Wade Downey, Grace Ann L. Robertson, Jhonmattew Santa, Kari R. Flicker, and William M. Stith
The Generality of the GUGA MRCI Approach in COLUMBUS for Treating Complex Quantum Chemistry, Hans Lischka, Ron Shepard, Thomas Müller, Peter G. Szalay, Russell M. Pitzer, Adelia J. A. Aquino, Carol A. Parish, and et al.
The Relationship of William Henry Perkin, Jr. and Sir Robert Robinson: Teacher and Student, Then Student and Teacher, Jeffrey I. Seeman
Submissions from 2019
One-Pot Enol Silane Formation-Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions: Crossed Aldehyde-Aldehyde Coupling, Thioester Substrates, and Reactions in Ester Solvents, C. Wade Downey, Grant J. Dixon, Jared A. Ingersoll, Claire A. Fuller, Kenneth W. MacCormac, Anna Takashima, and Rohina Sediqui
Adaptable Xerogel-Layered Amperometric Biosensor Platforms on Wire Electrodes for Clinically Relevant Measurements, Lillian B. Hughes, Najwa Labban, Grace E. Conway, Julie A. Pollock, and Michael C. Leopold
Halogen Bonding Interactions for Aromatic and Non-Aromatic Explosive Detection, Arjun K. A. Jaini, Lillian B. Hughes, Michael K. Kitimet, Kevin John Ulep, Michael C. Leopold, and Carol A. Parish
First Generation Amperometric Biosensing of Galactose with Xerogel-Carbon Nanotube Layer-By-Layer Assemblies, Najwa Labban, Mulugeta B. Wayu, Ciara M. Steele, Tess S. Munoz, Julie A. Pollock, William S. Case, and Michael C. Leopold
Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Adsorption Interfaces for Electron Transfer Studies of Galactose Oxidase, Mulugeta B. Wayu, Michael J. Pannell, Najwa Labban, William S. Case, Julie A. Pollack, and Michael C. Leopold
Metal-Assisted Hydrolysis Reactions Involving Lipids: A Review, Dominique E. Williams and Kathryn B. Grant
Preface to the 30th Anniversary Volume: A Brief History of the Journal, Martel Zeldin, Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, and Songjun Li
Submissions from 2018
Sintering-Induced Nucleation and Growth of Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Resonance Ceramic Color, Nathan Dinh, Michael C. Leopold, and Ryan Coppage
A Multi-Size Study of Gold Nanoparticle Degradation and Reformation in Ceramic Glazes, Nathan NL. Dinh, Luke T. DiPasquale, Michael C. Leopold, and Ryan H. Coppage
One-Pot Enol Silane Formation-Alkylation of Ketones with Propargyl Carboxylates Promoted by Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate, C. Wade Downey, Danielle N. Confair, Yiqi Liu, and Elizabeth D. Heafner
Chalcone and Cinnamate Synthesis via One-Pot Enol Silane Formation-Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of Ketones and Acetate Esters, C. Wade Downey, Hadleigh M. Glist, Anna Takashima, Samuel R. Bottum, and Grant J. Dixon
Versatile Sarcosine Biosensing Schemes Utilizing Layer-by-Layer Construction of Carbon Nanotube-Chitosan Composite Films, Michael J. Pannell, Elizabeth E. Doll, Najwa Labban, Mulugeta B. Wayu, Julie A. Pollack, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2017
MMTV-PyMT and derived Met-1 mouse mammary tumor cells as models for studying the role of the androgen receptor in triple-negative breast cancer progression, Jessica L. Christenson, Kiel T. Butterfield, Nicole S. Spoelstra, John D. Norris, Jatinder S. Josan, Julie A. Pollock, Donald P. McDonnell, Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, John A. Katzenellenbogen, and Jennifer K. Richer
Mukaiyama addition of (trimethylsilyl) acetonitrile to dimethyl acetals mediated by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, C. Wade Downey, Alice Y.-K. Lee, John R. Goodin, Courtney J. Botelho, and William M. Stith
Gold Nanoparticle Colorants as Traditional Ceramic Glaze Alternatives, Raef H. Lambertson, Christie A. Lacy, Samuel D. Gillespie, and Michael C. Leopold
Enzyme–free uric acid electrochemical sensors using β–cyclodextrin modified carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotubes, Mulugeta B. Wayu, Margaret A. Schwarzmann, Samuel D. Gillespie, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2016
Electropolymerized Layersas Selective Membranesin First Generation Uric Acid Biosensors, Kaiwen Chen, Grace E. Conway, Gregory A. Hamilton, Matthew L. Trawick, and Michael C. Leopold
Assembled Nanoparticle Films with Crown Ether Derivatives as Sensors for Metal Ions, Kevin W. Kittredge, Justin T. Malinowski, Alison M. Washington, Robert W. Dayand, and Michael C. Leopold
Inhibiting androgen receptor nuclear entry in castration-resistant prostate cancer, Julie A. Pollock, Suzanne E. Wardell, Alexander A. Parent, David B. Stagg, Stephanie J. Ellison, Holly M. Alley, Christina A. Chao, Scott A. Lawrence, James P. Stice, Ivan Spasojevic, Jennifer G. Baker, Sung Hoon Kim, Donald P. McDonnell, John A. Katzenellenbogen, and John D. Norris
Electropolymerization of b–cyclodextrin onto multi–walled carbon nanotube composite films for enhanced selective detection of uric acid, Mulugeta B. Wayu, Luke T. DiPasquale, Margaret A. Schwarzmann, Samuel D. Gillespie, and Michael C. Leopold
Layered Xerogel Films Incorporating Monolayer Protected Cluster Networks on Platinum Black Modified Electrodes for Enhanced Sensitivity in 1st Generation Uric Acid Biosensing, Mulugeta B. Wayu, Michael J. Pannell, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2015
First principles predictions of van der Waals bonded inorganic crystal structures: Test case, HgCl2, Valentino R. Cooper and Kelling J. Donald
Structure-Function Relationships Affecting the Sensing Mechanism of Monolayer-Protected Cluster Doped Xerogel Amperometric Glucose Biosensors, Luke T. DiPasquale, Nicholas G. Poulos, Jackson R. Hall, Aastha Minocha, Tram Anh Bui, and Michael C. Leopold
One-pot silyl ketene acetal-formation-Mukaiyama–Mannich additions to imines mediated by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, C. Wade Downey, Jared A. Ingersoll, Hadleigh M. Glist, Carolyn M. Dombrowski, and Adam T. Barnett
Friedel–Crafts hydroxyalkylation of indoles mediated by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, C. Wade Downey, Christopher D. Poff, and Alissa N. Nizinski
Quantitative Analysis of Heavy Metals in Children’s Toys and Jewelry: A Multi-Instrument, Multi-Technique Exercise in Analytical Chemistry and Public Health, Lauren E. Finch, Margot M. Hillyer, and Michael C. Leopold
Electrochemical Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Substrates Derived from Thermal Decomposition of Monolayer-Protected Cluster Films, Michael C. Leopold, Tran T. Doan, Melissa J. Mullaney, Andrew F. Loftus, and Christopher M. Kidd
Functional Layer-By-Layer Design of Xerogel-Based 1st Generation Amperometric Glucose Biosensors, Nicholas G. Poulos, Jackson R. Hall, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2014
Stop rotating! One substitution halts the B19- motor, Francisco Cervantes-Navarro, Gerarso MartÍnez-Guajardo, Edison Osorio, Diego Moreno, William Tiznado, Rafael Islas, Kelling J. Donald, and Gabriel Merino
Silyl trifluoromethanesulfonate-activated para-methoxybenzyl methyl ether as an alkylating agent for thiols and aryl ketones, C. Wade Downey, Sarah E. Covington, Derek C. Obenschain, Evan Halliday, James T. Rague, and Danielle N. Confair
Silyl triflate-accelerated additions of catalytically generated zinc acetylides to N-phenyl nitrones, C. Wade Downey, Erin N. Maxwell, and Danielle N. Confair
Multi-technique Quantitative Analysis and Socioeconomic Considerations of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic in Children's Toys and Toy Jewelry, Margot M. Hillyer, Lauren E. Finch, Alisha S. Cerel, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, and Michael C. Leopold
Molecular Dynamics Study of the Opening Mechanism for DNA Polymerase I, Carol A. Parish, Bill R. Miller III, and Eugene Y. Wu
A Loose Domain Swapping Organization Confers a Remarkable Stability to the Dimeric Structure of the Arginine Binding Protein from Thermotoga maritima, Alessia Ruggiero, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Maria Staiano, Rita Berisio, Sabato D'Auria, and Luigi Vitagliano
Submissions from 2013
Periplasmic Binding Proteins in Thermophiles: Characterization and Potential Application of an Arginine-Binding Protein from Thermotoga maritima: A Brief Thermo-Story, Alessio Ausili, Maria Staiano, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Antonio Varriale, Alessandro Capo, and Sabato D'Auria
One-Pot Enol Silane Formation-Mukaiyama–Mannich Addition of Ketones, Amides, and Thioesters to Nitrones in the Presence of Trialkylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonates, C. Wade Downey, Carolyn M. Dombrowski, Erin N. Maxwell, Chelsea L. Safran, and Odamea A. Akomah
Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticle Doped Xerogels as Functional Components of Amperometric Glucose Biosensors, Michael Hartley Freeman, Jackson R. Hall, and Michael C. Leopold
Theoretical design of stable small aluminium-magnesium binary clusters, Edison Osorio, Alejandro Vasquez, Elizabeth Florez, Fanor Mondragon, Kelling J. Donald, and William Tiznado
Nanoparticle Film Assemblies as Platforms for Electrochemical Biosensing – Factors Affecting Amperometric Signal Enhancement of Hydrogen Peroxide, Adrienne R. Schmidt, Natalie D. T. Nguyen, and Michael C. Leopold
Structurally diverse hamigerans from the New Zealand marine sponge Hamigera tarangaensis: NMR-directed isolation, structure elucidation and antifungal activity, A. Jonathan Singh, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Jessica J. Field, Zlatka Smart, Ethan F. Woolly, Jacqueline M. Barber, Rosemary Heathcott, John H. Miller, and Peter T. Northcote
Submissions from 2012
CBe5E− (E = Al, Ga, In, Tl): planar pentacoordinate carbon in heptaatomic clusters, Abril C. Castro, Gerarso Martinez-Guajardo, Thomas Johnson, Jesus M. Ugalde, Yan-Bo Wu, Jose M. Mercero, Thomas Heine, Kelling J. Donald, and Gabriel Merino
Plane and simple: planar tetracoordinate carbon centers in small moleculesw, Chad Crigger, Bernard K. Wittmaack, Marina Tawfik, Gabriel Merino, and Kelling J. Donald
One-pot synthesis of (Z)-B-sulfonyl enoates from ethyl propiolate, C. Wade Downey, Smaranda Craciun, Ana M. Neferu, Christina A. Vivelo, Carly J. Mueller, Brian C. Southall, Stephanie Corsi, Eric W. Etchill, and Ryan J. Sault
One-pot three-step thioconjugate addition-oxidation-Diels–Alder reactions of ethyl propiolate, C. Wade Downey, Smaranda Craciun, Christina A. Vivelo, Ana M. Neferu, Carly J. Mueller, and Stephanie Corsi
Submissions from 2011
Sweep, Step, Pulse, and Frequency-Based Techniques Applied to Protein Monolayer Electrochemistry at Nanoparticle Interfaces, Debbie S. Campbell-Rance, Tran T. Doan, and Michael C. Leopold
Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Multi-layer Polyelectrolyte Thin Films Incorporating Spherical, Gold Colloid Nanomaterials, Tran T. Doan, Robert W. Day, and Michael C. Leopold
Synthesis of N-Acyl-N,O-Acetals from N-Aryl Amides and Acetals in the Presence of TMSOTf, C. Wade Downey, Alan S. Fleisher, James T. Rague, Chelsea L. Safran, Megan E. Venable, and Robert D. Pike
Stabilizing carbon-lithium stars, Nancy Perez-Peralta, Maryel Contreras, William Tiznado, John Stewart, Kelling J. Donald, and Gabriel Merino
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of ligand-free and arginine-bound forms of Thermotoga maritima arginine-binding protein, Alessia Ruggiero, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Anna Pennacchio, Luisa Iozzion, Maria Staiano, Matthew S. Luchansky, Bryan S. Der, Rita Berisio, Sabato D'Auria, and Luigi Vitagliano
Charge Saturation and Neutral Substitutions in Halomethanes and Their Group 14 Analogues, Bernard K. Wittmaack, Chad Crigger, Matthew Guarino, and Kelling J. Donald
Submissions from 2010
Plasticity of Acquired Secondary Metabolites in Clathria prolifera (Demospongia: Poecilosclerida): Putative Photoprotective Role of Carotenoids in a Temperate Intertidal Sponge, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Drew Sieg, Malcolm Hill, Chris M. Manieri, and Giles Thomson
Electrochemical Investigation of Azurin Thermodynamic and Adsorption Properties at Monolayer-Protected Cluster Film Assemblies – Evidence for a More Homogeneous Adsorption Interface, Tran Doan, Morgan Lynn Vargo, John K. Gerig, Chris P. Gulka, Matthew L. Trawick, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, and Michael C. Leopold
Tuning σ-Holes: Charge Redistribution in the Heavy (Group 14) Analogues of Simple and Mixed Halomethanes Can Impose Strong Propensities for Halogen Bonding, Kelling J. Donald, Bernard K. Wittmaack, and Chad Crigger
Enhanced Electrochemistry of Nanoparticle-Embedded Polyelectrolyte Films: Interfacial Electronic Coupling and Distance Dependence, Callie E. Dowdy and Michael C. Leopold
Acetic Acid Aldol Reactions in the Presence of Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate, C. Wade Downey, Miles W. Johnson, Daniel H. Lawrence, Alan S. Fleisher, and Kathryn J. Tracy
Amino acid transport in thermophiles: characterization of an arginine-binding protein in Thermotoga maritima, Matthew S. Luchansky, Bryan S. Der, Sabato D'Auria, Gabriella Pocsfalvi, Luisa Iozzion, Daniela Marasco, and Jonathan D. Dattelbaum
Shorter Still: Compressing C-C Single Bonds, Gerarso Martinez-Guajardo, Kelling J. Donald, Bernard K. Wittmaack, Miguel Angel Vazquez, and Gabriel Merino
Amino acid transport in thermophiles: characterization of an arginine-binding protein in Thermotoga maritima. 2. Molecular organization and structural stability, Andrea Scirè, Anna Marabotti, Maria Staiano, Luisa Iozzion, Matthew S. Luchansky, Bryan S. Der, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Fabio Tanfani, and Sabato D'Auria
Submissions from 2009
Radical Bonding: Structure and Stability of Bis(Phenalenyl) Complexes of Divalent Metals from across the Periodic Table, Smaranda Craciun and Kelling J. Donald
Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate- Accelerated Addition of Catalytically Generated Zinc Acetylides to Aldehydes, C. Wade Downey, Brian D. Mahoney, and Vincent R. Lipari
Polyelectrolyte-Linked Film Assemblies of Nanoparticles and Nanoshells: Growth, Stability, and Optical Properties, Anne A. Galyean, Justin Malinowski, Robert W. Day, Kevin W. Kittredge, and Michael C. Leopold
Distance Dependence of Electron Transfer Kinetics for Azurin Protein Adsorbed to Monolayer Protected Nanoparticle Film Assemblies, Morgan Lynn Vargo, Chris P. Gulka, John K. Gerig, Christopher M. Manieri, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, Carolyn B. Marks, Nathaniel T. Lawrence, Matthew L. Trawick, and Michael C. Leopold
Submissions from 2008
Pentadienyl Complexes of Alkali Metals: Structure and Bonding, Erick Cerpa, Francisco J. Tenorio, Maryel Contreras, Manuel Villanueva, Hiram I. Beltran, Thomas Heine, Kelling J. Donald, and Gabriel Merino
One-Pot Enol Silane Formation-Mukaiyama Aldol-Type Addition to Dimethyl Acetals Mediated by TMSOTf, C. Wade Downey, Miles W. Johnson, and Kathryn J. Tracy
Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticle Film Assemblies as Platforms for Controlling Interfacial and Adsorption Properties in Protein Monolayer Electrochemistry, Andrew F. Loftus, Katelyn P. Reighard, Susanna A. Kapourales, and Michael C. Leopold
An Extended Multireference Study of the Electronic States of Para-benzyne, Carol A. Parish, Evan B. Wang, and Hans Lischka
Submissions from 2007
A Tandem Enol Silane Formation-Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction Mediated by TMSOTf, C. Wade Downey and Miles W. Johnson
A Series of Vertically Integrated Nanotechnology Experiments for the Undergraduate Curriculum, Kevin W. Kittredge, Lesley E. Russell, and Michael C. Leopold