Graduate programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminars 1997-1998
Department Seminars
Seminars are usually held on Thursday afternoons in 152 Dunbar Hall unless otherwise noted. Seminars begin promptly at 3:45 pm with refereshments served 15 minutes before the seminar time.
Aug 28 |
Dr.
Bhanu P. S. Chauhan |
"Transition Metal Catalyzed Activation of Si-C and/or Si-H Bonds: Variant Synthetic Strategies to Silicon Containing Synthons and Polymers" |
Sep 18 |
"Diphosphenes and Phosphinidene Complexes: Low Coordinate Phosphorus Centers Stabilized By Sterically Encumbered meta-Terphenyls" |
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Sep
25 |
Dr.
David Gosztola |
"Probing Photogenerated Electric Field Effects with Ultrafast Spectroscopy." |
Oct 2 |
Dr.
James A. Kaduk |
"Rietveld XRD Analysis for Crystal Structure Refinement and Analytical Chemistry" |
Oct
7 |
"Tales of the Unexpected. Adventures in Synthetic Organic Chemistry" |
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Oct 16 |
Dr.
Nikolay Gerasimchuk |
"Chemistry of Cyanoximes and of their Complexes" |
Oct 23 |
Dr.
Jim Burt |
"Imaging of Surface Pressures with Luminescent Paints" |
Oct 30 |
Dr.
Sithamalli Chandramouli |
"Part
1: Approaches to the Synthesis of Tetronasin and Taxol |
Nov 6 |
"The Use of ArSCl Adducts of Alkenes in Organic Synthesis" |
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Nov
12 |
Risto
Laitinen |
"Chalcogen Ring Interconversion: Symbiosis of Theory and Experiment" |
Nov 13 |
"Computational Evidence for Sulphur Participation in Biotin Chemistry" |
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Nov
18 |
"Synthetically Retuning Nature's Amino Acids and Lignans for Bioorganic Purposes" |
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Nov 20 |
"Protein Chemistry: From Catalysis to Cancer and Beyond" |
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Dec 4 |
Dr.
Ronald Brisbois |
"CpCo-Cyclobutadienyl-Bridged Cyclophanes, Ketene Cycloadditions, and Curriculum Development. Overview of an Undergraduate Research Program." |
Dec
5 |
Dr.
K. Paulvannan |
"Solid Phase Synthesis - a Tool for Drug Discovery" |