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Novel Functional Materials in Organic Chemistry Research

Explore faculty research interests in organic chemistry, including the synthesis and study of tetraazaporphyrins for applications like optical limiting and CO sensing. Current student projects and advisors highlighted.

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Novel Functional Materials in Organic Chemistry Research

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  1. Organic Chemistry Faculty Research Interests

  2. Organic Research Advisors • Debra Dillner • Jeff Fitzgerald • fulfills Biochemistry Option • Shirley Lin • fulfills Biochemistry Option • Craig Whitaker • fulfills Biochemistry Option?

  3. Prof. Deb Dillner Chemical Education – Atoms First pilot assessment Particulate Nature of Matter Current Student: Olivia Bair

  4. Coding for Multiple Choice Question Correct Answer: B A represents weak acid before titration C represents a strong acid D represents the equivalence point

  5. Coding for Free Response Questions • An aqueous solution is 0.10 molal in sodium sulfate, Na2SO4 . • What ions, atoms and molecules are present in the solution and what are the concentrations of each? (Fill in the appropriate number of blanks below). • i. ion, atom or molecule__________ Concentration__________ • ii. Ion, atom or molecule__________ Concentration_________ • iii. Ion, atom or molecule__________ Concentration_________

  6. Coding Scheme

  7. Prof. Jeff Fitzgerald Overview: Synthesis and study of novel functional materials based on tetraazaporphyrins (TAPs). TAP’s are synthetic analogs of metal-containing macrocycles found in hemoglobin, chlorophyll, etc.. On-going projects: 1. Optical Limiting Material 2. CO Sensing Badge • transmit ambient light but become opaque to lasers. • protect eyes and optical sensors from “laser dazzling.” • In collaboration with NRL, we are making and studying novel TAPs. • discovered a novel TAP which binds CO with a color change. • but does not bind O2. • modifying material to enhance CO affinity (increase sensitivity).

  8. Prof. Jeff Fitzgerald Overview: Synthesis and study of novel functional materials based on tetraazaporphyrins (TAPs). TAP’s are synthetic analogs of metal-containing macrocycles found in hemoglobin, chlorophyll, etc.. TAP Synthesis: 1/C Jeanne Cameron’s work: Project: Make octaperfluorophenyltetraazaporphyrin and test metal complexes as CO sensors.

  9. Prof. Joe Urban Overview: Computational chemistry/molecular modeling of organic and bioorganic compounds Projects: Molecular Modeling Studies of Model Peptide Mimics Computational chemistry techniques are being used to investigate the conformational properties of modified peptide compounds.  The work involves using molecular modeling software (ex: Spartan) on local computers as well as remote DoD supercomputers.

  10. Professor Craig Whitaker Overview: My research areas focus on materials chemistry and polymer chemistry. Projects: • Destruction of Organophosphorus Nerve Agents using Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Sunlight – DTRA ($) / Army Chem.Bio. Center • Synthesis of Organic Binders for Ballistic Missile Detection- ONR ($) / MechE / Indian Head Current students:Thomas Hentges (‘18) and Patrick Brennan (‘18)

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