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Areas of Interest and Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Areas of Interest and Undergraduate Research Opportunities. Donald E. Mencer (mencer@wilkes.edu) Department of Chemistry, Wilkes University, 84 W. South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 Junior Seminar Presentation 19 February 2010. Three general types of projects.

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Areas of Interest and Undergraduate Research Opportunities

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  1. Areas of Interest and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Donald E. Mencer (mencer@wilkes.edu)Department of Chemistry, Wilkes University, 84 W. South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 Junior Seminar Presentation 19 February 2010

  2. Three general types of projects • Linked to a course (usually this has been in CHM343 laboratory) • Projects generated largely due to an interest area of a student • Research loosely related to my interests • instrumental applications to investigate chemical systems • materials synthesis and characterization • noncovalent chemical interactions Junior Seminar

  3. Proton NMR – Quantitative Analysis Beefeater Gin K.Rublein, First Annual NMR Conference, 17 September 2005, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA and MARM2005, May 22-25, 2007, Rutgers University, Piscataway/New Brunswick, NJ. Junior Seminar

  4. Proton NMR – Quantitative Analysis Junior Seminar

  5. 1H NMR – Qualitative Analysis Ibuprofen, C13H18O2 10 magnetically unique C 8 magnetically unique H Steve P. Lee, 230th National Meeting of the ACS, Washington, D.C. August 28-Sept. 1, 2005 Junior Seminar

  6. 1H NMR – Qualitative Analysis Ibuprofen in CDCl3 Sum of normalized 1H integrals = 18.08 Junior Seminar

  7. 13C NMR – Qualitative Analysis Ibuprofen in CDCl3 Solvent peaks Junior Seminar

  8. Polarization Transfer Methods in NMR DEPT for Ibuprofen q = 135° q = 90° q = 45° Junior Seminar

  9. 2D Methods – COSY of Ibuprofen Junior Seminar

  10. Isolation of piperine from black pepper (and more . . . Natalie Harvey) Piperine 1-[(2E,4E)-5-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)penta-2,4-dienoyl]piperidine • two double bonds = four isomers: • 2E, 4E • 2E, 4Z • 2Z, 4E • 2Z, 2Z William W. Epstein, David F. Netz, and Jimmy L. Seide1 J Chem Ed., 70 (7) 1993 598-599 Junior Seminar

  11. Isolation of Piperine from black pepper Three major peaks (and one minor*) are isomers of piperine. * Library mass spectrum of piperine Junior Seminar

  12. Extraction, Derivatization, and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectra of Antineoplastics (David Willingham) Junior Seminar

  13. Extraction, Derivatization, and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectra of Antineoplastics (David Willingham) Junior Seminar

  14. Sample Area Count 0.1 mL Concentration (ppm) 50 mL Concentration (ppb) Corrected Concentration (ppb) 40 ppb Anthracene standard solution 648,696 16.39 32.80 40.29 Old English 40 ppb spiked sample 2,208,923 31.92 63.84 78.42 Miller Lite 613,499 16.05 32.10 39.43 Yuengling Porter 1,550,230 25.37 50.73 62.32 Old English 960,022 19.50 38.99 47.90 Trace Analysis of Pesticides in Malt Beverages by Capillary Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (Paul Sarnoski) Calibration curve: anthracene in malt beverages Junior Seminar

  15. Sample Sample Area Count Area Count 0.1 mL Concentration (ppm) 0.1 mL Concentration (ppm) 50 mL Concentration (ppb) 50 mL Concentration (ppb) Corrected Concentration (ppb) Corrected Concentration (ppb) 40 ppb Anthracene standard solution 40 ppb Anthracene standard solution 648,696 648,696 16.39 16.39 32.80 32.80 40.29 40.29 Old English 40 ppb spiked sample Old English 40 ppb spiked sample 2,208,923 2,208,923 31.92 31.92 63.84 63.84 78.42 78.42 Miller Lite Miller Lite 613,499 613,499 16.05 16.05 32.10 32.10 39.43 39.43 Yuengling Porter Yuengling Porter 1,550,230 1,550,230 25.37 25.37 50.73 50.73 62.32 62.32 Old English Old English 960,022 960,022 19.50 19.50 38.99 38.99 47.90 47.90 Trace Analysis of Pesticides in Malt Beverages by Capillary Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (Paul Sarnoski) Junior Seminar

  16. Ionic Liquids – interesting solvent systems ethyl ammonium nitrate (EAN) tributyl ammonium nitrate (TBAN) propyl ammonium nitrate (PAN) Junior Seminar

  17. Solvatochromatic dyes in ionic liquids • Riechardt’s dye: 2,6-diphenyl-4(2,4,6-triphenyl-N-pyridino)-phenolate. Junior Seminar

  18. Junior Seminar

  19. ET=hcNA / max ET= 28591(kcal/mol) / max Junior Seminar

  20. The Solubility Constants Sparingly Soluble Salts in Ionic Liquids (Faith Wydra) Junior Seminar

  21. The Solubility Constants Sparingly Soluble Salts in ethyl ammonium nitrate (Faith Wydra) Junior Seminar

  22. Other Projects . . . • Materials research • (Tim Oswald, BriBertoni, and Dave Watkins) Electroless coating of various materials with various metals and alloys • (Amanda Derr) “Bio-Functional Nano-Coating” • KIZ Life Sciences Collaborative (2006-2007) - “Bio-Functional Nano-Coating” • KIZ Life Sciences Collaborative (2007-2008) - “Smart light weight flexible multilayer cable design & manufacturing” • Instrument projects • (Jacob Watt Groom) “Interfacing a GC using LabView” (Dr. Trujillo on-sight advisor) Junior Seminar

  23. Other Projects . . . • Research colleagues at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX • Matrix isolation studies of photochemical smog components • studies of electrocoagulation • copper oxidation investigations • and fuel cell catalysis work (more nanoclay work) • Sabbatical: biophysical peptide chemistry with the DeGrado group at UPenn • and more . . . Junior Seminar

  24. NMR and FT-IR studies of polyol interactions in water (Shauna Anderson) D-mannitol sorbitol Junior Seminar

  25. D-Mannitol Junior Seminar

  26. D-Mannitol Junior Seminar

  27. D-Mannitol Junior Seminar

  28. Sorbitol Junior Seminar

  29. Sorbitol Junior Seminar

  30. Sorbitol Junior Seminar

  31. Acknowledgements Students from CHM 344 (now 343) 2005 –Mark Hunter, Ann Leotaud, Deana Mikhalkova, Tim Oswald, Renee Peters, and Todd Ronco 2006 – Thomas Dougal, Nicholas Durham, Christine Ervin, Justin Nace, Lauren Pantzar, Aniello Tambasco, David Watkins 2007 – Brynn Beaver, Adam Butler, Kenneth Green, Lauren Macri, Samantha Payne, Elise Serembus, Jerry Shovlin, James Thomas, Julie Wagner, Kate Willis, Faith Wydra 2008 – Amanda Derr, Justin Huff, Amanda Karaffa, Ross McGlynn, Melissa Mendolia, Naseem Mian, Michael Simko, Aaron Sulla, Kyle Ungvarsky, Jason Woloski, Michelle Zaleski 2009 – Natalie Harvey, Caela Bernecker, Troy Hinkley, Justin Spott, Heather Shoemaker, Veeraj Jadeja, Michael Pauley, Michael Simko, Casey Grow Wilkes University Lab space, supplies, instrumentation, and partial travel support Junior Seminar

  32. Resources • B. Esselman and D.E. Mencer, in a chapter entitled “Inclusion of NMR in High School Chemistry – Two Approaches”, Modern Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Undergraduate Education, editors D. Rovnyak, R.A. Stockland and S. P. Lee, (Oxford University Press, 2007) pp 77 – 90. • K.Rublein, First Annual NMR Conference, 17 September 2005, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA and MARM2005, May 22-25, 2007, Rutgers University, Piscataway/New Brunswick, NJ. • “Innovative Experiments Using Permanent Magnet NMR Spectrometers in HS and Undergraduate Courses” 230th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (Fall 2005 Meeting), Washington, D.C. August 28-Sept. 1, 2005 • D. E. Mencer – “Permanent magnet FT-NMR spectrometers: Versatile tools for undergraduate instruction and high school outreach” • S.P. Lee “Integration of FT-NMR spectroscopy in the organic chemistry curriculum at Roosevelt University”. • W.W. Epstein, D.F. Netz, and J.L. Seide1 J Chem Ed., 70 (7) 1993 598-599 • D. Riccio, D.C. Wood, and J.M. Miller, J Chem Ed 85 (7) 2008 965-968 Junior Seminar

  33. Thank you and . . . . Questions? 26 March 2009 Junior Seminar

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