TABLE OF CONTENTS

Last Update: 4/27/06, 11:00 am

Undergraduate Student Program – MCL 502

9:30 AM, PAPER U-1

A facile approach to green chemistry: Solvent-free one-pot synthesis of 2-Alkyl/ArylBenzothiazoles via microwave irradiation.

Benjamin Koh

Southern Methodist University (Department of Chemistry)

9:50 AM, PAPER U-2

The Gas-Phase Reaction of Phenyl Radicals with Hydrogen Chloride

Dennis Hu, I.M. Alecu, P-C. Hsieh, Ahmet Ors, Jordan Sand, Yide Gao and Paul Marshall

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, PO Box 305070, Denton, Texas 76203

10:10 AM, PAPER U-3

Kinetics of the Addition of Atomic Chlorine to C₂H₄ and C₆H₆

Chester Wu, Jordan Sand, I.M. Alecu, P-C. Hsieh, A. McLeod, Kimberly Destefani, Jade Kumar, Prashan Shanthakumar, Yide Gao and Paul Marshall

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, PO Box 305070, Denton, TX 76203

10:30 AM, PAPER U-4

Kinetics and Thermochemistry of the Addition of Hydrogen Atoms to Acetylene

Parth V. Khade, Yide Gao, Chris McLeod, Anusha Ganesh, I.M. Alecu and Paul Marshall

University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 305070, Denton, Texas 76203

10:50 AM – Break

11:10 AM, PAPER U-5

Kinetics and Thermochemistry of the Addition of Atomic Chlorine to Acetylene

A. McLeod, Yide Gao, I.M. Alecu, P-C. Hsieh, Chris McLeod, Maxwell Jones and Paul Marshall

University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 305070, Denton, Texas 76203

11:30 AM, PAPER U-6

Enzymatic enantioselective reduction of α-ketoesters by a thermostable 7α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Bacteroides fragilis

Dunming Zhu, Jennifer Elisabeth Stearns, Monica Ramirez, and Ling Hua*

Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA

11:50 AM, PAPER U-7

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS STUDIES OF HUMAN GLUTATHIONE SYNTHETASE

T. Brown, V. Bhansali, M.E. Anderson*.

Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman’s University, Denton,TX 76204

12:10 AM, PAPER U-8

Transition state thermodynamics of the low- to physiological-temperature nondenaturational conformational change of bovine adenosine deaminase by slow scan rate differential scanning calorimetry.

Melissa A. Bodnar and B. Mark Britt

Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas  76204.

12:30 PM, PAPER U-9

Trace Element Analysis of Hair Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy for Environmental and Nutritional Evaluation

Lauren Chudej, Elizabeth Stockton and Bryan Bilyeu

Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas  76204-5859.

12:50 - 1:50 PM – Lunch Break

1:50 PM, PAPER U-10

Cure Characterization of an Epoxy Using High Heating Rate DSC

Elizabeth Stockton, Lauren Chudej and Bryan Bilyeu

Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas  76204-5859.

2:10 PM, PAPER U-11

Instabilities in networks of reactors coupled by photochemical feedback

Chase E. Zachary¹, Werner Horsthemke¹, and Peter K. Moore²

¹Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0314, ²Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0156

2:30 PM, PAPER U-12

Truncation of the Correlation Consistent Basis Sets for Hydrogen: Reduction of Computational Requirements

Sage Driskell, Benjamin Mintz, and Angela K. Wilson

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

2:50 PM, PAPER U-13

SYNTHESIS OF O-METHYLCINNAMOHYDROXIMOYL CHLORIDES AND METHYL O-METHYLCINNAMOHYDROXIMATES.

Krista Small, Ling Lu, Diana Canseco, and James E. Johnson

Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204.

3:10 PM, BREAK

3:30 PM, PAPER U-14

Luminescence Properties of Tris(triphenylphosphine) Silver (I) Complexes

Kennyth Randle, Joshua M. Hudson, Dustin M. Jenkins, and Mohammad A. Omary^*

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Box 305070, Denton, TX 76203-5070

3:50 PM, PAPER U-15

Brightly Phosphorescent Trinuclear Coinage Metal Complexes of Pyrazolates and Binary Adducts Thereof with Organic Aromatic Compounds

Maha G. Eldabaja,^a Oussama Elbjeirami,^a H. V. Rasika Dias,^b,* Mohammad A. Omary,^a,* and Manal A. Rawashdeh-Omary ^a,*

^a Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas ^b Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington

Graduate Student Program – MCL 503

9:30 AM, PAPER G-1

Hypoxia Selective DNA Damage by a Redox Active Chiral Ruthenium Dimer

Abhishek Yadav, Frederick M. MacDonnell

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas-76013, USA

9:50 AM, PAPER G-2

A basis set perspective on density functional theory.

Brian P. Prascher and Angela K. Wilson

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 307050, Denton, Texas 76201

10:10 AM, PAPER G-3

FLUORINATED TRIAZAPENTADIENYL LIGANDS IN THE SYNTHESIS OF CARBONYL AND ETHYLENE COMPLEXES OF COPPER(I)

Jaime A Flores, Shreeyukta Singh, H.V. Rasika Dias

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 76019

10:30 AM, PAPER G-4

Conductive polypyrrole from water: another step towards mass production

Mauro Fianchini, R.M. Gamini Rajapakse, H.V. Rasika Dias*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019

10:50 AM - Break

11:10 AM, PAPER G-5

Synthetic Approaches to Imidazole-Containing Marine Alkaloids

Lesley A. Schmid and Carl J. Lovely*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX  76019

11:30 AM, PAPER G-6

Synthetic studies towards oxygenated imidazole alkaloids

Koswatta, Panduka B. Graduate  Students,

Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Texas at Arlington.

11:50 AM, PAPER G-7

Electronic Properties and Potential Solar Cell Action for Triimineplatinum(II) Square-Planar Complexes

Wei-Hsuan Chen,^a Eric W. Reinheimer,^b Kim R. Dunbar,^b,* and Mohammad A. Omary ^a,*

^a Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas ^b Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University

12:10 AM, PAPER G-8

NOVEL INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID MEMBRANES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS

Grace Jones D. Kalaw, Zhiwei Yang, Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr. and John P. Ferraris

Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080

12:30 PM, PAPER G-9

Template-Derived Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Solar Cells

Harvey Liu, Minedys Macias, and Kenneth J. Balkus Jr.

Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas

12:50 – 1:50 – Lunch Break

1:50 PM, PAPER G-10

A Novel Synthetic Approach to Single walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Polydiacetylene Blocks

Alagha, Lana; Biewer, Michael; Baughman, Ray; Koslov, Mikhael; Zorbas, Vicky; Hall, Lee and Musselman, Inga.

Chemistry Department, University of Texas at Dallas

2:10 PM, PAPER G-11

Effects of RF Plasma on the Characterization of Ni Catalyst

Monyka Macias and Ben Jang*

Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429

2:30 PM, PAPER G-12

Microwave synthesis of ETS-4

Jose A. Losilla, Decio Coutinho and Kenneth J. Balkus Jr.*

Department of Chemistry and the UTD NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX 75083-0688 United States

2:50 PM, PAPER G-13

Cytotoxicity studies of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes

Arthi Krishnan and Frederick M. Macdonnell

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington

3:10 PM, BREAK

3:30 PM, PAPER G-14

Computational Study of the p Acidity and Bacisity of Inorganic Metalloaromatics in Relation to Their Organic Counterparts

Sammer M. Tekarli, Thomas R. Cundari,* Mohammad A. Omary,* and Angela K. Wilson*

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203

3:50 PM, PAPER G-15

Doped Single-Crystal Titanium Dioxide Nanorods for Solar cells

Fern A. Edwards, Chunrong Xiong,  Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr.

Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080

Graduate Student Program – MCL 504

9:30 AM, PAPER G-16

Approaches Toward the Synthesis and Study of Fluorinated Thiophenes, Bithiophenes and Polythiophenes.

Nashat Turkman, Hai Le and Martin Pomerantz*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019

9:50 AM, PAPER G-17

Ligand Substitution Reactivity Between the Tetrahedral Clusters PhCCo₃(CO)₉ and HCCo₃(CO)₉ and the Diphosphine Ligand 1,8-Bis(diphenylphosphino)naphthalene (dppn):   Structural Evidence for the Facile Activation of the dppn Ligand and the Capping Methylidyne Ligand in HCCo₃(CO)₉

Srikanth Kandala,¹ William H. Watson,² and Michael G. Richmond¹

¹Department of Chemistry, University Of North Texas, Denton, TX  76203 ²Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129

10:10 AM, PAPER G-18

Synthesis, Characterization, Isomerization Kinetics, and Ortho Metalation of Diphosphine-Substituted Triosmium Carbonyl Clusters

Bhaskar Poola,¹ William H. Watson,² and Michael G. Richmond¹

¹Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX  76203, ²Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129

10:30 AM, PAPER G-19

Investigation of the Alkali Metal Oxides and Hydroxides with Ab Initio Methods: Accurate Determination of Physical and Energetic Properties

Benjamin Mintz, Michael B. Sullivan, Thomas Buesgen, Steven R. Kass, Leo Radom, and Angela K. Wilson

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

10:50 AM – Break

11:10 AM, PAPER G-20

Instabilities in networks of reactors coupled by photochemical feedback

Chase E. Zachary¹, Werner Horsthemke¹, and Peter K. Moore²

¹Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0314 ²Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0156

11:30 AM, PAPER G-21

Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Gas Separation Using Metal-Organic Frameworks

Edson V. Perez, Kenneth J. Balkus Jr., John P. Ferraris, and Inga H. Musselman*

Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas2601 N. Floyd Rd., Richardson, Texas 75080

11:50 AM, PAPER G-22

Zinc and Cadmium Monomers and Dimers: Bonding and Spectroscopic Properties

John J. Determan, Mohammad A. Omary,* and Angela K. Wilson*

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), and Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

12:10 AM, PAPER G-23

Phosphorescent Copper Chandeliers: A New Class of Luminescent Macromolecular Materials with a “Metallocalixarene” Structure

Joshua M. Hudson,^† Chammi S. Palehepitiya Gamage,^‡ H. V. Rasika Dias,^‡,* and Mohammad A. Omary^†,*

‡ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas 76019-0065, USA ^†Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

12:30 PM, PAPER G-24

Electronic Properties and Potential Solar Cell Action for Triimineplatinum(II) Square-Planar Complexes

Wei-Hsuan Chen,^a Eric W. Reinheimer,^b Kim R. Dunbar,^b,* and Mohammad A. Omary ^a,*

^a Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas ^b Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University

12:50 – 1:50 Lunch Break

1:50 PM, PAPER G-25

SYNTHESIS AND MECHANISMS OF ACID-CATALYZED Z/E ISOMERIZATION OF METHYL O-METHYLBENZOTHIO-HYDROXIMATES.

Diana C. Canseco and James E. Johnson

Texas Woman's Universtiy, Denton, TX 76204.  Debra D. Dolliver, Southeastern Louisiana University.  Jeffrey E. Rowe, LaTrobe University, Australia

2:10 PM, PAPER G-26

Re-examining the core-valence correlation consistent basis sets for second-row atoms (Al-Ar).

Scott Yockel and Angela K. Wilson

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM), Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

2:30 PM, PAPER G-27

Synthesis and structural properties of supramolecular stacking complexes of trimeric coinage metal pyrazolates and organic π systems

Chammi S. Palehapitiya Gamage and H. V. Rasika Dias*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington.

2:50 PM, PAPER G-28

SURFACTANT ASSISTED SINGLE CAPILLARY SPINNERET FOR ELELCTROSPINNING CONJUGATED POLYMERS

Andrew L. Washington, Jr.^1,2, Jose Gutierrez¹, Kenneth Balkus, Jr*¹., Anvar Zakhidov², John P. Ferraris*^1,2

¹Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080 ²Nanotech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080

3:10 – Break

3:30 PM, PAPER G-29

Mixed Matrix Membranes Composed of Matrimid and Carbon aerogel-Zeolite Composite Nanoparticles

Yanfeng Zhang, Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr.*, Inga H. Musselman, and John P. Ferraris

Department of Chemistry and The UTD NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, USA

3:50 PM, PAPER 30

Synthetic Approaches Toward 2-Octylthieno[3,4-b] furan-3(2H)-one: a Monomer of Interest for Low Band Gap Conductive Polymers

Timothy A. Clark and Martin Pomerantz*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019

Graduate Student Program – MCL 505

9:30 AM, PAPER G-31

Synthetic studies towards the pyrrole-imidazole alkaloid-cyclooroidin

Sabuj Mukherjee

Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Arlington.

9:50 AM, PAPER G-32

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL DONOR-ACCEPTOR PPV BLOCK COPOLYMERS

Danny Zepeda, Jose J. Gutierrez, Andrew L. Washington Jr., John P. Ferraris*

Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 75083-0688

10:10 AM, PAPER G-33

Synthesis of Marine Benzimidazole Alkaloids

Heather Fenton and Dr. Carl J. Lovely*

University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arlington, TX 76019

10:30 AM, PAPER G-34

Photochemistry of Neutral Isonitrile Gold(I) Complexes: Modulation of Photoreactivity by Aurophilicity and p-Acceptance Ability

Oussama Elbjeirami and Mohammad A. Omary*

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203

10:50 AM – Break

11:10 AM, PAPER G-35

Photophysics of Bis(thiocyanato)gold(I) Complexes: Intriguing Structure-Luminescence Relationships

Pankaj Sinha, Ravi K. Arvapally, Angela K. Wilson,* and Mohammad A. Omary*

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

11:30 AM, PAPER G-36

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Peptide-Wrapped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Vasiliki Z. Poenitzsch,¹ Gregg R. Dieckmann,^1,2 Inga Holl Musselman^1,2*

¹Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 75083 ²NanoTech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas, 75083

11:50 AM, PAPER G-37

Photophysics of [4-(4,6-dichloro-[1,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-phenyl]-diphenyl-amine and 4’[4-methylphenyl] 2,2’:6’,2” terpyridine and their lanthanide complexes

Ravi K. Arvapally, Chi Yang, and Mohammad A. Omary*

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5070

12:10 AM, PAPER G-38

Layered Double Hydroxides as Cation-Exchanging Materials

Mickey C. Richardson and Paul S. Braterman

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

12:30 PM, PAPER G-39

PHOSPHORESCENT HYDROGELS

Sreekar Marpu,^§ Tong  Cai,^¡ Pankaj Sinha,^§ Zhibing Hu ^¡,* and Mohammad A. Omary ^§,*

^§ Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203 ^¡ Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203

12:50 – 1:50 Lunch

1:50 PM, PAPER G-40

Direct Dimer Absorption and Structured Excimer Fluorescence in Pyrene and Dinaphthylpropane

Stephen Boateng, Chi Yang, and Mohammad A. Omary*

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5070

2:10 PM, PAPER G-41

IMPACT OF BASIS SET CHOICE UPON TRANSITION METAL SPECIES.

T. Gavin Williams and Angela K. Wilson*,

Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Box 305070, Denton, Texas, 76203-5070

2:30 PM, PAPER G-42

Novel immobilization of MP-11 in TiO₂ fibers

Minedys Macías and Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr.

Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas

2:50 PM, PAPER G-43

Design and Synthesis of Novel Fused-ring Chiral Ionic liquids

Satish Garre, Bukuo Ni and Allan D. Headley

Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX 95429

3:10 PM – Break

3:30 PM, PAPER G-44

Synthesis and Luminescence Studies of Three-Coordinate Gold(I) Dendritic Complexes

Ushasree Kaipa, Pankaj Sinha, Trent Selby,* and Mohammad A. Omary*

Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203

3:50 PM, PAPER G-45

Innovative Nanophase Mn(VII) Oxide Technology for Deodorizing S Based Compounds from Waters.

Xiang Hua

Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University

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