Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2019
Crystal structure of the co-crystal salt 2-amino-6-bromopyridinium 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoate, Eric Bosch
Supramolecular Polymer Formation Featuring Cooperative Halogen Bonding and Nonconventional sp2-CH···N Hydrogen Bonding, Eric Bosch and Nathan P. Bowling
Infinite and discrete halogen bonded assemblies based upon 1,2-bis(iodoethynyl)benzene, Eric Bosch, Samantha J. Kruse, and Ryan H. Groeneman
Role of π-π Stacking and Halogen Bonding by 1,4-Diiodoperchlorobenzene to Organize the Solid State to Achieve a [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction, Eric Bosch, Samantha J. Kruse, Herman R. Krueger Jr., and Ryan H. Groeneman
Regioselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction within a pair of polymorphic co-crystals based upon halogen bonding interactions, Eric Bosch, Samantha J. Kruse, Eric W. Reinheimer, Nigam P. Rath, and Ryan H. Groeneman
TMI (Too much information)! Effects of given information on organic chemistry students' approaches to solving mechanism tasks, Victoria DeCocq and Gautam Bhattacharyya
New Insights into the Interactions of a DNA Oligonucleotide with mPEGylated-PAMAM by Circular Dichroism and Solution NMR, Xiaozheng Dou, Gary A. Meints, and Reza Sedaghat-Herati
In situ synthesis, stabilization and activity of protein-modified gold nanoparticles for biological applications, Celia Garcia-Hernandez, Allison K. Freese, Maria L. Rodriguez-Mendez, and Adam K. Wanekaya
Chemistry and applications of cyanoximes and their metal complexes, Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Effects of dynamic pedal motion and static disorder on thermal expansion within halogen-bonded co-crystals, Navkiran Juneja, Daniel K. Unruh, Eric Bosch, Ryan H. Groeneman, and Kristin M. Hutchins
Nanomedicine-assisted combination therapy of NSCLC: New platinum-based anticancer drug synergizes the therapeutic efficacy of ganetespib, Jyothi Kallu, Tuhina Banerjee, Shoukath Sulthana, Saloni Darji, Ryan Higginbotham, Christina Fletcher, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, and Santimukul Santra
Polymeric composites with silver (I) cyanoximates inhibit biofilm formation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, S. R. Lotlikar, E. Gallaway, T. Grant, S. Popis, M. Whited, M. Guragain, R. Rogers, S. Hamilton, N. G. Gerasimchuk, and M. A. Patrauchan
Triple-Pnictogen Bonding as a Tool for Supramolecular Assembly, Shiva Moaven, Miranda C. Andrews, Thomas J. Polaske, Brian M. Karl, Daniel K. Unruh, Eric Bosch, Nathan Bowling, and Anthony F. Cozzolino
New Route to Polynuclear Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes with Bridging Oxime Groups That Are Inaccessible by Conventional Preparations, Adedamola A. Opalade, Carlos J. Gomez-Garcia, and Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Geochemical Fractionation of Stream Sediments Impacted by Pb-Zn Mining Wastes: Missouri, USA, Miles A. Pearson, Richard N. Biagioni, and Melida Gutierrez
Soft chemical routes to electrochemically active iron phosphates, Prashanth Sandineni, Hooman Yaghoobnejad Asl, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Kartik Ghosh, and Amitava Choudhury
X-ray structure of the direct electron transfer-type FAD glucose dehydrogenase catalytic subunit complexed with a hitchhiker protein, Hiromi Yoshida, Katsuhiro Kojima, Masaki Shiota, Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Tomohiko Yamazaki, Stefano Ferri, Wakako Tsugawa, Shigehiro Kamitori, and Koji Sode
Submissions from 2018
The Mystery of the AuIn 1:1 Phase and Its Incommensurate Structural Variations, Laura C. Folkers, Arkadiy Simonov, Fei Wang, and Sven Lidin
An overview of nitrate sources and operating processes in arid and semiarid aquifer systems, Melida Gutierrez, Richard N. Biagioni, Ma Teresa Alarcon-Herrera, and Bertha A. Rivas-Lucero
Cyclic tetranuclear iron-carbonyl complex containing thiobisbenzenethiolate ligands: Synthesis and structural characterization, Shakeena L. Johnson, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, and Charles Mebi
Crystal and electronic structure of a hexacarbonyldiiron cluster tethered to naphthalene-2-thiolate ligands, C. Mebi, N. Gerasimchuk, and J. Lcbrecque
Synthesis and characterization of one, two and three-dimensional Cu(I) polymers supported by bipyridylamide ligands, Clement Mugenzi, Douglas R. Powell, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, and Lei Yang
Cooperative halogen bonding and polarized π-stacking in the formation of coloured charge-transfer co-crystals, Chideraa I. Nwachukwu, Zachary R. Kehoe, Nathan P. Bowling, Erin D. Speetzen, and Eric Bosch
Characterization of a Liquid Crystal Stabilized Pharmaceutical Oil-in-Water Emulsion Optimized for Skin Delivery, Melinda J. Sutton, David W. Osborne, Kevin Dahl, Victoria Bax, and G. Alan Schick
Methyl Linoleate and Methyl Oleate Bond Dissociation Energies: Electronic Structure Fishing for Wise Crack Products, Zachary R. Wilson and Matthew R. Siebert
Submissions from 2017
Compromised Structures: Verbal Descriptions of Mechanism Diagrams, Gautam Bhattacharyya and Michael S. Harris
Synthesis and crystal structures of two purpurin derivatives: 1,4-dihydroxy-2-propoxyanthraquinone and 2-butoxy-1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone, E. Bosch and E.N. McClain
Shortwave infrared luminescent Pt-nanowires: a mechanistic study of emission in solution and in the solid state, Carl Cheadle, Jessica Ratcliff, Mikhail Berezin, Vadim Pal'shin, Victor N. Nemykin, and Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk
Enzyme and Cancer Cell Selectivity of Nanoparticles: Inhibition of 3-D Metastatic Phenotype and Experimental Melanoma by Zinc Oxide, Robert K. DeLong; Jennifer A. Mitchell; R. Tyler Morris; Jeffrey Comer; Miranda N. Hurst; Kartik C. Ghosh; Adam Wanekaya; Miranda Mudge; Joshua J. Smith; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Investigating students' similarity judgments in organic chemistry, N. Graulich and G. Bhattacharyya
One Lump or Two? A Plurality of Pathways in Gold(III)-Catalyzed Cyclization Transforming Propargyl Acetates to a Carene-like Bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane, Jeremy M. Hines, Jesse J. Eason, and Matthew R. Siebert
Two-dimensional fluorescence difference spectroscopy of ZnO and Mg composites in the detection of physiological protein and RNA interactions, Amanda Hoffman; Xiaotong Wu; Jianjie Wang; Amanda Brodeur; Rintu Thomas; Ravindra Thakkar; Halena Hadi; Adam K. Wanekaya; Robert K. DeLong; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Carbon nanofiber modified with osmium based redox polymer for glucose sensing, Amos Mugweru, Reaz Mahmud, Kartik Ghosh, and Adam Wanekaya
C - I...N and C - I...π halogen bonding in the structures of 1-benzyliodoimidazole derivatives, Chideraa I. Nwachukwu, Nathan P. Bowling, and Eric Bosch
Unexpected beauty and diversity in the structures of three homologous 4,5-dialkoxy-1-ethynyl-2-nitrobenzenes: The subtle interplay between intermolecular C - H...O hydrogen bonds and alkyl chain length, Shalisa M. Oburn and Eric Bosch
Zinc Complexes with Cyanoxime: Structural, Spectroscopic, and Catalysis Studies in the Pivaloylcyanoxime-Zn System, Adedamola A. Opalade, Anirban Karmakar, G. M.D.M. Rúbio, Armando J.L. Pombeiro, and Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Enhanced Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of ruthenium and iridium coordination compounds using melatonin, Sarah Roughton and Mark M. Richter
Boot Camp To Improve Student Perception and Performance in Sophomore Organic Chemistry? Hoorah!, Matthew R. Siebert, Todd E. Daniel, and Brian D. High
Influence of CNTRENE ® C100LM carbon nanotube material on the growth and regulation of Escherichia coli, Brittany Twibell, Kalie Somerville, Geoffrey Manani, Molly Duszynski, Adam Wanekaya, and Paul Schweiger
Comparing Strong and Weak Halogen Bonding in Solution: 13C NMR, UV/Vis, Crystallographic, and Computational Studies of an Intramolecular Model, Danielle L. Widner; Emily R. Robinson; Alejandra B. Perez; Herh G. Vang; Rachel A. Thorson; Zakarias L. Driscoll; Sierra M. Giebel; Calvin W. Berndt; Eric Bosch; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Submissions from 2016
First π-linker featuring mercapto and isocyano anchoring groups within the same molecule: synthesis, heterobimetallic complexation and self-assembly on Au(111), Jason C. Applegate, Monisola K. Okeowo, Nathan R. Erickson, Brad M. Neal, Cindy L. Berrie, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, and Mikhail V. Barybin
Anticancer, biophysical and computational investigations of half-sandwich ruthenium(II) thiosemicarbazone complexes: The effect of arene versus thiacrown face-cap, Floyd A. Beckford; Alyssa Stott; P. Canisus Mbarushimana; Marc-Andre LeBlanc; Kinsey Hall; Samatha Smith; Jimmie L. Bullock; Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk; For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
X-ray Structures of 1-Ethynyl-2-Nitrobenzene and 1-Ethynyl-4,5-Dimethyl-2-Nitrobenzene: Correlation to the Enhanced Rate of Hydration and Investigation of the C-H···O Alkyne-Nitro Hydrogen Bonding, Eric Bosch and Laura Jeffries
Synthesis of Cd-free InP/ZnS Quantum Dots Suitable for Biomedical Applications, Matthew A. Ellis, Giovana Grandinetti, and Katye M. Fichter
[Fe-Fe] hydrogenase models: Iron(I)-carbonyl clusters coupled to alpha- and para-toluenethiolate ligands, Adrian L. Haleya, Lauren N. Broadbent, Lindsey S. McDaniel, Skye T. Heckman, Carlee H. Hinkle, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, John C. Hershberger, and Charles A. Mebi
Temperature-dependent shape-responsive fluorescent nanospheres for image-guided drug delivery, Shawn He, George Toukrakis, Oleg Berezin, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, Hairong Zhang, Haiying Zhou, Asaf Izraely, Walter J. Akers, and Mikhail Y. Berezin
Cations or Radicals? Inherent Reactivity of Biosynthetic Intermediates in the B-Ring Formation of Rotenoid Natural Products, Adam K. Kirkpatrick and Matthew R. Siebert
New non-aggregating bivalent cis-ML2 (M = Pd, Pt; L = pivaloylcyanoxime), Alexandra Mann, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, and Svitlana Silchenko
A 1-D coordination polymer route to catalytically active Co@C nanoparticles, Anand Pariyar, Siddharth Gopalakrishnan, Joseph Stansbery, Rajankumar R. Patel, Xinhua Liang, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, and Amitava Choudhurya
An Fe-S cluster in the conserved Cys-rich region in the catalytic subunit of FAD-dependent dehydrogenase complexes, Masaki Shiota, Tomohiko Yamazaki, Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Katsuhiro Kojima, Wakako Tsugawa, Stefano Ferri, and Koji Sode
Initial Report on Molecular and Electronic Structure of Spherical Multiferrocenyl/tin(IV) (Hydr)oxide [(FcSn)12O14(OH)6]X2 Clusters, Pavlo V. Solntsev, Derrick R. Anderson, Hannah M. Rhoda, Rodion V. Belosludov, Mahtab Fathi-Rasekh, Eranda Maligaspe, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, and Victor N. Nemykin
Conjugated, trans-Spanning Ligands as Models for Multivalent p-Phenyleneethynylenes, Herh G. Vang, Zakarias L. Driscoll, Emily R. Robinson, Casey E. Green, Eric Bosch, and Nathan Bowling
Enhanced electrogenerated chemiluminescence of Ru(bpy)32+/TPrA (bpy=2,2'-bipyridine; TPrA=tri-n-propylamine) via oxygen quenching using melatonin, Maria D. Witt, Sarah Roughton, Timothy J. Isakson, and Mark M. Richter
Carbon Nanomaterials Alter Global Gene Expression Profiles, Sara Woodman, John C.W. Short, Hyoeun McDermott, Linan Alexander, Katelyn Bartlett, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Katie Schmelzle, Adam Wanekaya, and Kyoungtae Kim
Submissions from 2015
The Power of Nonconventional Phenyl C--H...N Hydrogen Bonds: Supportive Crystal-Packing Force and Dominant Supramolecular Engineering Force, Eric Bosch, Nathan P. Bowling, and Jeffrey Darko
Synthesis, characterization, and applications of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ether-sulfide) dendrimers, Wesley Dowler, Jacob Robison, Jonathan Fury, Xiaozheng Dou, Robert Delong, and Reza Sedaghat-Herati
Structural Peculiarities of Cyanoximes and their Anions: Co-crystallization of Two Diastereomers and Formation of Acid-salts, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, Ilia Guzai, and Pal Sipos
Extended Self-complementary Halogen Bonded Dimers, Lisa M. Kirchner, Nathan P. Bowling, and Eric Bosch
1D polymeric platinum cyanoximate: a strategy toward luminescence in the near-infrared region beyond 1000 nm, Danielle R. Klaus, Matthew Keene, Svitlana Silchenko, Mikhail Berezin, and Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk
Conjugated Foldamers with Unusually High Space-Charge-Limited Current Hole Mobilities, Yong Li, Tanmoy Dutta, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, Shijie Wu, Kuldeep Shetye, Lu Jin, Ruixin Wang, Da-Ming Zhu, and Zhonghua Peng
The 2-Pyridylcyanoxime and its Complexes, Daniela C. Marcano, Sergei V. Lindeman, Monika Pyrkosz-Bulska, Elzbieta Gumienna-Kontecka, Attila Lengyel, Erno Kuzmann, Frank Röminger, and Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk
Formation of Self-Complementary Halogen-Bonded Dimers, Shalisa Oburn, Nathan Bowling, and Eric Bosch
Conjugate Addition/[3,3] Sigmatropic Shift Processes for Formation of Medium-Ring Cyclic Amines - Do They Circumvent the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules?, Phillip P. Painter, Matthew R. Siebert, and Dean J. Tantillo
Potential energy surfaces for the HBr+ + CO2 → Br + HOCO+ reaction in the HBr+ 2Π3/2 and 2Π1/2 spin-orbit states, Rui Sun, Giovanni Granucci, Amit K. Paul, Matthew Siebert, Hongliang J. Liang, Grace Cheong, William Hase, and Maurizio Persico
Intramolecular Halogen Bonding in Solution: 15N, 13C, and 19F NMR Studies of Temperature and Solvent Effects, Rachel A. Thorson, Garrett R. Woller, Zakarias L. Driscoll, Brooke E. Geiger, Crystal A. Moss, Ashley L. Schlapper, Erin D. Speetzen, Eric Bosch, Mate Erdelyi, and Nathan Bolwing
Classic Isomeric 1, 2-and 2, 1-nitrosonaphthols are Oximes in Solid State and Solutions, Sergiy I. Tyukhtenko, Michael Hilton, and Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk
Submissions from 2014
Probing the interaction at the nano-bio interface using raman spectroscopy: ZnO nanoparticles and adenosine triphosphate biomolecules, A. Bhaumik, A. M. Shearin, Robert K. Delong, Adam K. Wanekaya, and Kartik C. Ghosh
Two-and Four-Year Institutional Collaborations to Educate Engaged Citizens, Steve Bishop, John D. Bookstaver, Gloria J. Galanes, Tamera S. Jahnke, and Victor Matthews
Comparison of sp-C-H...N Hydrogen Bond Lengths in Fluorinated and Nonfluorinated Ethynylbenzenes, Eric Bosch
Structural Analysis of Methyl-Substituted Nitrosobenzenes and Nitrosoanisoles, Eric Bosch
Interaction of YOYO-1 with guanine-rich DNA, Shohini Ghosh Datta, Christopher Reynolds, Yugender K. Goud, and Bhaskar Datta
Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Light-Insensitive Silver (I) Cyanoximates, Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Synthesis and characterization of two cyanoxime ligands, their precursors, and light insensitive antimicrobial silver(I) cyanoximates, Courtney N. Riddles, Mark Whited, Shalaka R. Lotlikar, Korey Still, Marianna Patrauchan, Svitlana Silchenko, and Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of tris(2-phenylpyridine)iridium(III) in Water, Acetonitrile and Trifluoroethanol, Wesley D. Robinson and Mark M. Richter
Electrochemical method for analysis of cholesterol based on in situ synthesized graphene decorated with zinc oxide nanoparticles, Elli Watanabe, Ryan T. Spidle, Steven Caudle, Geoffrey Manani, Adam K. Wanekaya, and Amos Mugweru
Intramolecular Halogen Bonding Supported by an Aryldiyne Linker, Danielle L. Widner, Qianwei R. Knauf, Mark T. Merucci, Thomas R. Fritz, Jon S. Sauer, Erin D. Speetzen, Eric Bosch, and Nathan P. Bowling
Submissions from 2013
Serendipity and the Search for Short N---I Halogen Bonds, Eric Bosch
The first bis-cyanoxime: Synthesis and properties of a new versatile and accessible polydentate bifunctional building block for coordination and supramolecular chemistry, Carl Cheadle, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Charles L. Barnes, Sergiy I. Tyukhtenko, and Svitlana Silchenko
Aqueous red-emitting silicon nanoparticles for cellular imaging: Consequences of protecting against surface passivation by hydroxide and water for stable red emission, Sheng-Kuei Chiu, Beth A. Manhat, William J.I. DeBenedetti, Anna L. Brown, Katye Fichter, Tania Vu, Micah Eastman, Jun Jiao, and Andrea M. Goforth
Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterization of the first phenyl bis-cyanoximes: Non-chelating extended ionisable building block ligands for new MOFs, Scott Curtis, Olesya Ilkun, Amy Brown, Svitlana Silchenko, and Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Structural influences impacting the role of the 9-ylidene bond in the electronic tuning of structures built upon 9-fluorenylidene scaffolds, Galen L. Eakins, Matthew W. Cooper, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, Terry J. Phillips, Bryan E. Breyfogle, and Chad J. Stearman
Polymeric nanofibers for the removal of Cr(III) from tannery waste water, Iman Y. El-Sheriff, Sagar B. Tolani, Kennedy Ofosu, Ola A. Mohamed, and Adam K. Wanekaya
Synthesis and self-assembly of New Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ester- sulfide) dendrimers, Jonathan J. Fury, Jacob Robison, and Reza Sedaghat-Herati Sedaghat-Herati
Sodium-centered dodecanuclear Co (II) and Ni (II) complexes with 2-(phosphonomethylamino) succinic acid: Studies of spectroscopic, structural, and magnetic properties, Andriy Gudima, Ganna Shovkova, Olena Trunova, Fernande Grandjean, Gary Long, and Nikolay Gerasimchuk
Conjugated metallorganic macrocycles: opportunities for coordination-driven planarization of bidentate, pyridine-based ligands, Danielle C. Hamm; Lindsey A. Braun; Alex N. Burazin; Amanda M. Gauthier; Kendra O. Ness; Casey E. Biebel; Jon S. Sauer; Robin Tanke; Eric Bosch; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Synthesis, properties and crystal structure of the 2,4-dichlorophenyl- cyanoxime: A powerful carbonyl reductase inhibitor, Michael Hilton, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, Svitlana Silchenko, and Henry A. Charlier
Glucose Determination in Beverages Using Carbon Nanotube Modified Biosensor: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory, J. Mark Hobbs, Niral N. Patel, Daniel W. Kim, Joseph K. Rugutt, and Adam K. Wanekaya
Electrocatalytic oxidation of propranol using microwave synthesized graphene decorated with gold nanoparticles and single walled carbon nanotubes, Geoffrey Manani, Matthew Morris, Steven Caudle, Adam K. Wanekaya, and Amos Mugweru
Synthesis and characterization of Co(iii) amidoamine complexes: Influence of substituents of the ligand on catalytic cyclic carbonate synthesis from epoxide and carbon dioxide, Punnamchandar Ramidi, Nikolay N. Gerasimchuk, Yashraj Gartia, Charlette M. Felton, and Anindya Ghosh
MPEG-PAMAM-G4 nucleic acid nanocomplexes: Enhanced stability, rnase protection, and activity of splice switching oligomer and poly I:C RNA, Juan Reyes-Reveles; Reza Sedaghat-Herati; David R. Gilley; Ashley M. Schaeffer; Kartik C. Ghosh; Thomas D. Greene; Hannah E. Gann; Wesley A. Dowler; Stephen Kramer; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Geochemical sequestration reactions within the Lamotte Sandstone at five different locations in Missouri, Nelson Rono, Richard N. Biagioni, Charles W. Rovey, and Melida Gutierrez
Dual control of the selectivity in the formal nucleophilic substitution of bromocyclopropanes en route to densely functionalized, chirally rich cyclopropyl derivatives, Pavel Ryabchuk, Andrew Edwards, Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Marina Rubina, and Michael Rubin
Organics in a Hanford mixed waste revisited: Myriad organics and chelator fragments unmasked, Anthony P. Toste, T. J. Lechner-Fish, and R. D. Scheele
Direct Dynamics Simulations of the Product Channels and Atomistic Mechanisms for the OH- + CH3I Reaction. Comparison with Experiment, Jing Xie, Rui Sun, Matthew R. Siebert, Rico Otto, Roland Wester, and William L. Hase
Submissions from 2012
Dendrimers Bind Antioxidant Polyphenols and cis-Platin drug, Amine Abderrezak, Philippe Bourassa, Jean-Sebastian Mandeville, Reza Sedaghat-Herati, and Heidar-Ali Tajmir-Riahi
Coordination Network Formed Between 5,5′-Bipyrimidine and Copper(I) Iodide, Eric Bosch
Synthesis of 1,2-Bis(8′-quinolinyl)ethyne and X-ray Characterization of Its Rearranged Oxidation Product 2-Quinoline-8-yl-pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinoline-4-one, Eric Bosch, Charles L. Barnes, Michael Stutelberg, and Barrett Eichler
DNA template-assisted modulation of horseradish peroxidase activity, Shohini Ghosh Datta, Xiaozheng Dou, Alyxandria Shibley, and Bhaskar Datta
