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Investigation Of New Chelation Ion Chromatography Procedure To Determine The Surface Composition Of Powdered Metal Oxide Samples In The Solid State., B. Peebles, Michael Setter

Michael P. Setter

Numerous tests have been conducted on the feasibility of characterizing the surfaces of metal oxide powders using HPLC. An in-line filter housing was modified to serve as a sample chamber to replace the sample loop. A gradient pump was used to gradually increase eluent acidity to find the conditions at which the surface of a metal oxide powder began to dissolve. The theoretical masses of surface monolayers of metal oxide powders were compared with the experimentally determined masses of dissolved material thought to be from the surface to test whether surface and bulk dissolution phenomena in acidic conditions are separable …

Diethylaluminum Chloride Mediated Vinylsilane Synthesis: Comparison Of Different Solvent Systems., Man Lung Kwan, Merle Battiste, Megan Macala, Sylvia Aybar, Nicholas James, Joseph Haoui

Man Lung Desmond Kwan

Aromatic ketones were converted to one-carbon elongated-vinylsilanes in a convenient one-pot operation via the Peterson protocol. Reactions were conducted in two different solvents for comparison: pentane and triethylamine. Results indicate that triethylamine appeared to be a more suitable solvent for such a transformation producing vinylsilanes with great chemo- and stereo-selectivity than pentane.

Solvent-Free Conversion Of Alpha-Naphthaldehyde To 1-Naphthoic Acid And 1-Naphthalenemethanol: Application Of The Cannizzaro Reaction, John Esteb, Keith Gligorich, Stacy O'Reilly, Jeremy Richter

John Esteb

The Cannizzaro reaction is routinely covered in organic textbooks, but owing to the shortage of suitable procedures for the undergraduate teaching laboratory, this reaction is seldom performed in a first-year organic chemistry class. In this experiment, powdered potassium hydroxide and α-naphthaldehyde are heated under solvent-free conditions to produce 1-naphthoic acid and 1-naphthalenemethanol in 86% and 79% yields, respectively. The solvent-free nature of this procedure greatly reduces the quantity of waste generated by students relative to the typical solvent-based method of preparation. Note:Link is to the article in a subscription database available to users affiliated with Butler University. Appropriate login information …

Cautionary Comments (Author Response), John Esteb, Anne Wilson

John Esteb

Reply to concerns about a safety factor in the paper, “A Solvent-Free Oxidation of Alcohols in an Organic Laboratory."

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Simple Epoxide Formation For The Organic Laboratory Using Oxone, John Esteb

John Esteb

We present an epoxide formation experiment for a second-semester organic chemistry laboratory. This oxidation utilizes Oxone, a commercially available oxidizing agent, in the industrially relevant process of epoxide formation. The oxidant performing the oxidation is dimethyldioxirane, which is formed in situ. This experiment demonstrates a simple synthesis of an epoxide and formation of a secondary oxidizing agent.

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