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Chemistry

Honors Projects

1998

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Patterns Of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination In Neotropical Migrant Passerines In Relation To Wintering Range And Wintering Habitat, Jeffrey A. Klemens '98 Jan 1998

Patterns Of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination In Neotropical Migrant Passerines In Relation To Wintering Range And Wintering Habitat, Jeffrey A. Klemens '98

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Seventy-two Neotropical migrant passerines were analyzed for the presence of 17 organochlorine pesticide residues (aldrin; alpha-BHC; beta-BHC; gamma-BHC; delta-BHC; p,p'-DDD; p,p'-DDE; p,p'-DDT; dieldrin; endosulfan I; endosulfan II; endosulfan sulfate; endrin; endrin aldehyde; heptachlor- heptachlor epoxide; methoxychlor) using standard method of gas chromatography applied to bird tissues. Individuals were colIected along the Mississippi River during May 1996 and represent 11 species (Catharus ustulatus; Geothlypis trichas; Protonotaria citrea; Mniotilta varia; Contopus virens; Dendroica petechia; Ernpidonax minimus; Passerina cyanea; Myiarchus crinitus; Vireo gilvus). The contaminants most frequently detected were p,p'-DDE, dieldrin, and heptachlor epoxide. No significant difference was found between male and female …


The Total Synthesis Of A Conformationally Constrained Organophosphorus Analog Of Acetycholine, Justin Mergott '98 Jan 1998

The Total Synthesis Of A Conformationally Constrained Organophosphorus Analog Of Acetycholine, Justin Mergott '98

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We propose the total synthesis of a conformationally constrained organophosphorus analog of acetylcholine (5, Scheme 5). This compound will contain two crural centers, one being the phosphorus atom and the other being the pyrrolidine ring carbon beta to the phosphorus atom. The chiral beta carbon is conformationally constrained because it is part of the pyrrolidine ring. Studies with such a compound should allow us to make substantial progress towards the clarification of the stereospecificity of AChE inhibition by OP compounds and eventually help us understand more about the structure of the AChE active site. The synthesis begins with Cbz-L-proline methyl …