Funding and other support for the digitization of Union College Chemistry Department theses from 1924-2007 provided by Betsy and John Nickles (Class of 1960) in memory of James Emmons Anderson (Class of 1960).
Anderson (1938-2016) graduated from Union with a B.S. in Chemistry, earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and worked at the Ford Motor Company's Research Laboratory for 37 years. He authored many scientific articles and holds numerous U.S. patents.
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
The preparation and kinetic studies of two sterically hindered gold (III) complexes, James Forrest Stevens
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Synthesis of New Antimicrobial Agents, Michael John Burke
A facile one step synthesis of some new 2-hydroxy-4,6-bis aryl s-triazines and related compounds, Howard Steven Grossberg
Dielectric constants and pair interactions in polar molecules, Kurt Walter Hillig
Spectral studies of 9, 1 and 2-methyl anthroate and 2-anthroic acid, Thomas Glenn Matthews
Determination of the lead content of paint chips using the lead selective electrode, Edward Jordan Morgan
Sulfonium Salts, Aliphatic and Aromatic Diazonium Salts, Formation and Isolation, Geoffrey D. Picard
Base strength and concentration effects on orientation in elimination reactions, Frederick Norman Preuninger
Dielectric constants and pair interactions in polar molecules, Guy Nicholas Pultz
Synthesis of 2,4-dichloro-6-methylborazine and 2-chloro-4,6-dimethylborazine, Deborah Ann Scribner
The synthesis of primary o-substituted hydroxylamines for the study of nucleophilic substitution at the electrophilic nitrogen center, Richard Martin Sommer
Stereoselectivity in bis-1 (2-Pyridyl) ethylaminecobalt (III), Richard Lindsay Wellman
Relative rate of ozonolysis between symmetrical and unsymmetrical olefins, Wai Lum Yuen
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Spectral studies of esters of 9 and 1 anthroic acid, Robert Fisch
The reconversion of ethylene thioketals to ketones, Jeffrey Paul Ginther
A comparison of the spectral properties of anthracene-9-carboxylic acid and anthracene-9,10-carboxylic acid, Gail Wendy Goodman
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Adrenergic blocking agents, Jeffrey Bruce Alifanz
Effects of dipolar aprotic solvents and ion pairing on elimination reactions, David Andrew Benko
Liquid Crystals: Low Melting Nematic 4, 4'-Bis-(Alkylbenzal)-2-Chloro-1,4-Phenylenediamines, Herbert S. Cole Jr.
Reactions of Alkyl Halides in Dimethyl Sulfoxide under Friedel-Crafts Conditions, Robert Wallace Dean Jr.
Investigation of the relationship of the excited state geometry change and the solvent dependent fluorescence of 9-methyl anthroate, Ronald Michael Hoffman
Iodination of Aromatic Compounds, Paul T. Kabb
A Study of Indole-Ring Compounds in the Retina of the Eye of the Cow (with Special Emphasis Given to Melatonin and Serotonin), James Howard Kaye
Formation of an Isoquinoline in the Reaction of a Diazoketone with Boron Trifluoride, Marc Maller
The Investigation of the Use of Fluorescein as a Spectral Probe of Protein Environment, Michael Andrew Martin
The Cationic Copolymerization of B-Pinene and Styrene, William David McIver
Study of serotonin and melatonin in the bovine retina, Paul Michael Parker
The Preparation of 2,4,4',6,6'-Pentamethyldiborazinyl-1-2' by the Reaction of B-Trichloroborazine with Grignard Reagent, David C. Sertl
Synthesis of N-methyl-N-benzyl-beta-chloro (substituted beta-phenyl) ethylamine hychochloride, Mark Stuart Shulman
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Some aspects of quantum mechanics in chemical theory, Thomas Freeman Babson
Synthetic approaches to certain acenapthalene drivatives, Douglas Jeffrey Binder
1-3 dipolar cycloadditions of nitrile ylides, Steven Paul Braff
The Preparation and Kinetics of Sterically Hindered Gold (III) Complexes, David Luther Fant
Photochemical Solvolysis of Optically Active 3,5-Dimethoxy-α-d-Benzyl Acetate, Peter Jerry Frank
The developement [sic] of phosphorometric, fluorometric and absorption analyses for the measurement of carbamates and carbamic acids as an explanation of carbon dioxide transport in blood, Edward Theodore Gray
Synthesis of C14-Labeled Bis (p-Chlorophenyl) Acetic Acid (DDA), William Michael Silver
Cationic Copolymerization of B-Pinene and Styrene, Charles Peter Snyder
Attempted synthesis of diethyl 7-dimethylsilabicyclo 2.2.1 hepta-2,5-dione-1,4-dioate, David Kenneth Tart
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Approaches to the Synthesis of Bis-Acenaphth [1,2-a] Acenaphthene, Kenneth Neal Boudette
Glycine carbamate derivatives, David Clark Cable
Study of the Radiolysis of Aqueous Dichloromethane, Joseph Herbert Dal Pian
The fluorescence and phosphorescence of glycine -- a first step in the determination of glycine carbamate, Henry George Fein
Preparation of some alkynes and alkenynes, Edward John Lamby
Photochemical Reactions of Some Benzyl Compounds, Thomas Wesley Lesniak
Critical examination of the Uniform Charge Cloud Method, Frederick R. Maxfield
The Photolysis of Phenylglycine and the Synthesis of α-Deuterated m-Anisaldehyde, Alan Nathan Meisel
The Radiolysis of Aqueous Solutions of Dichloromethane, Steven Michael Odre
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Determination of ring orientation in diphenylmethane and derivatives, Patrick Michael Comi
Stability of 1-Substituted Adenines, Walter Frederick Floser
Synthetic Approaches to Tris (1-B, 8-B'-Naphthyl) Diboron, William Karl Goerich
Photochemical reduction of benzophenone by 2-butyne-l, 4-diol and photochemical solvolysis reactions of beta-phenethyl compounds, Kenneth Lawrence Gordon
Halogenated Helicenes, Richard Wilbert Heiden
Synthesis of n-methyl-n-phenylaminomethyltrimethylsilane and n, n-dimethylanilinomethyltrimethylsilyl iodide, Mark Stuart Lichtenstein
Calculations of Total Energies for Neon Atom, Argon Atom and Neon Ion, Joseph Patrick Minehan
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Synthesis of benzyl-beta-d alcohol for use in studies of photolytic solvolysis reactions, John Crest Anes
Potentiometric EDTA titrations using a bismuth amalgam electrode as indicator, Wayne Michael Butler
NMR investigation of alkylated diethylene - triamine chloro complexes of trivalent gold, Alan Robert Case
Energy calculations for the 1εg+, 1Δg, and 3εg- electronic states of the oxygen molecule using a tangent spheres approach, Donald Francis Durocher
Radiolysis of saturated aqueous iodine solutions, Gregg Alan Foster
Qualitative Thermodynamic Study of Linkage Isomerism in Palladium (II) Complexes, Walter Michael Gantenbein
Toward a synthesis of acenaphth (1,2-a) acenaphth (1,2-a) acenaphthene, John Isaac Gerson
Synthesis of silicon compounds for use in (p -> d) pi-bond studies, Mark Thomas Messe
Electrogeneration of molybdate ion, Michael John Milano
Towards synthesis of Bis -(N,N'-1,8-naphthylene)- 1,8 - Diaminonaphthalene, William Chiu-sheung Ng
The Radiolysis of Aqueous Chloroform Solutions, Francis John Simone
A Fluorometric Study of Carbamic Acids and Carbamates as an Explanation of Carbon Dioxide Transport in the Blood, Gerald John Tiberio
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
The configuration of dichlorodiphenylethers, Wayne Lavelle Brantley
An ultraviolet absorption study of the carbamate reaction as an explanation of carbon dioxide transport in the blood, Bruce Raymond Cassidy
Kinetics of the deformylation of 2,6-dichlorobenzaldehyde in moderately concentrated sodium hydroxide, Clifford William Coughlin
Synthesis and Nitrosation of 5,8-Dimethylhydrocarbostyril and Hydrocarbostyril, Harold Leigh Frye
Determination of calcium by the coulometric generation of oxalate ion, Brian Jude David Koch
Radiation chemistry of aqueous chloroform solutions, Henry Douglas Kutz
Electrostatic Models of Bonding in Molecules, John Joseph Moore Jr.
Attempted Oxidation of Benzaldehyde with Sodium Bismuthate (Part One). Reduction of Xanthene by Lithium in Methylamine (Part Two), Gordon Lee Schiff
A Review of (p→d) π-Bonding in Silicon Compounds, Donald Robert Siebert
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
The formation of tertiary butyl phenyl ether by a diazonium salt decomposition, Allan Richard Bernstein
Rates of Deuterium Exchange from Deuterated M-Dichlorobenzene in Methanolic Sodium Methoxide Solutions, Rita Rose Boggs
The effect of dimethyl sulfoxide and acetic acid on the decomposition of o-methoxy, w-diazo-acetophenone, Andrew Laurence Colb
Phenyltrichlorosilane Alkoxylation Reaction Kinetics - A Mathematical Model, Jule Jay DuBois
A study of the coordination complex dichlorobis - [1, 10 phenanthroline] cobalt (III) chloride, Richard Carle Goodson
Rearrangements of N-nitrosolactams, Dennis Stuart Gordan
The Effect of Pyridine and Some 4-Substituted Pyridines on Corrosion Inhibition, Eugene Andrew Grossi
The Use of Arsenic Trichloride as a Solvent in NMR Spectrometry, Phillip Wills Haines
An attempt to prepare methyldiphenylsulfonium fluoroborate, William Harvey Holley
Synthesis of N-Benzyl-N-Methyl-β-Chloro-β(p-Chlorophenyl)-Ethylamine-Hydrochloride, Van Saxton Hubbard
The Electrogeneration of Organic Precipitating Agents, Jeannine Martha Keane
Synthesis of Fluorinated Acetyl Choline, Joel Beryl Loewenstein
Metabolic Pathways for Methoxychlor in Rats, Frank Hastings McKim
Ion Exchange Resin Impregnated Paper Chromatography of Some Typical Chlorinated Pesticides, Stephen F. Nagy
The Hydroxylation Equilibrium Constant for 2,4 Dichlorobenzaldehyde at Various Temperatures, Gregory Richard Olson
Synthesis and absorption spectra of 2,4,6-trihlorodiphenyl ether, Dominic Louis Poccia
Thermal and photochemical decompositions of the chloride salt of ortho-diazoiumphenlyacetic acid, John Oliver Rosser
Synthesis and Reactions Benzyldiazonium-2-Carboxylate, Marc David Rudich
Synthesis of 2-(2,5-Dichloro-Phenyl) Tetrahydro-3 Methyl 1-4-H-1, 3 Thiozone-4-One 1,1-Dioxide and Study of the Sommelet Reaction Mechanism, Alexander James Wall III
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
The Kolbe electrolysis of benzoic acid, David Perry Beiter
Quiet-mercury-pool voltammetry of copper in aluminum alloys, Winfield Scott Bigelow
The toluene-aluminum chloride-hydrogen chloride complex, William Spencer Cassedy
Rapid quantitative analysis of basic amino acids by ion exchange resin paper chromatography, John Ennis Coutant
A Study of Sodium Phenylsiliconate, John Henry Daane
Synthesis of 2--aryl--tetrahydro--3--methyl--4--H--1,3--thiazine--4--one--1,1--dioxides and chloromrthylation of p--dichloro-benzene, Robert Nye Downer