ACS PRF Annual Report 2018 - Panel 4

Physical Organic Chemistry: Reaction mechanisms, kinetics, photochemistry, organic radical chemistry, reactive organic species, enzymes in non-aqueous media working on petroleum substrates.

• 56225-DNI4: Applications of N-Centered Radicals Generated from Electrochemical Initiation of Stable Organic Precursors, Ryan D. Baxter, Ph.D. , University of California, Merced
• 57219-DNI4: Fundamental Transformation of Catechol through Modulation of Boron 'ate' Complex Reactivity, Brett  VanVeller, Ph.D. , Iowa State University
• 57379-DNI4: Desulfurization of Crude Oil by Fluorous Extraction, Ellen M. Sletten, Ph.D. , University of California, Los Angeles
• 57850-DNI4: Expanding the Scope of Asymmetric Transformations Catalyzed by Promiscuous Biocatalysts in Non-Aqueous Media, Robert M. Hughes, Ph.D. , East Carolina University

• 56315-ND4: Organic Chemistry Studies in Solution via Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy, Suzanne A. Blum, Ph.D. , University of California, Irvine
• 56375-ND4: Probing Interactions between Hydrocarbons and Auxiliary Guests inside Cucurbit[8]uril Using Fluorinated Metal-terpyridine Complexes, Eric  Masson, Ph.D. , Ohio University
• 56517-ND4: Dissipative Covalent Bond Formation for Non-Equilibrium Systems Chemistry, C. Scott Hartley, Ph.D. , Miami University
• 56519-ND4: Variable Temperature NMR Study of Proton-Bound Dimers. Role of Dispersion in Solvatophobic Effects on Bond Strengths, Peter  Chen, Ph.D. , ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
• 56665-ND4: Paracyclophane Self-Assembly Promoted by Transannular Hydrogen Bonding, Ronald K. Castellano, Ph.D. , University of Florida
• 56668-ND4: Superstrained C5 Hydrocarbons, Josef  Michl, Ph.D. , University of Colorado at Boulder
• 57223-ND4: The Activation of Strong C-H Bonds with Catalytic Molecular Baskets, Jovica D. Badjic, Ph.D. , The Ohio State University
• 57377-ND4: Reaction Cascades Initiated by Catalytic Oxidative C-H Activation via Hole Injection, Igor V. Alabugin, Ph.D. , Florida State University
• 57843-ND4: Acene Dimers: Synthesis, Structure, and Photochemical Properties, Tarek  Sammakia, Ph.D. , University of Colorado at Boulder
• 57846-ND4: Mechanistic Investigation of the Water-Organic Interface in Aqueous Emulsion Micro-droplets as a Model to Understand "On-Water Catalysis" in Heterogeneous Water-Organic Systems, Julio C. Alvarez, Ph.D. , Virginia Commonwealth University

• 54810-UNI4: Structure-Oxidation Potential Relationship of Antioxidants and Peroxide Formation in Gasoline, Sanela  Martic, Ph.D. , Oakland University
• 56726-UNI4: Sulfur Chemistry: Molecular Mechanisms, AnGayle K. Vasiliou, Ph.D. , Middlebury College
• 57384-UNI4: Enzymatic Dephosphorylation in Organic Media, Veronica R. Moorman, Ph.D. , Kettering University

• 54862-UR4: Employing gamma-Cyclodextrin to Mediate Photo-Heterodimerization of Alkenes in the Solid-State, Mahesh  Pattabiraman, Ph.D. , University of Nebraska at Kearney
• 55137-UR4: The Strength of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds in Fluoroorganic Molecules, Robert E. Rosenberg, Ph.D. , Transylvania University
• 55140-UR4: Structural Effects on the Primary Isotope Dependence of Secondary Kinetic Isotope Effects in Hydride Transfer Reactions in Solution, Yun  Lu, Ph.D. , Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• 55266-UR4: The Use of a Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical Rearrangement as a Singlet Diradical Probe, Phyllis A. Leber, Ph.D. , Franklin and Marshall College
• 55293-UR4: Shedding Light on Diradical Forming Cyclizations and Cycloaromatizations, John D. Spence, Ph.D. , California State University, Sacramento
• 56002-UR4: Fundamental Studies of 4,4'-Bipyridine Aryleneethynylenes, Nathan P. Bowling, Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
• 56516-UR4: Characterization of Ion-Radicals Pi-bonding and Electron Transfer Using Cation-Radical Salts with Weakly-Coordinating Anions, Sergiy V. Rosokha, Ph.D. , Ball State University
• 57828-UR4: Gas Phase Ion Thermochemistry through Imaging Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence Mass Spectrometry, James P. Kercher, Ph.D. , Hiram College