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Research Group

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Alumni (in alphabetical order)

Post-doctoral Fellow
Publications

Dr. Ana M. Sanchez

Sep.'96-June'97

On the mechanism of the acid/base-catalyzed thermal cis-trans isomerization of methyl orange, J. Org. Chem., (1999) 64, 1604-9. [pdf]

Graduate Students  

Nan Chen

M.Sc.'00

Recipient of the Dean of Science Award for his Master thesis

Kinetic studies on the thermal cis-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazene in aqueous solution. Effects of acids and bases, J. Org. Chem., (2000) 65, 5739-44. [pdf]

Substituent effects on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazenes in aqueous solutions, J. Org. Chem., (2002) 67, 2271-7. [pdf]

Jinlong Fu

M.Sc.'08

Kinetic studies on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1-phenyltriazenes derived from cyclic amines, J. Org. Chem., (2009) 74, 1770-3. [pdf] / Erratum [pdf]

A computational study of the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of N-(phenylazo)-substituted nitrogen heterocycles, Trends Org. Chem., (2012) 16, 1-8. [pdf]

Herlina Lim

M.Sc.'06

Structure-reactivity correlation study on the restricted rotation of cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, Trends Org. Chem., (2006) 11, 17-28.[pdf]

Spectrophotometric determination and liner free energy relationship analysis of acidity constants for 1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data. (in press) [pdf]

Angela M. Swartz

M.Sc.'04

Nominated for the Dean of Science Award for her Master thesis

On the alcohol and water-catalyzed tautomerization of vitamins K1 and K2-derived quinone methide intermediates, J. Org. Chem., (2004) 69, 3198-201. [pdf]

On the photoreactivity of vitamin K compounds, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2008) 40, 389-44. [pdf]

Wenle Tao

M.Sc.'99

Recipient of the Dean of Science Award for her Master thesis

Thermodynamic study of p-sulfonated calixarene complexes in aqueous solution, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1998) 9, 1957-60.

Inhibition of quinone-imine dye deamination by complexation with p-sulfonated calixarenes, J. Org. Chem., (2001) 66, 2158-60. [pdf]

Kinetic studies of the proton-catalysed hydrolytic decomposition of quinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2002) 53, 137-42.

Tingting (Judy) Xu

M.Sc.'09

 

Inhibition of acid-induced decomposition of diphenyltriazenes by complexation with cyclodextrins, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2010) 42, 567-74. [pdf]

Huaibin Zhang

M.Sc.'04

Nominated for the Dean of Science Award for his Master thesis

 

Multiple-substituent effects on the isomerization of unsymmetrical cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (2005) 18, 498-503. [pdf]

Spectrophotometric determination and liner free energy relationship analysis of acidity constants for 1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data. (in press) [pdf]

Undergraduate Students  

Kazim A. Agha

RISE Scholar

May-Aug.'96

Application of diffuse reflectance laser flash photolysis to the study of aromatic probes in ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, J. Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem., (1997) 109, 293-8.

Diffuse reflectance laser-flash photolytic study of aromatic ketones within calixarene solid matrices, Supramol. Chem., (1998) 10, 91-5.

Jonathan P. Balfe

Honours student

Sep.'97-Apr.'98

Influence of solvent polarity on the photoreactivity of 2-4-ring aromatic ortho-quinones, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1999) 7, 1439-41.

Eleanor Brockman

Exchange student (Newcastle Univ., UK)

Sep.'01-Apr.'02

Substituent and solvent effects on the N(2)—N(3) hindered rotation of cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (2004) 17, 1057-60. [pdf]

Navjot Chahal

RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'00

Substituent effects on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazenes in aqueous solutions, J. Org. Chem., (2002) 67, 2271-7. [pdf]

Yatson Chu

RISE Scholar

May-Aug.'98

Effect of host substitution on photochemical properties of pyrene/ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, Supramol. Chem., (2006) 18, 615-9. [pdf]

Lisa M. Croll

Honours student

Sep.'98-Apr.'99

Kinetic studies of the proton-catalysed hydrolytic decomposition of quinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2002) 53, 137-42.

Christine DeVisser

Honours student

Sep.'97-Apr.'98

Triplet state dynamics within cyclodextrin solid complexes, Arkivoc, (2003) 4, 48-58. [pdf]

Edward Harder

RISE Scholar

May-Aug.'97

Influence of solvent polarity on the photoreactivity of 2-4-ring aromatic ortho-quinones, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1999) 7, 1439-41.

Marianne Heppleston

NSERC USRA - Coop student

May-Aug.'05

 

On the photoreactivity of vitamin K compounds, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2008) 40, 389-44. [pdf]

Donna Kuntz

Honours student

Sep.'00-Apr.'01

On the alcohol and water-catalyzed tautomerization of vitamins K1 and K2-derived quinone methide intermediates, J. Org. Chem., (2004) 69, 3198-201. [pdf]

Kelvin Lau

NSERC USRA - Coop student

May-Aug.'06

 

Kinetic studies on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1-phenyltriazenes derived from cyclic amines, J. Org. Chem., (2009) 74, 1770-3. [pdf] / Erratum [pdf]

Ivan Lee

RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'01

Substituent effects on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazenes in aqueous solutions, J. Org. Chem., (2002) 67, 2271-7. [pdf]

Matthew McGinty

Exchange student (Newcastle Univ., UK)

Sep.'01-Apr.'02

Effect of host substitution on photochemical properties of pyrene/ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, Supramol. Chem., (2006) 18, 615-9. [pdf]

Ognjen Panic

Coop student

Jan.-Apr.'04

 

Effect of host substitution on photochemical properties of pyrene/ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, Supramol. Chem., (2006) 18, 615-9. [pdf]

Valerie Patton

NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'07

On the photoreactivity of vitamin K compounds, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2008) 40, 389-44. [pdf]

Kevin Smith

Honours student

Sep.'97-Apr.'98

π-Complexes as 'modulators' of bromine atom reactivity in solution, J. Org. Chem., (2000) 65, 1892-4. [pdf]

Sonali Srivastava

RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'02

Substituent and solvent effects on the N(2)—N(3) hindered rotation of cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (2004) 17, 1057-60. [pdf]

Angela Swartz

Honours student

May-Aug.'01

Triplet state dynamics within cyclodextrin solid complexes, Arkivoc, (2003) 4, 48-58. [pdf]

Ryan Tabone

NSERC USRA - Coop student

May-Aug.'05

Honours student-Summer RA

Sep.'06-Aug.'07

 

Thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of triazene dyes in doped polymer films, Dyes Pigm., (2011) 88, 180-6. [pdf]

Audrey Tan

Summer student

May-Aug.'00

Honours student

May-Aug.'01

Summer RA

May-Aug.'02

Kinetic studies of the proton-catalysed hydrolytic decomposition of quinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2002) 53, 137-42.

Hydroxide-catalysed decomposition of benzoquinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2004) 61, 63-67. [pdf]

Atefeh Vaez-Zadeh Asadi

NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'06

 

Inhibition of acid-induced decomposition of diphenyltriazenes by complexation with cyclodextrins, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2010) 42, 567-74. [pdf]

Brett VanVeller

RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'04

Absolute rate constants for 5-deazariboflavin triplet excited state in one-electron transfer processes, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., (2011) 225, 113-6. [pdf]

Chad Verberne

Honours student

Sep.'03-Apr.'04

Absolute rate constants for 5-deazariboflavin triplet excited state in one-electron transfer processes, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., (2011) 225, 113-6. [pdf]

Susanna Wong

NSERC USRA - Coop student

Jan.-Apr.'03

Hydroxide-catalysed decomposition of benzoquinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2004) 61, 63-67. [pdf]

Cristiana Zaharia

RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA

May-Aug.'99

Triplet state dynamics within cyclodextrin solid complexes, Arkivoc, (2003) 4, 48-58. [pdf]