=20 Undergraduate Courses: General education chemistry (GEA); organic chemistry lecture and= laboratory--general,=20 pre-professional, chemistry major; advanced organic characterization= (organic qualitative analysis); special readings; research.
Undergraduate Research Directed: Jerry White, Gregory J. McCollum; John C. Branca, Patti Kokoshis, Charlie= =20 Perkins, Mike Hierl, Al Aksamit, C. T. Webb, Bill Roper, Do Kieu Thu,= Stanley DiDomenico, Michael Pope, Nancy J. Peacock, Tim Grandys, Tresa Nall= Schmitz, Susan E. Carr, Beth Winsett, Arthur Cox, Jennifer Tunnell, Lory= Read, Ramineh Yazdani , Kathy Ieong, Steve Arvanitis, Pninit Varol (Chem.= Dept. Summer Undergrad Res. Program--from Washington Univ.); Tina Martin= (SIU Summer Minority High School Res. Program); Frederic Laboroi (French= Exchange Student-Intern); Howard Saft (Chem. Dept. Summer Undergrad. Res.= Program--from Univ. of Florida).
Graduate Courses:=20 Graduate-student remedial organic (Chem. 444); Advanced organic chemistry;= mechanisms; stereochemistry; special topics in organosulfur chemistry,= carbanion chemistry, free-radical chemistry, radical-anion chemistry,= electron-transfer chemistry; special readings; seminar; research.=20
Graduate Research Directed: Service on 51 Master's and Ph.D.= committees.
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1. Benito Cremonini: Steric and Electronic Influences on the Acidity of= Phenylsulfonyl and Phenylthio Acetic and Isobutyric Acids. 1961.
2. Giampaolo Picciola: I. Refutation of a Recently Reported Concept= Regarding Steric Inhibition of Conjugation of Sulfides. II. Importance of= Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding and Field Effects on the Acidity of= Bis-(2-Hydroxyphenyl) Sulfides and Sulfoxides. 1961.=20
3. Nazareno Seghetti: Sulfides, Sulfoxides, and Sulfones. Preparation and= Infrared Studies. 1961.=20
4. Gianfranco Moretti: Influence of Substitutents on the Acidity of= Phenylsulfonylacetic and Phenylsulfonylbenzoic Acids. 1961.=20
5. Gaetano Lombardini: Comparison of the Acidity of= Arylthio-Arylsulfinyl-, and Arylsulfonylphenols. A Study of the Electronic= Character of Organic Sulfur Groups. 1962.=20
6. Socrate Bernardi: Relative Differences in the Acidities of= Bis-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)- and Bis-(2-Hydroxyphenyl) Sulfides, Sulfoxides, and= Sulfones. 1962.=20
7. Costantino Rinaldi: Some Observations on the Bond Strengths in= 2,3-Dihydrothionaphthenes, their 1-oxides, and 1,1-Dioxides. 1962.=20
8. Vittorio Iancer: Influence of Substitutents on the Acidity of Phenoxy-,= Phenylthio-, and Phenylsulfonylacetic and -propionic acids. 1963.=20
1. Thomas J. Bonk: I. A Reinvestigation of the Geometric Requirement for= p-d Interaction Involving Sulfonyl. II. An Investigation of the Electronic= Effect of the Allylthio Group. 1967.=20
2. Laurence L. Ho: Thermal Isomerization and Rearrangement of Allyl Phenyl= Sulfide. =20 1967.=20
3. Charles M. Higgerson: Chemical and Spectral Evidence of 3p-_ Resonance= Interaction in =DF-Keto- and =DF,g-Unsaturated Sulfides. 1969.=20
4. Mao-Lin Hsu: I. Thermal Isomerization of Allyl Phenyl Sulfide. II.= Base-Catalyzed Isomerization of Allyl Phenyl Ether. 1970.=20
5. Thomas E. Parady: A Mechanistic Study of: I. Air Oxidation of Ketones= in KOH. II. a,o -Dianions: Nucleophilicity vs. Proton Affinity. III.= Reactions of Sulfones, Ketones, and Phenols with Perhalomethanes in= KOH-t-BuOH. 1977.=20
6. Sanjeev K. Manohar: Striking Differences in the Behavior of= 9-Keto-Substituted Fluorenes towards n-Butyllithium Vs. n-Butyl Grignards= Vs. Methyl Grignards. 1986. =20
1. Ishai Sataty: Mechanistic Studies of Isomerizations, Equilibrations,= and Rearrangements of Unsaturated Ethers, Sulfides, and Sulfones. 1970.=20
2. Thomas J. Doyle: Mechanistic Studies of Allylic Sulfides and Ethers: = Isomerizations, Equilibrations, and Eliminations. 1971.=20
3. Walter S. Matthews: 1. The Influence of Conformation of Aryl Sulfones= on Sulfonyl-2p Interactions and on Anisotropy Affecting Positional= Reactivity. =20 2. Survey of Ionic Reactions of Carbon Tetrachloride with Ketones,= Alcohols, and Sulfones. 1972.=20
4. John A. Tykal: Elucidation of the Mechanism of the Reimer-Tiemann= Reaction with Carbon Tetrachloride in the Presence and Absence of Copper. = 1972.=20
5. Laurence L. Ho: 1. Reactions of Primary Dialkyl Sulfones with Carbon= Tetrachloride-Potassium Hydroxide. Formation of Cis -Dialkylethenesulfonic= Acid Salts. 2. Preparation and Properties of a-Chlorobenzhydryl Benzyl= Sulfide and its Sulfone, and Benzophenone Bis-(Benzylthio) Acetal and its= S,S'-Dioxides and Tetroxide. 1974.=20
6. Mao-Lin Hsu: 1. Comparison of Nucleophilic and One-Electron-Transfer= Reactivity of Anions with Trityl Chloride. 2. Base-Catalyzed Elimination= Reactions of 1,4-Disubstituted Cis- and Trans-2-Butenes. 1975.=20
7. Vera M. Kolb: The Unique Properties of Powdered Potassium= Hydroxide-t-Butyl Alcohol as a Reagent and as a Medium for Chlorinations= with CCl4. A Mechanistic Study of the Reactions and Reactivities of= Ketones, Sulfones, and Alcohols. 1976.=20
8. Duy H. Hua: 1. A Study of the Preparation, Reactions, and Reactivity= of a-Halo-, a-Tosyloxy-, and a-Nitro Sulfones of Various Structural Types,= with Special Emphasis on Electron-Transfer Pathways. 2. A Stereochemical= and Mechanistic Study of Electron-Transfer and Free-Radical Reactions of= Phenylacetylene, Phenylchloroacetylene, and Phenylbromoacetylene with CCl4= and CBrCl3 in the Presence and Absence of Potassium Hydroxide. 1979.=20
9. Roch Chan-Yu-King: Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Control in Reactions of= a-Sulfonyl Carbanions in Hydroxylic, Nonhydroxylic and Phase-Transfer= Media: Competitive Halogenation, Protonation, Addition and Autoxidation. = 1986.=20
10. Yuqing Hou: A Stereochemical and Mechanistic Study of Reactions of Rotationally Restricted 9-Substituted Fluorenes and Brief Study of Factors= =20 Responsible for the Chirality of Crystalline Urazoles. 1997.
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1. Dr. Ashok M. Malte: From Poona, India; two years; Southern Illinois= University Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship.=20
2. Dr. Ugo Folli: From University of Modena, Italy; two years; Gillette= Research Grant/Postdoctorate Fellowship.=20
3. Dr. Fernando Montanari: From University of Milano, Italy; six months;= National Science Foundation Visiting Foreign Scientist.=20
4. Dr. Vera Kolb: From Belgrade University/Southern Illinois University;= two years; University Research Foundation (La Jolla, CA) Grant-Fellowship.= =20
5. Dr. Howard E. Dunn: From Indiana State University, Evansville; three= months; Research Corporation Grant.=20
6. Dr. T. W. Sam: From Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia; nine= months.=20
7. Dr. Shaliko Badanyan: From Institute of Organic Chemistry, Armenian= Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia; 5 months; National Academy of= Sciences Exchange Scientist.=20
8. Dr. Howard E. Dunn: From Indiana State University, Evansville; second= visit, sabbatical research, six months; Shell Development Co. grant.=20
9. Dr. Toyokazu Horii from Radiation Center, Osaka Prefecture, Japan; 12= months; Coal Research Center grant.=20
10. Dr. Salem Bakkas: From University of Marseille, France; 11 months;= Pfizer, Inc., Shell Development Co., Fluorescent Labelled Compounds, and= Organic Sulfur Compounds/Center for Research on Sulfur in Coal grants.=20
11. Dr. Carl-Johan Aurell: From Chalmers University/University of= Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 months; came with research-travel award: Stiftelsen= Boncompagni-Ludovisi nee Bildt from Sweden.
12. Dr. Hisham G. Lutfi: From University of Manchester Institute of= Science and Technology, England; Computer Accessories (Proxima, Inc.)= Research Training Grant (1991-94).
13. Dr. Peter Piacenza: Visiting Adjunct Researcher, from University of= Transkei, South Africa (1995).=20