With over seventy total researchers during the summer, the Furman University Chemistry Department boasts one of the largest undergraduate research programs in the nation. The summer of 2014 marked the 50th consecutive program in which undergraduates, masters students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty mentors, and visiting faculty from area schools work together over a ten-week period in a wide variety of scientific research projects. The undergraduate students, who receive stipends for the summer, carry out independent investigations in the areas of analytical, inorganic, physical, organic and bio-organic chemistry. This program would not be possible without the support of wide variety of public and private sources.
These student/faculty collaborations produced the following research papers that were published in peer-reviewed journals.
Submissions from 2005
Comparison of density functional theory predictions of gas-phase deprotonation data, Matthew D. Liptak and George C. Shields
Conformations and Binding Modes of 2,3,5,6-Tetra(2'-pyridyl)pyrazine, Clifford W. Padgett, William T. Pennington, and Timothy W. Hanks
New Conformations and Binding Modes in Halogen-Bonded and Ionic Complexes of 2,3,5,6-Tetra(2'-pyridyl)pyrazine, Clifford W. Padgett, Rosa D. B. Walsh, Gregory W. Drake, Timothy W. Hanks, and William T. Pennington
Synthesis and Cytotoxic Properties of Nitro- and Aminochalcones, Hari N. Pati, Herman L. Holt, Regan LeBlanc, John Dickson, Michelle Stewart, Toni Brown, and Moses Lee
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of cis -Combretastatin Analogs and their Novel 1,2,3-Triazole Derivatives, Hari N. Pati, Martha Wicks, Herman L. Holt, Regan LeBlanc, Paul Weisbruch, Lori Forrest, and Moses Lee
Comparison of model chemistry and density functional theory thermochemical predictions with experiment for formation of ionic clusters of the ammonium cation complexed with water and ammonia; Atmospheric implications, Frank C. Pickard, Meghan E. Dunn, and George C. Shields
Comparison of CBS-QB3, CBS-APNO, G2, and G3 thermochemical predictions with experiment for formation of ionic clusters of hydronium and hydroxide ions complexed with water, Frank C. Pickard, E. K. Pokon, Matthew D. Liptak, and George C. Shields
Sequence specific recognition of DNA by tailor-made hairpin conjugates of achiral seco-cyclopropaneindoline-2-benzofurancarboxamide and pyrrole-imidazole polyamides, Carly A. Price, Brian M. Lingerfelt, Heather L. Handl, Konstantinos Kiakos, John A. Hartley, and Moses Lee
The RNA Tether from the Poly(A) Signal to the Polymerase Mediates Coupling of Transcription to Cleavage and Polyadenylation, Frank Rigo, Amir Kazerouninia, Anita Nag, and Harold G. Martinson
A novel class of in vivo active anticancer agents: achiral seco-amino- and seco-hydroxycyclopropylbenz[e]indolone (seco-CBI) analogues of the duocarmycins and CC-1065, Atsushi Sato, Luanne M. McNulty, Kari K. Cox, Susan Kim, Adrienne E. Scott, Kristen Daniell, Kaitlin Summerville, Carly A. Price, Stephen J. Hudson, Konstantinos Kiakos, John A. Hartley, Tetsuji Asao, and Moses Lee
Characterization of the X̃2Π and Ã2Σ+ Electronic States of the Phospaethyne cation (HCP+), Berhane Temelso, Nancy A. Richardson, Levent Sari, Yukio Yamaguchi, and Henry F. Schaefer
High accuracy ab initio studies of Li6+, Li6-, and three isomers of Li6, Berhane Temelso and C. David Sherrill
A novel achiral seco-amino-cyclopropylindoline (CI) analog of CC-1065 and the duocarmycins: design, synthesis and biological studies, James L. Toth, John D. Trzupek, Lloyd V. Flores, Konstantinos Kiakos, John A. Hartley, William T. Pennington, and Moses Lee
Novel Picolinic Acid-containing Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamides: Synthesis and T-G Mismatched Base Pair Recognition, Peter B. Uthe, Andrew M. Staples, Mark Turlington, Justin B. Jones, Kevin N. Blackmon, Suzanna L. Bailey, Karen L. Buchmueller, and Moses Lee
Effects of steric constraint on chromium(III) complexes of tetraazamacrocycles, 2. Comparison of the chemistry and photobehavior of the trans-dichloro- and trans-dicyano- complexes of cyclam, 1,4-C2-cyclam, and 1,11-C3-cyclam, Paul S. Wagenknecht, Chuanjiang Hu, Denise Ferguson, Lawrence C. Nathan, Robert D. Hancock, Jason R. Whitehead, Kimberley Wright-Garcia, and Michael T. Vagnini
Transition Metal Catalyzed Reduction of Nicotinamide Coenzymes and Their Analogues, Paul S. Wagenknecht and Edward J. Sambriski
Synthesis of a Lewis acid bearing cyclopentadienyl ligand and its tricarbonylmanganese(I) complex, Rhett T. Watson, Jillian Basinger, Endy Y. Min, and Paul S. Wagenknecht
First-principle studies of intermolecular and intramolecular catalysis of protonated cocaine, C. G. Zhan, S. X. Deng, Jaime G. Skiba, B. A. Hayes, S. M. Tschampel, George C. Shields, and D. W. Landry
Submissions from 2004
Super-Precise Nanolithography Using Multilayer of Self-Assembled Monolayers, Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Lim-Piu Tan, Morgan Mihok, Mark W. Horn, and Paul S. Weiss
Vibrational and Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of 2,3-Benzofluorene and Its Cation, John J. Banisaukas, Jan Szczepanski, Martin Vala, and So Hirata
Photodissociation Pathways of the 2,3-Benzofluorene Cation, John J. Banisaukas, Jan Szczopanski, John Eyler, and Martin Vala
The ability of the Gaussian-2, Gaussian-3, Complete Basis Set-QB3, and Complete Basis Set-APNO model chemistries to model the geometries of small water clusters, Meghan E. Dunn, E. K. Pokon, and George C. Shields
Thermodynamics of forming water clusters at various temperatures and pressures by gaussian-2, gaussian-3, complete basis set-QB3, and complete basis Set-APNO model chemistries; Implications for atmospheric chemistry, Meghan E. Dunn, E. K. Pokon, and George C. Shields
Design and synthesis of polymerizable tridentate hosts for encapsulation of organoiodides, Timothy W. Hanks, Prasant Deb, Brian T. Holmes, and William T. Pennington
Synthesis of Chiral Polydiacetylenes from Amino Acids, Timothy W. Hanks, Lee Ramsey, and Prasant Deb