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 1995
An Undergraduate Organic Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Molecular Modeling Project: Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reaction of Menthyl Acrylate with Cyclopentadiene, Moses Lee, Bonnie J. Garbiras, and Christopher S. Preti
Group theoretical study of the radical cation of methane: The effect of tunneling motions on the hyperfine interaction, Michio Matsushita, Takamasa Momose, Tadamasa Shida, and Lon B. Knight
Synthesis and DNA-Binding Properties of a 4-Hydroxymethylpurrole-Containung Analog of Netropsin, Christopher S. Preti, Jacob E. Simpson, and Moses Lee
Investigation of the potential energy surface for the first step in the alkaline hydrolysis of methyl acetate, Edward C. Sherer, G. M. Turner, and George C. Shields
A computationally efficient procedure for modeling the first step in the alkaline hydrolysis of esters, G. M. Turner, Edward C. Sherer, and George C. Shields
Sequence specificity of alkylation for a series of nitrogen mustard-containing analogs of distamycin of increasing binding site size: evidence for increased cytotoxicity with enhanced sequence specificity, Michael D. Wyatt, Moses Lee, Bonnie J. Garbiras, Robert L. Souhami, and John A. Hartley
Submissions from 1994
Regiochemistry of Radical Addition to C70, Roberta Borghi, Lodovico Lunazzi, Giuseppe Placucci, Paul J. Krusic, David A. Dixon, and Lon B. Knight
Using the Franck-Hertz Experiment To Illustrate Quantization: Energy States of the Neon Atom by Electron Impact, M. M. Kash and George C. Shields
Quantum-Mechanical Investigation of Large Water Clusters, Karl N. Kirschner and George C. Shields
Electron spin resonance investigation of small magnesium cluster cation radicals, Mg+N, in neon and argon matrices at 4 K: Comparison with ab initio calculations, Lon B. Knight, Cheryl B. Cleveland, Regina F. Frey, and Ernest R. Davidson
GC Sequence Specific Recognition by an N-Formamido, C-Terminus-Modified and Imidazole-Containing Analog of Netropsin, Moses Lee, Christopher S. Preti, Emily Vinson, Michael D. Wyatt, and John A. Hartley
Hydrogen bonding of nucleotide base pairs: Application of the PM3 method, T. N. Lively, M. W. Jurema, and George C. Shields
The Physical Chemistry Sequence at Liberal Arts Colleges: The Lake Forest College Approach, George C. Shields
Submissions from 1993
Modeling of Magic Water Clusters (H2O)20 and (H2O)21H+ with the PM3 Quantum-Mechanical Method, M. W. Jurema, Karl N. Kirschner, and George C. Shields
Ability of the PM3 quantum-mechanical method to model intermolecular hydrogen bonding between neutral molecules, M. W. Jurema and George C. Shields
Laser vaporization generation of Y10B+, Y11B+, and YAl+ for electron spin resonance studies in neon matrices at 4 K: Comparison with theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, Robert M. Babb, Gina M. King, Allan J. McKinley, Michael D. Morse, and Caleb A. Arrington
Laser vaporization generation of HA1OH, DA1OD and HAl17OH for neon and argon matrix isolation electron spin resonance investigations. Comparison with theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, Brian W. Gregory, John Cleveland, and Caleb A. Arrington
Electron spin resonance investigation of Sc+2 in neon matrices and assignment of its ground electronic state as X4Σ-. Comparison with theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, Allan J. McKinley, Robert M. Babb, Devon W. Hill, and Michael D. Morse
Laser vaporization generation of the SiB and SiAl radicals for matrix isolation electron spin resonance studies; comparison with theoretical calculations and assignment of their electronic ground states as X4 Σ, Lon B. Knight, Allan J. McKinley, Robert M. Babb, Michael D. Morse, and Caleb A. Arrington
Electron spin resonance studies of P2H+6and PH+3 radical cations in rare gas matrices at 4 K. Comparison with theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, Donald J. Tyler, Paul Kudelko, John B. Lyon, and Allan J. McKinley
Electron spin resonance investigations of aluminum hydrides (AlH2, AlHD, AlD2), and aluminum hydroxides (Al(OH)2, and Al(OD)2) in neon matrixes at 4 K; comparisons with ab initio theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, James R. Woodward, Thomas J. Kirk, and Caleb A. Arrington
The proton hyperfine interaction in HC60, signature of a potential interstellar fullerene, J. R. Morton, K. F. Preston, Paul J. Krusic, and Lon B. Knight
Submissions from 1992
Laser vaporization generation of the diatomic radicals PdB, 105PdB, PdAl, and105PdAl: Electron spin resonance investigation in neon matrices at 4 K, Lon B. Knight, Robert M. Babb, Devon W. Hill, and Allan J. McKinley
Laser vaporization generation of B14NH, B15NH, B14ND, B16O, and B17O: Electron-spin-resonance investigation in neon matrices under ultracold trapping conditions, Lon B. Knight, John O. Herlong, Thomas J. Kirk, and Caleb A. Arrington
Matrix isolation ESR and theoretical investigations of 11B14N11B and 10B14N11B: laser vaporization generation, Lon B. Knight, Devon W. Hill, Thomas J. Kirk, and Caleb A. Arrington