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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1980

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Synthesis of Ligand Bridged Dimers of Tungsten and Molybdenum, James Boncella
Department: Chemistry

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Separation of Hydrocarbon Groups by High Performance Liquid Chromatography, W. Greg Collier
Department: Chemistry

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Analysis of the Wooster Raw Water Supply for Trace Organic Compounds, Lesley Rodgers Crowther
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination of Trace Metals in Human Dental Tissue by Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy, Louis Anthony D'Angelo
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination and Measurement of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Landfill Leachate Using X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Catherine M. Dieckmann
Department: Chemistry

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Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Recent Lake Erie Sediments by Glass Capillary Gas Chromatography, Gregory G. Dolnikowski
Department: Chemistry

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A Conformational Study of Four Tetrahalogenated Xylenes Using Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy, Barbara Ewing
Department: Chemistry

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Analytical and Thermodynamic Investigations of Combustion Processes, Michael L. Gould
Department: Chemistry

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The Analysis of the Wooster Landfill Leachate for Organic Compounds Using Glass Capillary Gas Chromatography, Amy Graham
Department: Chemistry

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Photochemistry of 3, 3, 6, 6-Tetramethoxy-l, 4-cyclohexadiene, Richard E. Herrold
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination of Saccharin in Diet Soft Drinks Using Quantitative Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Daniel Hiestand
Department: Chemistry

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Substituted Quinolines: 2-Phenyl-6-bromo-8-nitroquinoline and 2, 9-Diphenyl-5-bromoquinoline, Adrienne R. Jackson
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Substitution of 3', 6'-bis-spirocyclopentane-2', 5'-diaza 1, 4-cyclohexadiene, James M. Janasko
Department: Chemistry

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Conformational Behavior of Substituted Toluenes, Eric Johnson
Department: Chemistry

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The Attempted Synthesis of Amino Allenes Utilizing a Novel Synthetic Route, Robert H. Kelch
Department: Chemistry

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Conformational Spectroscopic Studies of Chloro- and Bromocyclobutane, Cyanocyclobutane, and l-Chloro-2, 2, 3, 3-tetrafluorocyclobutane at High Pressure, Alexander Kondow
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis of Isocyanopentaaquovanadium (III), Paul Stuart Lugg
Department: Chemistry

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Multiple Element Analysis of Human Cataractous Lenses By Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy, Stephen McElvany
Department: Chemistry

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The Separation of Rhizocaline by High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Rebecca L. Oberle
Department: Chemistry

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The Photochemical Synthesis of Chromium Carbonyls of the Type Cr(CO)5L and Cr(CO)5LCr(CO)5, Daniel Bernard Pourreau
Department: Chemistry

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Conformational Behavioral Studies of Several Compounds at High Pressure using Infrared Spectroscopy, Karin Riggs
Department: Chemistry

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Electrochemistry of Vanadium, John T. Stults
Department: Chemistry

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Synthesis in the 4, 5-Diazafluorene Series, Neil Sundheimer
Department: Chemistry

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Effect of Denervation on the Release of Acetylcholinesterase From Muscle, Dale Swift
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Separation of Sulfonamides by Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Pat Wentzell
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis of Quinolines Via Anils, Audrea Hitz Wynn II
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1979

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Non-Volatile Paraffin Distribution Analysis of Sediments in the Central and Western Basins of Lake Erie, David Burris
Department: Chemistry; Geology

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The Determination of Sulphydryl Content in Human Cataractous Lenses by Raman Spectroscopy and a Spectrophotometric Method, Stephen Castle
Department: Chemistry

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An Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Natural Water Samples, James H. Dixon
Department: Chemistry

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Substitution Reactions of Tetraaminebis(dimethylsulfoxide) cobalt(III) with Pyridyl Amines, Roger A. Gilcrest
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Photochemistry of 3,3,6,6-Tetramethoxy-1,4-cyclohexadiene and 3,6-Dimethoxy-3,6-diethoxy-1,4-cyclohexadiene, Bruce H. Gray
Department: Chemistry

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Quantitative Analysis of Organic Acids and Carbohydrates In the Nodules and Hair Roots of Alfalfa and Birdsfoot trefoil, Christopher Hein
Department: Chemistry

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Isolation of an HNPG-labelled peptide from Creatine Kinase, Anastasia Karakasidou
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis of a Water-Soluble Spin-Label, Gary Karnosh Lammert
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Cadmium in Human Cataractous Lenses By Atomic Absorption Flame Spectroscopy, Sara T. MacMillan
Department: Chemistry

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The Spectrophotometric Determination of the Total Iron Concentration and the Iron-Binding Capacity of the Skim and Whey Fractions of Bovine Mammary Secretions, Sonya A. Martin
Department: Chemistry

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The Attempted Synthesis of Monocyano Cobalt (III) Complexes, Janice Mrohaly
Department: Chemistry

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Rapid Estimation of the BOD of Municipal Sewage by U.V. Spectrophotometry, Barry M. Saltzman
Department: Chemistry

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Isolation and Purification of Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from Quail Breast Muscle, Debra A. Schwinn
Department: Chemistry

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Conformational Behavior of a,a'-dihalo-o and p-xylenes as Studied by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, Stephen Southworth
Department: Chemistry

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Studies in the Synthesis of 4,5-Diazafluorene-9-one, Norman J. Voller
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of Bis(trihalomethyl) sulfones, Wayne Walters
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Spectra of Tetrafluorophthalonitrile and Tetracyanopyrazine, Ed Weil
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Copper in Human Cataract Lenses By Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry, Alvin H. Weintraub
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of the Copper Concentrations in Solutions Containing Human Cataractous Lenses, Leslie Woods
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues in Rabbit Muscle Enolase, Jackie Ann Zurcher
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1978

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The Products of the Spontaneous Decomposition of 4-Hydroxy-3-Nitrophenylglyoxal in Aqueous Solution, Kayode A. Akintunde
Department: Chemistry

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Chemical Modification Studies of Yeast Enolase, George L. Alfred Jr.
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Electroantennogram Analysis of Potential Substitute Compounds for 3,13-Octadecadien-1-ol Acetate, the Clearwing Moths' Pheromone, Howard S. An
Department: Chemistry

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Coexistence Curve of a Binary Fluid Mixture, Mark Kromer Barr
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt (III) and Iron (II) Complex Ions and the Study of Their Electron Transfer Reaction, Julie A. Buda
Department: Chemistry

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An Exploratory Study of the Cesium Bromide Region of the Infrared Spectrum (~700 to 300 cm-1) using Pattern Recognition Methods, Laín Burgos-Lovéce
Department: Chemistry

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Various Applications of Laser Raman Spectroscopy in Quantitative Analysis, Robert Colson
Department: Chemistry

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Evaluation of Several Aqueous Anthocyanin Recovery Systems From Grape Filter Trim, Merril John Ehrmentrout
Department: Chemistry

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Kinetic Studies of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Between Cobalt (III) and Iron (II) Complexes, Kenneth R. Gifford
Department: Chemistry

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Computer Assisted Assignment of the Vibrational Overtones and Combinations of Diiminosuccinonitrile, Paul Gillette
Department: Chemistry

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The Study of the Chemistry of 2, 5-dichloro-2, 5-dihydrothiophene 1-oxide, Andrew H. Janowicz
Department: Chemistry

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The Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Hydrocarbons In The Formation Waters of Ohio Crude Oils, Rebecca E. Parker
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Electoantennogram Analysis of Potemtial Subsitutes for 3,13-Octadecadien-1-ol Acetato, John R. Robinson
Department: Chemistry

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Attempted Purification of Creatine Kinase by Affinity Chromatography, Marian M. Rousek
Department: Chemistry

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Computer Manipulation of Raman Spectral Data, Karen A. Scherler
Department: Chemistry

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An Investigation and Analyses of Cadmium in Sewage Sludges and Industrial Wastewater Received at the Wooster Water Pollution Control Plant, Warren R. Schirtzinger
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Oxidation-Reduction Reaction Between [Re(II)(CN)5L]3- and [Co(III)(NH3)5L]3+, Douglas J. Stair
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Separation of Sulfonamides by High Pressure Liquide Chromatography on Amberlyst 15 Cation Exchange Resin, Keith A. Thompson
Department: Chemistry

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Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Treated Wastewater, Robert Q. Thompson
Department: Chemistry

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The Aphid Alarm Pheromone (E)-β-Farnesene: Synthesis and Usage, Robert R. Thompson
Department: Chemistry

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Long Range Coupling in Nuclear Magnetic Resonances Synthesis of 1, 1, 2, 2,-d4 Acenaphthene, Kenneth R. Wehmeyer
Department: Chemistry

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The Oxidation of 2,5-Dichloro-2,5-dihydrothiophene-1-oxide, Michael J. Zawaski
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1977

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Investigation of a Rapid Spectrophotometric Method for Estimation of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Robert W. Anderson
Department: Chemistry

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The Elucidation of the Mechanism Involved in the Nucelophilic Substitution of Cyanide for Chloride in Furfuryl Chloride and Related Compounds, Edward William Badger
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt and Nickel Halide Complexes Containing with Cationic Phosphine Ligand 1-Diphenylphosphino-4-Diphenylmethyl Phosphonium Benzene, John Basil
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination of Zinc, Cadmium, Leader, and Copper in Human Eye Lenses and Human Eye Cataract Lenses by Differential Pulse Anodic Stripping Voltammetry, Zvavahera M. Chirenje
Department: Chemistry

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A Kinetic Study of the Reaction of Piperidine with 4-X-2,6-dinitrochlorobenzenes in Methanol, D. Durrell Evans
Department: Chemistry

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Enzymatic Method For Lactose Analysis and Its Application to Bovine Mammary Secretions, Wesley Jacobs
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur Donor Atom Ligands with Ni-bis(salicylidene-gamma-iminopropyl)amine, Winsome Jones
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl and Lysyl residues of Yeast Hexokinase P-II, James F. Jorkasky
Department: Chemistry

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Fibrinogen: a Study of An Assay and a Study of a Blood Problem, Curtis Lockhart
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel Complexes Containing Phosphine and Arsine Ligands and Nitric Oxide (NO), Faith E. Lyman
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Protein Modification: Ovine Serum Albumin and 2,6-dinitro-4-trifluoromethylchlorobenzene, Tan Synn Lymn
Department: Chemistry

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Kinetic Study of the Nitrite to Nitrosyl Reaction in a Nickel (II) di-Nitrite bis-Phosphino Complex, David Marshall
Department: Chemistry

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Inactivation of Creatine Kinase by 4-Hydroxy-3-nitrophenylglyoxal, Ann Elizabeth McLaughlin
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Effect of Tetra-n-butylammonium Bromide on the Chemical Shifts of Dinitro Aryl Compounds, David R. McLaughlin
Department: Chemistry

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A System for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Water, Geoffrey G. Miller
Department: Chemistry

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Non-Aqueous Basicity Determination of Secondary Amines, Jeanne O'Brien
Department: Chemistry

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A Kinetic Study of the Reaction of Piperidine and 2,6-Dinitrobenzenes in Ethanol, Tyrone Parks
Department: Chemistry

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Analysis of the Purity of Commercial Preparations of Reduced B-Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide By High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Robert Pfoff
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Correlation of Apple Essence Flavor Quality with Gas-Liquid Chromatographic Properties, Richard J. Quayle
Department: Chemistry

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The Residue Involved in the Reversible Inactivation of Turkey Egg-White Lysozyme by Dimethyl (2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl) sulfonium Bromide, John Michael Schneider
Department: Chemistry

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Work Progressing Toward the Synthesis of Four Aziridinium Fluoroborate Salts, Ronald F. Seaton
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis of a Water Soluable Protein Modifying Reagent, Sangram S. Sisodia
Department: Chemistry

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A Feasibility Study for the Automation of a Spectrophotometric Estimation of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Mark R. Thompson
Department: Chemistry

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4-Methoxy-3-nitrophenylglyoxal: A New Chromophoric Arginine Reagent, Jeffrey Vasiloff
Department: Chemistry

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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Soybean Nodules For Organic Acids, Holly Walter
Department: Chemistry

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Search For Nickel Carbonyl in Smoldering Nickel Treated Papers and in Mainstream Cigarette Smoke, John Wise
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues In Yeast Enolase, Mary L. Woodall
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1976

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Kinetics of 4-Chloro-3-Nitrobenzoic acid and 4 Chloro-3,5-Dinitrobenzoic acid with Hydroxide Ion, C. Bruce Bieber
Department: Chemistry

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The Reaction of 1-Ethylguanidine with 2,3-Butanedione in the Presence of 2,4-Dinitrobenzaldehyde, D. Kevin Cameron
Department: Chemistry

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Essential Arginyl Residues of Hexokinase P-II, Kent L. Cipollo
Department: Chemistry

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The Synthesis of Some Nickel (II) dihalo Complexes Containing dPe Ligand and Investigation of their Nitrosyl Formation Reaction with NaNO2, Richard Dasch
Department: Chemistry

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Attempted synthesis of Sulfonium Salt Analogs of Acetylcholine as Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase, Richard A. Day
Department: Chemistry