The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

Follow


Senior Independent Study Theses from 1967

PDF

A Study of Sodium Beta-Oxyhyponitrite, Gordon A. Shaw Jr
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Reaction of Tetracyanoethylene Oxide with Iodide, Marguerite L. Sherman
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Use of Pyridinium Bromide Perbromide as an Analytical Reagent for Aromatic Amines, Betty Wilson
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Attempted Synthesis of an Optically Active Polymer to Resolve Optically Active Alcohols by a Chromatographic Separation, Stephen W. Wunderly
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Structure and Stability Constant of the Nickel 2-Ethoxy-1,1,3,3-tetracyanopropenide Complex, James E. Young
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1966

PDF

An Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Angeli's Salt, Keith A. Baker
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis and Structural Determination of Some Compounds of Copper (III), Robert L. Carter
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Volumetric Study of Borohydride in Non-aqueous Media, Stephen Jerold Chentow
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Thermometric Study of the Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride in Solution, Lynne D. Cherry
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Azomethines from 8-Aminoquinoline and 6-Methoxy-8-Aminoquinoline, Bruce Alan Collins
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Metabolite of the Nitrofuran Drug Furazolidone, Gordon Leigh Cook
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Spectrophotometric Analysis of Diethylstilbestrol, Thomas Cooper
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Alternate Mechanisms of Alkaline Hydrolysis in Selected Aliphatic Esters, Michael D. Cox
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Structure of Tetracyanoethane, Thomas R. Dyke
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Studies on Macroreticular Ion Exchange Resins in Non-aqueous Media, John F. Engstrom
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Mercuric Acetate Oxidation of Substituted Piperazines, David A. Harrison
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Chemistry of Tetracyanoethylene Oxide, Joseph Avery Head III
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Comparison of the NO2^+ Ion with NO2^+, NO2, and NO2^- Using the Infrared Spectrum of NO2^-, Thomas Duncan Nichols
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis of 4,5-Diazafluoren-9-ol, John Salzman
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Product Study of the Reaction of beta-Chloroamine Hydrochlorides with Lithium Aluminum Hydride, Edward Sohl
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of London Forces in the Reaction of Dabco with Butyl Halides in Selected Solvents, Diana J. Vandersell
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Synthesis and Reactions of Dihydropyrazinium Salts, Eric Zimmerman
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Mercuric Acetate Oxidation of 1-Ethyl-2,5-dimethylimidazolidine, J. Michael Zimmermann
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1965

PDF

Polycyanocarbon Acids Used as Complexors for Inorganic Cations--- SOdium 2-Ethoxy-1, 1, 3, 3, -tetracyanopropenide as a Specific Example, James Alexander
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Reaction Kinetics of N-Butyl Halides with Pyridine and Dabco in Several Aromatic Solvents, John Harrison
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Charge Modification of Montmorillonite Clays Used for Irrigation Canal Bed Sealing, George William Kalb
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Separation of Isovaleric Acid and 2-Methyl Butyric Acid Using Gas-Liquid Chromatography, Patricia Kowaluk
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Mercury-Mercury Sulfide Electrode Continued; Potentiometric Titration of Mercury (II) and Mixtures Involving Silver, Lead and Cadmium; Some Electrode Response Data, Charles Manning
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Kinetics of the Reaction of p-t-butylthiophenoxide Ion with Activated Aryl Halides, Richard Moore
Department: Chemistry

PDF

High Temperature Spectroscopy A New Approach to the Study of Thermal Decomposition, Using Potassium Bromide Pressed Disks and Specially Developed Apparatus, Brian K. O'Riordan
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A New Approach of Infrared Intensity Analysis Using the Revised Bond Moment Hypothesis, Charles Smith
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction, Pamela Steineck
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Conductimetric Titrations of Weak Acids in Tetramethylguanidine, J. Charles Templeton
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Controlled Potential Polarography of Borohydride Compounds, John Travis
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Alumina Adsorption Chromatography of Estrogens Utilizing Fluorescent Analysis, David Warmer
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Modification of the Culture Medium During Plant Tissue Growth-- The Fate of Glutamine, Thomas Welty
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1964

PDF

An Attempt to Isolate and Identify the Products of the Reaction of Methylene Bromide, Magnesium, and a Carbonyl Compound, William M. Bunting
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Amperometric Titrations of p-Chlorobenzaldehyde with NaBH4, by Measurement of the BH4- Diffusion Current, Robert Dahlin
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Coulometric Generation and Use of the Titrant Tetrabutylammonium Hydroxide in Non-Aqueous Media, Janice Hickey
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Extraction of Metals Using A Liquid Ion Exchange Amine With Hydrobromic Acid, Mary Martin
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Hydroxamic Acid Complexes of Chromium (III), Margaret Merritt
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Synthesis of 1, 1, 2, 3, 3 - Pentacyanopropene and its Application to Nonaqueous Potentiometric Titrations, Richard Noble
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Potentiometric Titrations of Silver, Lead, and Cadmium With Thioacetamide Using a Mercury-Mercury Sulfide Indicator Electrode, Stanley Piekarski
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1963

PDF

A Quantitative Determination of Cobalt in a CO II-Benzohydroxamic Acid Complex, Carol Barbour
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Synthesis of Two Cyanocarbon Acids and a Partial Study of their Acidic Properties in Nonaqueous Media, Rosemary Franks
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Preparation of 2-Furohydroxamic Acid, Kenneth R. Harker Jr
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Preparation of 2-Furohydroxamic Acid, Kenneth R. Harker Jr
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Amperometric Titrations: The Use of Thioacetamide as a Volumetric Reagent, Margaret Lautenschleger
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Reduction Titrations of Aldehydes With Sodium Borohydride, William Riggs
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis and Study of Picolinohydroxamic Acid as a Complexing Agent with Metal Ions, Brenda Saule
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Investigation of Analytical Uses for Amberlite LA-2, Mary Stoner
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Voltammetry of Organic Disulfides, David Underwood
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Effects Produces By The Presence of Organic Acid on the Vanadium (V) Complex in Acidic Media, Kathleen Welser
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1962

PDF

The Salt Effect in the Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of Ortho and Para Nitrochlorobenzene with Sodium, Potassium, and Lithium Methoxide, Rachel Webber Abernethy
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Investigation of Analytical Uses For Amberlite LA-2, M. Jayne Bennett
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Study of the Reduction Products of Quinoline and Quinoline-6-Carboxylic Acid at a Stirred Mercury Cathode, Roger Chittum
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis of L-Lysine Esters, Gerald Collins
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Generation of Tetrabutylammonium Methoxide by Coulometric Methods in Non-aqueous Media, Carl Cotman
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Attempted Synthesis of Lysine Ester Derivatives, Gene Ewald
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Voltammetry of Organic Sulfur Compounds and Non-Aqueous Media, Helen Li
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Kinetics of Trypsin-catalyzed Hydrolysis of alpha-Benzoyl-L-Arginine Hydroxamide Monohydrochloride, Charles Meliska
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Amperometric Titration With Thioacetamide: The Attempted Use of Thioacetamide as a Volumetric Reagent, Robert E. Rodstrom
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Introductory Research into the Polarography of Sulfur Compounds in Non-aqueous Solutions, Elinor Thomson
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Ferric Complexes with Benzohydroxamic Acid: Structure and Stability, Frances Walker
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1961

PDF

London Forces in Nuceophillic Substitution Reactions, Richard Baker
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Kinetics of the Nucleophilic Reaction of Ammonia with Activated Halides. Spectrophotometric Kinetics., Robert Cairns
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis of Lysine-glycine Peptides, William Hoppes
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Kinetics of Trypsin-catalyzed Hydrolysis of Benzoyl Lysine Esters, David Killebrew
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Polarography of Organo-Sulfur Compounds, Karen Kinkel
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Exploratory Studies with Paper Electrophoresis, Jeanne Leick
Department: Chemistry

PDF

On the Synthesis of a Platinum (IV) Complex with Six Different Ligands, David Loeliger
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Attempted Synthesis of Lysine Glycine Peptides, Eugene Matsuyama
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Kinetics of Trypsin-catalyzed Hydrolysis of alpha-Benzoyl-L-Arginine Hydroxamide Monohydrochloride, James G. Ward
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1960

PDF

Application of Tetramethylguanidine in Nonaqueous Acid-Base Titrimetry, Jack L. Custer
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis and Isolation of alpha-Benzoyl-L-Arginine Hydroxamide Monohydrochloride, a Substrate Used in the Colorimetric Determination of Trypsin Activity, Harvey F. Hewes
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Amperometric Titration of Uranyl Ion with Quinaldinic Acid, Malcom R. Litwiller
Department: Chemistry

PDF

London Forces and Reaction Rates, Raymond S. Lord
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Chelate-Forming Properties of Acetohydroxamic Acid, and its Chelates with Fe(3), John S. Wishnok
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1959

PDF

Studies on the Deamination of the Amino Acids Glycine, Alanine, and Threonine by Rumen Microflora in vitro, John R. Cronin
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Investigation of the Displacement of Halogen From Certain Negatively Substituted Halobenzenes Under Acidic Conditions in the Presence of Water, Roger H. Garst
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Preparation of the Tri-peptide Lysylglycylglycine and Derivatives, Barbara Buus Hall
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Identification of Alkyl Halides by Use of 2,4-Dinitrophenol and Aromatic Nucleophilic Reactions Involving the Use of 2,4-Dinitrochloronaphthalene, John Tennyson Haynes
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Studies on the Deamination of Glycine, Threonine, and Alanine by Rumen Bacteria in vitro, Robert G. Kemp
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Method of Studying the Hormonal Effect of Thyroid-Active Drugs in the Rat Thyroid, Using Radioactive Iodine as Tracer, Nancy J. Koontz
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Auto-Oxidation of Dioxane, Paul H. Lamberger
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Development of a Micro-method of Quantitative Analysis for Sodium, Pottasium, Magnesium, and Calcium in Turkey Seminal Fluid, Peter Starek
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1958

PDF

An Attempted Preparation of 2,8-Diaminopyrimido [4,5-b] quinoline, Robert Engstrom
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Measurement of the Hydrolysis Rate of Ethyl Trichloroacetate in Acid Solution, D. Gerald Glasgow
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Aromatic Nucleophilic Reactions Involving the Use of 2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene and 2,4-Dinitrochloronaphthalene, Douglas Harter
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Aromatic Nucleophilic Reactions Involving the Use of 2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene and 2,4-Dintrochloronaphthalene, Douglas Harter
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis of 5,8-Dimethoxy-4-methyl-2-guanidinoquinazoline, Henry C. Kayser III
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Isotope Dilution Method of Determining Blood Volumes in Dairy Claves Using Cr51 and P32, William E. Moats
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Titration of Some of the Higher Fatty Acids in Non-aqueous Solvents, George Rudd Jr
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Distribution Coefficient and Its Application in the Ferric Chloride-Hydrochloric Acid, Water, Ethyl Ether System, Edward Sheridan
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Evaluation of a Method for the Synthesis of Anhydrous Metal Halides, Robert Smith
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Application of Flame Spectrophotometry in Determining Ion Concentration in Rumen Solutions from Test Cattle, Richard Tignor
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Preparation and Purification of Ethyl Acetate, Ruth Turley
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Behavior of Certain Haloesters In the Friedel-Crafts Reaction, Robert Watson
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1957

PDF

The Kinetic Study of the Aromatic Nucleophillic Substitution Reaction. The Effect of Added Salts in a Medium of Low Dielectric Comstatnt, John Cochran
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis of Certain Quinazolines, Tom Knoke
Department: Chemistry