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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1968

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Substituted Phenanthrolines: 2-Phenyl-6-bromo-8-nitroquinoline and 2-Phenyl-6-bromo-1,10-phenanthroline, Marvin D. Shie
Department: Chemistry

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The Intramolecular Nucleophilic Displacement Reaction of 2'-Chlorobiphenyl-2-carboxylic Acid; An Attempted Synthesis of this Compound, Margaret E. Stryker
Department: Chemistry

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The Vibrational Fundamentals of Tetracyanoethane, Charles T. Van Buren
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1967

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An Unusual Reaction of 1,1,2,2-Tetracyanocyclopropane, Richard Dewey Ash Jr
Department: Chemistry

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Synthesis and Reactions of Dihydropyrazinium Salts, Marti Miller Bailey
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis of 1,2-Dichloro-1,2-dicyanoethylene, Robert R. Boesch
Department: Chemistry

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Differential Thermometric Titrations of Sodium, Potassium, Tetraethylammonium and Tetramethylammonium Borohydrides in Solutions against Hydrochloric Acid, William E. Brown
Department: Chemistry

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A Structure Analysis of Hexacyanoisobutylenediide (2-dicyanomethylene-1,1,3,3-tetracyanopropanediide), William C. Flewelling
Department: Chemistry

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Experiments in the Construction of Insoluble Salt Membrane Electrodes, Gregory Guzewich
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Preparation of Singly Substituted Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids, Glen Heggie
Department: Chemistry

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Synthesis of Substituted 1,10-Phenanthrolines: 5-Methoxy-1,10-phenanthroline,5-Bromo-1,10-phenanthroline and 2-Methyl-6-bromo-1,10-phenanthroline, Stephen Hupp
Department: Chemistry

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The B(al)^2 Mechanism in Hydrolysis of Aromatic Esters, Johnson G. Jato
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Deacetylation of N-acetyl ornithine in Paul's Scarlet Rose, Harley L. King Jr
Department: Chemistry

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Synthesis of an Optically Active Polymer for Use in the Resolution of Alcohols, John W. Kirk
Department: Chemistry

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Deuterium Isotope Effects in Hydrogen Bonding, Jun-Sing Lee
Department: Chemistry

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An Infrared Structural Study of Angreli's Salt and A Discussion of the Nonexistence of Na2N2O4, Eloise Lindsay
Department: Chemistry

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Study Of Sodium Nitrate Through The Lambda Transition, James C. Mikkelsen Jr
Department: Chemistry

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Some Attempted Syntheses of Di- and Tri-t-butylamines, Vicki Pfoff
Department: Chemistry

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Synthesis and Mercuric Acetate Oxidation of 1,2,2,4,5,5 -hexamethylpiperazine, John W. Schaeffer
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Spectrophotometric Analysis of Diethylstilbestrol, Thomas Cooper
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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Determination of the Hammett Acidity Function for Secondary Amine Indicators, James M. McNeal
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1965

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

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Synthesis in the 4, 5-Diazafluorene Series, Susan W. David
Department: Chemistry

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

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The Preparation of Bensenesulfonamides of Primary Aminopyridines and Primary Aminoquinolines, Richard David Howells
Department: Chemistry

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

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The Synthesis of Tertiary Amines with One or More Tertiary Butyl Groups Attached to the Nitrogen, Richard P. Knotts
Department: Chemistry

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

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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

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

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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

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

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An Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction, Pamela Steineck
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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

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

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1964

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

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

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

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An Improved Synthesis of 5, (6)-Bromo-1, 10-phenanthroline, Robert O. Kenworthy
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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Spectrophotometric Determination of Benzohydroxamic Acid and Transition Metal Ion Complexes, Andrea Migala
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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The Preparation of Benzenesulfonamides of Primary Aromatic Amines, Charles Gordon Tindall Jr
Department: Chemistry

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Jahn and Teller Distortions in Co(H2O)6Cl2 and Co(NH3)6Cl2, David G. Vaala
Department: Chemistry

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Spectral and Acid-Base Studies of Hydroxamic Acid Complexes of Cobalt (III), Robert F. Weaver
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis and Study of Picolinohydroxamic Acid, Russell K. Yamazaki
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1963

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

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A Preliminary Study of the Halochromic Reaction, Paul Richard Bergstresser
Department: Chemistry

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Photochemical Reaction of Phthalic Acid, Potassium Acid Phthalate, and Dipotassium Phthalate, Virginia C. Bussert
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Preparation of 4, 5-Diazafluoren-9-one Using 2, 4-zdinitroaniline as the Starting Material, Gary L. Clark
Department: Chemistry

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

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An Acid Catalyzed Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction, Richard J. Freeman
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Spectroscopic Study of Anhydrous Copper Nitrate, Saundra G. Gourley
Department: Chemistry

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The Szilard-Chalmers Process in Aqueous Arsenate Systems, Philip L. Hall
Department: Chemistry

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An Infrared Study of the Behavior of Phase I of Solid Hydrogen Selenide, Nelson Chapman Hammond
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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The Synthesis of 4, 5-Diazafluoren-9-one via 5-Bromo-1, 10-phenanthroline, Jon Jay Harper
Department: Chemistry

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An Investigation of Equilibria in Esterification Reactions by Application of Vapor-Phase Chromatography, Mats O. Josephson
Department: Chemistry

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An Infrared Study of the Low Temperature Phase Behavior of Solid Hydrogen Selenide, John Harlold Konnert
Department: Chemistry

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

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A Calorimetric Study of the Entropy of Transition of Ammonium Halides, Charles H. Mims
Department: Chemistry

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Separation of Halogenated Aliphatic Acids by Gas Phase Chromatography, Oluwole O. Odujinrin
Department: Chemistry

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

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

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The Kinetics of 2-Chloro-5nitropyridine with Hydroxide Ion, Carl O. Schulz
Department: Chemistry

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

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Voltammetry of Organic Disulfides, David Underwood
Department: Chemistry

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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

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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

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

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Neutron Activation: The Szilard-Chalmers Process in an Inorganic Arsenic System, William P. Bishop
Department: Chemistry

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An Acid Catalyzed Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction, Wayne A. Bowman
Department: Chemistry

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