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 1962

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

Evidence for London Force Interactions in the Transition States of Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of Benzyl Chlorides, David L. Dalrymple
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

An Attempt to Synthesize Di-t-Butylamine, Thomas S. Gruen
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

A Determination of Bromide and Iodide by Extraction with Ferroin into Nitrobenzene, William J. Rogers
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Cryoscopic Investigation of the Association of Benzoic Acid in Benzene, James S. Shirk
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

Synthesis of Orthohydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic Acid, William J. Ashworth
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

Neutron Activiation Experiments Emphasizing the Application of the Szilard-Chalmers Process to Inorganic Arsenic Soultions, Donald G. Barnes
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Effects of Lithium Chloride on the Kinetics of the Vinyl Polymerization of Acrylonitrile, John H. Beernink
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Bromination of p-Hydroxyacetophenone and p-Hydroxypropiophenone With 1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, Laurie Jean Benz
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempt to Determine the Structure of Some New Organic Sulfur Compounds, Nancy Boone
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Amperometric Titration of Copper Using T-Sulfonamidine, Fred Burton
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

The Bromination of Phenolic Ketones by N-Bromosuccinimide, Elaine Cole
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Proof of Structure of Certain Brominated Phenolic Ketones, Clayton F. Drake
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Kinetics of the Free Radical Polymerization of Dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate, George H. Griswold
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

Physical Adsorption of Propane on Anatase (TiO2), Frederick L. Johnston Jr.
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

Syntheses in the Diazafluorene Series, David Arthur Klein
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Bromination of o-Hydroxyacetophenone Using Pyridinium Bromide Perbromide, James W. Klein
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Behaviour of Diphenyldisulfide as a Chain Transfer Agent in Styrene Polymerization, Gunnar Kramm
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Exploratory Studies with Paper Electrophoresis, Jeanne Leick
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Synthesis of 5-Methoxy-1, 10-phenanthroline, Carl H. Linge
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

Some Factors Affecting the Efficiency of a Column Used in Gas-Liquid Chromatography, Robert S. Marshall
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

The Quantitative Estimation of Ascorbic Acid, Suzanne A. Ralston
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Investigation of the Mechanism of Polymerization Initiated by Tetranethylthiuramdisulfide, Judith Walker
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

Cryoscopic Measurement of Association in Benzene, Peter N.C. Wright
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Oxidation of Ethers Using Oxygen Gas, Dan E. Yoder
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1960

PDF

The Construction and Use of an Apparatus for Gas Liquid Chromatographic Analysis, James C. Abbott
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Bromination of Thiuram Disulfides and Related Compounds, Frank Weir Baker
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Determination of Iron in Blood Serum and Liver and Its Relationship to Anemia, Cynthia M. Campbell
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: The Reaction of 2, 4-Dinitrochloronaphthalene, Charles Chenot
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of Water Cocatalysis in the Polymerization of Styrene with Stannic Chloride, Claire E. Collins
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

The Application of the Szilard-Chalmers Process to Inorganic Arsenic Solutions Emphasizing Retention of As76 to As (5), Richard E. Frank
Department: Chemistry

PDF

An Attempted Study of Thermal Dissociation of Symmetrical Aryl Disulfides into Free Radicals, Neil H. Frick
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Studies on the Viscosities of Dilute Solutions of Polyacrylonitrile in N-N Dimethylformamide, Walter E. Gasser
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Effect of Various Solvents on The Reaction Between Pyridine and Ethyl Bromide (Iodide) Followed by a Conductometric Method, John Thomas Christian Gerig
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Synthesis of Meta-Monosubstituted Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid, Mark E. Hanna
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 Use of Filter Paper Chromatography in the Separation of the Cis and Trans Isomers of 2,4-Dinitrophenyl-hydrazones of Selected Aldehydes, Barbara Hunter
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

The Bromination of 4-Hydroxybutyrophenone with Pyridinium Bromium Perbromide, John P. Papp
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Behaviour of Ether Peroxides Studied by Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization, David Peters
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Synthesis of 5-Methoxy-1,10-phenantroline, William W. Reed
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Aromatic Nucleophillic Substitution in Acid Solution, Bruce Kenneth Schrier
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of the Brominated Products of p-Hydroxyacetophenone, Charlotte Sinclair
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Extent of Dimerization of Benzoic Acid in Benzene Measured Cryoscopically with a Thermistor, Harold A. Smith
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Bromination of p-Hydroxypropiophenone with Pyridinium Bromide Perbromide, David A. Thomas
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

A Study of Vinyl-type Polymerization using Methyl Methacrylate and Acrylonitrile, Randy Worls
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1959

PDF

Preparation of Some Derivatives of 3-Heptanone, Charles R. Almond
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Effect of Water on the Cationic Polymerization of Styrene with Stannic Chloride, David L. Beveridge
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Synthesis of Ortho-Monosubstituted Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acid, Harlen Christman
Department: Chemistry

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

Neutron Activation Experiments Emphasizing the Szilard-Chalmers Process, David M. Jordan
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

The Preparation of the Benzenesulfoamides of Selected Halogenated Anilines, Saadideen Khayat
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

An Analysis of the Mechanism of Paper Chromatography and of the Relationship Between Rf and a, David W. MacMillan
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Studies on the Viscosities of Dilute Solutions of Polyacrylonitrile in N-N Dimethylformamide, Robert L. May
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Reaction of Bromine on Bis(dimethylthiocarbamyl)disulfide, David H. Nelander
Department: Chemistry

PDF

Chemical Kinetics of the Reactions of 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenze and of 2,4-Dinitrobromobenzene with Ammonia in Methanol, Phillip E. Rohrbaugh
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Critical Analysis of Existing Textbooks for High School Chemistry with Special Concern for the Teaching of Mordern Theoretical Concepts, Charles Ruch
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

PDF

The Effects of Dibutyl Xanthogen Disulfide on Vinyl Polymerization, Leonard Yoder
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1958

PDF

A Study of Some of the Methods of Formation of 4,5-diazofluorene-9-one, Phoebe Anderson
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Adsorption of Propane on Anatase (TiO2), Dennis W. Barnes
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Extraction and Methyl Esterification of Short Chain Fatty Acids from Rumen Juice, Charles F. Clark
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Construction of a Portable Calorimeter Capable of Utilizing Small Samples of Solid Material for the Collection of Experimental Calorimetric Data, Victor G. Colvin
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Separation and Partial Identification of the Amino Acids in Human Hair by Paper Chromatography, Yvonne Dalton
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of Gravimetric Procedures for the Determination of the Sulfate Ion, Beverly T. Douglas
Department: Chemistry

PDF

A Study of Gravimetric Procedures for the Determination of the Sulfate Ion, Robert T. Douglas
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

Organic Disulfides as Initiators of Polymerization: Benzonthiezyl Disulfide, Lewis Jon Fetters
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Effects of Solvents on the Kinetics of Some Vinyl Polymerizations, Janet Gabrielsen
Department: Chemistry

PDF

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

PDF

A Study of Gas-Liquid Partition Chromatography and Its Application to Volatile Organic Acids, Roger P. Hall
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

Potassium Uptake by Plant Roots as Affected by the Levels of Organic Matter and Potassium in Soil, George William McClure
Department: Chemistry

PDF

The Construction of a Gas Chromatography Apparatus, Richard M. Meighan
Department: Chemistry