What's going on in Green Chemistry at Marian College.
Recent events:
(Links are to PDFs of presentations)
- Spring 2005
- Friday, April 1 - Marian Hall, room 251: faculty research
seminar. Speaker: Dr. Carl Lecher, on "Undergraduate Research in Chemistry:
Environmentally Benign Organic Chemistry". The presentation
included a broad overview of Green Chemistry, a discussion of the role of
Green Organic Chemistry at Marian College, and highlights of some recent
accomplishments of Dr. Lecher's undergraduates.
- Friday, April 15 - Butler University
Undergraduate Research Conference.
Maggie Hoyt, from Dr. Lecher's group, gave a presentation on
"The Tandem Grignard Addition-Oppenauer Oxidation - A Greener Synthesis
of alpha-Trimethylsilyl Phenyl Vinyl Ketone."
- Tuesday, April 19 - Marian Hall, room 355, 2.30-4.20pm. Marian College
Undergraduate Symposium in Green Chemistry. Presentations from
Maggie Hoyt, Brandie Davis, Jon Wilson, Brandon Fultz, Jeannie Prosser,
Amy Roberts, and Stephanie Okerson. Topics included: (1) A Safer SN1 Reaction,
(2) A Bleach Oxidation of a Secondary Alcohol to a Ketone,
(3) A More Environmentally Benign NaBH4 Reduction of an Aldehyde,
(4) An Environmentally Benign Chemoluminescence Demonstration,
(5) A Greener Synthesis of a-Trimethylsilyl Phenyl Vinyl Ketone,
(6) A Tandem Baylis-Hillman Condensation / Cyclization Reaction for the Preparation
of Aromatic Heterocycles.
- Spring 2006
- Saturday, March 25 - Mathematics, Engineering and Science Undergraduate Research Conference
(MESCON),
University of Evansville - paper presentation by Maggie Hoyt
- Tuesday, April 18 - Marian College
2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemistry - paper presentations
by Ryan Bernhardt, Jeanie Prosser, and Maggie Hoyt (see link for PDFs of presentations)
Links:
GEMS Database (University of Oregon)
Last modified: April 12, 2006.
R. M. Macrae, a.k.a. rmacrae@marian.edu