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Dr. James H. Williams Visiting Assistant Professor 4201 Grant Line Road New Albany, Indiana 47150
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Columbia University; New York, New York Master of Business Administration Concentration: Finance
University of Louisville; Louisville, Kentucky Ph.D.
Saint Louis University; St. Louis, Missouri Master of Science in Research
Kent State University; Kent, Ohio Bachelor of Science Degree
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CHEM. C341 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LECTURES 1 (3 CR HR)
Chemistry of carbon compounds. Nomenclature; qualitative theory of valence;
structure and reactions. Syntheses and reactions of major
classes of monofunctional compounds.
CHEM. C342 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LECTURES 2
Syntheses and reactions of polyfunctional compounds, natural and industrial
products; physical and chemical methods of identification. (3 CR HR)
CHEM. C343 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1
Laboratory instruction in the fundamental techniques of organic chemistry and
the use of general synthetic methods. (2 CR HR)
CHEM. C102 ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY I (3 CR HR)
The chemistry of organic compounds and their reactions including an extensive introduction to biochemistry.
CHEM. C104 PHYSICAL SCIENCES & SOCIETY (3 CR HR)
An integrated survey of modern applications and relationships of physical sciences to society.
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CHEM. C122 ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II
CHEM. C398 PROF PRACTICE IN
CHEMISTRY (1-6 CR)
CHEM. 390 Undergraduate Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Independent research based on existing literature or original work. A report, in the style of a departmental technical report, is required.
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Patents & Thesis & Publications
Ph.D. Thesis: Reactivity of Unsaturated Heterocycles and Synthesis of 1,2,5,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizine & Reactions of
Mucobromic Acid Derivatives with Primary Amines and Iodine Azide
Goal: Synthesis of anticancer drugs with the basic structure of Mytomycin C
MS Thesis: The Electrochemistry of 1,3-Diketones
Goal: To electrochemically synthesize a postulated cyclopropane intermediate in the well known Clemmensen reduction of 1,3-diketones.
Patent No. United States Patent Title Date Filed
4,225,680 Urea for Foam with Low Shrinkage 8/6/1979
4,343,718 Aqueous Foaming Agent Solution 4/17/1980
4,409,293 Wood Composites of Low Formaldehyde Emission 10/11/1983
4,501,851 Urea-Formaldehyde Precursor 2/28/1984
4,482,699 Low Emitting Aqueous Formulations of Aminoplast
Resins and Process for Manufacturing Them 9/25/1983
4,410,685 Hydrolytically Stable Urea-Formaldehyde Resins and Process for Manufacturing Them 9/10/1982
4,530,713 Urea-Formaldehyde Suspension 7/25/1983
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Undergraduate Research Projects
I have two areas of interest for students who want to be involved in undergraduate research. The areas are solar energy and environmental friendly fertilizers.
A solar (photovoltaic, or PV)
cell kit, using natural dyes that can be extracted from berries, is
manufactured and distributed by the
Institute for
Chemical Education (ICE). The solar cell kit is based
on work relating to nanocrystalline
dye-sensitized solar cells that use an organic dye to absorb
incoming light to produce excited electrons. The student will begin
independent research by first writing a summary paper that outlines and
discusses the subject of nanocrystalline dye-sensitized
solar cells including the current research efforts and progress.
The paper will end with a proposed area of research for the student to
follow with the solar kit in following semesters. The solar energy research project provides an interdisciplinary context for students to learn the basic principles of biological extraction, chemistry, physics, environmental science and electron transfer. The project is designed to inspire a new generation of researchers while teaching the basic principles of chemistry, physics, biology and environmental policy.
please refer to the following external sources.
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Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the main plant nutrients needed for plant growth. Nitrogen is required in the largest amounts to grow healthy turfgrass. Consequently, N fertilizers are applied more often, and in larger quantities, than all the other nutrients combined.
A water soluble fertilizer can be easily converted into a plant available form when it is added to the soil to give quick green-up and growth. Ammonium, nitrate and urea are the most common ingredients of quick release nitrogen. A steady level of growth over the entire growing season from one application is more suitable. The slow release fertilizers are synthetically manufactured products and depend on microbial activity in the soil to break down the fertilizers into plant available forms.
Many causes of pollution including sewage and fertilizers contain nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates. In excess levels, nutrients over stimulate the growth of aquatic plants and algae. Excessive growth of these types of organisms consequently clogs our waterways, use up dissolved oxygen as they decompose, and block light to deeper waters. This, in turn, proves very harmful to aquatic organisms as it affects the respiration ability or fish and other invertebrates that reside in water. "Eutrophication", by definition, is the enrichment of surface waters with plant nutrients and both nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from fertilizer applications contribute to eutrophication.
Fertilization of surface waters (eutrophication) results in, for example, explosive growth of algae which causes disruptive changes to the biological equilibrium [including fish kills]. This is true both for inland waters (ditches, river, and lakes) and coastal waters. Groundwater is also being polluted mainly by nitrates and in several areas, the groundwater is polluted to an extent that it is no longer fit to be used as drinking water according to present standards.
The pollution issues and the high cost of manufacturing environmentally friendly slow release fertilizers, offers an opportunity to conduct research in the following areas of interest.
· Covalently linking phosphorus and nitrogen within the same molecule to minimize leaching.
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Synthesizing a
synthetic organic fertilizer compound with high water insoluble nitrogen
in a one step batch reaction.
The fertilizer research
project provides an interdisciplinary context for students to learn the
basic principles of chemistry, environmental science and biology. It
will also offers a cross functional opportunity to evaluate the efficacy
of the synthetic products through a joint research effort with the
biology department at IUS. The project is designed to inspire a new
generation of researchers while teaching the basic principles of
chemistry, biology and environmental policy. The student will use
synthetic methods in the laboratory to synthesis compounds along with
instrumentation such as GC-MS chromatography, H1 and C13
NMR, UV and IR spectroscopy and HPLC to follow the reactions and
identify the final products. For those students interested in reading more about the subject of fertilizers, please refer to the following external sources.
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Web Links for Chemistry Students
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ScienceFinder (On various desk tops in our IUS main library)
Scifinder Resources ( Tutorial site for ScienceFinder) |
This site provides pathways to published research in the world's journal and patent literature–virtually everything relevant to chemistry plus a wealth of information in the life sciences and a wide range of other scientific disciplines back to the beginning of the 20th century. Chemical Abstract Service provides this search engine. Please use the "Scifinder Resources" link to learn how to search on this engine. This is the best of all sites for us chemists. |
| ChemWeb | ChemWeb.com provides access to the information chemists need to enhance their research, product development, self-development, education, and/or their businesses in Chemistry and related disciplines. |
| ChemFinder | Enter a Chemical Name, CAS Number, Molecular Formula or Weight. A good site for finding the identity of a chemical structure. |
| Scirus |
Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine that searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages. It will give Chemistry 340 series organic students an opportunity to search the literature for specific issues they want to address for a class or laboratory effort. |
| United States Patent and Trademark Office | This web site belonging to the USPTO is an excellent place to start searching for prior art relating to the patenting of new and novel chemical ideas and concepts. |
| National Library of Medicine |
Search for books, journal and audiovisual titles in the NLM collections - Locator homepage will give you a link to various ways to search. You will have access to "PubMed and Medline Plus". |
| Chemistry.org | Website of the American Chemical Society. Check it out. |
| Institute for Chemical Education | ICE was established in 1983 to provide a center for science educators to develop and disseminate ideas. ICE is national in scope and has led the drive to help teachers revitalize science in schools throughout the United States. |
| Journal of Chemical Education | This is a great site for students on the area of chemical education. Also good for searching the latest in research articles relating to chemistry. |
| Internet Chemistry Directories | Spectroscopy, chromatography, physical chemistry, chemical compound naming and chemistry link sites |
| Chemical Society | The site provides interesting features and useful services for the chemistry community. The information you find has been made available by various national chemistry societies for dissemination on a single site. Currently around 30 such societies are providing varying levels of information on chemsoc. |
| Chemistry Fun & Humor | This web site is offered a an opportunity to relax and have some fun when courses get you down. |
| JCE ChemInfo: Organic | This site is a collection of Web pages containing information useful to teachers, researchers, and students in organic chemistry, biochemistry, and medicinal chemistry. The pages have been selected for ease of use, broad applicability, and quality of coverage. Topics will include structural information, organic reactions, nomenclature, physical properties, and spectroscopic data. |
| Chemistry Cartoons | This is another web site that offers an opportunity to relax and have some fun when courses get you down. |
| http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/w-spectra-organic.htm | This is a great web site for organic students who need to gather FTIR and NMR spectroscopic data for their laboratory experiments. |
| http://webbook.nist.gov | The National Institute of Science and Technology offers spectrographic and chemical data on organic compounds. |
| http://www.sigmaaldrich.com | Sigma-Aldrich offers access to their data base of organic properties. |
| http://www.americanelements.com/ |
The American Elements website is a source for academic investigation and research information relative to the basic elements in the periodic chart. Check out the information available for each of the elements. |
| WWW Chemistry Guide | WWW Chemistry Guide - a comprehensive collection of annotated links for chemists and researchers involved in organic, biochemical, computational, medicinal and/or other chemistry research. |
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