Funded Research Projects

1. Functionalization of pheny rings by imidoyl nitrenes II. Cycloaddition or electrophilic aromatic substitution.

2. Streoselective synthesis of alkenes by triphenylphosphine in tetrachloromethane.

3. Isotope effect and kinetic studies of the reaction of tetiary alcohols with triphenylphosphine in tetrachloromethane.

4. Funcionalization of phenyl rings by imidoyl nitrenes III. Effect of resonance, steric, and inductive on reactivity or selectivity of nitrene, and stability of their precursors.

5. New transition state model for elimination reaction of alcohols over aluminum oxide and thorium oxide.

6. Experimental and AM1 Demonstration of Anomeric Effect, Structure, Dynamic NMR, X-Ray Conformational and Configurational Analysis of N-2-(1,4-Dioxane)-N`-(p-methylbenzenesulfunyl)-O-(p-methylphenoxy) isourea.

7. Preparation of Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the synthesis of light gasoline.

8. Novel Synthesis, X-ray, and Quantum Mechanical calculations of 1-(Methyl-thiomethyl)-5-(40nitrophenoxy)tetrazoles.

9. An XRD and fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy investigation of single and mixed g-alumina and thorium oxide.

10. Dynamic NMR Investigation of Methyl-2,4-dimethoxysalicylate: Effect of Solvent and Temperature on Conformation, Hydrogen bonding.