Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University

 

Iowa State University

Publications


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  1. Ding, J.; Desikan, V.; Han, X.; Xiao, T. L.; Ding, R.; Jenks, W. S.; Armstrong, D. W "Use of Chiral Ionic Liquids as Solvents for the Enantioselective Photoisomerization of Dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octatriene" Org. Lett.  2005 in press
  2. Jenks, W. S. " The Organic Chemistry of TiO2 Photocatalysis of Aromatic Hydrocarbons" in Environmental Catalysis edited by Vicki Grassian. in press
  3. McCulla R. D.; Jenks, W. S. "Deoxygenation and Other Photochemical Reactions of Aromatic
    Selenoxides
    " J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004; 126, 16058-1606.
  4. Nag, M.; Jenks, W. S. "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Halogen Substituted Dibenzothiophene Oxides" J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 8177-8182.
  5. Oh, Y-C;  Li, X.; Cubbage, J. W.; Jenks, W. S. “Mechanisms of Catalyst Action in the TiO­2-mediated Photocatalytic Degradation of Maleic and Fumaric AcidApplied Catalysis B:  Environmental.
  6. Oh, Y.-C.; Jenks, W. S. "Photocatalytic Degradation of Cyanuric Acid, a Recalcitrant SpeciesJ. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2004, 162, 323-328.
  7. Gregory, D. D.; Jenks, W. S. "A Computational Investigation of vicinal Disulfoxides and Other Sulfinyl Radical Dimers" J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 3414-3423.
  8. McCulla, R., D.; Jenks, W. S. "Effects of Si Substitution on the Ei Reaction of Alkyl sulfoxides" J. Org. Chem. 2003 68, 7871 - 7879.
  9. Oh, Y.-C.; Bao, Y.; Jenks, W. S. "Isotope Studies of Photocatalysis.  TiO2-Mediated Degradation of Dimethyl Phenylphosphonate" J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2003, 161, 69-77.
  10. Vos, B. W.; Jenks, W. S. "Evidence for a non-cleavage pathway in the photochemical stereomutation of sulfoxides" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 2544-2547.
  11. McCulla, R. D.; Cubbage, J. W.; Jenks, W. S. "On the Pyrolytic Elimination Reactions of Sulfonic and Sulfinic Esters" J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2002, 15, 71-77.
  12. Anderson, J. L.; Dieng, J.; McCulla, R. D.; Jenks, W. S.; Armstrong, D. W. "Separation of Racemic Sulfoxides and Sulfinate Esters on Four Derivatized Cyclodextrin Chiral Stationary Phases using Capillary Gas Chromatography" J. Chromatogr. A 2002, 946, 197-208.
  13. Mitchell, C.; Desai, M.; McCulla, R.; Jenks, W.; Armstrong, D. "Use of native and derivatized cyclodextrin chiral stationary phases for the enantioseparation of aromatic and aliphatic sulfoxides by high performance liquid chromatography" Chromatographia 2002, 56, 127-135.
  14. Rodriguez, M. A.; Liu, Y.; McCulla, R.; Jenks, W. S.; Armstrong, D. W. "Enantioseparation of chiral sulfoxides and sulfinate esters by capillary electrophoresis" Electrophoresis 2002, 23, 1561-1570.
  15. Berthod, A.; Xiao, T. L.; Liu, Y.; Jenks, W. S.; Armstrong, D. W. "Separation of chiral sulfoxides by liquid chromatography using macrocyclic glycopeptide chiral stationary phases" J. Chromatography, A 2002, 955, 53-69.
  16. Cubbage, J. W.; Tetzlaff, T. A.; Groundwater, H.; McCulla, R. D.; Nag, M.; Jenks, W. S. "Bimolecular Photoreduction of Aromatic Sulfoxides" J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 8621-8628.
  17. Jenks, W. S. "Photochemically induced stereomutation of sulfoxides" Spectrum (Bowling Green, OH, United States) 2001, 14, 1, 3-7.
  18. Cubbage, J. W.; Guo, Y.; McCulla, R. D.; Jenks, W. S.;"Thermolysis of Alkyl Sulfoxides and Derivatives: A Comparison of Experiment and Theory" J. Org. Chem. 2001 ;66 (26); 8722-8736.
  19. Cubbage, J. W.; Jenks, W. S. "Computational Studies of the Ground and Excited State Potentials of DMSO and H2SO: Relevance to Photostereomutation" Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2001, 105, 10588-10595.
  20. Li, X.; Cubbage, J. W.; Jenks, W. S. "Variation in the chemistry of the TiO2-mediated degradation of hydroxy- and methoxybenzenes: electron transfer and HO•ads initiated chemistry" Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry 2001, 143, 69-85.
  21. Lee, W.; Jenks, W. S. "Photophysics and Photostereomutation of Aryl Methyl Sulfoxides" J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 474-480.
  22. Cubbage, J. W.; Vos, B. W.; Jenks, W. S. "Ei Elimination: An Unprecedented Facet of Sulfone Chemistry" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 4968-4971.
  23. Li, X.; Jenks, W. S. "Isotope Studies of Photocatalysis:  Dual Mechanisms in the Conversion of Anisole to Phenol" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 11864-11870.
  24. Li, X.; Cubbage, J. W.; Tetzlaff, T. A.; Jenks, W. S. "Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol.  1.  The Hydroquinone Pathway" J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 8509-8524.
  25. Li, X.; Cubbage, J. W.; Jenks, W. S. "Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol.  2.  The 4-Chlorocatechol Pathway" J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 8525-8536.
  26. Darmanyan, A. P.; Jenks, W. S.; Eloy, D.; Jardon, P. "Quenching of excited triplet state hypericin with energy acceptors and donors and acceptors of electrons" J. Phys. Chem. B 1999, 103, 3323-3331.
  27. Tetzlaff, T. A.; Jenks, W. S.; "Stability of Cyanuric Acid to Photocatalytic Degradation"
    Org. Lett. 1999 ;1(3); 463-466.
  28. Darmanyan, A. P.; Lee, W.; Jenks, W. S.; "Charge Transfer Interactions in the Generation of Singlet Oxygen O2(1Δg) by Strong Electron Donors" J. Phys. Chem. A. 1999 ;103 (15); 2705-2711 .
  29. Darmanyan, A. P.; Gregory, D. D.; Guo, Y.; Jenks, W. S.; Burel, L.; Eloy, D.; Jardon, P. "Quenching of Singlet Oxygen by Free Radicals:  Evidence for Energy Transfer to Peroxy Radicals in Solution" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 396-403.
  30. Gregory, D. D.; Jenks, W. S. "Thermochemistry of Sulfenic Esters (RSOR'): Not Just Another Pretty Peroxide" J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 3859-3865.
  31. Darmanyan, A. P.; Jenks, W. S.; Jardon, P. "Charge-Transfer Quenching of Singlet Oxygen O2(1Dg) by Amines and Aromatic Hydrocarbons" J. Phys. Chem. A 1998, 102, 7420-7426.
  32. Jenks, W. S.; Gregory, D. D.; Guo, Y.; Lee, W.; Tetzlaff, T. In Organic Photochemistry; Ramamurthy, V., Schanze, K. S., Eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York, 1997; Vol. 1, pp 1-56.
  33. Gregory, D. D.; Wan, Z.; Jenks, W. S. "Photodeoxygenation of Dibenzothiophene Sulfoxide:  Evidence for a Unimolecular S-O Cleavage Mechanism" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 94-102.
  34. Guo, Y.; Jenks, W. S. "Photolysis of Alkyl Aryl Sulfoxides:  a-Cleavage, Hydrogen Abstraction, and Racemization" J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 857-864.
  35. Zhao, H.-Q.; Cheung, Y.-S.; Heck, D. P.; Ng, C. Y.; Tetzlaff, T.; Jenks, W. S. "193 nm Laser Photofragmentation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Study of Dimethylsulfoxide" J. Chem. Phys. 1997, 106, 86-93.
  36. Darmanyan, A. P.; Gregory, D. D.; Guo, Y.; Jenks, W. S. "Generation and Decay of Aryl Sulfinyl and Sulfenyl Radicals:  A Transient Absorption and Computational Study" J. Phys. Chem. A 1997, 101, 6855-6863.
  37. Guo, Y.; Darmanyan, A. P.; Jenks, W. S. "Photochemistry and photophysics of aromatic sulfoxides.  9.  Photochemistry of benzyl b-naphthyl sulfoxide and characterization of the b-naphthylsulfinyl radical" Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 8619-8622.
  38. Jenks, W. S.; Matsunaga, N.; Gordon, M. "Effects of Conjugation and Aromaticity on the Sulfoxide Bond" J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 1275-1283.
  39. Charlesworth, P.; Lee, W.; Jenks, W. S. "Mechanisms of Excited State Quenching by Aromatic Sulfoxides" Journal of Physical Chemistry 1996, 100, 10152-10155.
  40. Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Jenks, W. S.; Pang, L. "Heterogeneous hydrogen and deuterium transfer in the excited state of 2-methylbenzophenone in ether-pentane-alcohol glasses at 77 K" J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 1996, 96, 51-55.
  41. Wan, Z.; Jenks, W. S. "Oxenoid Reactivity Observed on the Photolysis of Certain Aromatic Sulfoxides" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 2667-2668.
  42. Guo, Y.; Jenks, W. S. "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Aromatic Sulfoxides.  3.  a-Cleavage and the Role of the Sulfenic ester" J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 5480-5486.
  43. Jenks, W. S.; Lee, W.; Shutters, D. "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Aromatic Sulfoxides.  1.  Characterization of the Triplets at Cryogenic Temperatures" Journal of Physical Chemistry 1994, 98, 2282-2289.
  44. Jenks, W. S.; Taylor, L. M.; Guo, Y.; Wan, Z. "Photochemistry of Dibenzothiophene-S,S-Dioxide:  Reactions of a Highly Constrained Biradical" Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 7155-7158.
  45. Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Gamarnik, A.; Pang, L.; Jenks, W. S. "Excited State Intromolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer at Ultralow Temperatures.  Evidence for Tunneling and Activated Mechanisms in 1,4-dimethylanthrone" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 12095-12096.

 

 


William S. Jenks
wsjenks@iastate.edu, 515/294-4711
3760 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-3111