A Pyrophoric Affair Phosphorus Chemistry for the New Millenium Hennig Brand Discovers Phosphorus painting by Joseph Wright, 1771 Phosphorus Chemistry Current Students: Ryan Nelson, Jeff Johnson, Chris Krug, Yong Soo Hoo Osmium, Rhenium, and Ruthenium Chemistry Current Student: Travis McKenzie Our Current Research Areas Other Research Areas Buckminsterfullerene (C 60 ) Chemistry Synthesis of Aminophenytoin Development of New Organic & Inorganic Laboratory Experiments Current Senior Gustavus Phosphorus Chemists Ryan Nelson Jeff Johnson Industrial Synthesis of L-DOPA 1. Synthesis of the Organic Backbones 2. Preparation and Characterization (NMR, IR, elemental analysis) of the Phosphorus(III) Anions 3. Exploration of the Chemistry of the Phosphorus(III) Anions and their Derivatives Phthaloylphosphide Projects - Overview Bidentate Phthaloylphosphine Ligands Prepared from Phthaloylphosphide 31 P NMR spectrum 13 C NMR spectrum Ryan Performing a Schlenk line filtration Ryan working in the glove box Jeff Operating the 300 MHz Multinuclear NMR Spectrometer NMR Spectrometer Funded by NSF, Dreyfus, & GAC Future Research Directions 1. Quantification of the physical and chemical properties of the phthaloylphosphides and their derivatives 2. Exploration of the ligand behavior of the phthaloylphosphides and their derivatives 3. Use of phthaloylphosphides in preparation of R-PH 2 (R = organic group) 4. New preparation of P 2 H 4 via phthaloylphosphide 5. Preparation of new organic conductors via polyfunctional phthaloylphosphides. A Platinum Complex of a Bidentate Phthaloylphosphine Ligand Charge-Transfer to form Organic Conductors? Some Scenes from Our Research Laboratory Jeff Johnson, Brian OBrien, and Ryan Nelson, Summer 1998 Student Stipends provided by the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry (Jeff) and Gustavus Adolphus College (Ryan, Presidential Student/Faculty Research Grant) Research Group Meeting, Summer 1998 Views of Laboratory Operations Preparation of Our Primary Starting Material Ryan and Cesium Items From the Heavenly Bakery The End