Our group studies calixarenes with substituents at the methylene-bridge position.

Publications at Denison (published up to 2004 as Jordan L. Bennett)

Calixarene Chemistry

Desch, R. J., Daniel, B., Frierson, A., Miyahara, L., Turner, B. T., Kim, J., Fantini, J. L., Guliants, V. V., Thiel, S. W., and Pinto, N. G. “Physisorption of Three Calix[4]arenes on Alkyl-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica for Biomimetic Ligand Development” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, accepted for publication. [ref]

Carroll, L. T.; Hill, P. A.; Ngo, C. Q.; Klatt, K. P.; Fantini, J. L. “Synthesis and reactions of a 2-chlorocalix[4]arene and a 2,2′-coupled dicalixarene” Tetrahedron, 2013, 69(24), 5002-5007. [ref]

Hardman, M. J.; Thomas, A. M.; Carroll, L. T.; Williams, L. C.; Parkin, S.; Fantini, J. L. “Synthesis and ‘Click’ Cycloaddition Reactions of Tetramethoxy- and Tetrapropoxy-2-(ω-azidoalkyl)calix[4]arenes.” Tetrahedron, 2011, 67(37), 7027-7034. [ref]

Hertel, M. P.; Behrle, A. C.; Williams, S. A.; Schmidt, J. A. R.; Fantini, J. L. “Synthesis of Amine, Halide, and Pyridinium Terminated 2-Alkyl-p–tert-butylcalix[4]arenes.” Tetrahedron, 2009, 65(42), 8657-8667. [ref]

Scully, P. A.; Hamilton, T. M.; Bennett, J. L. “Synthesis of 2-Alkyl- and 2-Carboxy-p–tert-butylcalix[4]arenes via the Lithiation of Tetramethoxy-p–tert-butylcalix[4]arene.” Org. Lett., 2001, 3, 2741-2744. [ref]

Donor-Acceptor Chemistry

Webb, J. A.; Klijn, J. E.; Hill, P. A.; Bennett, J. L.; Goroff, N. S. “Experimental Studies of the ¹³C NMR of Iodoalkynes in Lewis Basic Solvents.” J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69(3), 660-664. [ref]

General Chemistry Lab Development

Fantini, J. L.; Fuson, M. M.; Evans, T. A. “Popping popcorn kernels: expanding relevance with linear thinking.” J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83(3), 414-416. [ref]

General Chemistry

Contributing author to Chemistry (6th edition) by John McMurry and Robert Fay (Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc., 2012). [ref]