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Felix A. Carroll |
Department of Chemistry
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Research interests: Organic photochemistry and photophysics; capture and storage of solar energy; computational chemistry; correlation of physical properties of organic compounds with molecular structure. Publications and Patent (student names indicated with an asterisk): 1. "Photochemistry and Oxidation-Reduction Reactions of Tin Porphyrins," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1971, 93, 2291 (with D. G. Whitten and J. C. Yau) 2. "A New Method for the Determination of Intersystem Crossing Quantum Yields," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1972, 94, 6246 (with F.H. Quina) 3. "Electronic Pathways in the Photodissociation of 3-Methyl-1-phenoxybut-2-ene," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1972, 94, 7151 (with G. S. Hammond) 4. "Mechanisms of Photochemical Reactions in Solution. LXXIV. The Photochemistry of 3-Methyl-1-phenoxybut-2-ene," Israel J. Chem. 1972, 10, 613 (with G. S. Hammond) 5. "Cryotriboluminescence," Mol. Photochem. 1972,4, 541 6. "The Role of Charge Transfer Interactions in the Quenching of 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene Fluorescence," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1973, 95, 315 (with M. T. McCall and G. S. Hammond) 7. "Pyrolysis of 2,2,2-Trideuterioacetate. Evidence Against a Concerted Mechanism," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1974, 357 (with A. C. Barefoot*) 8. "Spectroscopic Studies of Formation and Decay of Triplet Exciplexes. Evidence for a Limited Role of Charge Transfer Interactions in a Nonpolar Solvent," J.Amer. Chem. Soc. 1974, 96, 6349 (with D. G. Whitten and J. K. Roy) 9. "Spectroscopic Studies of Nonluminescent Exciplexes. Electron Transfer and Exciplex Formation from Triplet States of Anthracene and Metalloporphyrins," in "The Exciplex," M. Gordon and W. R. Ware, eds., Academic Press: New York, 1975, pp. 247-274 (with D. G. Whitten and J. K. Roy) 10. "A New Method for the Determination of Intersystem Crossing Quantum Yields. Application to Benzene and its Methyl Derivatives," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1976, 98, 1 (with F. H. Quina) 11. "Radiative and Nonradiative Transitions in Solution. First Excited Singlet States of Benzene and its Methyl Derivatives," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1976, 98, 6 (with F. H. Quina) 12. "Multiplicity of the Reacting State in the Photoaddition of Carbon Tetrachloride to Anthracene," J. Phys. Chem. 1976,80, 2046 (with D. G. Whitten) 13. "Photochemical Reactions in Organized Monolayer Assemblies II. Excimer Formation and Reaction in the Solid State and in Organized Monolayer Assemblies," Z. Phys. Chem. (Frankfurt am Main) 1976, 101, 151 (with F. H. Quina, D. Möbius, F. R. Hopf and D. G. Whitten) 14. "Bimolecular Decay Rates in the Singlet Quenching of Naphthalenes by Chloroacetonitrile," J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 2240 (with F. H. Quina and Z. Hamlet) 15. "Some Applications and Limitations of Heavy Atom Methods for the Determination of Photochemical Reaction Multiplicity," Mol. Photochem. 1977, 8, 133 16. "Emil Fischer and the German Universities," J. Chem. Educ. 1979, 51, 107 17. "Synthesis and Field Tests of Analogs of the Housefly Pheromone (Z)-9-Tricosene," J. Agr. Food Chem. 1980, 28, 343 (with D. W. Boldridge*, J. T. Lee*, R. R. Martin*, M. J. Turner* and T. L. Venable*) 18. "Kinetic Evaluations of Exciplex-Mediated Photochemical Reactions," J. Photochem. 1982, 19, 313 19. "Evidence for Triplet Participation in the 2-Methoxynaphthalene Sensitized Isomerization of Dimethylnorbornadiene-2,3-dicarboxylate," J. Photochem. 1983, 22, 379 (with E. A. Whitlock*) 20. "Synthetic Fly Attractants," U. S. Patent No. 4,410,509, issued 18 October 1983 to Felix A. Carroll (pro se prosecution, with rights assigned to the Trustees of Davidson College) 21. "The Norbornadienedicarboxylic Acid Quadricyclanedicarboxylic Acid Water-Soluble Solar Energy Storage System," Solar Energy 1984, 33, 377 (with D. K. Green* and J. C. Sloop*) 22. "Application of Heavy-atom Techniques to Study the Photolysis of But-2-enyl p-Methoxyphenyl Ether," J. Chem. Res. 1984, 300 (with K. R. Pressley* and C. T. Eagle*) 23. "A Visual Manifestation of the Norrish Type I Reaction: The Cyclohexanone Sunburn Dosimeter," J. Chem. Educ. 1987, 64, 84 (with G. F. Strouse* and J. M. Hain*) |
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24. "Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry," ISBN 0-534-24948-5, published in 1997 (sixth printing, 2002) by Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. For further information about this textbook, click here. 25. "Solutions Manual for Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry," ISBN 0-534-34096-2, published in 1997 by Brooks/Cole Publishing Company (second printing, 2001) |
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26. "Estimation of Water - Organic Interfacial Tensions. A Linear Free Energy Relationship Analysis of Interfacial Adhesion," J. Phys. Chem., 1997, 101, 7488. (with A. A. Freitas and F. H. Quina) 27. "A Linear Free Energy Analysis of the Surface Tension of Organic Liquids," Langmuir, 2000, 16, 6689. (with A. A. Freitas and F. H. Quina) 28. “Placing Chemistry into its Human Context: Using Scientific Autobiography to Teach Chemistry,” J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 1718 (with J. I. Seeman) 29. “Determination of the Natural Abundances of Krypton and Xenon Isotopes using Mass Spectrometry: A Demonstration of Isotopes and the Basis of Atomic Mass,” J. Chem. Educ. 2002, 79, 584 (with D. N. Blauch and M. D. Schuh). 30. “A Linear Solvation Energy Relationship to Predict Vapor Pressure from Molecular Structure,” J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2005, 16, 1010 (with F. H. Quina and D. M. Cheuy*). |
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