John J. Nash (Namaste!)

Continuing Lecturer

Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
560 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
(765) 494-0175
E-mail: jnash@purdue.edu

Education and Positions Held

Current Research Interests

Recent Publications

78. Relative Reactivities of Three Isomeric Aromatic Biradicals with a 1,4-Biradical Topology Are Controlled By Polar Effects, X. Ma, C. Jin, D. Wang, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, submitted.

77. Spin-Spin Coupling Between Two meta-Benzyne Moieties In a Quinolinium Tetraradical Cation Increases Their Reactivities, R. R. Kotha, R. Yerabolu, D. Ding, L. Szalwinski, X. Ma, A. Wittrig, J. Kong, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Chem. Eur. J., in press.

76. Reactivity of Two Positively-Charged Aromatic σ,σ,σ,σ,σ-Pentaradicals, J. P. Max, X. Ma, R. R. Kotha, D. Ding, J. Milton, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2019, 435, 280.

75. Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of the 2,4,6-Tridehydropyridinium Cation, an Aromatic σ,σ,σ-Triradical, J. Gao, B. J. Jankiewicz, H. Sheng, L. Kirkpatrick, X. Ma, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 2018, 6582.

74. Polar Effects Control the Gas-phase Reactivity of para-Benzyne Analogs, H. Sheng, X. Ma, H.-R. Lei, J. Milton, W. Tang, C. Jin, J. Gao, G. Li, A. M. Wittrig, E. F. Archibold, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Chem. Phys. Chem. 2018, 19, 2839.

73. Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on the Gas-phase Reactivity of Didehydroisoquinolinium Cation Isomers, N. R. Vinueza, B. J. Jankiewicz, V. A. Gallardo, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 21567.

72. Dehydration Pathways for Glucose and Cellobiose During Fast Pyrolysis, M. W. Easton, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 8071.

71. (-)ESI/CAD MSn Procedure for Sequencing Lignin Oligomers Based on a Study of Synthetic Model Compounds with β-O-4 and 5-5 Linkages, H. Sheng, W. Tang, J. Gao, J. S. Riedeman, G. Li, T. M. Jarrell, M. R. Hurt, L. Yang, P. Murria, X. Ma, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Anal. Chem. 2017, 89, 13089.

70. Initial Products and Reaction Mechanisms for Fast Pyrolysis of Synthetic G-Lignin Oligomers with ß-O-4 Linkages via On-Line Mass Spectrometry and Quantum Chemical Calculations, H. Sheng, P. Murria, J. C. Degenstein, W. Tang, J. S. Riedeman, M. R. Hurt, A. Dow, I. Klein, H. Zhu, J. J. Nash, R. Agrawal, W. N. Delgass, F. H. Ribeiro, M. Abu-Omar and H. I. Kenttämaa, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 7185.

69. Gas-phase Reactivity of meta-Benzyne Analogs Toward Small Oligonucleotides of Differing Lengths, F. Widjaja, J. Max, Z. Jin, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spec. 2017, 28, 1392.

68. An Oxygen-Peribridged Quinolinium Radical Cation and Its Monoradical Counterpart, R. R. Kotha, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 2017, 1407.

67. A Fundamental MSn Study of Collision-Activated Dissociation of Small Deprotonated Molecules Related to Lignin, C. L. Marcum, T. M. Jarrell, H. Zhu. B. C. Owen, L. J. Haupert, M. Easton, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 3513.

66. Identification of N-Oxide and Sulfoxide Functionalities in Protonated Drug Metabolites By Using Ion-Molecule Reactions in a Linear Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer, H. Sheng, W. Tang, R. Yerabolu, J. Max, R. R. Kotha, J. S. Riedeman, J. J. Nash, M. Zhang and H. I. Kenttämaa, J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 575.

65. Reactivity Controlling Factors for an Aromatic Carbon-Centered s,s,s-Triradical: The 4,5,8-Tridehydroisoquinolinium Ion, N. R. Vinueza, B. J. Jankiewicz, V. A. Gallardo, G. Z. La Favers, D. Desutter, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 809.

64. Mass Spectrometric Studies of Fast Pyrolysis of Cellulose, J. C. Degenstein, M. Hurt, P. Murria, M. Easton, H. Choudhari, L. Yang, J. Riedeman, M. S. Carlsen, J. J. Nash, R. Agrawal, W. N. Delgass, F. H. Ribeiro and H. I. Kenttämaa, Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 2015, 21, 321.

63. Fast Pyrolysis of 13C-Labeled Cellobioses: Gaining Insights Into the Mechanisms of Fast Pyrolysis of Carbohydrates, J. C. Degenstein, P. Murria, M. Easton, H. Sheng, M. Hurt, A. R. Dow, J. Gao, J. J. Nash, R. Agrawal, W. N. Delgass, F. H. Ribeiro and H. I. Kenttämaa, J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 1909.

62. Polar Effects Control the Gas-phase Reactivity of Charged para-Benzyne Analogs, A. M. Wittrig, E. F. Archibold, H. Sheng, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2015, 377,39.

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