John J. Nash

Organic Laboratory and Instructional Multimedia Coordinator

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

Education and Positions Held

• B.S., Grand Valley State University, 1987
• Ph.D., Purdue University, 1991
• Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh, 1991-1992
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 1992-1995

Current Research Interests

• Quantum Chemical Characterization of the Structures, Thermochemical Properties and State Splittings for Aromatic Biradicals and Triradicals (in collaboration with Professor Hilkka I. Kenttamaa and Professor Christopher J. Cramer)
  

• Mechanistic Studies of the Pyrolysis of Benzenesulfonate Esters (in collaboration with Professor Mark A. Lipton and Professor Hilkka I. Kenttamaa)
  

Recent Publications

47. Correlation of Hydrogen-Atom Abstraction Reaction Efficiencies for Aryl Radicals with their Vertical Electron Affinities and the Vertical Ionization Energies of the Hydrogen Atom Donors, L. Jing, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press.

46. Reactivity of the 3,4,5-Tridehydropyridinium Cation, an Aromatic s,s,s-Triradical, B. J. Jankiewicz, J. N. Reece, N. R. Vinueza, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttämaa, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., in press.

45. Quantum Chemical Characterization of the Structures, Thermochemical Properties, and Doublet-Quartet Splittings of Tridehydropyridinium Cations, J. J. Nash, H. I. Kenttamaa and C. J. Cramer, J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 5542.

44. Lewis Acid and Base Sensing by Platinum(II) Polypyridines, R. McGuire, Jr., M. H. Wilson, J. J. Nash, P. E. Fanwick and D. R. McMillin, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2946.

43. Reactivity of Aromatic s,s-Biradicals Toward Dinucleoside Phosphates, L. Yang, J. J. Nash, M. J. Yurkovich, N. R. Vinueza and H. I. Kenttamaa, Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1889.

42. Pyrolysis of Aryl Sulfonate Esters in the Absence of Solvent - E1 or E2? A Puzzle for the Organic Laboratory. J. J. Nash, M. A. Leininger and K. Keyes, J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 552.

41. Reactivity of an Aromatic s,s,s-Triradical: the 2,4,6-Tridehydropyridinium Cation, B. J. Jankiewicz, A. Adeuya, M. J. Yurkovich, N. R. Vinueza, S. J. Gardner, M. Zhou, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttamaa, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 9198.

40. Reactivity of Aromatic s,s-Biradicals Toward Riboses, A. Adeuya, L. Yang, F. S. Amegayibor, J. J. Nash and H. I. Kenttamaa, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spec. 2006, 17, 1325.

39. Quantum Chemical Characterization of the Vertical Electron Affinities of Didehydroquinolinium and Didehydroisoquinolinium Cations, J. J. Nash, H. I. Kenttamaa and C. J. Cramer, J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 10309.

Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society (Division of Chemical Education)
• American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Software Authored

• Structure and Isomerism of Coordination Compounds, Web Page Learning Module, URL: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/cchem.
• Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR), Web Page Learning Module, URL: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/vsepr.
• Visualization and Problem Solving for General Chemistry, Web Page Learning Modules, URL: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp.

Extracurricular Activities

• Softball (Purdue Summer Softball League); team captain and league commissioner.
• Bowling; team captain and league vice president.