Fall 1998
Literature Abstracts

Selective Oxidation of Methane Using Homogeneous Platinum Catalysts
Daniel E. Schwarz

Design of Boron Carriers for Neutron Capture Therapy
Arash Ekhtiarzadeh

Transition Metal Organosilicon Compounds. Activation of Si-H and Si-C bonds by Organometallic Complexes
Quinetta Shelby

The Role of Phosphorylated Proteins in the Chemistry of Bone
Nicole Drummer

Biogenic Magnets
Amanda Eckermann

Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
Audrey Babcock

Photoinduced Electron Transfer Between DNA-Bridged Ruthenium and Rhodium Complexes
Steven M. Berry

Porous Coordination Polymers
Yoshiko Harada

Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydroboration of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Ayaz Rabbani

Structure and Function of the A-Cluster of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase
James Carey

The Reactivity of Tetrathioperrhenate
Jonathan T. Goodman

Spring 1999
Literature Abstracts

Synthesis, Characterization, and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Osmium Complexes
Julia L. Brumaghim

Boundary Layer Dynamics in Mixed Hydrocarbon Thin Films on Metal Surfaces
Adeana Bishop

Effect of Phosphine Ligand Substitution on the Structures, Reactivities, and Ligand Rearrangements in Organotriosmium Compounds
David H. Hamilton

Molecule-Based Magnets Constructed from Cyanometalate Building Blocks
Stephen M. Holmes

Studies of the Catalytic-Metal-Binding Site in the Hammerhead Ribozyme Using the Phosphorothioate Approach
Lynette A. Cunningham