Modarelli Group Publication List

1. Shao, H.; Nguyen, T.; Romano, N.C.; Modarelli, D.A.; Parquette, J.R. “Self-Assembly of 1-D n-Type Nanostructures based on Naphthalene Diimide-appended Dipeptides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, submitted. 
   
2. Zhou, L.; Soucek, M.D.; Alemán, E.A.; Modarelli, D.A. "Attenuation of UV-Absorption and Size of Silica/Titanium Colloids Using a Core-Shell Approach" J. Colloid Polymer Sci. 2009, Submitted for publication. 
   
3. Alemán, E.A.; Shreiner, C.D.; Rajesh, C.S.; Smith, T.; Garrison, S.A.; Modarelli, D.A. Dalton Transactions 2009, 6562 – 6567.
   
4. Vyas, S.; Hadad, C.; Modarelli, D.A. "TDDFT Calculations of the Structure and Absorption Spectra of Free-Base N-Confused Porphyrin and N-Confused Tetraphenylporphyrin" J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 6533–6549.  
5. Smith, T.; Modarelli, D.A. "The Efficient Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Oligo(phenylenevinylenes) Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 526 - 528  (doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.11.073). 
   
6. Alemán, E.A.; Rajesh, C.S.; Ziegler, C.J.; Modarelli, D.A. "Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Free Base N-Confused Porphyrins" J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 8605-8612. 
   
7. Watchara Anannarukan, Supawan Tantayanon, Dong Zhang, Elvin A. Alemán, David A. Modarelli and Frank W. Harris "Soluble Polyimides Containing Trans-Diaminotetraphenylporphyrin: Synthesis and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Polymer" Polymer 2006, 47, 4936-4945. 
   
8. Ding, T.; Alemán, E.A.; Rajesh, C.S.; Modarelli, D.A.; Ziegler, C.J. "Photophysical Properties of a Series of Free Base Corroles" J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 7411 - 7417.  
9. Shaw, J.L.; Wolff, S.A.; Alemán, E.A.; Ziegler, C.J.; Modarelli, D.A. "Synthesis and Spectroscopy of a Series of Substituted N-Confused Tetraphenylporphyrins" J. Org. Chem. 2004,  69, 7423-7427. 
10. Wolff, S.A.; Alemán, E.A.; Banerjee, D.; Rinaldi, P.L.; Modarelli, D.A. "One-Step Synthesis and Characterization of Difunctionalized N-Confused Tetraphenylporphyrins" J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 4571-4576. 
    
11. Capitosti, G.J.; Guerrero, C.D.; Binkley, D.E., Jr.; Rajesh, C.S.; Modarelli, D.A. "The Efficient Synthesis of Porphyrin-Containing, Benzoquinone-Terminated, Rigid Polyphenyl Dendrimers" J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 247-261.
12. Belair,J.P.; Ziegler, C.J.; Rajesh, C.S.; Modarelli, D.A. "Photophysical Characterization of Free-Base N-Confused Tetraphenylporphyrins" J. Phys. Chem. A 2002, 106, 6445-6451.
13. Rajesh, C.S.; Capitosti, G.J.; Cramer, S.C.; Modarelli, D.A. "Photoinduced Through-Space Electron-Transfer within a Series of Free-Base and Zinc Porphyrin- Containing Poly(Amide) Dendrimers" J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 10175-10188.
14. Capitosti, G.J.; Cramer, S.J.; Rajesh, C.S.; Modarelli, D.A. "Intramolecular Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Within Porphyrin-Containing Polyamide Dendrimers" Organic Letters 2001, 3, 1645-1648.
15. Klein, D.J.; Modarelli, D.A.; Harris, F.W. "Synthesis of Polyphenylquinoxalines Via self-Polymerizable Quinoxaline Monomers" Macromolecules 2001, 34(8), 2427-2437.
16. Cochran, J.C.; Petraco, N.; Modarelli, D.A. "On The Mechanism of Trialkyltin Hydride Additions to Phenylacetylene" Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-organic Chemistry 2001, 31 (5), 757-765.
17. Polce, M.J.; Klein, D.J.; Harris, F.W.; Modarelli, D.A.; Wesdemiotis, C. "Structural Characterization of Quinoxaline Homopolymers and Quinoxaline/Ether Sulfone Copolymers by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry" Anal. Chem. 2001, 73(9), 1948-1958.
18. Reed, S.C.; Capitosti, G.J.; Zhu, Z.; Modarelli, D.A. "Photochemical Generation and Matrix Isolation Detection of Dimethylvinylidene" J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 287-299.
19. Modarelli, D.A. "The Potential Energy Surface of 1,6-Methano[10]annulen-11-ylidene and Its Isomers" J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 7277-7283.
20. Wang, X.; Kofron, W.G.; Kong, S.; Modarelli, D.A.; Lim, E.C. "Transient Absorption Probe of Intermolecular Triplet Excimer of Naphthalene in Fluid Solutions: Identification of the Species Based on Comparison to the Intramolecular Triplet Excimers of Covalently-Linked Dimers" J. Phys. Chem. 2000, 104, 1461-1465.
21. Reed, S.C.; Modarelli, D.A., "Conformational Effects on the Excited State 1,2-Hydrogen Migration in Alkyldiazomethanes", Tetrahedron Lett., 1996, 37, 7209.
22. Lahti, P.M.; Modarelli, D.A.; Rossitto, F.C.; Inceli, A.; Ichimura, A.S.; Ivatury, S., "Aryl Oxalate Derivatives As Convenient Precursors for Generation of Aryloxyl Radicals", J. Org. Chem., 1996, 1730.
23. Platz, M.S.; Modarelli, D.A.; White, W.R., III "Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Carbenes", in "Advances in Laser Spectroscopy", Michael Rodgers, Ed., 1996.
24. George, C.; Lahti, P.M.; Modarelli, D.A.; Inceli, A., "Structures of Substituted Diphenyl Oxalates", Acta Cryst. 1994, C50, 1308.
25. Platz, M.S.; White, W.R., III; Modarelli, D.A.; Çelebi, S. "Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Carbene-Pyridine Ylides: Distinguishing Carbenes from Diazirine Excited States", in "Carbene Spectroscopy and Reactivity", John E. Chateauneuf, Ed., 175, 1994.
26. Chidester, W.; Modarelli, D.A.; White, W.R., III; Whitt, D.E.; Platz, M.S. "Exploratory Photochemistry of Alkylbromo- and Alkylfluorodiazirines. Excited State Hydrogen Migration and Carbene Formation", J. Phys. Org. Chem., 1994, 7, 24.
27. Platz, M.S.; Modarelli, D.A.; Morgan, S.; White, W.R.; Mullins, M.; Çelebi, S.; Toscano, J.P. "Lifetimes of Alkyl and Dialkyl Carbenes in Solution", Prog. Reaction Kinetics 1994, 19, 93.
28. Platz, M.S.; White, W.R.; Modarelli, D.A.; Çelebi, S. "Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Carbene-Pyridine Ylides: Distinguishing Carbenes from Diazirine Excited States", Res. Chem. Intermed. 1994, 20, 175.
29. Modarelli, D.A.; Platz, M.S.; Sheridan, R.S.; Ammann, J. "Cyclopropyl, Cyclopropylmethyl and Dicyclopropylcarbene", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 10440.
30. Kirmse, W.; Meinert, T.; Modarelli, D.A.; Platz, M.S. "Carbenes and the O-H Bond: Bicycloalkylidenes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 8918.
31. Çelebi, S.; Leyva, S.; Modarelli, D.A.; Platz, M.S. "1,2 Hydrogen Migration and Alkene Formation in the Photoexcited States of Alkylphenyldiazomethanes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 8613.
32. Modarelli, D.A.; Platz, M.S. "Experimental Evidence for Trapping of Ethylidine-d4", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 470.
33. Modarelli, D.A.; Platz, M.S. "Carbene Formation, Hydrogen Migration and Fluorescence in the Excited States of Dialkyldiazirines", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 7034.
34. Modarelli, D.A.; Platz, M.S. "Interception of Dimethylcarbene with Pyridine: A Laser Flash Photolysis Study", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 8985.
35. Modarelli, D.A.; Lahti, P.M. "Solid State Generation of a Very Stable Phenoxyl-Phenoxyl Radical Pair", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 6329.
36. Modarelli, D.A.; Lahti, P.M. "Diaryl Oxalates as Convenient Sources of Aryloxyl Radicals", J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm. 1990, 1167.
37. Modarelli, D.A.; Rossitto, F.C.; Minato, M.; Lahti, P.M. "Organic Polyradical Models for Organic Magnetic Materials" Proc. Mater. Res. Society Sympos. 1990, 173, 83.
38. Modarelli, D.A.; Rossitto, F.C.; Lahti, P.M. "Convenient Sources of Aryloxyl Radicals I -- Aryloxyoxalyl tert-Butylperoxides" Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 4473.
39. Modarelli, D.A.; Rossitto, F.C.; Lahti, P.M. "Convenient Sources of Aryloxyl Radicals II -- Aryloxyoxalyl Chlorides" Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 4477.
40. Lahti, P.M.; Modarelli, D.A.; Karasz, F. Lenz, R.; Denton, F.R. "Polymerization of a,a'-Bis(Dialkylsulfonio)-para-Xylene Dihalides Via para-Xylylene Intermediates - Evidence for a Nonradical Mechanism" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 7258.

Publications Submitted or In Preparation

1. "Is the Singlet Excited State of Tetraphenylporphyrin Planar? Photoinduced Electron-Transfer within Hindered and Non-Hindered Porphyrin-Quinone Dyads" Elvin A. Alemán, Cheruvallil S. Rajesh, Shana Wolff, Gregory J. Capitosti, Carol D. Guerrero and David A. Modarelli* J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, To be submitted.
2. "Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Within Porphyrin-Containing Rigid Polyphenyl Starburst Macromolecules" Rajesh, C.S.; Guerrero, C.D.; Capitosti, G.J.; Modarelli, D.A. J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, To be submitted.
3. "N-Confused Porphyrins for Artificial Photosynthesis: A Comparison Between N-Confused Porphyrins and Porphyrins for Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Within Rigid Pyromellitimide-Terminated Macromolecules" Wolff, S.; Alemán, E.A.; Modarelli, D.A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, To be submitted.