Numerous projects have been specifically tailored for research involving undergraduates.

Undergraduate research has had a long and dynamic history in the Laali lab: So far 35 students have participated in individual investigation, honors thesis, and in summer projects. Out of our 160 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, 14 articles involved undergraduate student participants (see below for a full list).

Undergraduate researchers from this laboratory entered some of the best graduate schools in the country (including Harvard; Ohio State ; Duke; Vanderbilt), became successful industrial research chemists, or completed their training as Medical doctors. We received two Undergraduate Summer Research Awards from the Division of Fluorine Chemistry of the ACS in 1996 and 2003.

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Selected Publications

List of Publications with Undergraduates in Individual Investigation, Honors Thesis, and NSF-REU (in boldface):

1. A. Hubbard , T. Okazaki, and K. K. Laali* “Halo- and Azido-dediazoniation of Arenediazonium Tetrafluoroborates with Trimethylsilyl halides (TMSX) and Trimethylsilyl azide (TMSN 3) and Sandmeyer Type Bromodediazoniation with Cu(I)Br in [BMIM][PF 6] Ionic Liquid“, J. Org. Chem.2008, 73, 316-319.

2. A. Hubbard, T. Okazaki, and K. K. Laali* “Chlorination of Aromatics with Trichloroisocyanuric Acid (TCICA) in Brønsted Acidic Imidazolium Ionic Liquid [BMIM(SO 3H)][OTf]; An Economical, Green, Protocol for the Synthesis of Chloroarenes”; Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2007, 60, 923-927.

3. C. Brule, S. Holmer, S. Krechanin and K. K. Laali*, “Sterically Crowded Azulene-Based Dication Salts as Novel Guests; Synthesis and Complexation Studies with Crown Ethers and Calixarenes in Solution and in the Gas Phase”, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry”, 2006, 4, 3077-3084.

4. K. K. Laali*, V. D. Sarca, T. Okazaki, Aaron Brock and P. Der “Triflic Acid-Catalyzed Adamantylation of Aromatics in [BMIM][OTf] Ionic Liquid, Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Insight” Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2005, 3, 1034-1042

5. K. K. Laali*, S. Hupertz, A. G. Temu,and S. E. Galembeck “Electrospray Mass Spectrometric, and DFT Study of Substituent Effects in Ag + Complexation to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Organic &Biomolecular Chem. 2005, 2319-2326.

6. K.K. Laali*, M. Herbert, B. Cushnyr, A. Bhatt and D. Terrano "Benzylic Oxidation of Aromatics with Cerium (IV) Triflate; Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Insight”, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans -1,2001, 578-583

7. K. K. Laali* and T.-M. Liang "Host-Guest Chemistry of Calixarene Ethers with the Onium Salts Et 3S +, BF 4 - and Et 3O +, SbCl 6 - in the Gas Phase: FAB-MS Detection of Calixarene/Onium Cation Clusters", J. Chem. Res. Synop., 1995, 240-1.

8. K. K. Laali*, T-M. Liang, P. E. Hansen, "Nitration of Isopropylpyrenes; Strained Models for Protonation and Transfer-nitration in the Condensed Phase." J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 2658-67.

9. T-M. Liang, K. K. Laali* "On the Utility of 13C (CPMAS) NMR in Conformational Studies of Simple Hydroxy-, Alkoxy- and Acetoxycalixarenes in the Solid State", Chem. Ber.; 1991, 124, 2637-40.

10. T-M. Liang, K. K. Laali*, C. Wesdemiotis, C. Cordero, "Calixarenes in the Gas Phase; Guest-Host Chemistry in the CI (and EI) Mode?", J. Chem. Res., 1991, 354-5.

11. J. L. Duffy and K. K. Laali*, "Aprotic Nitration (NO 2 +BF 4 -) of 2-Halo- and 2,6-Dihalopyridines and Transfer-Nitration Chemistry of Their N-Nitropyridinium Cations", J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 3006-9.

12. K. Laali* and R. G. Murray, "Generation of a 6µ-Arene/Cr(CO) 3-Complexed Diazonium Ion; Homolytic and Heterolytic Dediazoniation via Metallic pi-Bonded Aryl Radicals and Cations"; Research on Chemical Intermediates, 1990, 13, 31-42.

13. K. Laali*, R. J. Gerzina, C. M. Flajnik, C. M. Geric and A. M. Dombroski,"Copper (II) Triflate; A New Reagent for Mild Dehydration of Alcohols; Synthetic Usefulness and Mechanistic Insight" Helv.Chim.Acta, 1987, 70, 607-11.

14. K. Laali*, H. Y. Chen, and R. J. Gerzina, "Selenium-77, Tellurium-125 Carbon-13 NMR Chemical Shifts and One Bond 77Se- 13C, 125Te -13C, 13C- 1H Coupling Constants of Trialkylselenonium and Telluronium Triflates, Protonated Dialkyl Selenonium and Telluronium Cations and their Donor-Acceptor Complexes"; J. Org. Chem., 1987, 52, 4126-8.