Joe Jeffers

 

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

 

Publications

2023

“Caddo Nation Chemistry: Art, commerce, pottery, and tools,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry 28 (1), 26-31.

2021

“A conversation with scientist Joe Jeffers about pandemics and more,” The Need to Know, John D. Pierce, Nurturing Faith Journal, January-February 2021, 56-58.

2020

"Life in the Time of Covid-19," Clark County Historical Journal, Lisa Speer, ed., 19-24. ​

2019

"French Place Names In Clark County, Arkansas," Clark County Historical Journal, Lisa Speer, ed., 14-26. 

2018

"A Geological History of Clark County, Arkansas", Clark County Historical Journal, Lisa Speer, ed., 23-42

2017

Frederick Sanger: Two-Time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Springer Briefs in Molecular Science: History of Chemistry, Springer International Publications, Cham, Switzerland.

2015

“Necessity Is the Mother,”The Signal, October 22.

2013

“Words of Wisdom on the Pursuit of Excellence,” The Ouachita Circle, Spring.

2012

“Glenn Good,” The Ouachita Circle, Summer.

2011

“Reflections on a place called Ouachita,” The Ouachita Circle, Fall.

“Ouachita … Is People,” In Ouachita Voices, Ouachita Baptist University 125th Celebration.

2010 

“Joe Nix.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. 2010.  <http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5330>

2009

Book review of

Max Perutz and the Secret of Life. Georgina Ferry,  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Woodbury, NY, in Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 34, 69-71 (2009).

2007

"Sanger, Frederick." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-260489>

2002

Chemical Education Resources, a division of Brooks/Cole•Thomson Learning, Florence, KY. Separate laboratory experiments for organic chemistry.

As author:

Resolving a Racemic Mixture: Using (-)-Proline to Separate (±)-Phenylsuccinic Acid 

As editor:

Synthesis and Kinetics of the Lophine Radical

2001

Chemical Education Resources, a division of Brooks/Cole•Thomson Learning, Florence, KY. Separate laboratory experiments for organic chemistry.

As author:

Synthesizing Aspirin: The Acetylation of Salicylic Acid

Acetaminophen: The Acetylation of p-Aminophenol

As editor:

Hydroboration and Oxidation of 1-Hexene to Make 1-Hexanol

Formation of Benzyne and Its Diels-Alder Reaction: A Multistep Reaction Sequence

Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: The Reaction of 3,4-Dichloronitrobenzene with Sodium Methoxide

Cannizzaro Reaction: The Conversion of p-Nitrobenzaldehyde into p-Nitrobenzoic Acid and p-Nitrobenzyl Alcohol

Enantiomeric Purity of Commercial Ibuprofen

2000

Modular Laboratory Program in Chemistry, Chemical Education Resources, Palmyra, PA. Separate laboratory experiments for organic chemistry.

As author:

Preparing Ethanol by Fermentation

Naming Organic Compounds

As editor:

Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Identify an Unknown Compound

The Pinacol Rearrangement

Thiamine-Catalyzed Benzoin Condensation

Copper-Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzoin to Benzil

Free-Radical Chlorination

The Synthesis of a Superabsorbent Polymer

Acid-Catalyzed Hydration of 1-Hexene to Make 1-Hexanol

The Conversion of Benzaldehyde to Benzilic Acid: A Multistep Synthesis

1999

Modular Laboratory Program in Chemistry, Chemical Education Resources, Palmyra, PA. Separate laboratory experiments for organic chemistry.

As editor:

Oxidizing Methoxybenzyl Alcohol to Methoxybenzaldehyde Using Phase-Transfer Catalysis

Two Methods for the Synthesis of Phenacetin

Classifying an Unknown Compound by Functional Group

Identifying an Unknown Aldehyde or Ketone

Identifying an Unknown Alcohol

Dyes and Dyeing

Luminol Synthesis and Chemiluminescence

Isolating Caffeine from Tea

The Kinetics of Solvolysis of 2-Chloro-2-Methylpropane

Molecular Rearrangement Reactions: Azobenzene and Benzilic Acid

Catalytic Hydrogenation of an Unknown

1998

Modular Laboratory Program in Chemistry, Chemical Education Resources, Palmyra, PA. Separate laboratory experiments for organic chemistry.

As editor:

Dehydrating Cyclohexanol

Preparing Isopentyl Acetate by the Fisher Esterification

Studying SN1 and SN2 Reactions: Nucleophilic Substitutions at Saturated Carbon

Reducing Benzil Using Sodium Borohydride

Nitrating Acetanilide or Methyl Benzoate: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

The Diels-Alder Reaction of Anthracene with Maleic Anhydride

Nucleophilic Addition to Carbonyl: Grignard Reaction with an Aldehyde

Brominating Alkenes

The Aldol Condensation: Synthesis of Dibenzalacetone

Synthesis of trans-9-(2-Phenylethenyl)anthracene: A Wittig Reaction

Isolating Clove Oil from Cloves Using Steam Distillation

Friedel-Crafts Acylation: Synthesis of 4-Methoxyacetophenone

Friedel-Crafts Alkylation: Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Control

1997

Modular Laboratory Program in Chemistry, Chemical Education Resources, Palmyra, PA. Separate laboratory experiments for organic chemistry.

As author:

Using Microscale Techniques

Separating Ferrocene and Acetylferrocene by Adsoprtion Column Chromatography

As editor:

Practicing Safety in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Measuring the Melting Points of Compounds and Mixtures

Purifying Acetanilide by Recrystallization

Separating Cyclohexane and Toluene by Distillation

Separating Acids and Neutral Compounds by Solvent Extraction

Separating Camphor from Beta-Carotene by Sublimation

Separating a Mixture of Biphenyl, Benzhydrol, and Benzophenone by Thin-Layer Chromatography

Separating and Identifying Mixtures by Gas Chromatography

Identifying an Unknown Compound by Infrared Spectroscopy

1986

Common Science, Forty weeks of a science column for small town newspapers published in 405 newspapers in 49 states.

1985

C. Debouck, A. Riccio, D. Schumperli, K. McKinney, J. Jeffers, C. Hughes, M. Rosenberg, M. Heustersprente,  F. Brunel and J. Davidson, Structure of the Galactokinase Gene of Escherichia coli, the last Gene (?) of the Gal Operon, Nucleic Acids Research 13, 1841-1853.

1979

Joe S. Jeffers and Sylvia Thibault, The Education of Secondary School Chemistry Teachers: A Needs  Assessment for Continuing Education, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Chemical Education, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

1972

Joe S. Jeffers, New Methods in Nucleic Acids Research, Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

 

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