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Dr. Andrew S. Koch
Associate
Professor of Chemistry (1997)
Office: GH 227
Phone: (240) 895-4905
E-mail: askoch@smcm.edu
Education
Ph.D. from University of California-Berkeley,
1989.
B.A. (Honors) in Chemistry from Ithaca College,
1984.
Courses Taught
Organic Chemistry, Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry;
Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry; Advanced Polymers and Materials;
General Chemistry and Contemporary Chemistry.
Research/Professional Interests
The Koch group is interested
in the chemistry behind converting sunlight into useful energy.
We are utilizing a fairly new class of compounds that have the ability
to stabilize free radical as well as anions. We are currently working
on the preparation, characterization and investigation of the physical
properties of these unique compounds. Students working on this project
are exposed to advanced synthetic and analytical techniques, state
of the art instrumentation, theoretical calculations and an environment
conducive to creativity and learning.
Selected Publications
Alan K. Wertsching, Andrew S. Koch and Stephen
G. Di Magno. "On the Negligible Impact of Ruffling on the Electronic
Spectra of Porphine, Tetramethylporphin, and Perfluoroalkylporphyrins"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123 (17), 3932-3939.
Koch, A.S.; Koch, H.F.; Lodder, G. "An International Collaborative
Undergraduate Research Program between Ithaca College and Leiden
University" J. Chem. Edu., 1997, 74 (10), 1158-1159.
Andrew S. Koch, Warren Grant Harbison, Joshua M. Hubbard, Martin
de Kort, and Barbara A. Roe "Stability of Pyridinium Quinones to
Aqueous Media: The Formation of Pyridinium-Oxy Zwitterionic Quinones"
J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61(17), 5959-63.
Andrew S. Koch, Amy S. Feng, Traci A. Hopkins, and Andrew Streitwieser
"Nucleophilic Reactions of Pyridines and Imidazoles with Vinyl and
Aromatic Halides" J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58(6),
1409-14.
Wudl, F.; Hirsch, A.; Khemani, K. C.; Suzuki,
T.; Allemand, P.-M.; Koch, A.; Eckert, H.; Srdanov, G.; Webb, H.
M. "Chapter 11: Survey of Chemical Reactivity of C60, Electrophile
and Dieno-polarophile Par Excellence" Fullerenes: Synthesis,
Properties, and Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1992,
161-175.
Allemand, P. M.; Khemani, K.; Koch, A.S.; Wudl,
F., Holczer, K.; Donovan, S.; Grüner, G.; Thompson, J.D. "Organic
Molecular Soft Ferromagnetism in a Fullerene C60" Science,
1991, 253, 301-303.
Khemani, K.; Koch, A.; Wudl, F. "Preparation of Fullerenes with
a Simple Benchtop Reactor" J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56,
4543-4545.
Allemand, P. M.; Koch, A.S.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.;
Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. "Two Different Fullerenes
Have The Same Cyclic Voltammetry" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991,
113, 1050-1051.
Koch, A.S.; Waterman, K.C.; Bank, K.; Streitwieser, A. "Preparation
and Reactivity of Methyl 3,3-bis((4-dimethylamino)pyridinium-l-yl)propenoate
Dichloride", J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 6166-6171.
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