Publications and Presentations

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Grignard Reactions,

published in the Kirk-Othmer, Concise 5th Ed., vol. 1-4 (2007)

Opportunities for Ionic Liquid Commercialization.

Interteck - PIRA Conference. Orlando, FL. December 12-13, 2006

Opportunities for Commercializing Ionic Liquids,

supplement to Chimica Oggi/CHEMISTRY TODAY, Vol. 24, No. 6 – Green Chemistry/Ionic Liquids, p. 10-12 (December 2006)

America's Energy Needs - Future Prospects and Problems

Presented as part of "Learning on the Rails", Study Abroad Course, Honors Program, University of North Florida. May 2005

Products of Chemistry – Dentifrice Fluoride,

Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 81, p. 677-680 (May 2004)

Triflic Acid and its Derivatives,

Chimica Oggi/CHEMISTRY TODAY, March/ April 2004, p. 48-50.

Introducing Fluorine into Organic Compounds,

Specialty Chemicals Magazine, June 2003, p. 26-29.

Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents - Progress and Prospects.

American Chemical Society Symposium Series, Vol 856, p. 32-40 (2003)

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