Organic Chemistry

Dr. Harold H. Trimm was born in 1955 in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Trimm is the chairman of the Chemistry Department at Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York. In addition, he is an Adjunct Analytical Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York. He received his PhD in chemistry, with a minor in biology, from Clarkson University in 1981 for his work on fast reaction kinetics of biologically important molecules. He then went on to Brunel University in England for a postdoctoral research fellowship in biophysics, where he studied the molecules involved with arthritis by electroptics. He recently authored a textbook on forensic science titled Forensics the Easy Way (2005).

Mechanistic Aspects of the Isomerization of Z-Vinylic Tellurides Double Bonds in the Synthesis of Potassium Z-Vinyltrifluoroborate Salts . The Role of Heterogeneous Chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds: A Modeling and Laboratory Study. Total Synthesis of the Indolizidine Alkaloid Tashiromine. Application of Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction to Analysis of Volatile and Semivolatile Organic Chemicals of Potential Concern in Solids and Aqueous Samples from the Hanford Site . Analogues of Amphibian Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (5R,8S,8as)-(-)-8-Methyl-5-Pentyloctahydroindolizine (8-Epi-Indolizidine 209B) and [(1S,4R,9as)-(-)-4-Pentyloctahydro-2H-Quinolizin-1-Yl]Methanol. An Efficient Preparation, Spectroscopic Properties, and Crystal Structure of 1,1-Bis(4-[2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy]phenyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylene. Characterizing the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols. Combining Two-Directional Synthesis and Tandem Reactions, Part 11: Second Generation Syntheses of (±)-Hippodamine and (±)-Epi-Hippodamine. Accelerations in the Lactonization of Trimethyl Lock Systems Are Due to Proximity Orientation and not to Strain Effects. Unexpected Degradation of the Bisphosphonate P-C-P Bridge Under Mild Conditions. Synthesis of Benzo[b]fluorenone Nuclei of Stealthins. Shape-Persistent Macrocycles with Intraannular Alkyl Groups: Some Structural Limits of Discotic Liquid Crystals with an Inverted Structure. Part 1. Reduction of S-Alkyl-Thionocarbonates and Related Compounds in the Presence of Trialkylboranes/Air. Part 2. Mechanistic Aspects of the Reduction of S-Alkyl-Thionocarbonates in the Presence of Triethylborane and Air. Part 3. Triethylborane-Air: A Suitable Initiator for Intermolecular Radical Additions of S-2-Oxoalkyl-Thionocarbonates (S-Xanthates) to Olefins. Catalytic Oxidative Cleavage of C=N Bond in the Presence of Zeolite H-NaX Supported Cu(NO3)2, as a Green Reagent. A Divergent Asymmetric Approach to Aza-Spiropyran Derivative and (1S,8ar)-1-Hydroxyindolizidine. Flexible Synthesis of Poison-Frog Alkaloids of the 5,8-Disubstituted Indolizidine-Class. II: Synthesis of (-)-209B, (-)-231C, (-)-233D, (-)-235B", (-)-221I, and an Epimer of 193E and Pharmacological Effects at Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. A Novel, One-Step Palladium and Phenylsilane Activated Amidation from Allyl Ester on Solid Support. The First Organocatalytic Carbonyl-Ene Reaction: Isomerisation-Free C-C Bond Formations Catalysed By H-Bonding Thio-Ureas. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 7-O-Modified Formononetin Derivatives. Expedient Syntheses of the N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursor Imidazolium Salts Ipr·Hcl, Imes·Hcl and Ixy·Hcl. Cs2CO3/[bmim]Br as an Efficient, Green, and Reusable Catalytic System for the Synthesis of N-Alkyl Derivatives of Phthalimide under Mild Conditions. Conformational Rigidity of Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes in Asymmetric Catalysis: A Comparative Study. Photochromism of Dihydroindolizines Part XI: Synthesis of Novel Carbon-Rich Photochromic Dihydroindolizines-Based Potential Electronic Devices. 8-Epi-Salvinorin B: Crystal Structure and Affinity at the Opioid Receptor. Effect of Transannular Interaction on the Redox-Potentials in a Series of Bicyclic Quinones. Three-Component One-Pot Synthesis of Novel Benzo[b]1,8-naphthyridines Catalyzed by Bismuth(III) Chloride. The Vicinal Difluoro Motif: The Synthesis and Conformation of Erythro- and Threo- Diastereoisomers of 1,2-Difluorodiphenylethanes, 2,3-Difluorosuccinic Acids and Their Derivatives. The Influence of Traffic and Wood Combustion on the Stable Isotopic Composition of Carbon Monoxide. Reduction of Arenediazonium Salts by Tetrakis(Dimethylamino)Ethylene (TDAE): Efficient Formation of Products Derived from Aryl Radicals. Index.