Browsing by Author "Drucker, Stephen"
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Cavity Ringdown Spectrum of 2-Cyclohexen-1-one in Its Lowest Singlet Excited State
Sexton, Ashley (2014-04)The overall goal of our experimental research program is to determine bond properties, such as vibrational frequencies, for small molecules. Such data may be used by computational chemists to verify their theoretical ... -
Development of a Fluorescence Excitation Spectroscopy System
McDonnell, Michael (2015-04)The overall goal of our experimental research program is to determine bond properties, such as vibrational frequencies, for small molecules. -
Jet-Cooled Fluorescence Excitation Spectrum of y -Pyrone
Desilet, Luke W.; McAnally, Michael O. (2013-05)Excited states are key intermediates in many photochemical reaction mechanisms. An excited state results when a molecule absorbs energy from a light source, causing electrons to be displaced from their most stable locations. ... -
Synthesis of Pyran-4-one From Organic Precursor 4-Oxo-4H-pyran-2,6-dicarboxylic Acid
Hucek, Devon; Drucker, Stephen (2021-04)Pyran-4-one (𝛾-pyrone (C5H4O2)), a conjugated enone, is a molecule of interest in the laser spectroscopy studies conducted in our lab. Spectroscopic parameters of the molecule’s electronic structure serve to test excited-state ... -
The Intersection of Experiment and Theory in Predicting Excited-State Molecular Structures
Parsons, Sean; Hucek, Devon; Drucker, Stephen (2021-04)A central goal of science is to make accurate predictions. While computational theory has advanced to make accurate predictions of ground-state, organic molecules, excited-state predictions of many systems still pose a ... -
Towards the Synthesis of Specifically Deuterated Cyclohexenones
Davis, Dexter C. (2012-04)This study explored a variety of synthetic pathways for the purpose of creating specifically deuterated derivatives of the organic molecule cyclohexenone.