Rob
Mebane
Professor
Ph.D.,
Organic Chemistry
Courses I teach include:
● Chemistry 1110, General Chemistry I Lecture
● Chemistry 3010, Organic Chemistry I Lecture
● Chemistry 3010L, Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
● Chemistry 3020, Organic Chemistry II Lecture
● Chemistry 3020L, Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
● Chemistry 4997, Chemical Research
Research Interests
Synthetic method development; transfer hydrogenation; molecular
modeling; reaction mechanisms; ‘green’ chemistry
Recent Publications
Gozum, V.P.; Mebane, R.C.
Solvent-free and atom efficient conversion of aldehydes into nitriles. Green Chem. Lett. and Rev. 2013,
6, 149-150.
Zuidema, D. R.; Williams, S. L.; Wert,
K. J.; Bosma, K. J.; Smith, A. L.; Mebane, R. C. Deoxygenation of aromatic ketones using transfer hydrogenolysis with Raney nickel in 2-propanol, Synth. Commun., 2011, 41, 2927.
Siler, Patrick J.; Chill, Sam
T.; Mebane, Robert C.
A tandem, facile one-pot conversion of aldehydes into ethyl
esters. Synth. Commun.
2011,41, 1247.
Zuidema, Daniel R.; Wert, Katherine J.; Williams, Sarah L.;
Chill, Sam T.; Holte, Kimberly L.; Kokes, Nathan K.; Mebane, Robert C. A
novel method of reducing ketones using sodium hydroxide in 2-propanol. Synth. Commun.
2010, 40, 2014.
Mebane, Robert
C.; Chill, Samuel T.
A facile one-pot conversion of aldehydes into amides. Synth. Commun.
2010, 40, 2017.
Mebane, Robert
C.; Chill, Samuel T.
A facile one-pot conversion of aldehydes into nitriles.
Synth. Commun.
2009, 39, 3601.
Zuidema, Daniel R.; Dennison, Ami
L.; Park, Elizabeth, Y.; Mebane, Robert C. Conversion of aldoximes into
nitriles with Raney nickel in refluxing 2-propanol. Synth. Commun. 2008, 38, 3810.
Mebane, Robert C.; Holte, Kimberly L.; Gross, Benjamin H. Transfer
hydrogenation of ketones with 2-propanol and Raney nickel. Synth. Commun. 2007, 37, 2787.
Rybolt, Thomas
R.; Mebane, Robert C. Environmental Science Fair Projects; Enslow
Publishers,
Mebane, Robert C.;
Mebane, Robert C.; Jensen, David. R.; Rickert,
Kerry L.; Gross, Benjamin H. Transfer hydrogenation of nitriles with Raney
nickel and 2-propanol, Synth. Commun. 2003, 33, 3373.
Mebane,
Robert C.; Grimes, Kimberly D.; Jenkins, Summer, R.; Deardorff,
Jonathan D.; Gross, Benjamin H. Deiodination of
iodolactones bytransfer hydrogenolysis
using Raney nickel and 2-propanol, Synth.
Commun. 2002, 32, 2049.
Mebane, Robert C.; Gross, Benjamin H.;
Armstrong, David.
Transfer hydrogenolysis of aromatic alcohols using
Raney catalysts and 2-propanol, Journal
of Applied Catalysis: A, 2001, 219,
281.
D.
Wink, S. Fetzer, S. McNichols,
B. Zusman, and R. Mebane, MATCH – An Integrated
Curriculum for MATh and CHemistry
Instruction, J. Chem. Ed., 2000, 77, 999.
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