Dr. John Woolcock - Research

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Research Interests:

• Connecting Metal Ions to Biological Molecules
  • Metal Complexes of Vitamin C
• Creating Metal-Carbon Rings, Bridges and Other Special Types of Molecular Architecture
  • Trans-diolefin Complexes of Square Planar Metals
  • Asymetric Metal-Carbon Bonds
  • Synthesizing Unique Organic Molecules
• Chemical Education Research
  • Adapting and Implementing the "Working With Chemistry" Lab Program
  • Forensic Science Labs, Case Studies, Demonstrations and In-class Activiites

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To learn more about these topics, Click on the chemist in the flask or go to the bulletin board by my office door to get more details about my research projects. If you wish to talk with me about working on any of these projects, please feel free to contact me to arrange a meeting to discuss them further.

Contact Information

Dr. John Woolcock

239C Weyandt Hall

(724) 357-4828

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Publications

Rakowsky, M.H.; Woolcock, J.C.; Wright, L.L.; Green, D.B.; Rettig, M.F.; Wing, R.M. "In-Plane Coordinated Double Bonds. Molecular Structures, Spectroscopy and Stability of 5-Methylenecyclooctene and 5-methylenecyclo-heptene Complexes of Platinum(II)", Organometallics, 1987, 6, 1211-1218.

Rakowsky, M.H.; Woolcock, J.C.; Rettig, M.F.; Wing, R.M. "Chemistry of In-Plane Coordinated Double Bonds. Coordianted Alkyl and Aryl Migration to Adjacent Exocyclic Olefin in Alkyl (or Aryl) Halo[5-methylenecycooctene]platinum(II)", Organometallics, 1988, 7, 2149-2158.

Woolcock, John: "Microscale Determination of Magnetic Susceptibility", Chapter 5.A. (p. 49-57) of Modern Inorganic Laboratory Techniques by Zvi Szafran, Ronald M. Pike, Mono M. Singh: John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1991.

Hung, A.C.H.; Woolcock, J.C.; Rettig, M.F.; Wing, R.M.: "Cyanide Exchange of the Methyltricyanoplatinate(II) Dianion: Temporal Resolution of Cis and Trans Cyanide Exchange"; Inorganic Chemistry, 1992, 31, 810-812.

Woolcock, J.C.; Zafar, A.; "Microscale Techniques for Determination of Magnetic Susceptibility"; Journal of Chemical Education, 1992, 69, A176-A179.

Woolcock, J.C.; Niederhut, M.; Craven, B. M. "The Molecular Structure of (Bicyclo[3.3.1]nona-2,6-diene)dichloropalladium(II)"; Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1996, 49, 977-980.

Woolcock, J.C.; Gillette, M.L.: “Discovering Some Periodic Properties of the Elements” CER Modular Laboratory Program in Chemistry, Thompson Learning, 2002 (A laboratory experiment module for introductory courses).

Black, L. Cessna, M. A.; Woolcock, J.C.. Invited book chapter: “Beyond Numbers: Faculty Development, Faculty Productivity, and the Reflective Practice Project at IUP”, Edited by J. Groccia & J. Miller, Enhancing Productivity in Higher Education, Anker Publishing Co., Spring 2005.

Perrine, Cynthia L.; Zeller, M,; Woolcock, J.C.; Hunter, A. D. “Crystal Structure of Ferrocenyl Amine”, J. of Chemical Crystallography, 2005, 35 (9), 717-721.

Woolcock, J. C. “Establishing Periodic Properties for Group 2 Elements”, PROP-536, CER Modular Laboratory Program in Chemistry, Thompson Learning, 2008 (A laboratory experiment module for introductory courses).