Research Interests:
Inorganic Chemistry of the transition metals. Binuclear mixed-valence complexes of the transition metals. The role of metal ions in biological systems, the mechanism of iron uptake and storage by ferritin, and the synthesis and characterization of copper complexes as models for copper-containing proteins.
Address:
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 70695
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614-0695
Phone: 439-8321
Email Address: r21jeff@mail.etsu.edu
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Representative Publications.
R. J. Kline* and J. G. Wardeska, "Protonation of Tris(8-hydroxyquinolinato)iron(III) by Acetyl Chloride in Glacial Acetic Acid." Inorg. Nucl. Chem., (1966), 2, 415.
R. J. Kline* and J. G. Wardeska, "The Mercuration of 8-hydroxyquinoline and Some of its Metal Chelates," Inorg. Chem., (1969), 8, 2153.
C. C. Boyd and J. G. Wardeska, "Polarography of Tin(IV) in Presence of Chloranilic Acid." Anal. Chem., (1970), 42, 529.
R. C. Buckley and J. G. Wardeska*, "The Linkage Isomerism of Bridging Thiocyanate in Binuclear Complexes," Inorg. Chem. (1972), 11, 1723.
J. G. Wardeska, Abraham Clearfield, and Jan Troup, "Conformation, Structure, and UV-Visible and Circular Dichroism Spectra of Cobalt(III) Complexes of 1-Phenyl-2-amino-1,3-dihydroxypropanes" Inorg. Chem., (1979) 18, 1641.
J. C. Brown and J. G. Wardeska*, "Characterization of a Dimeric Copper(II) Complex of a Dissymmetric Schiff-Base and its Ligand Adducts." Inorg. Chem., 21, 1530 (1982).
J. G. Wardeska, A. Clearfield*, and J. M. Troup, "Cobalt(III) Complexes of Aminoalcohols: Structural Consequences of Protonation." Inorg. Chem., 22, 2713 (1983).
J. G. Wardeska, B. Viglione, N. D. Chasteen, "Metal Ion Complexes of Apoferritin. Evidence for Initial Binding in the Hydrophilic Channels," J. Biol. Chem., 261, 6677-6683 (1986).
Jeff G. Wardeska, "A Solvent Directed Synthesis of Mixed-Valence Cobalt(III,II) Compounds," Synth. React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem., 21(4), 669-679 (1991).
S. J. Mole, X. Zhou, J. G. Wardeska, and R. Liu, "Density Functional Theory Study of Vibrational Spectra. 5. Structure, Dipole Moment, and Vibrational Assignment of Azulene." Spectrochemical Acta Part A, 52 (1996) 1211-1220.
Ron E. Benson, Abraham Clearfield, Lee M. Daniels and Jeff G. Wardeska. “Redetermination of Bis(2-Amino-3-Hydroxy-1-Phenylpropanolato-Κ2N,O1)(Ethylenediamine-Κ2N,N)Cobalt(III) Iodide Monohydrate,” Acta Cryst., Section E: Structure Reports Online, 2006, E62(4), m696-m698.
Ningfeng Zhao and Jeff G. Wardeska, "Mini-Journal Inquiry – A Case Study in Chemistry." J. Chem. Ed. 2011, 88(4), 452-456.
Books
J. G. Wardeska, T. T.‑S. Huang, and R. W. Kopp, Mohseni, R. M., Experiments in General Chemistry, a laboratory manual for freshman chemistry. Wiley, 2006, 2001, 1999; 1998; 1996; D. C. Heath Publishing Company, 2nd ed, 1995; 1993; Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1988 (revision); Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1986.
Wardeska, J. G., Viglione, B. J., Chasteen, N. D., "The Effect of pH on the Binding of Metal Ions to Apoferritin," pp. 85‑89 in Proteins of Iron Storage & Transport: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Proteins of Iron Metabolism, G. Spik, J. Montreuil, R. R. Crichton, and J. Magurier, eds., Elsevier, NY, 1985.