Dr. Hamid S. Kasmai's Home Page

Research Interests:

Synthesis and study of theoretically significant molecules and preparation and study of metallic/superconducting organic solids (synthetic metals).

Organic Chemistry

Address:
Department of Chemistry
PO Box 70695
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614-0695

Work Phone: (423)-439-6917(O); 439-7421 (Lab)
Email Address: kasmai@mail.etsu.edu

Representative Publications

Structures of 9,10-Dihydro-9-Heteroanthracenes and 9,10-Dihydro-9-Heteroanthracenide Anions; An Ab Initio MO Calculation, Hamid S. Kasmai and Ruifeng Liu, J. Chem.Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 , 1605 (1997).

Toward Understanding the Vibrational Spectra of BEDT-TTF, a Scaled Density Functional Force Field Approach, Ruifeng Liu, Xuefeng Zhou and H. Kasmai, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 53, 1241 (1997)

18-Crown-6 Complexes of n-Butylammonium and Pyridinium Chlorochromates. Mild and Selective Oxidizing Agents for Alcohols, Hamid S. Kasmai, Steve G. Mischke and Travis J. Blake, J. Org. Chem. 60, 2267 (1995).

Organic Metals of Bis(ethylenedioxa)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDO-TTF), T. Suzuki, H. Yamochi, H. Isotalo, C. Fite, H. Kasmai, K. Liou, G. Sardanov, and F. Wudl, Synthetic Metals, 42, 2225 (1991).

(BEDO)2.4I3: The First Robust Organic Metal of BEDO-TTF, F. Wudl, H. Yamouchi, T. Suzuki, H. Isotalo, C. Fite, H. Kasmai, K. Liou, G. Sardanov, K. Maly, A. Frost-Jensen and P. Coffens, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 112, 2461 (1990).

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Preparation and Study of Unconventional Pi-Excessives, A. G. Anastassiou and H. S. Kasmai in "Trends in Organic Chemistry," Council of Scientific Research Integration, (ed.), Trivandrum, India, 1993, pp. 617-636.

Medium-Large and Large Pi-Excessive Heteroannulenes, A. G. Anastassiou and H. S. Kasmai in "Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry", A. R. Katritzky and A. J. Boulton, (Eds.), Academic Press, New York, NY, 1978, Volume 23, pp. 55-102.

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