James R. Mckee, PhD
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James R. Mckee
Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director for Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacognosy
Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry
University of Maryland, 1974
Organic Chemistry
Chemical Education
McNeill 205
215.596.8847
j.mckee@usp.edu
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Research Interests
- Chemistry of the trihalomethyl group
- Isonitrile antibiotics
- Chemical education
Research Summary
Current research is involved with developing methods of preparing difluorochloroketone and alcohols for use in heterocyclic ring synthesis. In the area of chemical education current work centers on the authoring of textbooks in biochemistry and organic laboratory techniques.
Recent or Representative Publications and Presentation
“Synthesis of Tetrahydrobenzazepinesulfonamides and Their Rearrangement to Diarylsulfones,” H. Ren , M. Zanger, and J. R. McKee, Syn. Comm., 2006, 36, 355.
“The Synthesis of Iminohydantoins from Trihalomethylcarbinols,” J. A. McKee, J. R. McKee, and M. Zanger, 14th Annual St. Josephs University, Sigma Xi Research Symposium, April 11, 2003.
“The Electrophilic Bromation of Toluene: Determination of the ortho, meta and para Ratios by Quantitative FTIR Spectrometry,” R. Smith IV, J. McKee, and M. Zanger, J. Chem. Ed., 2002, 79, 227.
“A Microscale Synthesis of 2,3-Dibromosuccinic Acid,” J. Tomsho, M. Zanger, and J. McKee, J. Chem Ed., 1999, 76, 73. Small Scale Synthesis: A Laboratory Textbook of Organic Chemistry co-authored with M. Zanger, W.C. Brown Publishers, 1995.
Small Scale Synthesis: A Laboratory Textbook of Organic Chemistry co-authored with M. Zanger, W.C. Brown Publishers, 1995.