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Jamie Leeanne Adcock.

B. S., The University of Texas at Austin, 1966, Inorganic Chemistry.

Ph. D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1971; Research Supervisor Professor Joseph J. Lagowski.

Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971; Research Director, Professor Richard J. Lagow.

1989 Chairman, Division of Fluorine Chemistry, American Chemical Society.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Sept. 1974.

Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Sept. 1983.

Professor of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Sept. 1993.
 

 PUBLICATIONS

(61)  J. N. Hart, P.W. May, N.L. Allan, J.E.P. Dahl, S. Liu, R.M.K. Carlson, J. Adcock, “Vibrational Analysis of Per-fluorinated-triamantane” Chem. Phys. Letts. 2008,  460; 237–240.

(60) Liguo Song*, Amber D. Wellman, Huifang Yao, and Jamie L. Adcock, "Electron Capture-Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization Mass Spectrometry: Analysis of Fullerenes, Perfluorinated Compounds, and Pentafluorobenzyl Derivatives", Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry,  2007; 21: 1343–1351.

(59) B. Jiang, N. J. Crawford, D.J. Keffer, Brian J. Edwards and J.L. Adcock, “Comparison of Rheological Properties of Short-chain Perfluoropolyethers Through Simulation and Experiment”, Mol. Sim. 2007,  33(9-10),  871-878.

(58) “Teaching Bronsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory in a Direct Comprehensive Way,” by Jamie L. Adcock, Journal of Chemical Education, 2001, 1495-1496.

(57) "Highly  Fluorinated Adamantanols; Synthesis, Acidities, and Reactivities," Adcock, J. L. and Zhang, Huqiu, J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 5073-5076.

(56) "Perfluorinated Stellanes: The Synthesis of Perfluorinated Bisnoradamantane; Long-range 19F NMR Virtual Coupling,"  Adcock, J. L. and Zhang, Huqiu, J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 1975-1977.

(55) "Onset of Anh Hyperconjugation in the Transition State of Carbonyl Addition by Deactivation of Periplanar Vicinal Bonds," Kaselj,  Mira; Adcock, J. L.; Luo, Huimin, Zhang, Huqiu; Li, Haifang; and LeNoble, William J. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 7088-7091.

(54) "Polarized C—H Groups as Novel Hydrogen Bond Donors in Hydryl-F-alkylesters, Unequivocal Examples of the Pinchas' Effect,"  Adcock, J. L. and Zhang, Huqiu, J. Org. Chem., 1995, 60, 1999-2002.

(53) "Synthesis and Photochemical Reactions of Perfluorinated Carbonyl Containing Adamantane Derivatives," Adcock, J. L. and Luo, Huimin, J. Org. Chem., 1994, 59, 5883-5885.

 (52) "X-Ray Photoelectron and NMR Studies of Polyfluorinated C60:  Evidence the C-C Bonds are Broken," Cox, D. M.; Cameron, S. D.; Tuinman, A. A.; Gakh, A. A.; Adcock, J. L.; Compton, R. N.; Hagaman, E. W.; Kniaz, K.; Fischer, J. E.; Strongin, R. M.; Cichy, M. A. and Smith III, A. B. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 1115-1120.

(51) "Photochemical Reduction of F-Adamantyl Halides: A Facile Synthesis of Hydrylfluorocarbons from Chlorofluorocarbons," Adcock, J. L. and Luo, Huimin, J. Org. Chem., 1994, 59, 1115-1119.

(50) "Selective Synthesis and Structure Determination of C60F48,"Gakh, Andrei A.; Tuinman, Albert A.; Adcock, J. L.; Sachleben, Richard A; Compton, Robert N.; J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 819-820.  Noted "Chemists produce single C60F48 fullerene isomer," Chemical & Engineering News, February 7, 1994,

(49) "Highly Fluorinated Fullerenes as Oxidizers and Fluorinating Agents," Gakh, Andrei A.; Tuinman, A. A.; Adcock, J. L. and Compton, R. N.  Tetrahedron Letters, 1993, 34, 7167-7170.

(48) "Hyper-fluorination of C60; Cracking the Sphere," Tuinman, Albert A.; Gakh, Andrei A.; Adcock, J.  L. and Compton, Robert N. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 5885-5886.  Noted "Hyperfluorination cracks C60 cage," Chemical & Engineering News, Science/Technology Concentrates, July 5, 1993, 71 (27), 19.

(47) "Synthesis of Lithio-F-Adamantanes; The First Documented 19F NMR Spectrum of a Perfluoroalkyl Lithium and the Rearrangement of 2-Lithio-F-Adamantane to 1-Lithio-F-Adamantane," Adcock*, J. L. and Luo, Huimin J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58 (8), 1999-2000.

(46) "19F NMR Study of 1-Halo-F-adamantanes", Adcock*, J. L., Luo Huimin and Dai, Sheng, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 1993, 31, 969-971.

(45) "Electronic Structure of Highly Fluorinated C60," Benning, P.J.; Ohno, T.R.; Weaver, J.H.; Mukherjee, P.; Adcock, J. L.; Compton, R.N.; Dunlap; B.I. Phys. Rev. B, 1993, 47 (3), 1589-1592.

(44) "Syntheses of F-Adamantyl Polychlorides and F-1-Norbornyl Chloride; the First Documented 1,3-Chlorine Shift",  J. L. Adcock* and Huimin Luo, J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58(7), 1704-1710.

(43) "Vapor Pressures, Liquid Molar Volumes, Vapor Nonideality, and Critical Properties of CF3OCF2CF2CF3, cyclo-CF2CF2CF2CF2O-, CF3OCF2OCF3 and CF3OCF2CF2H" Salvi-Narkhede, M.; Adcock, J. L.; Gakh, Andrei A.; Van Hook*, W. Alexander  J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 1993, 25, 643-647.

(42) "Nucleophilic Substitution in 1-Substituted 3-Iodobicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes.  A New Synthetic Route to Functionalized Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Derivatives," by Adcock*, J. L. and Gakh, A. A.  J. Org. Chem., 1992 57, 6206-6210.

(41) "Characterization and Stability of Highly Fluorinated Fullerenes," by A. A. Tuinman, P Mukherjee, J. L. Adcock, R. L. Hettich and R. N. Compton, J. Physical Chemistry, 1992, 96, 7584-7589.

(40) "Synthesis of Novel Cage Quaternary Salts via Nucleophilic Substitution of 1,3-Diiodobicyclo[1.1.1]pentane.  Further Evidence for a Stable 3-Iodo-1-bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl Cation," by J. L. Adcock* and Andrei A. Gakh, Tetrahedron Letters, 1992, 33 (34), 4875-4878.

(39) "Aerosol Fluorination of 1-Chloroadamantane, 2-Chloroadamantane and Methyl 1-Adamantylacetate: A Novel Synthetic Approach to 1- and 2-Substituted Hydryl-, Methyl-, and (Difluoromethyl)-F-adamantanes" by  Adcock*, J. L.; Luo, Huimin and Zuberi, S. S., J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 4749-4752.

(38) "Synthesis, Nucleophilic and Photochemical Reactions of Perfluoro-adamantanone," by Adcock*, J. L. and Luo, Huimin J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 4297-4300.

(37) "The X-Ray Crystal Structure of the First Quaternary 1-Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Salt. The Shortest "Nonbonding" Carbon-Carbon Interaction Documented," by J. L. Adcock*, Andrei A. Gakh, Jonathan L. Pollitte and Clifton Woods,  J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 3980-3981.

(36) "Vapor Pressures, Liquid Molar Volumes, Vapor Nonideality, and Critical Properties of some Partially Fluorinated Ethers, CF3OCF2CF2H, CF3OCF2H and CF3OCH3 some Perfluorinated CF3OCF2OCF3, cyclo-CF2-O-CF2-O-CF2-,  cyclo-CF2CF2CF2O-, and of CF2BrH and CF3CHFCF3,"Narkhede, M. S.; Wang, B. H.; Adcock, J. L.; Van Hook, W. A.  J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 1992, 24, 1065-1075.

(35) "Synthesis of Perfluorodiamantane by Aerosol Direct Fluorination," by  Adcock*, J. L. and Luo, Huimin J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 2162-2163.

(PA) "Synthesis and Reactions of Perfluorinated Diamond-oids and Their Derivatives," J. L. Adcock*, H. Luo and Sharique S. Zuberi, J. Fluorine Chem., 1991, 54, 45.

(34) "Vapor Pressures, Liquid Molar Volumes, Vapor Nonideality, and Critical Properties of some Fluorinated Ethers, CF3OCF2OCF3, CF3OCF2CF2H, cyclo-CF2CF2CF2O-, CF3OCF2H and CF3OCH3 and of CFCl3 and CF2ClH," Wang, B. H.; Adcock, J. L.; Mathur, S. B.; Van Hook, W. A.  J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 1991, 23, 699-710.

(PA) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination, The State of the Art," J. Fluorine Chem., 1989, 45, 95.

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(33) "Sulfur Trioxidation of Acyclic Fluoro-allyl Ethers: Synthesis of New Fluorinated Sultones and Their Derivatives," Mohtasham, J.; Brennan, J. M.; Yu, Z.; Adcock, J. L. and Gard, G. L. J. Fluorine Chem., 1989, 43(3), 349-69.

(32) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination of C1 and C2 Chlorocarbons," Adcock*, J. L.; Kunda, S. A., Taylor, D. R.; Sievert, A. C.  and Nappa, M. J.  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 1989, 28, 1547-1549.

(31) "Obtaining Structural Information of Perfluoro-1,3-dimethyladamantane from Collisionally Activated Decomposition Mass Spectra," Huang, Sunkwei; Klein, David H. and Adcock, J. L. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 1988, 2, 204-206.

(30) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: Orthoesters, Syntheses of Perfluoromethylorthocarbonate and Perfluoroethyleneorthocarbonate," Adcock*, J. L.; Robin, M. L. and Zuberi, Sharique  J. Fluorine Chem., 1987, 37, 327-336.

(29) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: A Developing Synthesis Technology, An Entry Level Mechanistic Tool, A Short Review," Adcock*, J. L.  and Cherry, M. L. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 1987, 26, 208-215.

(28) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: A Developing Synthesis Technology, An Entry Level Mechanistic Tool," in "FLUORINE, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS (1886-1986)," by Adcock*, J. L.; Editors: Banks, R. E.; Sharp, D. W. A. and Tatlow, J. C. Elsevier Sequoia, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1986, ISBN 0-444-75039-8; Also published in  "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: A Developing Synthesis Technology, An Entry Level Mechanistic Tool," Adcock*, J. L. J. Fluorine Chem., 1986, 33, 327-330.

(27) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination:  Direct Synthesis of Perfluorinated Mono-, Di-, Tri-, and Tetraglyme Ethers," Adcock*, J. L. and Cherry, M. L. J. Fluorine Chem., 1985, 30, 343-350.

(26) "Particle Contamination in Gas Insulated Systems:  New Control Methods and Optimum SF6/N2 Mixtures," Pace, M. O.; Adcock, J. L. and Christophorou, L. G. Gaseous Dielectrics, Proc. 4th. Int. Symp., 1984, 377-386.

(25) "Gas Phase Hydrolysis of Sulfur Tetrafluoride:  A Comparison of The Gas and Liquid Phase Rate Constants,"  Sauers, I.; Adcock, J. L.; Christophorou, L. G. and  Ellis, H. W. J. Chem. Phys., 1985, 83, 2618-2619.

(24) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: Alkyl Halides II, Chlorine Shifts and the Stability of Radicals," Adcock*, J. L. and Evans, Wm. D. J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 2719-2723.

(23) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: Syntheses of the Highly Branched Ketones, F-Pinacolone and `F-Provalone'," Adcock*, J. L. and Robin, M. L. J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 1442-1445.

(22) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: Indirect Syntheses of Perfluorocycloketones," Adcock*, J. L.  and Robin, M. L. J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 191-193.

(21) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination Syntheses: Alkyl Halides I, Neopentyl Chlorides and Bromides - Free Radicals Versus Carbocations," Adcock*, J. L.; Evans, Wm. D. and Heller-Grossman, L. J. Org. Chem., 1983, 48, 4953-4957.

(20) "A Simple Photochemical Conversion of Perfluoroalkyl Hydrides to Perfluoroalkyl Bromides Using Interhalogen Compounds," Adcock*, J. L. and Evans, Wm. D. J. Org. Chem., 1983, 48, 4122-4125.

(19) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: Synthesis of Perfluoroadamantane, The Penultimate Step," Adcock*, J. L. and Robin, M. L. J. Org. Chem., 1983, 48, 3128-3130.

(18) "Aerosol Direct Fluorination: Syntheses of Perfluoroketones," Adcock*, J. L. and Robin, M. L. J. Org. Chem., 1983, 48, 2437-2439.

(17) "Feasibility Studies For Improving Gas Insulation by Coating Contaminating Particles," Pace, M. O.; Adcock, J. L.; Frees, L. C. and Christophorou, L. G. Gaseous Dielectrics, Proc. 3rd Int. Symp., 1982, 307-314.

(16) "The Low Temperature Fluorination of Aerosol Suspensions of Hydrocarbons Utilizing Elemental Fluorine," Adcock*, J. L.; Horita, K. and Renk, E. B. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 6937-6947.

(15) "Synthesis of a Macromolecular Ligand by the Modification of Polystyrene," J. L. Adcock*, Kinstle, J. F. and Phillips, H. H. J. Polymer Sci., Chemistry, 1981, 19, 175-194.

(14) "Simultaneous Fluorination and Functionalization of Neopentane and 1,4-Dioxane," Adcock*, J. L. J. Fluorine Chem., 1980, 16, 297-300.

(13) "Synthesis and Reactions of F-Neopentyl Lithium," Adcock*, J. L. and Renk, E. B.  J. Org. Chem., 1979, 44, 3431-3433.

(12) "Simultaneous Fluorination and Functionalization of Hydrocarbon Polymers," J. L. Adcock, Inoue, S. and Lagow, R. J. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 1948-1950.

(11) "Nitrogen Compounds As High Yield Precursors to Branched Fluorocarbons by Direct Fluorination," Adcock, J. L.; Catsikis, B. D.; Thompson, J. W. and Lagow, R. J. J. Fluorine Chem., 1976, 7, 197-204.

(10) "The Successful Direct Fluorination of Oxygen-Containing Hydrocarbons,"  Adcock, J. L.; Beh, R. A. and Lagow, R. J. J. Org. Chem., 1975, 40, 3271-3275.

(9) "The Syntheses of Perfluoro-1,4-Dioxane, Perfluoro(ethyl acetate) and Perfluoropivaloyl Fluoride by Direct Fluorination," Adcock, J. L. and Lagow, R. J. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 7588-7589.

(8) "Electronic Effects in Borazines, A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study,"  Adcock, J. L. and Lagowski, J. J. J. Organometalic Chem., 1974, 72, 323-328.

(7) "Metal Derivatives of the Borazines: Ring Complexes," Adcock, J. L. and Lagowski, J. J. Inorganic Chem., 1973, 12, 2533-2540.

(6) "The Syntheses of `Perfluoroglyme' and `Perfluorodiglyme' by Direct Fluorination,' Adcock, J. L. and Lagow, R. J. J. Org. Chem., 1973, 38, 3617-3618.

(5) "Unsymmetrically B-Substituted Borazines, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Characterization," Adcock, J. L.; Melcher, L. A. and Lagowski, J. J. Inorganic Chem., 1973, 12, 788-791.

(4) "A New Synthesis of Nitrosyl Tetrafluoroborate from Boron Nitride," Adcock, J. L. and Lagow, R. J. J. Fluorine Chem., 1973, 2, 434-436.

(3) "Mass Spectra of Unsymmetrically B-Substituted Borazines," Melcher, L. A.; Adcock, J. L.; Anderson, G. A. and Lagowski, J. J. Inorganic Chem., 1973, 12, 601-605.

(2) "Preparation and Spectral Characterization of Unsymmetrically Substituted Borazines," Melcher, L. A.; Adcock, J. L. and Lagowski, J. J. Inorganic Chem., 1972, 11, 1247-1252.

(1) "The Lability of B-Substituents in Borazines," Adcock, J. L. and Lagowski, J. J. Inorg. and Nucl. Chem. Let., 1971, 7, 473-476.
 
 
 

 BOOK CHAPTERS

(1) "Universal Synthesis of Perfluorinated Organic Compounds," Adcock J. L., Chapter 6 of "Synthetic Fluorine Chemistry" Olah, G. A., Chambers, R. D.; Prakash, G. K. S. editors, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1992, ISBN 0-471-54370-5.

(2) "Replacement of Hydrogen by Fluorine," Adcock J. L. in "The Chemistry of Organic Fluorine Compounds," Hudlicky, M. and Pavlath, A. E. editors, ACS Books, Washington, DC, ACS Monograph Series No. 187, ISBN 0-8412-2525-X-335.

(3) "Introduction of Fluorine with Elemental Fluorine, Fluorination in the Absence of Solvents, AEROSOL FLUORINATION (A 2.5.2.3)," Adcock, J. L. Section A 2. of "Methoden der Organischen Chemie" 10a "Organofluorine Compounds," Houben-Weyl, Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart   New York, submitted 6/1/95.
 

 PUBLISHED BOOK REVIEWS

"Fluorine-Carbon and Fluoride Carbon Materials," by Tsuyoshi Nakajima ed. (Marcel Dekker, Inc. ISBN 0-8247-9286-6), book review in Materials Research Society Bulletin, July 1995, vol. XX (7) pp 50-51.
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