Department of Chemistry

Carol Parish, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, along with undergraduate students  Khanh Vu, ’23, Josh Pandian, ’23, Boyi Zhang, ‘16, Christina Annas, ‘16, Anna J. Parker, ‘11, John S. Mancini, ‘11, Evan B. Wang, ‘09, Diomedes Saldana-Greco, ‘10, Emily S. Nelson, ’12, and Greg Springsted,’10, published “Multireference Averaged Quadratic Coupled Cluster (MR-AQCC) Study of the Geometries and Energies for ortho-, meta- and para-Benzyne” in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Carol Parish, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry, along with undergraduate students Aamy A. Bakry, ’24, and Matthew G. Fanelli, ’09, and Department of Chemistry collaborators, Kelling Donald, Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences, and Marty Zeldin, visiting research scholar, published “Dative Bonding in Quasimetallatranes Containing Group 15 Donors (Y = N, P, and As) and Group 14 Acceptors (M = Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb)” in Inorganic Chemistry.

Kelling Donald, professor of chemistry, published the chapter “Sigma Hole Supported Interactions: Qualitative Features, Various Incarnations, and Disputations,” which appeared in Exploring Chemical Concepts Through Theory and Computation.

Chiles Wade Downey, professor of chemistry and Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences, received the 2024 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the University of Richmond at Colloquy.