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Anton Jensen  (Professor) 

Ph.D., Brigham Young University

Office:    Dow 354

Phone:    (989) 774 - 3125

Fax:        (989) 774 - 3883

E-mail:    jense1aw@mail.cmich.edu

Research Program and Goals

My group has been working on development of green organic catalysts based on an architecture of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) molecules surrounding either a polymer resin bead or dendrimer. These catalysts are activated by light and can function in either organic or aqueous media. We hope to further develop the catalysts to the point where we can carry out stereoselective oxidations and/or decontaminate water.

Selected Publications

1.  "Preparation of Fullerene-Shelled Dendrimer-Core Conjugates" Anton W. Jensen, Brijesh S. Maru, Xi Zhang, Dillip K. Mohanty, Bradley D. Fahlman, Douglas R. Swanson, and Donald A. Tomalia  Nano Letters 2005, 5, 1171-1173.

2.    “Singlet Oxygen Catalysts Including Condensed Carbon Molecules”  Jensen, A.  US Patent 6,806,223 B2, 2004.

3.    “Photohydrolysis of Substituted Benzyl Esters in Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Films”  Jensen, A. W.; Desai, N. K.; Maru, B. S.; Mohanty, D. K.; Macromolecules  2004, 37, 4196.

4.     “Fullerene-Coated Beads as Reusable Catalysts”  Jensen, A. W.; Daniels, C.  J. Org. Chem.  2003, 68, 207.

5. “Controlling the Permeability of Mulilayered Polyelectrolyte Films Through Derivatization, Cross-linking, and Hydrolysis” Dai, J.; Jensen, A. W.*; Mohanty, D. K.; Erndt, J.; Bruening, M. L.*  Langmuir, 2001, 17, 931.

6.     “Preparation of Thiochromans Via Thermal Cyclization”  Jensen, A. W.*; Manczuk, J.; Nelson, D.; Caswell, O.; Fleming, S. A.*  Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry  2000, 37, 1527.