The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003 | Luther College Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003

ID: LCA/RG15/Docken, A

Primary Creator: Docken, Adrian (1913-2003)

Extent: 4.4 Linear Feet. More info below.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection contains scientific reports and analyses for many different organizations. All involve organic chemistry components

Biographical Note

Adrian Docken was born November 17, 1913 in Holt, Minnesota, He graduated from Luther College in 1937 with degrees in chemistry and mathematics. Docken then went and earned a PhD in chemistry in 1941 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined the chemistry faculty at Luther College in 1942 and remained until his retirement in 1979. He continued to run his research lab at Luther until 2002. While at Luther, Docken and his colleague George Knudson developed the chemistry major and earned the accreditation of the American Chemical Society.

Docken received several grants and fellowships to support his research and develop Luther's science facilities during his career, including from the National Science Foundation. He spent 1954-1955 as the Faculty Fellow of the Ford Foundation for the Advancement of Education at Yale University, 1961-1962 as the National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow at Imperial College of Science in London, 1967-1968 at Stanford University as the Petroleum Research Fund recipient, and as a visiting scholar in the fall of 1974 at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Docken married Orene Madson, a 1938 Luther graduate, in 1941. They had four children and were active in the local Decorah community.

Docken passed away on November 27, 2003.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 5 boxes

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/library/copyright

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Adrian Docken Papers RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

6/10/24: Abby Bates updated copyright policy link.

11/15/19: EC updated the preferred citation.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1955-2000, n.d.],
[Box 2: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2000, n.d.],
[Box 3: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1942-1996, n.d.],
[Box 4: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1938-1997, n.d.],
[Box 5: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1973-2003, n.d.],
[All]

Box 2: Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2000, n.d.

Folder 1: Bicyclo (3.3.0) octa-1,5-diene-3,7-dione Article and Research, 1980-1981, undated
Folder 2: Steve Bertz and Bell Lab Correspondence and Materials, 1980-1984, undated
Folder 3: Spectra and Experimental Results on Mnoenedione, 1982, undated
Folder 4: Malononitrile and chloral, undated
Folder 5: Pitzenberger, 1978, 1981-1983, undated
Folder 6: Transparencies work sheets etc. Corralacenes, 2000, undated
Folder 7: De-epoxidation - papers etc, 1980, 1985-1988, undated
Folder 8: TBQ: Bis IBF and post cursers Analytical data, 1987, undated
Folder 9: HPLC work on isomers - also on TQ-IBF adducts - done by M. Woodman, 1983, undated
Folder 10: TQ:IBF series to NMR's and HR Mass specs, 1984, 1987, undated
Folder 11: Triptycenequinone (TQ) Preparation, 1973, 1984, undated
Folder 12: Ideas on Means to Promote Diels-Alder Reactions with TQ's etc., 1981-1988, undated
Folder 13: Glen Russell on Triptycene bisquinone (TBQ) etc., 1982-1983, undated
Folder 14: NMR's and Mass Specs of misc. T deriv:s TAT, DATQ, bis Benzyl ether, Acetylated reduced - TQ-IBF, undated
Folder 15: Cyclic Voltammograms on Triptycene quinone (TQ), Triptycene bisquinone (TBQ), and the Triquinones, undated
Folder 16: Cleavage of benzyl ethers, undated
Item 1: Computer drawings related to corralacene project from West Point, 1984
Folder 17: Synthesis of 1,4,8,11 - tetrahydroxypentacene - 5,7,12,14-diquinone, 1978
Folder 18: Quinquinizarin Pentacene quinones, 1977, undated
Folder 19: Rearr. of Acetylated Reduced TQ: IBF adduct, undated
Folder 20: Ti III Reduced TQ:IBF Adduct, undated
Folder 21: Adamantanehexone, 1964, 1990-1996, undated
Folder 22: Experimental Analytical Results from work at Ames and at UCLA by Chapman's Group, 1965, 1973-1975, 1981, undated
Folder 23: Experimental Research Data (Pentalene), 1971, undated
Folder 24: Experimental Research Data on Diazo Compounds (Pentalene), 1975, undated
Folder 25: Dodecahedrane from D.K. or Precursors, 1981-1983, undated
Folder 26: Spectra and Analytical Data, 1967, undated
Folder 27: Ulrich Weiss Reprints etc. and matters pertaining to Reduced Vossen's, 1974-1976, 1980-1981, undated
Folder 28: Experimental Results (Pentalene), 1968, 1973, undated
Folder 29: Experimental Research on "Red" (Pentalene), 1973, 1977, 1981, 1995, undated
Folder 30: Decarboxylation of "Red", 1979-1984, 1995, undated
Folder 31: Alkylation (HBC), 1995, undated
Folder 32: Analytical Data on the Tetra(p-methoxyphenyl) benzenes, 1985, undated
Folder 33: Definitive Spectra and other Analytical Data, 1967-1968, undated
Folder 34: Diacid Experimental Research Data, 1994-1995, undated
Folder 35: NMR on Oxocarbons?, 1990-1991, undated
Folder 36: Tetrabromo etc., 1975, undated
Folder 37: Analytical Data on Oxocarbon Project hexa bromo cpd, 1977, undated
Folder 38: Diketone (DK) to bis tosylhydrazone (BisTsH) to bis deazonium cpd to etc., 1979, undated
Folder 39: Diazonium Route to "oxo" cpds, 1980, undated
Folder 40: HV on dienedione: Linda Smith, 1973-1974, 1979, undated
Folder 41: Carbene Insertion products, undated
Folder 42: Bis Tosyl Hydrazone etc., 1969, 1971, undated
Folder 43: cis-Bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione Summer Research Paper, James A. Duncan, 1966
Folder 44: Lab Equipment Information and Research Notes, 1975, undated
Folder 45: G. Vossen Dissertation Bonn, 1910, undated
Folder 46: Spectra and Anal Data on Vossen's and "Red", 1981, undated
Folder 47: Research Corporation Patent Correspondence, 1975, 1980, undated
Folder 48: oximes, 1957, undated
Folder 49: Chloral-Anhyd. and Hydrate, undated
Folder 50: Poly dimethoyxy benzene, 1992-1996, undated
Folder 51: American Cyanamid Company, 1992-1993, undated
Folder 52: alkyl guanidines, 1982, undated
Folder 53: Infrared and Ultra Violet Spectroscopy, 1965, undated
Folder 54: Conservation of Orbital Symmetry, undated
Folder 55: NMR, 1965-1967, 1973-1974, undated
Folder 56: NMR - Services Available, 1974, undated
Item 2: Free Radicals, American Chemical Society, 1968
Folder 57: Chem 51 Lectures, Spectrums, etc., 1967, 1978, undated
Folder 58: Chem 52 Misc. Lectures etc., 1973, undated
Folder 59: Organic Experiments - Work Sheet, Chem 22, 1968-1969
Folder 60: Colloids, undated
Folder 61: Column Chromatography TLC Melting Point Experiment - Chem 51, 1975-1976, undated
Folder 62: Dihydroxy Triptycene Diacetate, 1975-1976
Folder 63: Oxidation of Hydroquinone (HQ) to p-Benzoquinone (BQ) Student Lab Experiment Chem 51-52, 1976-1977
Folder 64: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) on Eneolone and Dieneone from 3-pentanone, 1984
Folder 65: Titanium coupling and related materials, 1977, undated
Item 3: Phase transfers booklet by R. Alan Jones, 1976
Folder 66: Bob West, 1984
Folder 67: Hart's Papers, 1985-1988
Folder 68: Dicyanohydroquinone (DCNHQ), 1976-1977, undated
Folder 69: James (Jim) A. Duncan, 1976-1981, undated
Folder 70: Martin Studier, 1979-1985, undated
Folder 71: Brainstorms - General, undated
Folder 72: Misc. Corralacene Sheets, undated
Folder 73: Condensed Triptycenes Transparencies for Lectures etc., undated
Folder 74: Hexamethoxy triptycene and monocation radical, undated
Folder 75: Triptycene-2,3-dicarboxylic Acid (routes toward), 1971-1972, 1975-1976, undated
Folder 76: Experimental Research Data, 1976-1977, undated
Folder 77: Trimer, 1986-1988, 1990-1993, undated
Folder 78: Oxocarbons from Dienedione, 1975-1977, undated
Folder 79: Oxocarbon from Diketone Data, Spectra etc., 1976-1979, undated
Folder 80: Oxocarbon Correspondence and Literature, 1962, 1974-1978, undated
Folder 81: Greenhouse Effect, 1988-1989, undated
Folder 82: Buckminsterfullerene, 1988
Folder 83: Philosophy of Science etc., 1988, undated