The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1957-2002 | Luther College Archives

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Box 1: Papers of Adrian Docken

Folder 1: COSIP Grant Papers, 1972-1976, 1980, undated

Folder 2: National Science Foundation (NSF) Equipment Grant 1, 1962-1963

Folder 3: Iowa Science Foundation (ISF) Proposal, 1997

Folder 4: Iowa Academy, 1994-1997, 2002-2003

Folder 5: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Grant, 1966-1968

Folder 6: Faculty Research Grant II, 1982, 1984, 1987

Item 1: Council for Chemical Research mail, 1983

Folder 7: Pew Grant, 1988-1989

Folder 8: ACS - Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Fellowship at Stanford, 1966-1969

Folder 9: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Grant, 1979-1980

Folder 10: Grant Material - Shell Proposal, 1963-1980, 1987, undated

Folder 11: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Grant, 1969-1970

Folder 12: Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Final Copy, 1980

Folder 13: Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Application - Type B, 1969

Folder 14: Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Application and Grant, 1964-1966, 1970, 1981, undated

Folder 15: First Notice 69A Proposal, 1979, 1980

Folder 16: 3M Proposal, 1965

Folder 17: National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Fellowship, 1960, 1962, undated

Folder 18: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant I, 1955-1959, undated

Folder 19: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant II, 1958-1961

Folder 20: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant III, 1959-1964

Folder 21: National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.) Research, 1958-1960

Folder 22: Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Evaluations, 1967-1968, 1973

Folder 23: U of MN and U of IA Mass Spectrometry Forms, 1987, 1990

Folder 24: Copies of Forms sent to Colorado State NMR Facility, 1984, undated

Folder 25: Instructions and Forms for Colorado State NMR Facility, 1985-1986, undated

Folder 26: Nebraska Mass Spectrometry Facility, 1984, 1987

Item 2: Iowa State University Chemical Instrument Services, undated

Folder 27: Klaus Mullen, 2002, undated

Folder 28: U of M Cyclic Voltammetry Results on HHHBC and THNBC (HBC), January 1987

Folder 29: UVs on Hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs), undated

Folder 30: Hexamethoxy (HM) Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) and Organic Ferromagnets, 1988, 2000, undated

Folder 31: Mass Specs, Nicolet, IBM, CSU, 1982, 1985, 1991, undated

Folder 32: High Resolution Mass Specs on Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC's) - Correspondence, 1991

Folder 33: Fourier Transform Infrareds (FT-IR) of Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC), undated

Folder 34: Mike Daniels Reports, summer 1987

Folder 35: Michael Ward, undated

Folder 36: NASA - Bernstein, 1999, undated

Folder 37: Hart's Reprints, 1981-1986, 1990-1991

Folder 38: Pitzenberger - NMR on Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC), 1992

Folder 39: NMR's on hexabenzocoronenes (HBC) - oxidation product and methoxy cpds, 1982-1984

Folder 40: NMR's on DiMe TMTPB and supposed DiMe TMTBA, 1984

Folder 41: NMR's on Hydroxy HBC's, TMHBC solid and HMHBC solid, 1984-1986, 1991, undated

Folder 42: Dave Weil 3M - Mass Spectrums, 1991, 1993

Folder 43: Electrospray Mass Spectrometry at various colleges (including NYU), 1992, undated

Folder 44: NMR's on oxidized hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC) - Gerstein, 1992

Folder 45: NMR's on Oxidized Product from HHHBC (HBC), 1989

Folder 46: Experimental Research Data, undated

Folder 47: HMHPB-HHHBC, 1974, 1978-1979, 1982, undated

Folder 48: Dimethoxytolane, Dianisyl acetylene, 1970-1976, 1983-1988, undated

Folder 49: Anisoin - Anisil, 1967, 1980-1985, undated

Folder 50: Ideas for Oxidation of HHHBC's (HBC), Methoxy cpds etc, 1981, 1989, undated

Folder 51: Di p-tolyl acetone and Dimethyoxy dibenzyl ketone, 1982, 1988, undated

Folder 52: DMHBC and precursors, 1982, undated

Folder 53: TMHPB - TMHBC, undated

Folder 54: Oxidation Product of Benzil bis Hydrazone, 1987, undated

Folder 55: Ethoxy-series NMR's and Mass Specs, 1986, undated

Folder 56: Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) on oxidized hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC), 1992, undated

Item 3: Mass Spec on 9,10-Dimethyl TPB and cyclized rearranged product from U of MN, October 1984

Folder 57: Hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) and Hexabenzocoronene (HBC), 1967, 1976, 1986, undated

Folder 58: Hydrabenzocoronenes (HBC) with N- Cation plus +, 1987-1988

Folder 59: Hexamethoxyhexabenzocoronene (HBC) precursors spectra, etc., undated

Folder 60: Transparencies on hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project - Ethoxy Series, 1986, undated

Folder 61: Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project - Miscellaneous, 1976-1994, undated

Folder 62: Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project - Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 63: Hexabenzocoronene (HBC) Project, 1986-1998, undated

Folder 64: Hexabenzocoronenes (HBCs) Transparencies and Worksheets, undated

Folder 65: Ideas for further work, 1973-1978, 1992-1998, undated

Folder 66: Cyanocarbons Experimental Research Data, 1973, 1979-1980, undated

Folder 67: Preparation of Vossen's Salt - Chloralidene Dimethylmalonate (DMM), 1978-1979, 1995, undated

Folder 68: "Red" Salt from Vossen's, undated

Box 2: Papers of Adrian Docken, undated

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

Box 3: Papers of Adrian Docken, undated

Folder 1: Special Projects, 1968-1969, 1972-1974, undated

Folder 2: Churchane, 1970-1975, undated

Folder 3: Humanities Seminar, 1960-1961

Folder 4: Papers - Understanding Science, Science and Religion, etc., 1957, undated

Folder 5: Methylcyanoacetate method, 1995, undated

Item 1: American Chemical Society (ACS) Short Courses for Carbene Chemistry, 1964

Folder 6: 2-Pyrrolidinone (reaction with sulfur), 1969, undated

Folder 7: Chapel talks, etc., 1943, undated

Item 2: Flouridation, 1958

Item 3: Photochem packet from the American Chemical Society (ACS), 1968

Folder 8: Amino Acids-Proteins-Chem 52L, 1978, undated

Folder 9: Chem 51-52, Carbohydrate lect., 1970, undated

Folder 10: Organic Distillation Experiment, 1972-1978

Folder 11: Organic lectures for Chem 21-22, 1968-1974

Folder 12: Photochemistry, 1975

Folder 13: Interim Course on the Environment-Pollution, 1970

Folder 14: "Silent Spring" Comments, 1962-1963

Folder 15: Water in Alcohols by Gas Chromatagraph (G.C.), 1967

Folder 16: Miscellaneous Clippings, undated

Folder 17: Nitrogen Cycle, undated

Folder 18: Concepts of Substance and Chemical Element, undated

Folder 19: Energy Crisis, 1972-1973

Folder 20: Solar Energy, 1976-1977, 1981, undated

Folder 21: McConnell-Parapsychology, 1975-1978, undated

Folder 22: Pollution - Ecology, 1970

Folder 23: Solid State, 1974, undated

Folder 24: Salsbury Labs, 1969-1973, undated

Folder 25: Ketomalonate - Dimedone, Jim Duncan, 1967, 1979-1980, undated

Item 4: Spectra on Jim Duncan cpds, 1979

Folder 26: Ketomalonate - Ketomalononitrile, 1967, undated

Folder 27: 1,5-dione cyclopentanediol cyclopentadiene, 1985, undated

Folder 28: Experimental Research Data, 1985, undated

Folder 29: Ketal or Enol ethers of a Dianisoyl methane, undated

Folder 30: "The" Glyoxal - Synthesis and Reaction with "the" Di Bz ketone, undated

Folder 31: Experimental Research Data, 1984-1986, undated

Folder 32: Research Relating to Benzocyclobutene, 1964-1986, undated

Folder 33: Lay talks on Chemistry, undated

Folder 34: Career Day - Wartburg, 1962-1963, undated

Folder 35: Polyquinhydrone, 1961, 1973, 1984, 1990-1996, undated

Folder 36: Polyanthracenes and related ideas, 1984, undated

Folder 37: Super conductivity and related materials, 1942, 1973-1987, undated

Folder 38: Pentalene, General, undated

Folder 39: Pentalene Preps, 1970-1973, undated

Folder 40: iT energy calc., undated

Folder 41: Pi Complexes with Pentalene, 1971, undated

Folder 42: UCLA Info, 1974, 1981, undated

Folder 43: Diphenic Acid, undated

Folder 44: Barbituric Acid and Keto Malonate, 1967, undated

Folder 45: Dimethyl Ketomalanate (DMKM) and Dibenzyl Ketone, 1967, undated

Folder 46: Dimethyl Ketomalanate (DMKM) and DMM, undated

Folder 47: Dimethyl Ketomalanate (DMKM) and Dibenzoyl Methane (DBM), 1969, undated

Folder 48: Dodecahedrane, 1973-1988, undated

Folder 49: Preparation of Imidazolium Chloride plus Aluminum Chloride Melt, 1982-1986, undated

Folder 50: Preparation of 1,4-anthraquinone, undated

Folder 51: Brenda Case - Corralacene, 1994

Folder 52: Misc. notes, ideas, etc. on corralacenes - outdated, 1969, 1979, undated

Folder 53: Steve Davis Reports, 1983

Folder 54: John Schoer's Reports, 1984

Folder 55: Jenny Reppen Report, 1986-1987

Folder 56: Acetylation of Reduced TQ: IBF Adduct, 1984, undated

Folder 57: Quinone Preparation and Notes, 1975-1987, undated

Folder 58: Notes and Experimental Records on use of Various Compounds on TQ or TBQ, 1959, 1980-1982, undated

Folder 59: Surface Catalysis of Diels-Alder Reactions, 1984-1987, undated

Folder 60: AT&T Marty Kaplan, December 1984

Item 5: Dave Lokinsgard paper, 1970

Folder 61: Gary Efterfield, 1986

Folder 62: Peggy Etter, 1984-1985

Folder 63: Sonochemistry, 1983

Folder 64: Rusek (tetra)-hexabromo diketone, 1979, undated

Item 6: unsuccessful trials for mass spec on HBC samples and TBQ-IBF, 1984

Folder 65: Vanderbilt Visit, 1981-1988, undated

Folder 66: Sara Stefl-Tetrabenzanthracenes, 1988-1996, undated

Folder 67: Thoughts on how to get tetra (p-meo-phenyl)benzene, 1988-1993, undated

Folder 68: NMR's and mass specs - Methoxy TBA series, 1986, undated

Folder 69: Ar4, Monocyclized, TBA's, 1986

Folder 70: Tetrabenzanthracenes, 1993, undated

Folder 71: Experimental Research Data, 1980-1987, undated

Box 4: Papers of Adrian Docken, undated

Item 1: Chem lab photograph, undated

Folder 1: Restricted - recommendations A-F, 1958-1987

Folder 2: Restricted - recommendations G-J, 1960-1986

Folder 3: Restricted - recommenations KLM, 1959-1986

Folder 4: Restricted - recommendations N-T, 1959-1996

Folder 5: Restricted - recommendations U-Z, 1961-1984

Folder 6: Faculty Grant, 1996

Folder 7: David John Bagenda, 1966-1969

Folder 8: Correspondence - including recommendations, 1967-1976

Folder 9: Correspondence A, 1958-1991

Folder 10: Correspondence B, 1958-1997, undated

Folder 11: Correspondence C, 1959-1997

Folder 12: Correspondence D, 1960-1992, undated

Folder 13: Correspondence E, 1957-1984, undated

Folder 14: Correspondence F, 1958-1993, undated

Folder 15: Correspondence G, 1963-1985

Folder 16: Correspondence H, 1958-2000, undated

Folder 17: Correspondence I, 1963-1994

Folder 18: Correspondence J, 1963-1989

Folder 19: Correspondence K, 1958-2001, undated

Folder 20: Correspondence L, 1958-1997, undated

Folder 21: Correspondence M, Mc, 1959-1997

Folder 22: Correspondence N, 1960-1977

Folder 23: Correspondence O, 1959-1985

Folder 24: Correspondence P, 1958-1986

Folder 25: Correspondence Q, 1963-1983, undated

Folder 26: Correspondence R, 1960-1983

Folder 27: Correspondence S, 1958-2000

Folder 28: Correspondence T, 1960-1996

Folder 29: Correspondence UV, 1963-1992

Folder 30: Correspondence W, 1958-2000

Folder 31: Correspondence XYZ, 1963-1984

Folder 32: Correspondence - Misc., undated

Item 2: Faculty Vitae, 1968-1969

Folder 33: Operation Corral - Dormant File, 1966-1972, 1984, undated

Folder 34: Dioxime Derivative - Abbott Laboratories, 1957-1958

Folder 35: American Engineering Project, 1956-1959

Folder 36: Experimental Research Data, 1952, undated

Folder 37: Fellowships, 1956, 1961, undated

Folder 38: Research at Northwestern, 1938-1941, undated

Item 3: College Science Improvement Program Final Proposal, April 1970

Folder 39: Research Corp. Proposal, 1975

Folder 40: Research Corporation Grant II - Docken, 1958

Folder 41: Research Corportation General Grant, 1962-1963, undated

Folder 42: Research Corporation - Current, 1961-1971, 1999, undated

Folder 43: Research Corporation Project I, 1945-1959

Folder 44: Research Corp. - Renewal Application, 1984-1987, undated

Folder 45: Research Corporation, 1982-1984, undated

Folder 46: Chem 51 - Identifying an Unknown Aldehyde or Ketone, 1972-1975, undated

Folder 47: Org. Lab - General, 1975-1976, undated

Folder 48: Hexstrol, 1940-1949

Folder 49: p-Benzoquinone Dioxime, 1952-1958, undated

Folder 50: Sequence Determination on a Dipeptide, 1977-1978, 1986

Folder 51: Sequence Determination on a Dipeptide, Background Material, 1965, 1972, undated

Folder 52: Identification of an Unknown Carbohydrate, 1968-1976, undated

Box 5: Papers of Adrian Docken, undated

Folder 1: Experimental Research Data, 1973, 1985, 1988, undated

Folder 2: Operation Corral, 1983, 2000, undated

Folder 3: "An Unexpected Formation of Fullerenes," Mass Spectral Analyses, 1989, 1996-1997, undated

Folder 4: Cyanamid - Product Agreements, 1992, 2000

Folder 5: Carolyn on Radical Cation, October 2000, undated

Folder 6: Rajca's Papers, Correspondence, 1991-1996

Folder 7: Leo Paquette Correspondence, November 1998

Folder 8: Smalley, November 1997

Folder 9: Mario Ruben, 2000

Folder 10: IBM - Zurich, 1998-2000

Folder 11: J. Kochi, 2000-2002

Folder 12: The Story of Corralacene, undated

Folder 13: NMR'S Mass Spectrometry Methoxy Approach Corrallacene, 1984, 1996-2000, undated

Folder 14: Biographical Information, 1979, 1990, 2003, undated