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

Collection Overview

Title: The Papers of Adrian Docken, 1910-2003Add to your cart.

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Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Adrian Docken Papers RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa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


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

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[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.],
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