Dennis H. Burns

Professor
Organic Chemistry
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1986

Tel: 316.978.7375
Fax: 316.978.3431
Email: Dennis.Burns@wichita.edu

Dennis Burns

Research Interests

Selected Publications

  • Burns, Dennis H.; Calderon-Kawasaki, K.; Kularatne, S. "Buried Solvent Determines Both Anion Binding Selectivity and Binding Stoichiometry with Hydrogen Bonding Receptors", J. Org. Chem., 2005, in press.
  • Burns, Dennis H., Carper, W. R. "Anion Recognition in a Model Ion Channel: Effects of Solvation on Chloride Binding to a Porphyrin-Metacyclophane" J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem) 2004, 711, 149-157.
  • Burns, D. H.; Calderon-Kawasaki, K.; Kularatne, S. "Buried Solvent Determines Anion Binding Selectivity with Hydrogen Bonding Receptors", submitted for publication.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Li, Yue Hu; Shi, Dong C.; Caldwell, Tim M. "The Rational Synthesis of Chlorins via Rearrangement of Porphodimethenes: Influence of -Substituents on the Regioselectivity and Stereoselectivity of Pyrroline Ring Formation", J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 4536-4546 .
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Chan, Ho-Kit; Miller, Jeffrey D.; Jayne, Charles L.; Eichhorn, David M. "Synthesis, Modification, and Characterization of a Family of Homologues of exo-Calix[4]arene: exo-[n.m.n.m]Metacyclophanes, n,m ≥ 3",J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 5185-5196.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Shi, Dong C.; Lash, Timothy D. "Synthesis of the Chlorin Macrocycle by the '3 + 1' Approach", Chem. Commun. 2000, 299-300.
  • Amemiya, Shigeru; B hlmann, Philippe; Umezawa, Yoshio; Jagessar, Raymond C.; Burns, Dennis H. "An Ion-Selective Electrode for Acetate Based on a Urea-Functionalized Porphyrin as a Hydrogen Bonding Ionophore", Anal. Chem., 1999, 71, 1049-1054.
  • Jagessar, Raymond C.; Shang, Maoyu; Scheidt, W. Robert; Burns, Dennis H. "Neutral Ligands for Selective Chloride Anion Complexation: (a,a,a,a)-5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(2-(arylurea)phenyl)porphyrins",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 11684-11692.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Burden, Michael W.; Li, Yue Hu, "Transformation of an Acid Dipyrromethane into its Formyl Dipyrromethane without Decarboxylation", J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 1998, 2, 295-304.
  • Burns, Dennis. H.; Li, Yue Hu; Shi, Dong "C-H Bond Activation by Alumina: Facile Hydroxylation of Chlorins at their Saturated -Carbon by Molecular Oxygen and Alumina" Chem. Commun. 1998, 1677-1678.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Miller, Jeffrey D.; Chan, Ho-Kit; Delaney, Michael O. "Scope and Utility of a New Soluble Copper Catalyst [CuBr-S(CH3)2-LiSPh-LiBr]: A Comparison with Other Copper Catalysts in their Ability to Couple One Equivalent of a Grignard Reagent with an Alkyl Sulfonate" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 2125. 2133.
  • Jagessar, Raymond C.; Burns, Dennis H. "(cis)-5,10,15,20-Tetrakis(2-(arylurea)phenyl)porphyrins: Novel Neutral Ligands for Remarkably Selective and Exceptionally Strong Chloride Anion Complexation in DMSO", Chem. Commun. 1997, 1685-1686.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Miller, Jeffrey D. "Synthesis of 6,16,22,32-Tetrahydroxy-[3.3.3.3]metacyclophane with the Aid of a New Copper Catalyst", Tetrahedron Lett., 1994, 35, 5189-5192.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Caldwell, Tim M.; Burden, Michael W. "A Rational Step-by-Step Preparation of a Chlorin from Linear Tetrapyrroles" Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 2883-2886.
  • Burns, Dennis H.; Miller, Jeffrey D.; Santana, Jacqueline "Synthesis and Characterization of [3.3.3.3]Metacyclophane" J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 6526-6528.

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