Professor Office: Turner Hall, room 232 Phone: 757-727-5276 Email: godson.nwokogu@hamptonu.edu

PUBLICATIONS:

Synthesis of Difunctional Triarylethanes with Pendant Ethynyl Groups: Monomers for Cross-linkable Condensation Polymers. Omari, A., Antoine, M.D., Nwokogu, G.C., Hergenrother, P.M., J. Org. Chem., 59, 2506, 1994.

Poly(Arylene ether)s with Pendant Ethynyl Groups. Jensen, B.J., Hergenrother, P.M., Nwokogu, G.C., J. Macromol. Sci.-Pure Appl. Chem., A30(6&7), 449, 1993; Polymer Prepr. 34(1), 461, 1993.

Polyimides with Pendant Ethynyl Groups. Jensen, B.J., Hergenrother, P.M. , Nwokogu, G.C., Polymer, 34(3), 630, 1993; Polymer Prepr. 33(1), 914, 1992.

Synthesis and Anticonvulsant Activity of 2-Benzylglutarimides. Goehring, R.R., Greenwood, T.D., Nwokogu, G.C., Pisipati, J.S., Rogers, T.G., Wolfe, J.F., J. Med. Chem., 33, 926, 1990.

Tetrahalobenzenes as Di-Aryne Equivalents in Polycyclic Arene Synthesis. Hart, H., Lai, C-Y., Nwokogu, G.C., Shamouillian, S., Tetrahedron, 43(22), 5203, 1987.

Chemoselectivity in Palladium-catalyzed Reactions of 2-Bromoallyl Esters. Nwokogu, G.C., J. Org. Chem., 50, 3900, 1985.

A New Type of Functional Group Differentiation in Palladium-catalyzed Reactions. Nwokogu, G.C., Tet. Lett., 25, 3263, 1984.

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:

Nwokogu, G.C., Ayida, B., A Synthetic Study Towards an Ethynylated Azaspirocyclic Intermediate of Histrionicotoxin. Presented at the May, 1994 Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science.

Nwokogu, G.C., Synthesis of Phenoxy Analogs of Difunctional triarylethanes with Pendent Ethynyl Groups. 33rd National Organic Symposium, June 1993, Bozeman, Montana.

Jensen, B.J., Hergenrother, P.M., Nwokogu, G.C., Poly(arylene ether)s with Pendant Ethynyl Groups. ACS National meeting, Denver, CO, March 1993; Polym. Prepr. 34(1), 461, 1993.

Jensen, B.J., Hergenrother, P.M., Nwokogu, G.C., Polyimidess with Pendant Ethynyl Groups. ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1992; Polym. Prepr. 33(1), 914, 1992.

Nwokogu, G.C., Owusu, D., Search for More Efficient Zero-valent Palladium Catalysts Through Variation of the Electronic and Steric properties of Phosphine Ligands. Virginia Academy of Sciences, Blacksburg, VA. May 1991.

Nwokogu, G.C., Omari, A., Synthesis of Bisphenolic Monomers for Crosslinkable Engineering Thermoplastics. 18th Annual Conference of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Washington DC, April 1991.

Nwokogu, G.C., Omari, A., Antoine, M.D., The Synthesis of Ethynylated Difunctional Triarylethanes for High Performance Thermoplastics. 42nd Southeast/46th Southwest Combined Regional ACS Meeting, New Orleans, Dec. 1990.