Ronald Blankespoor

Dr. Ronald Blankespoor
Professor Emeritus
Chemistry and Biochemistry
DeVries Hall 318 (Map)
(616) 526-6174
blan@calvin.edu

Education

BA Dordt College, 1968
PhD Iowa State University , 1971

Thesis: "Cyclic Unsaturated Semidiones and Ketyls"
Thesis Advisor: Professor Glen A. Russell

Professional experience

Professor of Chemistry, Calvin College, 1977-present; Chair of the Department 1992-95, 2003-2006; Brummel Professor of Chemistry, 2006 - present
Research Associate, Centre Nationale de la Recherche, University of Paris, 2001
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Paris, 2000
Research Associate, Centre Nationale de la Recherche, Aubiere, France, 1991-92
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1988
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1983-84
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1980, 1982
Assistant/Associate Professor of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 1973-77
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1971-73

Research and scholarship

Highly enantioselective and regioselective substitution reactions using chiral rhodium catalysts

Publications

Substituent Effects on the Amination of Racemic Allyl Carbonates Using Commercially Available Chiral Rhodium Catalysts in Tetrahedron Letters 54
by Atallah T., Blankespoor R. L., Homan P., Hulderman C., Samas B.M., Van Allsburg K., Vrieze D.C.
Published: January 1, 2013

Blankespoor, R.L. "Chemistry of 3-Alkynals." Organic Preparations and Procedures International 2010,
42, 467-477.

Blankespoor, R.L. Boldenow, P.; Hansen, E.C.; Kallemeyn, K.M.; Lohse, A.G.; Rubush, D.M.; and Vrieze, D. "Photochemical Synthesis of b-Alkynals from 1-Alkynoxy-9,10-Anthraquinones," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009, 74, 3933-3.

Porter-Peden, L.; Kamper, S. G.; Vander Wal, M.; Blankespoor, R.; Sinniah, K. “Estimating Kinetic and Thermodynamic Parameters from Single Molecule Enzyme—Inhibitor Interactions,” Langmuir 2008, 24, 11556-11561.

Kamper, S. G.; Porter-Peden, L.; Blankespoor, R.; Sinniah, K.; Zhou, D.; Abell, C.; Rayment, T. “Investigating the Specific Interactions between Carbonic Anhydrase and a Sulfonamide Inhibitor by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy,” Langmuir 2007, 23, 12561-12565.

Blankespoor, R.L.; Hogendoorn, S.; Pearson, A. “Competitive Nitration of Benzene-Fluorobenzene and Benzene-Toluene Mixtures: Orientation and Reactivity Studies Using HPLC” J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 697-8.

Blankespoor, R.L.; Limges, Benôit; Schöllhorn, B.; Syssa-Magalé, J.-L.; Yazidi, D. “Dense Monolayers of Metal-Chelating Ligands Covalently Attached to Carbon Electrodes Electrochemically and Their Useful Application in Affinity Binding of Histidine-Tagged Proteins.” Langmuir 2005, 21, 3362-3375.

Blankespoor, R.L.; DeVries, T.; Hansen, E.; Kallemeyn, J.M.; Klooster, A.M.; Mulder, J.A.; Smart, R.P.; Vander Griend, D.A. “Photochemical Synthesis of Aldehydes in the Solid Phase,” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 2677-2681.

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