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David R. Dalton

Professor
Organic
Office: Beury 222B
Phone: 215-204-7138
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Biography

1962-1963

1962

1957

Selected Awards
Postdoctoral researcher, UCLA and Ohio State

Ph.D. UCLA

B.S. Northwestern

The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, Temple University.  The College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, Temple University. The Great Teacher Award, Temple University. The Philadelphia Section, American Chemical Society Award (Sponsored by Merck, Inc.) for "Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Chemical Science." Honors Professor of the Year (Voted by the students of the Temple University Honors Program).

Interests

There are two foci. First, reaction of gaseous alkenes with gaseous HCl. Second, the synthesis of derivatives of opiates.

Select Publications

Mascavage, L. M.; Jasmin, S. ; Sonnet, P. E.; Wilson, M.; Dalton, D. R. "Alkaloids" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Technology, Wiley, , DOI:10.1002/14356007.a01_353.pub2, 2011.

L. M. Mascavage, J. Tierney, P. E. Sonnet and D. R. Dalton, "The Hoffmann-Schiff dichotomy:on the reaction between chloral and amines" Archive for Organic Chemistry (ARKIVOC), 2010 : Commemorative Issue in Honor of Dr. Bruce E. Maryanoff and Dr. Cynthia A. Maryanoff ARKAT-USA : 2010 278. 

Dalton, David R. Foundations of Organic Chemistry: Unity and Diversity of Structures, Pathways, and Reactions . Wiley-VCH Publishers , New York (2011). QD251.3.D35 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-47908-7