Paul A. Bonvallet

Department/Affiliation: Department of Chemistry
Phone: 330-263-2610
Office Address: 124 Severance Hall
Email: pbonvallet@wooster.edu

Degrees

• B.A., Kenyon College 1996 (physics minor)
• Ph.D., University of Wiscosin 2001 with Robert J. McMahon
• Postdoctoral Fellow, The California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles with J. Fraser Stoddart (2002-04)

Area of Research

• Supramolecular chemistry
• Polymer chemistry
• Photochemistry

Courses Taught

• First Year Seminar
• Chemistry 110:  Introductory Chemistry
• Chemistry 211:  Organic Chemistry I
• Chemistry 212:  Organic Chemistry II
• Chemistry 313:  Advanced Organic Chemistry
• Chemistry 401:  Introduction to Independent Study

I.S. Projects

• Justin Keener: Optimization of a Wittig Polymerization for Use in OLEDs
• Max Mullen: A Study of the Kinetic and Binding Properties of Dimeric Calix[4]arene Capped Azobenzene
• Amy Toolis: Dabbling with DABAL: Synthesizing 4,5-Dimethylcatechol from the Trimethylaluminum Adduct DABAL-Me3

Awards, Professional Memberships, and Activities

• Reader and Table Leader for AP Chemistry Exams
• Division of Organic Chemistry Travel Award 2008
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
• National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP)
• Phi Beta Kappa

Publications

• Bonvallet, P. A.; Mullen, M. R.‡; Evans, P. J.‡; Stoltz, K. L.‡; Story, E. N.‡  Improved functionality and control in the isomerization of a calix[4]arene-capped azobenzene. Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 1117-1120.
• Bonvallet, P. A.; Breitkreuz, C. J.; Kim, Y. S.; Todd, E. M.;‡ Traynor, K.; Fry, C. G.; Ediger, M. D.; McMahon, R. J. Organic Glass-Forming Materials: 1,3,5-Tris(naphthyl)benzene Derivatives. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 10051-10057.
• Huang, T. J.; Flood, A. H., Brough, B.; Liu, Y.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Kang, S.; Chu, C.-W.; Guo, T. F.; Lu, W.; Yang, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.; Ho, C.-M. Understanding and Harnessing Biomimetic Molecular Machines for NEMS Actuation Materials. IEEE Trans. Autom. Sci. Eng. (special issue on nanoscale automation and assembly) 2006, 3, 254-259.
• Liu, Y.; Vignon, S. A.; Zhang, X.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Kahn, S. I.; Houk, K. N.; Stoddart, J. F. Dynamic Chirality in Donor-Acceptor Pretzelanes. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 9334-9344.
• Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Vignon, S. A.; Northrop, B. H.; Tseng, H.-R.; Jeppesen, J. O.; Huang, T. J.; Brough, B.; Baller, M.; Magonov, S.; Solares, S. D.; Goddard, W. A.; Ho, C.-M.; Stoddart, J. F. Linear Artificial Molecular Muscles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9745-9759.*
• Liu, Y.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Vignon, S. A.; Kahn, S. I.; Stoddart, J. F. Donor-Acceptor Pretzelanes and a Cyclic Bis[2]Catenane Homologue. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3050-3055.
• Huang, T. J.; Brough, B.; Ho, C.-M.; Liu, Y.; Flood, A. H.; Bonvallet, P. A.; Tseng, H.-R.; Stoddart, J. F.; Baller, M.; Magonov, S. A nanomechanical device based on linear molecular motors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 85, 5391-5393.†
• Swallen, S. F.; Bonvallet, P. A.; McMahon, R. J.; Ediger, M. D. Self-Diffusion of tris-Naphthylbenzene near the Glass Transition Temperature. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2003, 90, 015901/1-015901/4.
• Bonvallet, P. A.; Todd, E. M.;‡ Kim, Y. S.; McMahon, R. J. Access to the Naphthylcarbene Rearrangement Manifold via Isomeric Benzodiazocycloheptatrienes. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 9031-9042.
• Bonvallet, P. A.; McMahon, R. J. Generation, Characterization, and Rearrangements of 4,5 Benzocyclohepta-1,2,4,6-tetraene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9332-9333.
• Bonvallet, P. A.; McMahon, R. J. Photoequilibration of 1 Naphthylcarbene and 4,5 Benzobicyclo[4.1.0]hepta-2,4,6-triene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 10496-10503.

* Highlighted by Chemical Abstracts Services as one of the five “most intriguing” publications of 3rd quarter 2005.

† Featured as cover article
‡ Undergraduate co-author