LeRoy W. Haynes

LeRoy W. Haynes, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, is a native of Long Island, New York. He received his B.A. from Drew University in 1956 and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1961. His research interests include synthesis and reactions of organic heterocyclic compounds, identification of insect pheromones, and the isolation and characterization of compounds from plants. Roy has taken research leaves at the University of Texas, Cornell University, The University of Iowa, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, and the USDA Laboratory in Gainesville, Florida. He enjoys sailing, sailboarding, and cross country skiing. Roy is a long-time member of the choir at The First Presbyterian Church of Wooster and has served on various church committees. He was on the board of Wee Care, a non-profit pre-school, for two terms. Roy retired at the end of the 1998-1999 academic year after teaching at Wooster for 38 years.

During the Fall Semester of 2000, Roy agreed to come out of retirement to teach a lecture section of Organic Chemistry I (211) and supervise two afternoons of 211 laboratory. In addition, he taught Energy Sources (Chemistry 202) during the 2002 summer session and Chemistry and the World in Which We Live (Chemistry 101), primarily as a laboratory course, during the 2005 summer session. He served as director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2007 summer research program.

Recent Publications:

Pett, Virginia B.; Haynes, LeRoy W. Conformation and hydrogen bonding for the bicyclic compound 3-thiabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-6,7-dicarboxylic acid 3,3-dioxide. Acta Cryst. Section C 2008, C64(9), o485-o488.

Zeller, Matthias; Pett, Virginia B.; Haynes, LeRoy W. Ring opening of pyridines: the pseudo-cis and pseudo-trans isomers of tetra-n-butylammonium 4-nitro-5-oxo-2-pentenenitrilate. Acta Cryst. 2007, C63, o343-o346.

Haynes, LeRoy W.; Pett, Virginia B. Structures of the Intermediates Formed in the Ring-Opening Reaction of 2-Chloro-3-nitropyridine. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 633-635.

Pett, Virginia B.; Haynes, LeRoy W. 2,5-Dichloro-2,5-dihydrothiophene 1-oxide: determination of its complete stereochemistry. Acta Cryst. Section C 2005, C61(4), 0211-0212.

Amburgey-Peters, Judith C.; Haynes, LeRoy W. The addition of bromine to 1,2-diphenylethene. J. Chem. Ed. 2005, 82, 1051-1052.

Lingenfelter, Eric A.; Williams, Roger N.; Haynes, LeRoy W. Evaporation rates of a five-component attractant for the rose chafer (Coleoptera: scarabaeidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 2003, 38(1), 104-110.

Leskey, Tracy C.; Prokopy, Ronald J.; Wright, Starker E.; Phelan, P. Larry; Haynes, LeRoy W. Evaluation of individual components of plum odor as potential attractants for adult plum curculios. J Chem Ecol. 2001 27(1) 1-17.

Invited Lectures and Papers/Posters Presented at Professional Meetings:

LeRoy Haynes; Chemical Defenses of Plants and Insects; Faculty Seminar, The College of Wooster, January 1999.

LeRoy Haynes; A Tale of Fire Ants, USDA Scientists, and a College of Wooster Chemist; Women in Science Forum, The College of Wooster, November 1998.

LeRoy Haynes; The Isolation of Compounds from Florida Betony Tubers Which Deter Fire Ant Feeding. USDA/ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL, November 1997.

LeRoy Haynes; Isolation and Characterization of Plant Compounds Having Adverse Effects on Fire Ants; Science Round Table. The College of Wooster, November 1997.

V. B. Pett and L. W. Haynes; How Can We Design a Therapeutic Drug?; American Chemical Society National Meeting, Symposium: Using Real-World Questions and Active Learning to Teach Students How Science Is Actually Done, San Francisco, CA, April 1996.

V. B. Pett and L. W. Haynes; Development of a ChemLinks Module; Science Roundtable, The College of Wooster, December 1995.