Grigoriy A. Sereda

Associate Professor   Organic Chemistry   University of South Dakota  M.S., 1988, Moscow State University    Ph.D., 1992, Moscow State University   Current address:   414 E. Clark Street   University of South Dakota,   Department of Chemistry   57069 Vermillion, SD           Teaching schedule CHEM 106 Lecture notes CHEM 326/CHEM 328 Lecture notes CHEM 726 Lecture notes CHEM 482 Lecture notes List of basic organic reactions and reagents

Phone: (605) 677-6190   Fax: (605) 677-6397   e-mail: gsereda@usd.edu

      We are interested in the interdisciplinary areas between organic chemistry, nanotechnology, and photodynamics.
Currently our research is focused on the three following projects:

1. Dark- and phototoxicity of quinone-porphyrin conjugates, controlled by the intramolecular photoelectron transfer.
2. Relationship between nanoscale morphology of carbonaceuos materials and their catalytic activity toward alkylation and oxidation of aromatic compounds.
3. Controlled modification of fluorescent nanocrystals with organic functionalities.

     Our Accomplishments

2007 Northern Plains Undergraduate Research Center (NPURC) Grant

2007 USD Research Catalyst Award

2005 Governor's 2010 Individual Research Seed Grant

2005 USD Technology Enrichment Grant

2005 USD Research Catalyst Award

2005 Joseph F. Nelson and Martha P. Nelson Grant for the collaborative project with the USD School of Medicine
"Study of the Relationshp between Structures of Bicyclic Diquinones and Their Cytotoxicity toward Ovarian Cancer and Leukemia Cell Lines"

2004 USD Research Catalyst Award

2003 Governor Round Award for Teaching with Technology

     Selected Publications

      1. Sereda G., Rajpara, V., Slaba R. The Synthetic Potential of Graphite-Catalyzed Alkylation Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 34, 8351-8357

      2. Sereda G., Rajpara, V. Benzylic Oxidation and Photooxidation by Air in the Presence of Graphite and Cyclohexene Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, 48, 3417-3421

      3. Sereda G.A., Rajpara, V.B. A Green Alternative to Aluminum Chloride Alkylation of Xylene J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 692-693

      4. Cartmill L., Rajpara, V., Sereda G.A. Fluorescent Sensing of Nitro Aromatic Compounds in Solution by 2,5-Dimethylphenyl-(4-substituted phenyl)-methanes Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2007, 2, 63-65

      5. Boote B., Cartmill L., Meier E., Parker N., Pinkelman R., Pudenz M., Weber A., Sereda G.A. Exploration of Graphite-Catalyzed Alkylation and Acylation at an REU Workshop Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2007, 1, 7-9

      6. Sereda G., Van Heukelom J., Koppang M., Ramreddy S., Collins N. Effect of Transannular Interaction on the Redox-potentials in a Series of Bicyclic Quinones Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 2:26 (8 Dec)

      7. Sereda G.A., Van Heukelom J., Ramreddy S. Synthesis of Bicyclic Quinones via 1,4-Diacetoxyanthracene Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47, 8901-8903

      8. Sereda G.A. A Sequence of Linked Experiments, Suitable for Practical Courses of Inorganic, Organic, Computational Chemistry, and NMR Spectroscopy J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 6, 931-933

      9. Sereda G.A. Comparative Methylation of 1,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone: Chemoselectivity in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 12, 1839-1840

      10. Sereda G.A. A Simple and Easy-to-Learn Chart of the Main Classes of Inorganic Compounds and Their Acid-Base Reactions J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 11, 1645-1648

      11. Sereda G.A. Saving Money for Undergraduate Laboratories: How to Resurrect a Disposable Flash Chromatography Column Chemical Educator, 2005, 10, 4, 306-307

      12. Akhvlediani D. G., Sereda G.A. High Selectivity of Monomethylation of 1,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone Versus its 1,5-Dihydroxy-conterpart. J. Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 2005, 1, 19-22

      13. Sereda G. A. NBO-Analysis of peri-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinones and their Deprotonated Forms. J. Chem. Res., 2004, 11, 775-777

      14. Sereda G. A. Alkylation on Graphite in the Absence of Lewis Acids. Tetrahedron Letters, 2004, 45, 7265-7267

      15.Sereda, G. A.; Akhvlediani, D. G. Methylation of 1,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone with and without Use of Solvent-Free Technique Tetrahedron Letters, 2003, 44, 9125-9126

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