Dr. Kelley J. Donaghy

Assistant Professor of Chemistry - E-mail

B.S. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Ph.D.  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Research Interests:

Dr. Donaghy's current research interests include boron hydride chemistry and solid state materials.  At present she is working on a molecularly engineered layered materials project in collaboration with the United States Naval Academy.  Dr. Donaghy's research program is focused on helping to find alternative energy sources and "greener" fuels through chemistry.

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Here you will find information about Dr. Donaghy's past and present courses.

Publications and Presentations:

1.  "Metal Interactions with Boron Hydrides" Kelley J. Donaghy, Invited Speaker, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1998

2. "Preparation of Biodiesel from New and Used Fryer Oil: An New Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Lab" Nathan R. Clark and Kelley J. Donaghy, manuscript in progress.

3. "Undergraduate Posters Sessions Benefit All Classes" Kelley J. Donaghy and Pamela Proulx-Curry, manuscript in progress.

4. "New Routes to Alkenylated Decaboranes and Carboranes: Potential Polymeric Precursors." Kelley J. Donaghy, Patrick J. Carroll and Larry G. Sneddon, manuscript in progress.

5. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of New 12- and 13- Vertex Metallacarboranes Based on Supraicosahedral Frameworks." Kelley J. Donaghy, Patrick J. Carroll and Larry G. Sneddon, manuscript accepted by the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry's Special Edition in Honor of Kenneth Wade.

6. "Reactions of 1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene with Boranes, Thiaboranes and Carboranes." Kelley J. Donaghy, Patrick J. Carroll and Larry G. Sneddon, Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 547-553

7. "Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Chemistry of 1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene Lewis Base Adducts of Boranes, Thiaboranes and Carboranes.", Kelley J. Donaghy, Patrick J. Carroll, Larry G. Sneddon, National ACS Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 1995.

8. "Synthesis, Characterization, Chemistry and Polymerization of Disubstituted Decaboranes.", Kelley J. Donaghy, Larry G. Sneddon and Edward E. Remsen, BUSA IV, Syracuse, New York, June 1994.

9. "Architectural Wonders: Supraicosahedral Metallacarboranes." Kelley J. Donaghy, Larry G. Sneddon and Patrick J. Carroll, Graduate Student Seminar Series, Invited Speaker for the Inorganic Division, University of Pennsylvania, October 1992

10. "Synthesis and Characterizations of Supraicosahedral Metallacarboranes." Kelley J. Donaghy, Larry G. Sneddon and Patrick J. Carroll National ACS Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 1993

11. "Synthesis, Characterization and Structure of Supraicosahedral Metallacarboranes." Kelley J. Donaghy, Larry G. Sneddon and Patrick J. Carroll, IMEBORON, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1994

12. "The Preparation, Characterization and Reaction Chemistry of Small Bridging Phosphaborane Systems Prepared from the Reaction of [(2,2-dimethyl-1-(trimethylsiloxy)propylidene)trimethylphosphine] with Pentaborane (9).", Miller, R.W.; Donaghy, K.J.; Spencer, J.T.; Phosphorus Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem. 1991, 57,287.

13. "Small Heteroborane Cluster Systems. 2. Preparation of Phosphaborane systems from the Reaction of Small Borane Cages with Low Coordinate Phosphorous Compounds: Reaction Chemistry of Phosphaalkenes with Pentaborane(9)." Miller, R.W.; Donaghy, K.J.; Spencer, J.T.; Organometallics, 1991, 10, 1161-1172.

14. "Synthesis and Organometallic Chemistry of Linked nido-carborane ligands", Kelley J. Donaghy, James T. Spencer, Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, Albany, New York, July 1989.

15. "Synthesis of Linked nido-carborane ligands", Kelley J. Donaghy, James T. Spencer, ACS Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 1988

16. "The Theoretical Analysis, Synthesis, Reactivity and Organometallic Chemistry of Several Small nido-Heteroborane Systems." Kelley J. Donaghy, Robert W. Miller, Thomas A. Whelan and James T. Spencer. ACS Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 1988

17. "The Theoretical Analysis andSynthesis of Several Small nido-Heteroborane Systems." Kelley J. Donaghy, Robert W. Miller, Thomas A. Whelan and James T. Spencer. Undergraduate Research Symposium, Albany, New York, March 1987.