Education: B. S. Lafayette College, Easton,
PA , 1961
M. S. Yale University, New Haven, CN, 1963
Ph.D. Yale University, New Haven, CN, 1966
Employment: 1965-1966 Research Associate,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
1966-1968 U.S. Army
1968-1970 Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory
1970-1974 Assistant Professor, Auburn University
1974-1979 Associate Professor, Auburn University
1979 -1998 Professor, Auburn University
1998- 2002 Mosley Professor of Science and Humanities, Auburn
University
2002- Professor Emeritus, Auburn university
Publications:
106. Tsai, J-Yi.; Bouhadir, K. H.;
Zhou, J-L.; Webb, T. R.; Sun, Y.; Shevlin, P. B. "Synthesis of
Purine- and Pyrimidine-Substituted Heptadienes. The Stereochemistry
of Cyclization and Cyclopolymerization Products".
J.
Org. Chem.
2003,
68, 1235-1241.
105. Sevin, F; Sökmen, I; Düz, B.;
Shevlin, P. B. "Trapping of a Cycloheptatetraene in the Reaction of
Atomic Carbon with Phenol"
Tetrahedron
Letters
2003,
44, 3405 - 3407.
104. Ye, Q.; Li, J.; Jones, M. Jr.;
Wu, H.; McKee, M. L.; Shevlin, P. B. "9-Carbonylcarbene by
indirection" Tetrahedron
Letters
2002,
43, 735.
103. Geise, C. M.; Hadad, C. M.; Zheng, F.; Shevlin, P. B. "An Experimental and Computational Evaluation of the Energetics of the Isomeric Methoxy-phenylcarbenes Generated in Carbon Atom Reactions" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2002,124, 355-364..
102. Ye, Q.; Jones, M. Jr.; Chen, T.; Shevlin, P. B. "Bicyclo[2.2.2]octylidene" Tetrahedron Letters 2001, 42, 6979.
101. McKee, M. L.; Shevlin, P. B. "A Plethora of Carbene Interconversions on the C5H4S Energy Surface: A Computational Study" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9418-9425.
100. Hall, M. H.; Lu H.; Shevlin, P. B. "Observation of Both Thermal First-Order and Photochemical Zero-Order Kinetics in the Rearrangement of [6,5] Open Fulleroids to [6,6] Closed Fullerenes" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1349.
99. Shevlin, P. B. Book Review of "Lecture Notes on Fullerene Chemistry: A Handbook for Chemists" By Roger Taylor, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 4846-4846.
98. Lee Wang, L.; Shevlin, P. B. "Palladium-Mediated Formation of Bowl-Shaped Molecules: Synthesis of as-Indaceno[3,2,1,8,7,6,-pqrstuv]picenes," Organic Letters; 2000, 2, 4115 4115.
97. Le Wang and Philip B. Shevlin, "Formation of Benzo[ghi]fluoranthenes by Palladium Catalyzed Intramolecular Coupling" Tetrahedron Letters 2000, 41, 285-288.
96. Pan, W; Armstrong, B. M.; Shevlin, PB; Crittell, C. H.; Stang, P. J. "A Potential Chemical Source of C2" Chem. Lett. 1999, 849-849.
95. Zheng, F., McKee, M. L., Shevlin, P. B.
"An Unusual Isotope Effect in the
Reactions of the Naphthylcarbenes",
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1999,121,
11237-11238.
94. Xu, G., Chang, T.-M., Zhou, J.,
McKee, M. L., Shevlin, P. B. "An Unusual Cleavage
of an Energetic Carbene", J. Amer.
Chem. Soc.
1999,
121, 7150-7151.
93. Zhou, J.; Tsai, J-Y; Bouhadir, K;
Shevlin, P B. "N2-acetyl-O6-(2-(P-nitrophenyl)ethyl)guanine: a
convenient building block
for the synthesis of 9-substituted guanine derivatives.
Synth.
Commun.
1999,
29, 3003-3009.
92. Armstrong, B. M.; McKee, M. L.; Shevlin, P. B. "Modification of the Intramolecular Reactivity of t-Butylmethylene by the Introduction of a Phenyl Group" J. Org. Chem, 1998, 63, 7408.
91. Zhou, J.L.; Shevlin, P. B. "A Convenient Synthesis of Racemic 2'-Deoxy Carbocyclic Thymidines Lacking the 5'-Methylene Group" Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 8373.
90. Tsai, J-Y.; Shevlin, P. B. "The
Structure of the Products of the Cyclooligomerization of Sulfur
Dioxide with Diethyl Diallylmalonate."
J. Org.
Chem,
1998,
63, 3230.
89. Armstrong, B. M.; Zheng F.; Shevlin, P. B. "The Mode of Attack of
Atomic Carbon on Benzene Rings" J.
Amer. Chem.
Soc.,1998,
120, 6007.
88. Zhou, J.L.; Shevlin, P. B. "A Short Synthesis of 1-Vinyluracil and 1-Vinylthymine" Synthetic Communications, 1997, 27, 3591.
87. Zhou, J.L.; Bouhadir, K.; Webb, T. R.; Shevlin, P. B. "6-Isobutyrylaminopurine: A Convenient Building Block for the Synthesis of Carbocyclic Adenosine Analogs" Tetrahedron Letters, 1997, 38, 4037.
86. Pan, W.; Balci, M.; Shevlin, P. B. "The Thiacyclohexatriene-Thiophenylcarbene Rearrangement. A Sulfur Analog of the Cycloheptatetraene-Phenylcarbene Rearrangement" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 5035.
85. Pan, W.; Shevlin, P. B. "The Chemistry of the N-Methyl-3-dehydropyridinium Ylid" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 5091.
84. LaFrancois, C. J.; Shevlin, P. B. "An
Experimental and Computational Investigation of the
Electrocyclic Ring Opening of ÿ-Fluorocyclopropyl Radicals"
Tetrahedron
1997,
53, 10071.
83. Dastan, A.; Nawaz, M. t.; Ulku, D.;
Shevlin, P. B.; Balci, M. "Bromination of Decalin and its
Derivatives. 9. High Temperature
Bromination"J. Org.
Chem.
1997,
62, 4018.
82. Li, Z.; Shevlin, P. B. " Why is the Rearrangement of [6.5] Open
Fullerenes to [6,6] Closed Fullerenes Zero Order?"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1997,
119, 1149.
81. Thamattoor, D. M. , Jones, M. Jr.; Pan, W.; Shevlin, P. B. "Cyclopropylmethylcarbene" Tetrahedron Letters 1996, 37, 8333.
80. Pan, W.; Shevlin, P. B. "The Reaction of Atomic and Molecular Carbon with Cyclooctatetraene" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 10004.
79. Li, Z.; Bouhadir, K. H.; Shevlin, P. B. "Convenient Syntheses of 6,5 Open and 6,6 Closed Cycloalkylidenefullerenes" Tetrahedron Letters, 1996, 37, 4651.
78. A. Illies, P. B. Shevlin, G. Childers, M. Peschke and J. Tsai "Mass Spectrometry for Large Laboratory Sections" J. Chem. Educ. 1995, 72, 717.
77. B. M. Armstrong, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin "A Computational and Experimental Investigation of "Free" t-Butylmethylene, a Carbene Stabilized by Bond Participation" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1995 117, 3685.
76. C. J. LaFrancois and P. B. Shevlin "The Formation of Both CCl and CF in the Reaction of Atomic Carbon with Chlorofluorocarbons" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 9405.
75. C. J. Emanuel and P. B. Shevlin "The Mechanism of the Reaction of Atomic Carbon with Pyrrole. Evidence for the Intermediacy of A Novel Dehydropyridinium Ylid" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1994 116, 5991-2.
74. B. M. Armstrong and P. B. Shevlin
"Carbon Atom Routes to Nitrenes"
J. Amer. Chem. Soc.
1994
116, 4071-2.
73. I-W. Chuang and P. B. Shevlin "The
Reaction of Ferrocene with Acetylene to Generate Methylferrocene. An
Unusual Labeling Result"
Organometallics,
1994,
13, 1556.
72. T-M. Chang, A. Naim, S. N. Ahmed, G. Goodloe and P. B. Shevlin
"On the Mechanism of Fullerene Formation. Trapping of Some Possible
Intermediates" J. Amer. Chem. Soc.
1992
114, 7603.
71. A. Naim and P. B. Shevlin "Reversible Addition of Hydroxide to the Fullerenes." Tetrahedron Letters 1992 33, 7097.
70. A. Naim, G. Mills and P. B. Shevlin "Cyclization of 1,6-Heptadienes by ÿ-Hydroxy Radicals." Tetrahedron Letters 1992 33, 6797.
69. J. M. Fox, J. E. Gillen, K. G. H. Jones, M. Jones, Jr., P. B. Shevlin, B. Armstrong and R. Sztyrbicka "The Phenylcarbene Rearrangement as a Source of Real Carbenes," Tetrahedron Letters 1992, 5021-24.
68. G. Flanagan, S. N. Ahmed and P. B. Shevlin "The Formation of Carbohydrates in the Reaction of Atomic Carbon with Water." J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 3892.
67. A. Naim and P. B. Shevlin, "A Simple Preparation of 1-Substituted Uracils." Synthetic Comm. 1990, 3439.
66. R. Sztyrbicka. M. M. Rahman, M. E. D'Aunoy and P. B. Shevlin, "The Reactions of CF with Aromatics" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 6712.
65. J-H. Chou, M. L. McKee, J. De Felippis, M. Squillacote and P. B. Shevlin, "Experimental and Computational Evidence Indicating that Initial Carbene Conformation is Product Determining in the Reactions of Cyclopropylmethylene." J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 3291.
64. M. L. McKee, G. C. Paul and P. B. Shevlin, "An Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Mechanism of the Deoxygenation of THF by Atomic Carbon." J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 3374.
63. G. H. Jeong, K. J. Klabunde, O-G. Pan, G. C. Paul and P. B. Shevlin, "Reactions of Carbon Atoms/Clusters with Methane, Methylbromide and Water at 10oK and 77oK" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 8784.
62. P. B. Shevlin, M. L. McKee, "A
Theoretical Investigation of the Intramolecular Reactions of
Cyclopropylmethylene."J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1989,
111, 519.
61. P. B. Shevlin, R. D. Cantrell, "The Formation of Substituted
Ferrocenes in the Reaction between Iron Atoms, Cyclopentadiene, and
Alkynes." J. Amer. Chem. Soc.
1989,
111, 2348,.
60. P. S. Skell, L. Jackman, S. Ahmed, M. L. McKee, P. B. Shevlin, "Some Reactions and Properties of Molecular C2. An Experimental and Theoretical Treatment." J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 4422.
59. G. Cardenas-Trivino, P. B. Shevlin, "A
2H NMR Investigation of the Exchange of Simple Alkenes with D2 over
Alumina" Inorganica Chimica
Acta.
1988,
146, 1.
58. M. Rahman, M. L. McKee, P. B. Shevlin and R. Sztyrbicka "Oxygen
Donation by an Intermediate in the Reaction of 3CF2 with O2"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1988,
110, 4002.
57. P. B. Shevlin and M. L. McKee, "A Theoretical Investigation of
the Thermal Ring Opening of Bicyclobutane. Evidence for a
Nonsynchronous Process" J. Amer.
Chem. Soc.
1988110,
1666.
56. J. Tseng, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin, "An Experimental and
Theoretical Evaluation of the Intramolecular Reactions of
Cyclohexyne" J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1987,
109, 5474.
55. G. Cardenas-Trivino, P. B. Shevlin and K. J. Klaunde, "Reaction
of Iron(II). Oxide with Alkenes at 77"
Inorganica Chimica
Acta.1987,
131, 1.
54. D. W. McPherson, K. Rahman, I. Martinez and P. B. Shevlin, "The
Formation of Amino Acid Precursors in the Reaction of Atomic Carbon
with Water and Ammonia at 77 K"
Origins of
Life.
1987,
17, 275,.
53. M. Rahman, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin, "The Reactions of
Atomic Carbon with Fluorocarbons" In "Molecular Structure and
Energetics", J. F. Liebman and A. Greenberg, Eds., Vol. 5,
!987.
52. M. Rahman, M. L. McKee and P. B.
Shevlin, "The Generation of CF and an Investigation of the Products
of its Reaction with Alkenes" J.
Amer. Chem. Soc.
1986,
108, 6296.
51. M. L. McKee, P. B. Shevlin and H. S. Rzepa, "Concerted Hydrogen
Exchange Between Methanol and Hydrogen. A Theoretical Study."
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1986,
108, 5793.
50. G. Cardenas and P. B. Shevlin, "Studies of Deuterium Exchange in
Alkenes Added to Iron-Ethylene-d4 Matrices"
Organometallics.1986,
5, 784.
49. M. Rahman and P. B. Shevlin "The
Rearrangement of Chemically Activated Phenylmethylenes at 77K"
Tetrahedron
Letters.
1985,
26, 2959.
48. M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin, "A Theoretical Evaluation of the
Mechanism of Acetylene Formation in the Reaction of Atomic Carbon
with Hydrocarbons" J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1985,
107, 5191.
47. S. N. Ahmed, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin, "The Unusual
Reactivity of Hydroymethylene" J. Am.
Chem. Soc.
1985,
107, 1320.
46. A. H. Reid, P. B. Shevlin, T. R. Webb and S. S. Yun, "Molybdenum
Atom Desulfurizations of Organosulfur Compounds"
J. Org.
Chem.
1984,
49, 4728.
45. G. Cardenas and P. B. Shevlin, "C-H Insertion, Hydrogen Exchange
and Dimerization of Ethylene Upon Condensation with Iron Atoms at 77K
J. Org.
Chem.
1984,
49, 4726.
44. D. W. McPherson, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin "The Trapping of a
Stable Complex in the Reaction Between C(3P) and Trimethylamine"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1984,
106, 2712.
43. K. A. Biesiada and P. B. Shevlin "The Intramolecular Trapping of
an Intermediate in the Deoxygenation of a Carbonyl Compound by Atomic
Carbon" J. Org.
Chem.
1984,
49, 1151.
42. S. A. Locke and P. B. Shevlin "Reactions of Coordinatively
Unsaturated Cobalt-Alkene Complexes Generated Metal Atom Condensation
Techniques"
Organometallics.
1984,
3, 217.
41. S. N. Ahmed and P. B. Shevlin "The Possible Involvement of
Excited Singlet Methylene in the Deoxygenation of Formaldehyde by
Atomic Carbon" J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1983,
105, 6488.
40. D. W. McPherson, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin "An Experimental
and Theoretical Evaluation of the Mechanism of HCN Formation in the
Reaction between Atomic Carbon and Ammonia"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1983,
105, 6493.
39. S. N. Ahmed, M. L. McKee and P. B. Shevlin "An Experimental and
Ab Initio Study of the Addition of Atomic Carbon to Water"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1983,
105, 3942.
38. P. B. Shevlin, D. W. McPherson and P. Melius, "The Reaction of
Atomic Carbon with Ammonia. The Mechanism of Formation of Amino Acid
Precursors" J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1983,
105, 488.
37. P. C. Martino and P. B. Shevlin, "The Cleavage of
2,5-Dihydro-2-furanyl-carbene"
Tetrahedron
Letters.
1982,
2547.
36. P. B. Shevlin, D. W. McPherson and P. Melius "Amino Acids in the
Hydrolysis Products of the Reaction of Carbon Vapor with Ammonia"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1981,
103, 7006.
35. M. J. S. Dewar, D. J. Nelson, P. B. Shevlin and K. A. Biesida,
"An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Mechanism of
Deoxygenation of Carbonyl Compounds by Atomic Carbon"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1981,
103, 2802.
34. A. H. Reid, Jr., P. B. Shevlin, T. R. Webb and S. S. Yun,
"Hydrogenation with Molybdenum Hydrides Generated in the Reaction of
Mo Atoms with Tetrahydrofuran" J.
Amer. Chem. Soc.
1981,
103, 709.
33. P. B. Shevlin, "The Preparation and Reaction of Atomic Carbon" in
Reactive Intermediates, Vol. 1 R. A. Abramovitch Ed. Plenum Press.
New York, 1980, p. 1.
32. P. C. Martino and P. B. Shevlin
"Oxetene" Synthesis and Energetics of Electrocyclic Ring Opening"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1980,
102, 4529.
31. K. A. Biesida, C. T. Koch and P. B. Shevlin, "The Reaction of Arc
Generated Carbon Atoms with Benzene"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1980,
102, 2098.
30. T. E. Boothe, J. L. Greene, Jr. and P. B. Shevlin, "The
Stereochemistry of Free Radical Eliminations of ÿ-Phenylsulfonyl
Radicals" J. Org.
Chem.
1980,
45, 794.
29. W. T. Evanchko and P. B. Shevlin, "Investigation of o-Acetoxy
Radicals. J. Org.
Chem.
1979,
44, 4426.
28. P. C. Martino, P. B. Shevlin and S. D. Worley, "The Electronic
Structure of Small Strained Rings. An Investigation of the
Interaction Between the Oxygen and the Orbitals in 3-Methyleneoxetane
and 3-Oxetanone". Chem. Phys.
Letters.
1979,
68, 237.
27. W. T. Evanchko and P. B. Shevlin, "An Investigation of the
Reduction of Aryldiazonium Ions by Hydrazines"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1979,
100, 8104.
26. S. F. Dyer and P. B. Shevlin, "A Novel Rearrangement in the
Reaction of Carbon Atoms with Furan,"
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1979,
101, 1303.
25. W. T. Evanchko and P. B. Shevlin, "A CIDNP Study of the
Decomposition of Aryldiazene," J.
Amer. Chem. Soc.
1978,
100, 6428.
24. T. R. Forbus, P. A. Birdsong and P. B. Shevlin, "The Reaction of
Carbonyl Carbene and Cyclic Ethers",
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1978,
100, 6425.
23. T. E. Boothe, J. L. Greene, Jr., P. B. Shevlin, M. R. Willcott
III, R. R. Inners and A. Cornelius, "The Stereochemistry of Free
Radical Eliminations of ÿ-Phenylsulfenyl Radicals,
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1977,
99, 8104.
22. S. F. Dyer, S. L. Kammula and P. B. Shevlin, "The Rearrangement
of Cyclobutenylidene", J. Amer. Chem.
Soc.
1977,
99, 8104.
21. P. C. Martino, P. B. Shevlin and S. D. Worley, "The Electronic
Structure of Cyclopropanone", J.
Amer. Chem. Soc.
1977,
99, 8003.
20. P. B. Shevlin and H. J. Hansen, "A Chemically Induced Dynamic
Nuclear Polarization Study of the Neophyl Radical Rearrangement",
J. Org.
Chem.
1977,
42, 3011.
19. S. L. Kammula, H. L. Tracer, P. B. Shevlin and M. Jones, Jr.,
"Intramolecular Decomposition of Isopropylidene Diazomalonate (Diazo
Meldrums). Acids", J. Org.
Chem.
1977,
42, 3011.
18. P. B. Shevlin and S. L. Kammula, "The Reaction of Chemically
Generated Carbon Atoms with Propane",
J. Amer. Chem.
Soc. 99, 2627
(1977).
17. J. M. Figuera, P. B. Shevlin and S. D. Worley, "The Reaction of Atomic Carbon with Ethylene Oxide, A MINDO/3 Study of Possible Pathways", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 98, 3820 (1976).
16. T. E. Boothe, J. L. Greene, Jr., and P. B. Shevlin, "The Stereochemistry of Free Radical Eliminations of ÿ-Phenylthio Radicals", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 98, 951 (1976).
15. R. H. Parker and P. B. Shevlin, "The Stereochemistry of Deoxygenation of Epoxides by Chemically Generated Carbon Atoms", Tetrahedron Letters, 2167 (1975).
14. S. L. Kammula and P. B. Shevlin, "The Reaction of Chemically Generated 14C Atoms with Cyclopropane", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 96, 7830 (1974).
13. B. C. Childress, A. C. Rice and P. B. Shevlin, "Rearrangement of the o-Toly 1 Radical to the Benzyl Radical. A CIDNP Study", J. Org. Chem., 39, 3056 (1974).
12. J. Weseman, R. Williamson, J. L. Greene, Jr., and P. B. Shevlin, "Disulfurization of Episulfides by Phenyl Radicals", Chemical Communications, 901 (1973).
11. S. L. Kammula and P. B. Shevlin, "The Reactions of Chemically Generated Carbon Atoms with Carbon Monoxide", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 95, 4441 (1973).
10. J. H. Hargis and P. B. Shevlin, "CIDNP Studies on the ÿ-Bromoethyl Radical", Chemical Communications, 179 (1973).
9. J. L. Greene, Jr. and P. B. Shevlin, "Assymetric Destruction of (+)-2-3-Bis-(Phenylsulfonyl) Butene", Chemical Communications, 874 (1972).
8. P. B. Shevlin and J. L. Greene, Jr., "Formation of Alkenes in the Pyrolysis and Photolysis of 1,2 Bis-(phenylthio) Ethanes", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 94, 8447-9420 (1972).
7. P. B. Shevlin, "Formation of Atomic Carbon in the Decomposition of 5-tetrazoyldiazonium Chloride", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 94, 1397 (1972).
6. J. L. Greene, Jr. and P. B. Shevlin, "Meso and (+) Bis(phenylsulfinyl) Methane. Characterization Using NMR Chemical Shift Reagents", Chemical Communications, 1092 (1971).
5. P. B. Shevlin and Alfred P. Wolf, "Formation of Carbon Atoms in the Decomposition of a Carbene", Tetrahedron Letters, 3987 (1970).
4. P. B. Shevlin and Alfred P. Wolf, "On the Probable Intermediacy of Tetrahedrane", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 92, 406 (1970).
3. R. D. Towner, H. A. Neufeld and P. B. Shevlin, "Some Characteristics of Riboflaven Chemiluminescence" Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 137, 102 (1970).
2. P. B. Shevlin and H. A. Neufeld, "Mechanism of the Ferricyanide-Catalyzed Chemiluminescence of Luminol", J. Org. Chem., 35, 2178 (1970).
1. P. B. Shevlin, and Alfred P. Wolf, "The Reactions of Cyclopropylcarbinyl Carbene Produced Photolytically in the Gas Phase", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. , 88, 4735 (1966).
Books
2. Shevlin, P. B. and Campbell, O. A.. Concepts of Science; Kendall/Hunt: Dubuque, IA, 2nd Edition, 1995.
1. Shevlin, P. B.,Concepts of Science; Kendall/Hunt: Dubuque, IA, 1993.