Edward Camiel Lathioor
last updated: Dec. 10, 2002

tel: (905) 688-5550 ext.4389
email: elathioo@chemiris.labs.brocku.ca
http://chemiris.labs.brocku.ca/~chemweb/faculty/lathioor/

Personal Data:
Date of Birth: May 28, 1973
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Citizenship: Canadian
Marital Status: Married

Education:

Awards and Scholarships:

 
Employment History:

Instructor Responsibilities (as Faculty)

Teaching Assistantship Duties (as Graduate Student)

tutorial leader - bimonthly one-hour sessions involving problem-solving
Fall 1994-Fall 1996 total 100 second year students

lab demonstrator - routine supervision in the undergraduate lab, 3 hours bimonthly
Fall 1994 - Fall 1998 total 160 second year students, 40 third year students

tutorial lecturer - bimonthly two-hour lectures supplementing course material
Fall 1996 - Spring 1997  total 240 second year students
Fall 1999 total 225 second year students

General Instrumentation Knowledge

laboratory routine operation and maintenance of: high vacuum pumps, rotary evaporators, microscope, gas cylinders, oxygen/natural gas torch
NMR advanced operation of Bruker AC200, troubleshooting, routine operation of AC300 and DRX500 (proton, carbon, silicon; 2-D techniques: COSY/HETCOR/HMQC/HMBC)
FTIR routine operation of Bio-Rad FTS-40
UV routine operation of HP 8451, PE-lambda 9 and Cary 50, Cary 300 spectrophotometers
GC routine operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of HP5481 Series 2 Gas Chromatograph
GC/MS routine operation of HP 5481 Series 2 with MSD
preparative GC routine operation
modeling advanced knowledge of Hyperchem 5.0, Spartan 5.0.3

Specialized Knowledge
excimer lasers operation, filling, optic maintenance
nanosecond laser flash photolysis advanced operation, troubleshooting
 phosphorescence spectroscopy routine operation of LSL-100 phosphorimeter
organic synthesis experience with many different reaction types, monitoring (GC, TLC), purification (column and radial chromatography, recrystallization), multi-step preparations

Professional Organizations
Member, Chemical Institute of Canada

Lifetime Publications (peer-reviewed)
6. E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh*
Geometric and Solvent Effects on Intramolecular Phenolic Hydrogen Abstraction by Carbonyl n,p* and p,p* Triplets
Can. J. Chem., 2001, 79, 1851 - 1863.

5. J. Andraos*, E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh*
Simultaneous pH-rate profiles applied to the two step consecutive sequence A -> B -> C : a theoretical analysis and experimental verification
J.  Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2., 2000, 2, 365 - 373.

4. E.C. Lathioor, W.J. Leigh,*  and M.J. St. Pierre
Geometrical Effects on Intramolecular Quenching of Aromatic Ketone (p,p*) Triplets by Remote Phenolic Hydrogen Abstraction.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 11984-11992.

3. W.J. Leigh,* E.C. Lathioor and M.J. St. Pierre
Photoinduced Hydrogen Abstraction from Phenols by Aromatic Ketones. A New Mechanism for Hydrogen Abstraction by Carbonyl n,p* and p,p* Triplets.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 12339-12348.

2. H.K. Nagra, R.J. Batchelor, A.J. Bennet,* F.W.B. Einstein, E.C. Lathioor, R.K. Pomeroy,* and W. Wang
Bromonium Ion Addition to Triruthenium and Triosmium Dodecacarbonyl: The Markedly Different Structures of the [M₃(CO)₁₂(Br)⁺] (M = Ru, Os) Ions
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 1207-1208.

1. E. Kiehlmann,* E.C. Lathioor and K.W. Lai
Condensation of Formaldehyde with Phloroglucinol and its Monomethyl Ether
Org. Prep. Proc. Int., 1996, 28, 185-192.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

2000

E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh, "Ketone Photochemistry at McMaster University". (POSTER)
(POSTER)
1st Annual McMaster University Alumni Symposium, Hamilton, ON.

E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh, "The Role of Geometry and Chromophore in Intramolecular Phenolic Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactions". (POSTER)
11th IAPS Winter Meeting, Clearwater, FL.

1999

E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh, "Understanding Chromophore Effects in Intramolecular Phenolic Hydrogen Atom Abstractions".
(POSTER)
27th Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium, Guelph, ON.

E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh, "The Role of Geometry, Chromophore and Water in Intramolecular Phenolic Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactions". (ORAL)
82nd Canadian Chemical Conference, Toronto, ON.

1998

E.C. Lathioor and W.J. Leigh, "Bimolecular quenching of (p,p*)Aromatic Ketone Triplets by Phenols". (POSTER)
26th Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium, Buffalo, NY, USA

E.C. Lathioor, W.J. Leigh and M.J. St.Pierre, "Remote Intramolecular Phenolic Hydrogen Atom Abstraction by Aromatic Ketone Triplets.   Chromophore and Geometry Effects". (POSTER)
9th Annual Symposium of the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer and 15th International Conference on Radical Ions, Rochester, NY, USA

E.C. Lathioor, William J. Leigh, and Michael J. St. Pierre, "A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Remote Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from Phenols by
Aromatic Ketone Triplets. Geometry Effects". (POSTER)
17th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Virtual Session (www.photobiology.com/IUPAC98/lathioec/vp.html)

1997

E.C. Lathioor, W.J. Leigh and M.J. St.Pierre, "Geometrical Effects in Phenolic H-Atom Abstraction by Ketone Triplets". (ORAL)
25th Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium, London, ON

E.C. Lathioor, W.J. Leigh and M.J. St.Pierre, "A Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis Study of
the Geometrical Dependence of Phenolic H-Atom Abstraction by Ketone Triplets". (ORAL)
Great Lakes Photochemistry Symposium, London, ON

E.C. Lathioor, W.J. Leigh and M.J. St.Pierre, "Intramolecular Phenolic Hydrogen Atom Abstraction by Aromatic Ketone Triplets". (ORAL)
80th Canadian Chemical Conference, Windsor, ON

W.J. Leigh, E.C. Lathioor and M.J. St.Pierre, "An Inter- and Intramolecular Study of Phenolic Hydrogen-Atom Abstraction by Carbonyl Triplets". (ORAL)
15th Graduate Chemistry Conference, Buffalo, New York, USA

E.C. Lathioor, W.J. Leigh and M.J. St.Pierre, "Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis of Lignin Model Compounds. A Mechanistic Approach". (POSTER)
83rd Annual Meeting, Technical Section, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal, QC

1996

W.J. Leigh, E.C. Lathioor and M.J. St.Pierre, "A new mechanism for photoinduced hydrogen transfer between ketone triplets and phenols". (POSTER)
24th Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium, Kingston, ON

W.J. Leigh, E.C. Lathioor and M.J. St.Pierre, "An Inter- and Intramolecular Study of Phenolic Hydrogen Atom Abstraction by Aromatic Ketone Triplets by Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis". (ORAL)
14th Graduate Chemistry Conference, Buffalo, New York, USA

1995

W.J. Leigh, E.C. Lathioor and M.J. St.Pierre, "An Inter- and Intramolecular Study of Quenching of Aromatic Ketone Triplets by Phenols". (POSTER)
23rd Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium, Hamilton, ON

W.J. Leigh and E.C. Lathioor, "Aryldisilane Photochemistry. The Photochemistry of Pentamethyl(4-acetylphenyl)disilane". (POSTER)
78th Canadian Chemical Conference, Guelph ON

W.J. Leigh and E.C. Lathioor, "Aryldisilane Photochemistry. The Photochemistry of Pentamethyl(4-acetylphenyl)disilane". (POSTER)
28th Organosilicon Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, USA)