Representative Presentations

• "Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of 4-Dimethylaminochalcones"; 1999 Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Conference, New England College, NH, July, 1999, INVITED.
• "Resonance-assisted intramolecular hydrogen bonding in 2'-hydroxychalcones"; N. Wachter-Jurcsak and C. Detmer. 217th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1999.
• "Flavonoid Ferver and the Charm of Chalcones"; Hudson-Bergen Subsection of the American Chemical Society, St. Peter's College, NJ, March 1999, INVITED.
• "Spectroscopic Investigations of Substituted Chalcones"; CUNY Lehman College, NY, October, 1998, INVITED.
• "The Development of Synthetic Materials"; Professionals and Executives in Retirement, Hofstra University, NY, July, 1998, INVITED.
• "Antioxidants, Bioflavonoids, and Chalcones: Some A, B, C's in Chemical Research" Partners in Science Summer Research Program, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, July, 1998, INVITED.
• "The Unusual Behavior of 2-Pyridinecarboxaldehyde and 2-Quinolinecarboxaldehyde in Aldol Reactions with Acetophenone"; 1998 Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Conference, New England College, NH, July, 1998.
• "Spectroscopic Investigations of Chalcones: A Research Corporation Summer Project"; St. John's University, NY, November, 1997, INVITED.
• "Sequential Anionic Cycloisomerizatioin-Cycloaddition Reactions"; N. M. Wachter-Jurcsak, T.V. Ovaska, M.R. Pineau, and W.F. Bailey, 211th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1996.