Dr. Ian J. Rhile
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Education

B.S. - Ursinus College, 1996
M.S. - Cornell University, 1998
Ph.D. - Cornell University, 2002

Courses Taught

• General and Analytical Chemistry and lab
• Organic Chemistry and lab
• Advanced Organic Chemistry and lab
• First-Year Seminar

Research Areas

Mechanistic organic
Physical Organic
Inorganic chemistry

Grant

“Investigating Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer with Radical Cations Appended with Bases,” American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, 2008

Recent Publications

Polito, Victoria; Hamman, Christian S.; Rhile, Ian J. "Carbocation Rearrangement in an Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Discovery Laboratory."  J. Chem. Ed. 2010, 87, 969-970. 

Markle, Todd F.; Rhile, Ian J.; DiPasquale, Antonio G.; Mayer, James M.  "Probing Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer In Phenol-Imidazoles." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2008, 105, 8185-8189.

Rhile, Ian J.; Markle, Todd F.; Nagao, H.; DiPasquale, Antonio G.; Lam, Oanh P.; Lockwood, Mark A.; Rotter, Katrina; Mayer, James M. "Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer in the Oxidation of Hydrogen-Bonded Phenols" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6075-6088.

Mayer, J. M.; Rhile, I.J.; Larsen, F.B.; Mader, E.A.; Markle, T.F.; DiPasqaule, A.G. "Models for Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Photosystem II" Photosynthesis Research, in press.

Rhile, I. J.; Mayer, J. M. "Comments on 'How Single and Bifurcated Hydrogen Bonds Influence Proton-Migration Rate Constants, Redox, and Electronic Properties of Phenoxyl Radicals'" Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 2005, 44, 1598-1599

Rhile, I. J.; Mayer, J. M. "One-Electron Oxidation of a
Hydrogen-Bonded Phenol Occurs by Concerted Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 12178-12179.

Recent Student Research Collaborators

Geruntho, Jonathan.  "Synthesis of a Potential Hydrogen Atom Acceptor through the Combination of Electron and Proton Transfer Agents."  (College Honors and Departmental Distinction)

Wong, DiLun.  "Furan Kinetics in the Diels-Alder Reaction using Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy." (Departmental Distinction)

Ashley Nomland, "Investigating the Intramolecular Cyclization of a Carbene"

Kate Bender, "The Redox Properties of a Hydrogen-Bonded Quinone"

Presentations by Undergraduate Collaborators

Tiley, Brittney, L.; Sasaran Crina M.; Geruntho, Jonathan G.; Rhile, Ian J.  "A Long-lived Base-Appended Radical Cation Reacts with Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agents."  Presented at the National Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Ithaca, NY, April 2011.

Polito, Victoria; Hamann, Christian S.; Rhile, Ian. J. "Carbocation Rearrangement in an Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Discovery Laboratory."  Poster presented at the 240th ACS Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2010; poster CHED 88. 

Geruntho, Jonathan J.; Gentile, Shawn B.; Rhile, Ian J. "Synthesis of a Potential Hydrogen Atom Acceptor Through the Combination of Electron and Proton Transfer Agents."  Presented at the National Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Missoula, MT, April 2010.