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Dale 

Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry
Point Loma Nazarene University
3900 Lomaland Drive
San Diego, CA 92106

Office: 619.849.2207
Fax: 619.849.3452
Email: DALE SHELLHAMER@pointloma.edu


Education :

1969-73 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry (Organic), University of California, Santa Barbara, CA with Dr. Donald H. Aue.

1965-69 B.A., University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA.

Employment :

1973 - present Professor, Department of Chemistry, Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU)

1974 - present Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Program at PLNU

1989 - 94 Research Chemist/Consultant, Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation, San Diego, CA

Honors :

2004 Co-organizer, Symposium on Analytical and Fluorine Chemistry, 228 th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 24, 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

2003 Nov. 2003. Served on the Chemistry Division Review Panel of the National Science Foundation. Reviewed proposals for Research Experience for Undergraduate (NSF-REU).

2000 - 2005

Scientific Advisory Board, Fluorotronics

1999 Candidate for Vice Chair of the Fluorine Division of the American Chemical Society

1997 - 2000 Member Executive Committee of the Fluorine Division of the American Chemical Society.

1989 - 1994 Consultant, Alliance Pharmaceutical, San Diego, CA

1989 - 1990 Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Alliance Pharmaceutical

Grants :

1973 - present Total of 20 research grants for over $900,000

2007 - 2009 National Science foundation Grant, Research and Undergraduate Institutions (NSF RUI) $124,980

2001 - Mossan Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Fluorine Chemistry

Membership :

1968 - present American Chemical Society


 

FIVE MOST RECENT Professional Publications:


“Addition of Open-Ion Electrophiles to Monofluoroterminal Alkenes and Hydrocarbon Alkenes” D. F. Shellhamer, H. K. Forberg*, M. P. Herrick*, S. J. Rodriguez*, S. Sanabria*, N.N. Trager* and V. L. Heasley, Trends in Organic Chemistry, 2008, 12, 39.  http://www.researchtrends.net/tia/title_issue.asp?id=14&in=0&vn=12&type=3


“Rearrangement of 3-Membered 1,1,2-Trifluorobromonium and Iodonium Ions and Comparison of Trifluorochloronium to Fluorocarbenium Ions” D. F. Shellhamer, K. J. Davenport*, H. K. Forberg*, M. P. Herrick*, R. N. Jones*, S.J. Rodriguez*, S. Sanabria*, N.N. Trager*, R. J. Weiss*, V. L. Heasley and J. A. Boatz, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 4532.


“Reactions of 2,4,6-Trichlororesorcinol and Pentachlororesorcinol and Monochloroamine in Methanol: Investigation of Products and Mechanisms” V.L. Heasley*, M.B. Alexander*, P.E. Baker*, J.L. Boerneke*, R.H. DeBoard*, J.T. Gardner*, E.E. Herman*, S.T. Michaelson*, E.W. Miller*, A.M. Ramirez*, R.E. Renfrow*, N.R. Royer*, L.C. Sator*, S.A. Wood* and D.F. Shellhamer, Res. J. Chem. Environ., 2007, 11, 22.


“Synthesis of Several Unexpected Compoounds from 2,2,4,4,5-Pentachloro-5-cyclohexene-1,3,dione (A humic acid Model), Monochloramine, Ammonia and other Reagents”, V.L. Heasley, A.M. Ramirez*, P.E. Baker*, J.L. Boerneke*, R.H. DeBoard*, T.L. Hartge*, D.C. Madrid*, G.A. Sigmund* and D.F. Shellhamer. (2007) Letters in Organic Chemistry 4, October, 2007.


“Synthesis of Anhydrous, Monohydrate and Multihydrate 2,4,6-Trichlororesorcinol”, V.L. Heasley, R.E. Renfrow*, L.C. Sator*, J.L. Boerneke* and D.F. Shellhamer, Res. J. Chem. Environ. 2007, 11,13.




Patent:


“Detection of Carbon Halogen Bonds,” Gorelik, V.S.; Sharts, C.M.; Sharts, O.N.; Metzger, R.P.; Shellhamer, D.F.; Wischnath, G.R., U.S. Patent Appl. Publ. 2003 .

 




Book Chapters:
 

"The Chemistry of Interhalogen Monofluorides," Dale F. Shellhamer and Victor L. Heasley in Advances in Organic Synthesis, Vol. 2, 2006, pg. 43.  Bentham Science Publishers, The Netherlands.  ISBN: 90-77527-08-7.


"Is there a Time and Place for Raidopaque Fluorocarbons," D.M. Long, C.B. Higgins, R.F. Mattrey, R.M. Mitten, F.K. Multer, C.M. Sharts and D.F. Shellhamer in Preparation, Properties, and Industrial Applications of Organofluorine Compounds, 1982, pg. 139, Ellis Harwood Limited, England.  ISBN: 0-85312-276-8.

 



five
most recent presentations:

Dale F. Shellhamer, Kevyn J. Davenport, Danielle M. Hassler, Jacob J. Thorpe and David J. Vandenbroek, “Reaction of Chlorosulfonyl Isocyanate with Fluorosubstituted Alkenes,” 19th Winter Fluorine Conference at St. Petersburg Beach, FL on January 16, 2009.

Shellhamer, Dale, Nicole N. Trager*, Sean J. Rodriguez*, Sunamita Sanabria*, Victor Heasley and Jerry A. Bootz. “Reaction of halogens and interhalogens with 4-halo-1,1,2-trifluorobut-1-enes”. Presented at the 18th Winter Fluorine Conference, St. Petersburg, Beach, FL. January 17, 2007.


Dale F. Shellhamer*, David C. Gleason, Victor L. Heasley and Jeffrey J. Lehman, “Correlation of Calculated Halonium Ion Structures with Experimental Product Distributions from Terminal Alkenes: The Effect of Electron-Withdrawing Fluorine Substituents on the Structure and Charge Localization of Halonium Ions,” presented by Dale Shellhamer at the 17th Winter Fluorine Conference at St. Petersburg Beach, FL, January 10, 2005.


“Pulsed Laser Raman Spectroscopy to Determine Fluorine in the Gas, Liquid or Solid State,” O.L. Sharts, V. Gorelik and D.F. Shellhamer, 13 th European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, July 16, 2001 , Bordeauz, France.


"Sharts-Gorelik Raman Technologyfor Fluoro Polymer Industry," Olga Sharts, Dale Shellhamer, and Vladimir Gorelik. Presented at Fluorine in Coatins IV,Brussels, Belgium, March 5 - 7, 2001 .




five most recent Student Presentations :

Kevyn J. Davenport and Dale F. Shellhamer, “The Synthesis of Chlorosulfonyl Fluoro-b-Lactams: A Mechanistic Study of the Electrophilic Addition of Chlorosulfonyl Isocyanate to Monofluoroalkenes”, Presented by 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2009.


R. J. Weiss, R. N. Jones, and D. F. Shellhamer, “Reaction of Halogens and Interhalogens with 1,1,2-trifluorobut-1-ene-4-ol,” Presented by Ryan Weiss at the 235th National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2008.


R. N. Jones, R. J. Weiss, and D. F. Shellhamer, “Reaction of Halogens and Interhalogens with 4-Halo-1,1,2-Trifluorobut-1-enes,” Presented by Rachel Jones at the 235th National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2008.


D. F. Shellhamer, M. P. Herrick, R. N. Jones and R. J. Weiss, “ Ionic Reactions of Halogens with 4-Halo-1,1,2-trifluorobut-1-enes,” Presented by Matt Herrick at the 233rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, Illionois, March 25, 2007.


"Acid Catalyzed Addition of Alcohols to Monofluoroterminal Alkenes," N.N.M. Acosta, D.F. Shellhamer and V.L. Heasley.  Presented at the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society by Nicole N.M. Acosta on March 27, 2006, Atlanta, GA.  Also presented by N.N.M. Acosta at the Southern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, April 10, 2006.