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Henry K. Hall, Jr., Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona
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Henry K. Hall, Jr.


Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
hkh@u.arizona.edu
Carl S. Marvel Laboratories 638
Phone: (520) 621-6325
Fax: (520) 621-8407

Education and Appointments


  • B.S. 1944, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
  • M.S. 1946, Pennsylvania State University
  • Ph.D. 1949, University of Illinois

Research Summary

Organic Monomer and Polymer Chemistry

High polymers are the basis of fibers, films, rubbers, etc. in modern life. Our group is engaged in the study of polymerization mechanisms and the synthesis of new monomers for polymerization studies. These studies are a mixture of synthetic organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry and polymer chemistry.

Specific current fields of research include:

  • the study of the mechanism of spontaneous polymerizations in systems containing electron-rich and electron-poor olefins or dienes
  • synthesis and polymerization of substituted bicyclobutanes and cyclobutenes
  • study of the mechanism of polyarylate polymerization
  • design and synthesis of photorefractive and nonlinear optically active polymers.


Selected Publications

  • Elandaloussi, El Hadj; Somogyi, Arpad; Padias, Anne Buyle; Bates, Robert B.; Hall, H. K., Jr.. “Resequencing of Comonomer Units of Well-Defined Vectra Oligomers during MALDI-TOF Mass Spectral Measurements.” Macromolecules (2006), 39(20), 6913-6923.

  • Somogyi, Arpad; Bojkova, Nina; Padias, Anne Buyle; Hall, H. K., Jr.. “Analysis of All-Aromatic Polyesters by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry.” Macromolecules (2005), 38(10), 4067-4071.

  • Hall, H. K. Jr.; Padias, Anne Buyle. “Organic and polymer chemistry of electrophilic tri- and tetrasubstituted ethylenes.” Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2004), 42(12), 2845-2858.

  • Johnston, Keith; Padias, Anne Buyle; Bates, Robert B.; Hall, H. K., Jr.. “Cycloadditions of ketene diethyl acetal and 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane to electrophilic alkenes.” Langmuir (2003), 19(16), 6416-6421.

  • Hall, H. K. Jr.; Padias, Anne Buyle. “Bicyclobutanes and cyclobutenes: Unusual carbocyclic monomers.” Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2003), 41(5), 625-635.