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Donald Warren Rogers, Professor Emeritus

Department of Chemistry
Long Island University
1 University Plaza
Brooklyn, NY,  11201

Tel:  (718) 488-3323
Fax:  (718) 488-1465
drogers@liu.edu


Specialties:

Thermodynamics, Molecular Structure, Computational Chemistry.


Education:

Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1960
M.A. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1956
B.A. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1954


Teaching Experience:

Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Quantum Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, General Chemistry, Microcomputer Interfacing.


Books

Einstein's Other Theory. The Planck-Bose-Einstein Theory of Heat Capacity. Rogers, D. W. Princeton University Press, NJ, 2005.

Heats of Hydrogenation, Rogers, D. W., World Scientific Pub. Co. Inc., NJ, 2006.


Recent Articles


G3(MP2) Enthalpies of Hydrogenation, Isomerization, and Formation of Extended Linear Polyacetylenes. Rogers, D. W; Zavitsas, A. A.; Matsunaga, N. J. Phys. Chem. 2005 109, 9169-9173.

Stabilization Energies of Extensively Conjugated Propargylic Radicals. Matsunaga, N.; Rogers, D. W.; Zavitsas, A. A. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 2214-2219.

Semi-empirical Estimation of Growth Transitions for Size-Based Matrix Models of Endangered Species based on Limited Data. Rogers-Bennett, L. K.; Rogers, D. W. Ecological Modeling, 2006, 195, 237-246.

Modeling Growth and Mortality of Red Abalone (Haliotis Rufescens) in Northern California. Rogers-Bennett, L.; Rogers, D. W.; Schultz, S. A. J Shellfish Research. 2007, 26,, 719-727.

Remote Substituent Effects on Allylic and Benzylic Bond Dissociation Energies; Effects on Stabilization of Parent Molecules and Radicals, Zavitsas, A. A.; Rogers, D. W.; Matsunaga, N. J. Organic Chem. 2007, 72, 7091-7101.

Enthalpies of Formation of Hydrocarbons by Hydrogen Atom Counting. Theoretical Implications, Zavitsas, A. A.; Matsunaga, N.; Rogers, D. W. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2008, 112, 5734-5741.

Modeling Dispersal Of Cloning Echinoderm Larvae With A Gaussian Distribution: Forever Young? Rogers-Bennett, L. K.; Rogers, D. W. CalCOFI Rep., 2008 49, 232-240.

Effects of Molecule Stabilization Energies on Radical Reactions: G3 and G3(MP2) Model Chemistries Applied to Benzylic Systems, Rogers, D. W.; Zavitsas, A. A.; Matsunaga, N. J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, in press.


TextBook: Computational Chemistry Using The PC

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