Specific Topics:

(i) Functional ¹⁹F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) employing aqueous vesicles of  highly fluorinated organics.
(ii) Diffusion NMR Studies of Peptide and Protein Structure via the DOSY technique.

Recent Publications:

147. G.W. Buchanan, M.F. Rastegar and G. Enright. “Reaction of R_F-palmitic acid-F₁₃ with Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide”  Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 128, 1026-1028 2007).

146. Majid F. Rastegar, Gerald W. Buchanan and  Melanie C. Bouffard “Synthesis of highly fluorinated fatty acid esters of glycerol: glycerol tripalmitate-F₃₉” Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 127, 1042-1045 (2006).

145. G.W. Buchanan, E. Munteanu, B.A. Dawson and D. Hodgson “Concerning the Origin of ¹⁹F-¹⁹F NMR COSY and NOESY Connections in the Spectra of Perfluorooctanoic acid, RF-palmitic acid-F₁₃ and Diethylperfluorosuberate” Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry Vol 43: 528-534 (2005).

144. G.W. Buchanan, R. Smits, E. Munteanu, G. Santyr, J. Wallace and M.R. Gherase “Synthesis and Dissolved Hyperpolarized Xenon NMR Studies of Sucrose Octa-oleate-F104″ Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 125, 1457-1460 (2004).

143. G.W. Buchanan, R. Smits and E. Munteanu. “Synthesis and 19F NMR Study of RF-oleic acid-F13″ Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 123, 255-259 (2003).

142. G.W. Buchanan, R. Smits and E. Munteanu. “Synthesis of a Highly Fluorinated Fatty Acid Analog” Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 119, 207-209 (2003).

141. M.R. Ganjali, M. Hosseini, F. Basiripour, M. Javanbakht, O. Hashemi,  M.F. Rastegar, M. Shamsipour and G.W. Buchanan. “Novel coated-graphite membrane sensor based on N,N’-dimethylcyanodiaza-18-crown-6 for determination of ultra-trace amounts of lead” Analytica Chimica Acta  464, 181-186 (2002).

140. G.W. Buchanan, M. Azad and G.P.A. Yap. “The First Observed Complex of 11-crown-3 Ether:X-ray Crystal Structure and Solid State NMR Study of (Benzo-11-crown-3)₂.LiNCS.” Can. J. Chem. 80, 148-154 (2002).

139. G.W. Buchanan, M.F. Rastegar and G.P.A. Yap “The First Observed Complex of 9-Crown-3 Ether:X-ray Crystallographic and Solid State ¹³C NMR Study of Naphtho-9-crown-3 Ether and its 2:1 LiClO₄ Complex” Journal of Molecular Structure 605, 1-8 (2002).

138. G.W. Buchanan and M.F. Rastegar. “Solid State ¹³C NMR of 30-Crown-10 Ether and 30-Crown-10.4H₂O” Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 20,137-144 (2001).

137. G. McManus, G.W. Buchanan and H.C. Jarrell “Extraction of lipid membrane incorporated Vitamin E by sucrose polyesters” Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 112,47-58 (2001).

136. G.W. Buchanan, M.F. Rastegar, G.P.A. Yap, A. Moghimi and M. Ghandi. “Oxidative Coupling of Naphtho-9-Crown-3 Ether.X-ray Crystal Structure and Solution and Solid State NMR Analysis of the Dimer” Can. J. Chem. 79,1505-1510 (2001).

135. G.W. Buchanan, M. Azad and G.P.A. Yap. “X-ray Crystal Structure of Tris(11-crown-3)triphenylene” J. Molecular Structure 598, 145-151 (2001).

134. G.W. Buchanan, M.F. Rastegar and G.P.A. Yap “Synthesis, X-ray Crystal Structure and Solid State ¹³C NMR Study of Tris(9-crown-3)triphenylene” Can. J. Chem. 79,195-2000 (2001).

133. G. McManus, G.W. Buchanan, H.C. Jarrell, R.M. Epand, R.F. Epand and J.J. Cheetham “Membrane perturbing properties of sucrose polyesters” Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 109,185-202 (2001).

132. G.W. Buchanan, M.F. Rastegar and G.P.A. Yap. “A Comparative Study of the Stereochemistry of 4-acetyl,-formyl and-carboxy-benzo-9-crown-3 ether via X-ray Crystallography and Solid State and Solution NMR Spectroscopy” J. Molecular Structure 561,43-54 (2001).