BC Annual Report 1998

The document summarizes a Monday evening research seminar at Boston College led by Professor Larry Scott. Fourth-year PhD student Shelly Brooks presents her work developing a macrocycle compound made of three phenanthrenes. She explains how adding t-butyl groups improved the compound's solubility. Over the course of the two-hour seminar, Brooks discusses her synthesis process and characterization of the compounds using NMR spectroscopy. The 13 attendees, including other graduate students and postdocs, ask questions and provide feedback to help Brooks advance her research.