Aaron Bruck, a junior chemistry major at Westminster College, recently learned that his summer research project has been published in the March 7 issue of the "Journal of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry."

Bruck, was listed as one of the authors of "Triflic acid-catalyzed adamantylation of aromatics in [BMIM][OTf] ionic liquid; synthetic scope and mechanistic insight" along with  Kenneth K. Laali (Kent State), Viorel D. Sarca (Tulane), Takao Okazaki (Kyoto University, Japan), and Paul Der (Kent State).  Bruck was a partner in this research conducted during his summer internship at Kent State University.

Bruck is a son of David and Eva Bruck, Grove City, and a graduate of Grove City Area High School.

For more information contact Dr. Martha Joseph, associate professor and chair of chemistry, at (724) 946-7295 or e-mail josephm@westminster.edu.

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