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J. C. Poutsma 

Margaret L. Hamilton Associate Professor of Chemistry
2008 Professeur Invitee, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
2006 Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar
2004 NSF CAREER Award

B.S., Furman University 1991 
Ph.D., Purdue University 1997
Research Associate, Stanford University 1997-99 

(757)-221-2548; e-mail: jcpout@wm.edu

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Chem 103 General Chemistry (Fall, MWF, 12:00)

Chem 408 Compuational Methods in Chemistry 

Chem 404, Advanced Analytical Chemistry 

Chem 309, Principles of Instrumental Analysis 

Chem 309 L Instrumental Analysis Lab (Fall)

Chem 354 Second Semester General Chemistry Lab (Spring)

Chem 392 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II
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We use mass spectrometry and high-level theoretical calculations to study the intrinsic properties of gas-phase molecules.  We have been studying the gas-phase acid-base properties of a variety of protein and non-protein amino acids using the extended kinetic method in an ESI- quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. In addition, we have been studying the effects of entropy on the dissociations of the proton-bound dimer ions that are used in extended kinetic method studies.   We have recently started to study the effects of non-protein amino acid incorporation on the thermochemcial properties and fragmentation pathways of small peptides.

We have two mass spectrometers in our laboratory, a Finnigan LCQ-DECA ion trap and a home-built flowing afterglow triple quadrupole instrument.  We are currently in the process of ressurrecting the FA-QQQ and will soon be able to use it for studying the kinetics of ion molecule reactions as well for determining absolute bond dissociation energies using energy-resolved mass spectrometry experiments.

Here are pictures of a quadrupole ion trap

Here are some pictures of the new FA-QQQ

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Research Group (Poutsma's Army)
Summer 2008
   

Matt Bernier	Omar Hamdy	Elise Dennis	Chris Collins
Class of 2009	Class of 2009	Class of 2009 (on leave summer 2008)	Class of 2010
Brandon Thompson
Class of 2010

Former Students (Rogue's Gallery)

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Future Students (Farm System)
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Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award (2006-2011)

Early CAREER Development Award from the National Science Foundation (2004-2009)

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William and Mary Students are Underlined

13) "The Proton Affinity of Proline Analogs Using the Kinetic Method with Full Entropy Analysis" Kuntz, A. F.; Boynton, A. W.; David G. A. ; Colyer, K. E.; Poutsma, J. C. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2002 , 13 , 72.
14) "The Heat of Formation and Singlet-Triplet Splitting of Cyanocarbene" Poutsma, J. C., Upshaw, S. D. , Squires, R. R., Wenthold, P. G., J. Phys. Chem. A , 2002 , 106 , 1067.
15) "cis-1,5-diaminocyclooctanediamine: The Most Basic Primary Amine?" Poutsma, J. C., Andriole, E. J ., Sissung, T., Morton, T. H. Chem. Comm. , 2003 , 16 , 2040.
16) "The Proton Affinity of Lysine Analogs from the Extended Kinetic Method" Schroeder, O. E.; Andriole, E. J.; Hessler, K.; Poutsma, J. C,.J. Phys. Chem. A., 2004 , 108 , 326.
17) "Experimental Chloride Ion Affinities and Theoretical Predictions for the Absolute Heats of Formation of SiCl2 and SiClF." Poutsma, J. C.; Schroeder, O. E. ; Squires, R. R. Chem. Phys. Lett., 2004, 389 , 433.
18) "Proton Affinity of ß-Oxalylaminoalanine (BOAA): Incorporation of direct entropy correction into the single reference kinetic method" Wind, J. J.; Papp, L. D.; Andriole, E. J. ; Poutsma, J. C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. Mass Spectrom. , 2005, 16, 1151.
19) “Absolute rate constant for the reaction of O₂ ^– with O (³P) and N (⁴S_3/2 )  at 298 K”  Poutsma, J.C., Midey, A., Viggiano, A. A., J. Chem. Phys., 2006 , 124, 074301.
20) "Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Energetics of cis-trans Proline Isomerization in Peptide Models" Schroeder, O. E; Carper, E. R; Wind, J. J.; Etzkorn, F. A.; Poutsma, J. L; Poutsma, J. C., J. Phys. Chem. A., 2006 , 110 , 6522
21) "Proton Affinity of Canavanine and Canaline, Non-Protein Amino Acid Analogs of Arginine and Ornithine from the Entrropy-Corrected Extended Kinetic Method" Andriole, E. J.; Colyer, K. E.; Cornell, E. ; Poutsma, J. C. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2006,  110 , 11501.
22)  “Absolute Rate Coefficients and Branching Percentages for the reactions of PO_xCl_y^– + N (⁴S_3/2) and PO_xCl_y ^– +  O (³P) at 298 K.” Poutsma, J. C.; Midey, A., Thompson; T. H.; Viggiano, A. A., J. Phys. Chem. A, 2006 , 110, 11315.
23) “Are Carboxyl Groups the Most Acidic Sites in Amino Acids? Gas-Phase Acidity, H/D Exchange Experiments, and Computations on Cysteine and Its Conjugate Base.” Tian, Z. Poutsma, J. C.*; Pawlow, A.;  Kass*, S. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007,  129, 5403.
24) “Gas Phase Acidities of the 20 Protein Amino Acids” Jones, C. M.; Bernier, M.; Colyer, K. E.; Carson, E.; Metz, R.; Pawlow, A; Webb, I. K.;Wischow, E. D.; Andriole, E. J.; Poutsma, J. C. Int. J. Mass Spectrom.. 2007, 267, 54.

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