Center Faculty

Joseph S. Thrasher

fluorine@bama.ua.edu
 

Joseph S. Thrasher is Professor and Chair of Chemistry at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

His research interests are in the areas of preparation, characterization, and utility of novel sulfur-fluorine compounds; industrial fluorine chemistry including fluoropolymer chemistry and electrochemistry; fluorine-containing molten salts/ionic liquids; fluorous media for improved separations and catalysis; fuel cell technology; development of new analytical methodologies in fluorine chemistry; and computational chemistry.

Representative Publications 

Articles: 

Sipyagin, S. M.; Enshov, V. S.; Kashtanov, S. A.; Thrasher, J. S. “1-Chloro-2,6-dinitro-4-[(perfluoroalkyl)thio]benzenes in the synthesis of heterocycles,” Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. 2002, 38(11), 1375-1381.

Lu, N; Thrasher, J. S. “The Direct Synthesis of Trifluoronitromethane, CF₃NO₂,” J. Fluorine Chem. 2002, 117, 181-184.

Qiao, L.; Agoumba, D.; Waterfeld, A.; Thrasher, J. S. “Improvement of polymer electrolyte membranes for polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cell applications,” Proceedings - Electrochemical Society 2001, 2000-22(Power Sources for the New Millennium), 92-102.

Sipyagin, A. M.; Bateman, C. P.; Tan, Y.-T.; Thrasher, J. S. “Preparation of the first ortho-substituted pentafluorosulfanylbenzenes,” J. Fluorine Chem. 2001, 112(2), 287-295.

Buschmann, J.; Kleinhenz, S.; Lentz, D.; Luger, P.; Madappat, K. V.; Preugschat, D.; Thrasher, J. S. “Crystal and molecular structures of trifluoroacrylonitrile, F2C:CF-CN, and trifluorovinyl isocyanide, F2C:CF-NC, by low-temperature X-ray crystallography and ab initio calculations,” Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39(13), 2807-2812.

Sitzmann, M. E.; Gilardi, R.; Butcher, R. J.; Koppes, W. M.; Stern, A. G.; Thrasher, J. S.; Trivedi, N. J.; Yang, Z.-Y. “Pentafluorosulfanylnitramide Salts,” Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39(4), 843-850.

Howell, J. L.; Hofmann, M. A.; Waterfeld, A.; Sipyagin, A. M.; Friesen, C. M.; Thrasher, J. S. “Reactions of Poly-Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Acids and Their Corresponding Salts,” J. Fluorine Chem. 1998, 89(1),  131-135.

Book:

Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry:  Toward the 21^st Century; Thrasher, J. S.; Strauss, S. H., Eds.; American Chemical Society Symposium Series 555; American Chemical Society:  Washington, DC (1994).

Patents:

Howell, J. L.; Perez, E. W.; Waterfeld, A.; Friesen, C. M.; Thrasher, J. S. “Perfluoro-C3-alkyl-terminated perfluoropolyoxyalkylenes and perfluoroolefin-perfluoropolyoxyalkylenes as thermal stabilizers for lubricants,” U.S. Pat. Appl. 2003027732, Feb 6, 2003.

Howell, J. L.; Perez, E. W.; Waterfeld, A.; Friesen, C. M.; Thrasher, J. S.; Nowak, I. “Perfluoropolyether primary bromides and iodides,” U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2003013924,  (2003), Jan 16, 2003.

Howell, J. L.; Perez, E. W.; Waterfeld, A.; Friesen, C. M.; Thrasher, J. S.; Nowak, I. “Perfluoropolyoxyalkylene primary bromides and iodides prepared from reactions of perfluoropolyoxyalkylene acid fluorides with metal iodide and bromide,” U.S. Pat. Appl. 2003013922, Jan 16, 2003.

Cicha, W. V.; Kornath, A. J.; McKinney, R. J.; Rao, V. N. M.; Thrasher, J. S.; Waterfeld, A. “Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates, their preparation and use,” U. S. Patent 5,773,637, 1998.

St. Clair, T. L.; St. Clair, A. K.; Thrasher, J. S. “1,3-Diamino-5-pentafluorosulfanylbenzene,” U.S. Patent 5,200,070 (1993).