Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7759
• Email: sbolton@ramapo.edu
• Office: G-405
• Office Hours: TR 3:30-5:00; Other times by appointment

Education:

• B.S., SUNY Fredonia
• Ph.D., Syracuse University

Courses Offered:

• Organic Chemistry I (lec & lab)
• Organic Chemistry II (lec & lab)

Research Interest:

• Synthesis and characterization of organometallic molecular wires
• Stoichiometric and catalytic alkyne metathesis

Recent Publications:

• Sarah L. Bolton, 2009, Strategies to uphold academic integrity in large lecture classes. In Pedagogy not Policing: Positive Approaches to Academic Integrity at the University; Tyra O’Bryan, Holly White, and Kenneth Sagendorf, Eds.; The Graduate School Press of Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, pp.117-124
• Sarah L. Bolton, Joseph E. Williams, and Michael B. Sponsler, 2007. Stabilization of (trialkylphosphine)ruthenium alkylidene metathesis catalysts using phosphine exchange. Organometallics, 26, 2485-2487
• Sarah L. Bolton, Danielle E. Schuehler, Xiang Niu, Laskhmi Gopal, and Michael B. Sponsler, 2006. Olefin metathesis for metal incorporation: preparation of conjugated ruthenium containing complexes and polymers. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 691, 5298-5306