Willamette University

Chemistry

Tony Hoobler
  • Tony Hoobler
  • Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Collins Science Center 402
  • 503-370-6335

Tony Hoobler

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Oregon
  • B.S., University of California, Berkeley

Courses

Professional Interests

Measuring the magnitude of hyperconjugation in biochemical probes using fluorescence and laser techniques; identifying the weak electronic interactions in interesting molecules using quantum chemical calculations within the natural bond orbital (NBO) approximation; determining the relative populations of rotomers by variable temperature NMR studies.

 

Personal Interests

Basketball, biking, Sudoku, landscaping, crosswords

 

Publications

T. Koenig, C. E. Klopfenstein, S. Southworth, J. A. Hoobler, R. A. Wielesek, T. Balle, W. Snell, and Daniel Imre “Non-Koopmans' theorem effects in the helium(I) photoelectron spectra of polyenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105(8), 2256-2259 (1983).

T. Koenig, Daniel Imre, and James A. Hoobler “Helium (He I) photoelectron spectrum of benzocyclobutadiene” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101(21), 6446-6447 (1979).

T. Koenig, J. A. Hoobler, C. E. Klopfenstein, G. Hedden, F. Sunderman and B. R. Russell “Electronic configurations of amido radicals” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 96(14), 4573-4577 (1974).

T. Koenig, J. A. Hoobler, and W. R. Mabey, “Thermal decomposition of N-nitrosohydroxylamines. V. Denitrosation and N-tert-butoxy amido radicals” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 94(7), 2514-2515 (1972).
Thomas W. Koenig, M. Deinzer and J. A. Hoobler “Thermal decomposition of N-nitrosohydroxylamines. III. N-Benzoyl-N-nitroso-O-tert-butylhydroxylamine” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 93(4), 938-944 (1971).