1. PUBLICATIONS
2015
1. D.S.N. Parker, R.I. Kaiser, O. Kostko, T.P.Troy, M. Ahmed, UnexpectedChemistry
from theReactionof Naphthylplus AcetyleneMolecules.Angewandte Chemie-
International Edition 54, 5421-5424 (2015)
2. D.S.N. Parker, R. I. Kaiser, O.Kostko, T. P. Troy,M. Ahmed, A. M. Mebel, A. G. G. M.
Tielens, GasPhaseSynthesis of (Iso)QuinolineandIts Roleinthe Formationof
NucleobasesintheInterstellarMedium,Astrophys. J., 803, 53(1-10),(2015)
3. T. Yang, D.S.N. Parker, B. B. Dangi, R. I. Kaiser and A. M. Mebel, Formationof5-
and6-methyl-1H-indene(C10H10)viatheReactionsofthe Para-tolylRadical
(C6H4CH3) withAllene(H2CCCH2) andMethylacetylene(HCCCH3) underSingle
CollisionConditions,Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys.,17, 10510-10519, (2015).
4. S. Maity,B. B. Dangi, D.S.N. Parker,R. I. Kaiser, H-M Lin, H-P E, B-J Sun, A. H. H.
Chang, CombinedCrossedMolecularBeamandabInitio Investigationofthe
Reactionof BoronMonoxide(BO) with1,3-Butadiene(CH2CHCHCH2)andits
DeutaratedCounterparts ,J.Phys. Chem. A,119, 1094-1107 (2015).
5. L. Muzangwa, T. Yang, D.S.N. Parker,R. I. Kaiser, A. M. Mebel, A. Jamal, M.
Ryazantsev and K. Morokuma, A CrossedMolecularBeamandAbInitio Study on
the Formationof5- and6-Methyl-1,4-Dihydronaphthalene(C11H12) viathe
Reactionof Meta-Tolyl(C7H7) with1,3-Butadiene(C4H6).PhysicalChemistry
Chemical Physics.17, 7699-7706 (2015)
6. T. Yang, L. Muzangwa, D.S.N. Parker,R.I. Kaiser, A.M. Mebel, Formationof2-and
1-Methyl-1,4-DihydronaphthaleneIsomers viatheCrossedBeamReactionsof
PhenylRadicals(C6H5) with Isoprene(CH2C(CH3)CHCH2)and1,3-Pentadiene
(CH2CHCHCHCH3).PhysicalChemistry Chemical Physics,17, 530-540 (2015)
7. S. Maity,B. B. Dangi, D.S.N. Parker,R. I. Kaiser , Y. An, B. J.Sun, A. H. H. Chang,
CombinedCrossedMolecularBeamandabInitio InvestigationoftheMultichannel
Reactionof BoronMonoxide(BO) withPropylene(CH3CHCH2):CompetingAtomic
HydrogenandMethylLossPathways,J.Phys.Chem. A,118, 9632-9645 (2014).
8. D.S.N. Parker, R.I. Kaiser, T.P. Troy,O. Kostko, M. Ahmed, A.M. Mebel, Towardthe
Oxidationof thePhenyl Radicaland PreventionofPAH FormationinCombustion
Systems,J. Phys. Chem.A 119,7145-7154(2015)
9. D.S.N. Parker, B.B. Dangi, R.I. Kaiser, A. Jamal, K. Morokuma, Formationof
6‑Methyl-1,4-dihydronaphthaleneintheReactionofthe p‑TolylRadicalwith1,3-
ButadieneunderSingle-CollisionConditions.Journalof PhysicalChemistry A. 118,
12111-12119 (2014)
10. R.I. Kaiser, D.S.N. Parker,A.M. Mebel, ReactionDynamics in Astrochemistry:Low
temperaturePathwaysto Polycyclic AromaticHydrocarbons(PAHs) inthe
InterstellarMedium(ISM),Annu. Rev. Phys.Chem., 66, 43-47 (2015)
2014
11. R.I. Kaiser, B.B. Dangi, T. Yang, D.S.N. Parker,A. M. Mebel, ReactionDynamics of
the 4-MethylphenylRadical(p-Tolyl)with1,2-Butadiene(1-Methylallene):Are
MethylGroupsPurelySpectators?,J. Phys.Chem. A, 118, 6181-6190 (2014)
12. T. Yang, B.B. Dangi, D.S.N. Parker, R.I. Kaiser, Y. An, A.H.H. Chang, A Combined
CrossedMolecularBeams andabinitio InvestigationontheFormationof
Vinylsulfidoboron(C2H311B32S),Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys.,16, 17580-17587
(2014)
13. D.S.N. Parker, A.M. Mebel, R.I. Kaiser, TheRoleof Isoelectronicityinthe Reactions
of the Cyano (CN),BoronMonoxide(BO),SiliconNitride(SiN),andEthynyl(C2H)
Radicalswith UnsaturatedHydrocarbonsAcetylene(C2H2)andEthylene(C2H4),
Chem. Soc. Rev., 43, 2701-2713 (2014)

2. 14. D.S.N. Parker, R.I. Kaiser, T.P. Troy,M. Ahmed, HydrogenAbstraction-Acetylene
AdditionRevealed, Angew.Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 7740-7744 (2014)
15. T. Yang, D.S.N. Parker, B.B. Dangi, R.I. Kaiser, V.V. Kislov, A.M. Mebel, Cross Beam
Reactionsof thePhenyl (C6H5;X2A1) andPhenyl-d5 Radical(C6D5;X2A1) with 1,2-
Butadiene(H2CCCHCH3;X1A'),J.Phys.Chem. A, 118, 4372-4381 (2014)
16. B.B. Dangi, D.S.N. Parker, R.I. Kaiser, D. Belisario-Lara, A.M. Mebel, An
experimentalandtheoreticalinvestigationoftheformationof C7H7 isomers in the
bimolecularreactionof dicarbonmolecules with1,3-pentadiene,Chem.Phys.Lett.,
607, 92-99 (2014)
17. T. Yang, D.S.N. Parker, B.B. Dangi, R.I. Kaiser, D. Stranges, Y-.H.Su, S-.Y. Chen,
A.H.H. Chang, A.M. Mebel, DirectedGas-PhaseFormationofthe
EthynylsulfidoboronMolecule,J.Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 8387-8392 (2014)
18. D.S.N. Parker, S. Maity, B.B. Dangi, R.I. Kaiser, A. Landera, A.M. Mebel,
UnderstandingtheChemicalDynamics of the ReactionsofDicarbonwith 1-Butyne,
2-Butyne,and1,2-Butadiene– TowardtheFormationofResonantlyStabilized
FreeRadicals, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 12150-12163 (2014)
19. S. Maity,D.S.N. Parker,R.I. Kaiser, B. Ganoe, S. Fau, A. Perera, R.J. Bartlett, Gas-
PhaseSynthesisof Boronylallene(H2CCCH(BO)) underSingleCollisionConditions:
A CrossMolecularBeams andComputationalStudy,J.Phys.Chem. A, 118, 3810-
3819 (2014)
20. B.B. Dangi, D.S.N. Parker, T. Yang, R.I. Kaiser, A.M. Mebel, Gas Phase Synthesis of
the BenzylRadical(C6H5CH2),Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,53, 4608-4613 (2014)
21. D.S.N. Parker, B.B. Dangi, R.I. Kaiser, A. Jamal, M.N. Ryazantsev, K. Morokuma, An
ExperimentalandTheoreticalStudyontheFormationof2-Methylnaphthalene
(C11H10/C11H3D7) intheReactionsof the Para-Tolyl(C7H7) andPara-Tolyl-d7
(C7D7) withVinylacetylene(C4H4),J.Phys.Chem. A 118, 2709-2718 (2014)
22. D.S.N. Parker, T. Yang; R.I. Kaiser; A. Landera, A.M. Mebel, On theFormationof
Ethynylbiphenyl(C14D5H5;C6D5C6H4CCH) Isomers intheReactionofD5-Phenyl
Radicals(C6D5;X2A1) with Phenylacetylene(C6H5C2H;X1A1) UnderSingle Collision
Conditions,Chem. Phys.Lett., 595-596, 230-236 (2014)
2013
23. D.S.N. Parker, B.B. Dangi, N. Balucani, D. Stranges, A.M. Mebel, R. I. Kaiser, Gas-
PhaseSynthesisof PhenylOxoborane(C6H5BO) viatheReactionof BoronMonoxide
with Benzene, J.Org. Chem., 78, 11896-11900 (2013)
24. S. Maity,D.S.N. Parker,B.B. Dangi, R.I. Kaiser, S. Fau, A. Perera, R.J. Bartlett, A
CrossedMolecularBeamandAb-Initio InvestigationoftheReactionof Boron
Monoxide(BO;X2Σ+ withMethylacetylene(CH3CCH;X1A1):CompetingAtomic
HydrogenandMethylLossPathways, J.Phys.Chem. A, 117, 11794-11807 (2013)
25. D.S.N. Parker, N. Balucani, D. Stranges, R.I. Kaiser, A.M. Mebel, A CrossedBeam
andab Initio InvestigationontheFormationofBoronyldiacetylene(HCCCC11BO;
X1Σ+) via the Reactionof theBoronMonoxideRadical(11BO;X2Σ+) withDiacetylene
(C4H2;X1Σg+),J. Phys.Chem. A, 117, 8189-8198 (2013)
26. B.B.Dangi, D.S.N. Parker, R.I. Kaiser, A. Jamal and A.M. Mebel, A Combined
ExperimentalandTheoreticalStudyonthe Gas-PhaseSynthesis ofTolueneunder
SingleCollisionConditions, Angew.Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 7186-7189 (2013)
27. D.S.N. Parker, A.V. Wilson, R.I. Kaiser, N.J.Mayhall, M. Head-Gordon, A.G.G.M.
Tielens, On the FormationofSilacyclopropenylidene(c-SiC2H2)andits Rolein the
OrganosilisonChemistryintheInterstellarMedium.Astrophys. J.,770, 33, 1-14
(2013)
2012
28. D.S.N. Parker, A.V. Wilson, R.I. Kaiser, T. Labrador, A.M. Mebel, Gas Phase
Synthesisof theNovelSilaisocyanoethyleneMolecule(C2H3NSi),J.Org.Chem., 77,
8574-8580 (2012)

3. 29. D.S.N. Parker, A.V. Wilson, R.I. Kaiser, T. Labrador, A.M. Mebel, Synthesis of the
NovelSilaisocyanoacetylene(HCCNSi)Molecule, J.Am.Chem. Soc., 134, 13896-
13901 (2012)
30. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, P.Matsuyenko, R.I. Kaiser, S.H. Chen, A.H.H. Chang, A
CrossedBeamandAbInitio InvestigationOnTheFormationofVinylBoron
Monoxide(C2H3BO) viaReactionofBoronMonoxide(BO) withethylene(C2H4).
Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys., 14, 11099-11106 (2012)
31. R.I. Kaiser, D.S.N. Parker,F. Zhang, A. Landera, V.V. Kislov, A.M.
Mebel, PAHFormationunderSingleCollisionConditions:ReactionofPhenyl
Radicaland 1,3-Butadieneto Form1,4-Dihydronaphthalene.J.Phys.Chem. A, 116,
4248-4258 (2012)
32. T.J.Penfold, D.S.N. Parker, R. S. Minns, R. Spesyvtsev, H.H. Fielding, G.A. Worth,
QuantumDynamicsStudy of the CompetingUltrafastIntersystemCrossingand
InternalConversioninthe "Channel3"RegionofBenzene, J. Chem. Phys.,137,
204310 (2012)
33. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, Y.S. Kim, R.I. Kaiser, A. Landera, A.M. Mebel, On the
FormationofPhenyldiacetylene (C6H5CCCCH) andD5-Phenyldiacetylene
(C6D5CCCCH) StudiedUnderSingleCollisionConditions.Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys.,
14, 2997-3003 (2012)
34. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, Y. S. Kim, R.I. Kaiser, A. Landera, V.V. Kislov, A.M. Mebel,
A.G.G.M. Tielens, LowTemperatureFormationofNaphthaleneandits Roleinthe
Synthesisof PAHs(Polycyclic AromaticHydrocarbons) intheInterstellar
Medium.Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci., 109, 53-58 (2012)
35. R.I. Kaiser, D.S.N. Parker,M. Goswami, F. Zhang, V.V. Kislov, A.M. Mebel, J.
Aguilera-Iparraguirre, W.H. Green, CrossedBeamReactionofPhenyland D5-
PhenylRadicalswith PropeneandDeuteratedCounterparts-CompetingAtomic
HydrogenandMethylLossPathways. Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys., 14, 720-729
(2012)
36. A.V. Wilson, D.S.N. Parker,F. Zhang, R.I. Kaiser, CrossedBeamStudyof theAtom-
RadicalReactionof GroundState CarbonAtoms (C(3P)) withtheVinylRadical
(C2H3(X2A')) .Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys.,14, 477-481 (2012)
2011
37. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, R.I. Kaiser, V. Kislov, A.M. Mebel, IndeneFormationunder
SingleCollisionConditionsfromReactionofPhenyl Radicals withAlleneand
Methylacetylene -A CrossedMolecularBeamandAbInitio Study.Chem. Asian J.,6,
3035-3042 (2011)
38. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, R.I. Kaiser, PhenoxyRadical(C6H5O) Formationunder
SingleCollisionConditionsfromReactionofthe PhenylRadical (C6H5,X2A1) with
MolecularOxygen(O2,X3Σg-):TheFinal Chapter?. J. Phys.Chem. A, 115, 11515-
11518 (2011)
39. P. Maksyutenko,D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, R.I. Kaiser, AnLIF Characterizationof
SupersonicBO (X2Σ+) andCN (X2Σ+) RadicalSources for CrossedBeamStudies. Rev.
Sci. Instr., 82, 083107/1-7 (2011)
40. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, P.Maksyutenko, R.I. Kaiser, A.H.H. Chang, A CrossedBeam
andab initio InvestigationoftheReactionof BoronMonoxide(11BO;X2Σ+) with
Acetylene(C2H2;X1Σg+).Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,13, 8560-8570 (2011)
41. D.S.N. Parker, F. Zhang, Y.S. Kim, R.I. Kaiser, A.M. Mebel, On the Formationof
ResonantlyStabilizedC5H3 Radicals -A CrossedBeamandAbInitio Study of the
Reactionof GroundStateCarbonAtoms with Vinylacetylene. J.Phys.Chem. A, 115,
593-601 (2011)
42. F. Zhang, D.S.N. Parker, Y.S. Kim, R.I. Kaiser, A.M. Mebel, On the Formationof
Ortho-benzyne(o-C6H4)UnderSingleCollisionConditionsandits Rolein
InterstellarChemistry. Astrophys. J.,728, 141, 1-10 (2011)
2010

4. 43. R.S. Minns, D.S.N. Parker, T.J.Penfold,G.A. Worthand H.H. Fielding, Competing
Ultrafast IntersystemCrossingandInternalConversioninthe"Channel3" Region
of Benzene,Phys.Chem. Chem. Phys.,12, 15607-15615 (2010)
2009
44. D.S.N. Parker, R.S. Minns, T.J.Penfold,G.A. Worthand H.H. Fielding, Ultrafast
Dynamicsof theS1 ExcitedState of Benzene,Chem. Phys.Lett., 469, 43-47 (2009)
45. D.S.N. Parker, A.D. Nunn, R.S. Minns and H.H. Fielding, FrequencyDoublingand
FourierDomainShapingtheOutput of a FemtosecondOpticalParametric
Amplifier:EasyAccessto TuneableFemtosecondPulse Shapes inthe Deep
Ultraviolet,Appl. Phys.B, 94, 181-186 (2009)