CURRICULUM VITA
 
NAME: Upali Siriwardane, Ph.D.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

B.S.,1976 University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya Campus, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
 
M.S., 1981 Inorganic Chemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Thesis advisor: Prof. Peter H. Bird .
 
Ph.D.,1985 Organometallic/Inorganic Chemistry Synthesis and Characterization of
Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Compounds, The Ohio StateUniversity, Columbus,
Ohio. Thesis advisor: Prof. Sheldon G. Shore.
 
1986-1987 Robert A. Welch Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1986-1987, Southern Methodist
University,. With Prof. Narayan S. Hosmane.

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, September 1993-present.
Teaching General and Inorganic Chemistry courses.
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, September 1989-1993.
Teaching General and Inorganic Chemistry courses.
 
Crystallographer, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX 75275, 1987-1989. Full-time research in the area of Synthesis of Group 14
Metallocarboranes and Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction
Research Officer, Minerals Technology Division, Ceylon Institute of Scientific and
Industrial Research, P.O. Box 787 363, Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka,

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
Louisiana Academy of Sciences

FUNDED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching General Chemistry:Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, September
1989-present.
Teaching Inorganic and Materails Chemistry:Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
71272, September 1989-present.
Teaching Chemistry Inorganic and Organic Chemistry to Non-science majors:Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston, LA
Teaching General Chemistry Labs; University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya Campus, Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka, 1975-76.Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1979-1981,
The Ohio StateUniversity, Columbus, Ohio, 1981-1985.
 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1) A. A. L. Gunatilaka, H. M. U. Siriwardane, S. Sotheeswarn, and S. Balasubramaniam, "Alkolids of the Catharanthus Species of Sri Lanka," J. Natn. Sci. Coun. Sri Lanka, 1976, 4(2), 163-166.

 2) Peter H. Bird, Upali Siriwardane, Alan Shaver, Orosman Lopez, and David H. Harpp, "An Unusual Bonding Mode for a Dithiocarboxylate Ligand: X-ray Crystal Structure of the Product of the Reaction of Fe2(CO)9 with l,2 Benzodithiole-3-thione," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1981, 513-514.

3) Peter H. Bird, James M. McCall, Alan Shaver, and Upali Siriwardane, "Metallacyclosulfanes: Synthesis and Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)titana(IV)cyclo-tetrasulfane'," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1982, 21, 384-385.

4) Peter H. Bird, Upali Siriwardane, Rabin B. Lai, and Alan Shaver, "The preparation of thiolatobridged platinum dimers: the crystal and molecular structure of cis-mm'- bis(phenylmethanethiolato)bis(phenylmethaneethiolatomethyldiphenylphosphineplatinum (II),cis-(PMePh2) Pt (m-SCH2Ph)]2," Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 2075-2081.

5) A. A. Bahsoun, J. A. Osborn, J. P. Kintzinger, P. H. Bird, and U. Siriwardane, "Synthesis, Molecular Structure and Dynamic Behavior of the Chiral Cluster (m- H)4Ru4(CO)9[HC(PPh2)2]," Nouveau J. De. Chim., 1984, 8, 125-123.

6) Agnes Choplin, Lin Huang, Jean-Marie Basset, Rene Mathieu, Upali Siriwardane, and Sheldon G. Shore, "Surface Organometallic Chemistry: Formation of the Grafted Anionic Clusters [HFeOs3(CO)13]- [HFeRu3(CO)13]- and [FeCo3(CO)12]- on a Hydroxylated Magnesia," Organometallics," 1986, 5, 1547-1551.

7) A. Choplin, L. Huang, A. Theolier, P. Gallezot, U. Siriwardane, S. G. Shore, and R. Mathieu, "Formation of Fe-Os, Fe-Ru and Fe-Co Bimetallic Particles by Thermal Decomposition of Heteropolynuclear Clusters Supported on a Partially Dehydroxylated Magnesia," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 4224-4225.

8) Joseph R. Werner, Narayan S. Hosmane, John J. Alexander, Upali Siriwardane, and Sheldon G. Shore, "Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of arachno-6-[Si(CH3)3]-6, 9-C2B8H13 through a Cage-Expansion Reaction of nido-2,3-[Si(CH3)3]2-2,3-C2B4H6," Inorg.Chem., 1986, 25, 4351-4354.

9) Narayan S. Hosmane, Patrice de Meester, Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, and Shirley S. C. Chu, "Synthesis and Structure of 2,2',3,3'-Tetrakis-(trimethylsilyl)-[1,1'-commo- bis(2,3- dicarba-1-germa- closo-heptaborane)](12): A Germanocene Analogue?," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 6050-6051.

10) Narayan S. Hosmane, Patrice de Meester, Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, and Shirley S. C. Chu, "Reductive and Non-Reductive Insertions of Silicon Atoms into Carbaborane Cages: Synthesis and Structure of a Carbaborane Analogue of Bis(cyclopentadienyl)silicon," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1986, 1421- 1422.

11) Upali Siriwardane, Narayan S. Hosmane, and Shirley S. C. Chu, "Methyl-3-(trimethylsilyl)-2,3- dicarba-1- stanna-closo-heptaborane(6)," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1987, C43, 1067-1069.

12) Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, Thomas A. West, Narayan S. Hosmane, John A. Maguire, and Alan H. Cowley, "Silicon(IV)-Complexes of C-Trimethylsilyl-Substituted Carboranes. Syntheses of [(Me3Si)(R)C2B4H4]2Si and [(Me3Si)(Me)C2B4H4]SiH(R')[R = Me3Si,Me or H; R'= H or Cl]. Crystal Structure of 2,2'-Bis-(trimethylsilyl)-3,3'-dimethyl- [1,1'-commo-bis(2,3-dicarba-1-sila-closo- heptaborane)](12)," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 4600-4605.

13) M. Safiqul Islam, Upali Siriwardane, Narayan S. Hosmane, John A. Maguire, Patrice de Meester, and Shirley S. C. Chu, "Chemistry of C-Trimethylsilyl-Substituted Stannacaboranes. 3. Conversion of closo-1- Sn-2-(Me3Si)-3-(R)-2,3-C2B4H4 to commo-1,1'- Ge-[2-(Me3Si)-3-(R)-2,3-C2B4H4]2 and Structure of commo-1,1'- Ge[2,3-(Me3Si)2-closo-2,3- C2B4H4]2(R = SiMe3, Me, and H)," Organometallics," 1987, 6, 1936-1940.

14) Narayan S. Hosmane, Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, John A. Maquire, and Shirley S. C. Chu, "Lewis Acidity of Germanium (II) in a 5-closo-Germacarborane: Synthesis and Structure of 1-(2,2'-bipyridine)- 2,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)-2,3-heptaborane(6)," Inorg. Chem., 1987, 26, 3428-3429.

15) Narayan S. Hosmane, M. Sadiqul Islam, Upali Siriwardane, John A. Maguire, and C. F. Campana, "A Novel Bridged Donor-Acceptor Complex: Synthesis and Structure of 1,1'- (2,2'-(C8H6N4))-[closo-1-Sn-2,3-(Me3Si)- 2,3-C2B4H4]2," Organometallics, 1987, 6, 2447- 2448.

16) John D. Buynak, Jacob Mathew, M. Narayana Roa, Elizabeth Haley, Christian George, and Upali Siriwardane, "The Preparation of the First a-Vinylidene-b-lactams," J. Chem. Soc., Chem, Commun., 1987, 735-737.

 17) Upali Siriwardane, Shirley S. C. Chu, Narayan S. Hosmane, Craig M. Bertha, and Ramachandra S. Hosmane "Structure of a Bifunctional Organic Reagent: 2,2'- Bis(dimethylaminomethylene)-2,2'- sulfonyldiacetonitrile," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct.Commun., 1987, C43, 1823-1826.

18) Upali Siriwardane, Shirley S. C. Chu, and John D. Buynak, "4-Benzyl-3- (ethynylidene)azetidin-2-one: The first a-Vinylidene-b-lactam," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct.Commun., 1987, C43, 2242-2243.

19) Upali Siriwardane, Subhash P. Khanapure, Shirley S. C. Chu, and Edward R. Biehl, "2- (1,4-Dimethoxy-2-napthyl)-2-Phenylacetonitrile," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct.Commun., 1987, C43, 2246-2247.

20) Narayan S. Hosmane, M. Safqul Islam, Brian S. Pinkston, Upali Siriwardane, John J. Banewicz, and John A. Maguire, "Germanium (II) Inserted h5-closo-Germacarboranes and Their Donor-Acceptor Complexes. Crystal Structure of 1-Ge(C10H8N2)-2,3-(Me3Si)2-2,3- C2B4H4," Organometallics, 1988, 7, 2340-2345.

21) Upali Siriwardane, Shirley S. C. Chu, Narayan S. Hosamane, Craig M. Bertha, and Ramachadra S. Hosame "Structure of a Potential cross-linking Reagent: 2,2'-Bis- (methoxymethlyene)-2,2'- sulfonyldiacetonitrile, (MMSBA)," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1988, C44, 104-107.

 22) Upali Siriwardane, Subhash P. Khanapure, Shirley S. C. Chu, and Edward R. Biehl, "6-(3- methoxybenzyl)-5-methyl-o-anisonitrile," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1988, C44, 200-201.

23) Upali Siriwardane, Subhash P. Khanapure, Shirley S. C. Chu, and Edward R. Biehl, "2- (2,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-3,6-dimethoxy-4-methylbenzonitrile," Acta Cryst., Cryst.Struct.Commun., 1988, C44, 374-376.

24) Upali Siriwardane, R. Thimma Reddy, Shirley S. C. Chu, and Edward R. Biehl, "1,2- Dihydro-5,6-dimethoxy-1-benzocyclobutenyl-3,5-Dinitrobenzoate," Acta Cryst.,Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1988, C44, 198-200.

25) Upali Siriwardane, Shirley S. C. Chu, and John D. Buynak, "4-methyl-3-{(Z)-Methyl-[(E)- dimethyl(phenyl)silyl]methylidene}azetidin-2-one: An a-alkylidene-b-lactam.," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1988, C44, 391-393.

26) Upali Siriwardane and Narayan S. Hosmane, "1-(2,2':6'-2"-terpyridine)-2-methyl-3- trimethylsilyl-2,3-dicarba-1-stanna-closo-heptaborane(6): 2,2':6'-2"-terpyridine," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1988, C44, 1572-1576.

 27) Upali Siriwardane, Aziz Razzuk, Subhash P. Khanapure, Edward R. Biehl, and Shirley S. C. Chu, "5,10- (Diphenyl)-5,10-dihydrophenenarsazine," Heterocyclic Chem., 1988, 25, 1555- 1559.

28) Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, John A. Maguire, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Synthesis and Structure of 2,3-Bis(trimethylsilyl)-5-(trichlorogermyl)-2,3-dicarba-1-germa- closoheptaborane(6)," Organometallics, 1988, 7, 1893-1895.

29) Ramachandra S. Hosmane, Benjamin B. Lim, Micheal S. Summers, Upali Siriwardane, Narayan S. Hosmane, and Shirley S. C.Chu, "Rearrangements in Heteocyclic Synthesis. 2. Novel Transformations of 2-Aminonicotinonitrile and Anthranilonitrile," J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 5309-5315.

30) Lori C. Crenshaw, Subhash P. Khanapure, Upali Siriwardane, and Edward R. Biehl, "A Stereo controlled Synthesis of cis-3,4-diarylisochroman-1-ones through diastereoselective reaction of benzaldehydes and -lithio-2-cyanodiarylmethane intermediates," Tet. Lett., 1988, 29, 3777-3780.

31) John D. Buynak, H. B. Borate, Chad Husting, Trace Hurd, Jyoti Ballabh, Jacob Mathew, Jarvis Lambert, and Upali Siriwardane, "The Preparation of the First a- Vinylidenepenams," Tet. Lett., 1988, 29, 5053-5056.

32) Upali Siriwardane, Shirley S. C. Chu, and John D. Buynak, "2'2'-dimethyl-3-methyl-8'- oxo-3- (phenyldimethylsilyl]spiro-oxirane-3,7'-[3']oxo[1']azabocyclo[4.2.0]octne: A ovel b- lactum.," Acta Cryst., Cryst., Sturct. Commun., 1989, C45, 531-533.

33) Upali Siriwardane, R. Thimma Reddy, Shirley S. C. Chu, and Edward R. Biehl, "-Cyano- N,N-diisopropyl--(3-methoxy-6-methylphenyl)acetamide," Acta Cryst., Cryst Struct. Commun., 1989, C45, 339-341.

34) Dilip V. Khasnis, Michael Lattman, and Upali Siriwardane, "Phosphoranide Ligands with Variable Coordinating Modes: Synthesis of [(h5HcyclenP)Pt(Cl)PPh3]BF4 and [(H2CyclenP)PtCl2PPh3]Cl," Inorg. Chem., 1989, 28, 681-686.

35) Upali Siriwardane, Shirley S. C. Chu, Narayan S. Hosmane, Guomin Zhang, Weimin Zhu, and Hong Zhu, "A Tautomeric Form of (Tetraethylammonium)-1-acrylamido-nonahydro- closo-decaborate(1-)," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Stuct. Commun., 1989, C45, 294-297.

36) Edward R. Biehl, Subhash P. Khanapure, and Upali Siriwardane, "The reaction of 2- chloro- 10-N-methylphenothiazine with aromatic nitriles and litium dialkylamides in THF: Synthesis and structure of 1-cyano-2-(3',4', 5'-trmethoxybenzyl)-10-N- methylphenothiazine," Heterocyles, 1989, 29, 485-496.

37) Upali Siriwardane, Shirkey S. C. Chu, Narayan S. Hosmane, Hong Zhu, and Guomin Zhang, "Bis(ethyl(ferrocenylmethyl)dimethylammonium octadecahydroeicosaborate(2-),"Acta Cryst., Cryst. Sturct. Commun., 1989, C45, 333-336.

38) Dilip V. Khasnis, Michael Lattman, Upali Siriwardane, and Suman K. Chapra, "First Structural Evidence for Transannular P-N Bonding in the Phosphine Form of Cyclenphosphorane: An Open Tautomer?," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 3103-3105.

39) Dilip V. Khasnis, Michael Lattman, and Upali Siriwardane, "Reactions of a Phosphoranide Platinum(II) Complex with nucleophilic and electrophilic reagents and X-ray structures of (h2-cyclenP)Pt[Co(Co)4]PPh3 and (h2-cyclenP)Pt(I)PPh3," Inorg. Chem., 1989, 28, 2594-2600.

40) Narayan S. Hosmane, Joseph S. Fagner, Hong Zhu, Upali Siriwardane, John A. Maguire, Guomin Zhang, and Brian S. Pinkston, "Chemistry of C-Trimethylsilyl-Substituted Main Group Heterocarboranes. 4. Reactivity of Stannacarboranes toward monodentate and bis(bidentate) Lewis bases. Synthesis and structure of 1- or 1,1'-(L)-[closo-1-Sn-2- (SiMe3)-3-(R)-C2B4H4]n,n=1,L=[(h5-C5H5)Fe(h5-C5H4CH2(CH3)2N)];n=2,L=2,2'- C8H6N4;R=SiMe3,Me or H," Organometallics, 1989, 8, 1769-1777.

41) Upali Siriwardane, Lori C. Crenshaw, Subhash P. Khanapure, and Edward R. Biehl, "Structure of 8-Methoxy- 5-methyl-cis-3,4-diphenylisochroman-1-one," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1989, C45, 1239-1241.

42) Upali Siriwardane, Lori C. Crenshaw, Subhash P. Khanapure, and Edward R. Biehl, "Structure of anti-1,2-Diphenyl-2-(2'-Cyano-3-methoxy-6-methylphenyl-1,2-dphenyl)-1- ethanol," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1989, C45, 1463-1465.

43) Narayan S. Hosmane, Upali Siriwardane, Guomin Zhang, Hong Zhu, and John A. Maguire, "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of (C4H8O.Na+)2[2,3-(SiMe3)2-2,3-C2B4H5-]2: The first Ion Cluster of the nido-Carborane Cage Systems," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1989, 1128-1130.

44) Upali Siriwardane, John A. Maguire, John J. Banewicz, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Chemistry of C-trimethylsily-substituted main group heterocarbonranes. 5. Reactivity of stannacarbones towards a tridentrate Lewis base 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine: Synthetic, structural and bonding studies on the donar-acceptor complex 1-Sn[C15H11N3]-2-(R)-2,3- C2B4H4[R=SiMe3 and CH3], "Organometallics, 1989, 8, 2792-2800.

45) Narayan S. Hosmane, Upali Siriwardane, Hong Zhu, Guomin Zhang, and John A. Maguire, "The First Structural Evidence for the Insertion of an Unsubstituted Lead into a Carborane Cage," Organometallics, 1989, 8, 566.

46) Upali Siriwardane, Dilip V. Khasnis, and Micheal Lattman, "Bromo-h2- cyclenphosphoranido-triphenylphosphino platnium(II)," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1989 , C45, 1628-1630.

47) Dilip V. Khasnis, Michael Lattman, and Upali Siriwardane, "Lewis Acid Controlled Tautomerization of a Metallated Cyclenphosphorane," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1989, 1538-1540.

48) Narayan S. Hosmane, Kai-Juan Lu, Hong Zhu, Upali Siriwardane, Manjunath S. Shet, and John A. Maguire, "Chemistry of C-Trimethyl-Substituted Main-group Heterocarboranes. 6. Lead(II)-Inserted h5-closo- Plumbacarboranes and Their Reactivity toward a Bidentate Lewis Base: Crystal Structures of closo-1-Pb-2-(SiMe3)-3-(R)-2,3-C2B4H4 and 1- Pb(C10H8N2)-2,3-C2B4H4 (R= SiMe3, Me)," Organometallics, 1990, 9, 808-815.

49) M. S. Balakrishna, T. K. Prakasha, S. S. Krishnamurthy, U. Siriwardane, and N. S. Hosmane, "Organometallic derivatives of diphosphinoamines, X2PN(R)PX2. Reactions with carbonyl derivatives of group 6 metals and iron pentacarbonyl. The crystal structures of [Mo(CO)4PhN(P(OPh)2] and [W(CO)4i iPrN(PPh2)2]," J. Organomet. Chem., 1990, 390, 203-216.

50) Upali Siriwardane, Kai-Juan Lu, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "1-(2-2"-Bipyridine)-methyl-3- (trimethylsilyl)-2,3-dicarba-1-plumba-closo-heptaborane(6)," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1990, C46, 1391-1394.

51) John A. Maguire, Joseph S. Fagner, Upali Siriwardane, John J. Banewicz, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Structural and Bonding Investigation of the Donor-Acceptor Complex 1- Sn[Phenanthroline]-Lewis Base Complexes," Struct. Chem., 1990, 1, 583-595.

52) Narayan S. Hosmane, Reynaldo D. Barreto, Michael A. Tolle, John J. Alexander, William Quintana, Upali Siriwardane, Sheldon G. Shore, and Robert E. Williams, "Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterizations of 1,2-Bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,2-dicarba-closo- hexaborane(6)Derived from closo-Stannacarborane and the X-ray Crystal Structure of the Precursor 1-Sn-2,3-(SiMe3)2-2,3-C2B4H4," Inorg. Chem., 1990, 29, 2698- 2701.

53) Ramachandra S. Hosmane, Craig M. Bertha, Upali Siriwardane, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Reagents for Bioorganic Synthesis. 4. A Novel Bifunctional Cross-Linking Reagent. Properties, and Reactions of 2,2'-sulfonylbis[3-methoxy-(E,E)-2-propenenitrile," J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 5206-5216.

54) Upali Siriwardane, Subhash P. Khanapure, and Edward R. Biehl, "7,-Dihydro-1,6,11- trimethoxy-5,12-napthacenedione," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1990, C46, 942- 926.

55) Dilip V. Khasnis, Michael Lattman, and Upali Siriwardane. "The First N-Only- BondedMetal Derivatives of Cyclenphosphorane. Formation of cycen-PH-MCl2 and cyclenPH HMCl3 (M=Zn,Cd)," Inorg. Chem., 1990, 29, 271-274.

56) Narayan S. Hosmane, Kai-Juan Lu, Upali Siriwardane, and Manjunath S. Shet, "Chemistry of C-Trimethyl- Substituted Main-group Heterocarboranes. 7. Reactivity of colso-Germa- and closo-Plumbacarboranes towards a Bis(bidentate) Lewis Base, 2,2'-Bipyrimidine: Synthesis and Structures of 1- or 1,1'-(2,2'-C8H6N4)[closo-1-M-2-(SiMe3)-3-(R)-2,3- C2B4H4]n (n = 1, M = Ge; n = 2, M = Pb; R = Me3Si, Me, H)," Organometallics, 1990, 9, 808-815.

57) Ramachandra S. Hosmane, Anila Bhan, Richard L Karpel, Upali Siriwardane, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "The Synthesis and Biophysical Investigation of Novel Ring-Expanded Nucleosides, and Homopolymers Containing the 5:7-Fused Heterocyclic Ring System Imidazo[4,5-e][1,4]diazepine," J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 5882- 5890.

58) Upali Siriwardane, Hong Ming Zhang, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of the 1st Bent, Zwitterionic bis(h5-C2B4-carborane) Zirconium Sandwich Complex," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 9637-9639.

59) Dilip V. Khasnis, Micheal Lattman, and Upali Siriwardane, "Transition Metal Mediated Reactions of Cyclenphosphorane: Synthesis and Reactivity of Hcyclen PMo(CO)5, A Species with a Transanular Interaction," Organometallics, 1991, 10, 1326-1331.

60) Alan Shaver, James M. McCall, Peter H. Bird, and Upali Siriwardane, "The Structure of a Complex containing A chelating trisulfido S32- ligand," Acta Cryst., Cryst. Struct. Commun., 1991, C47, 659-61.

61) Reed J. Blau and Upali Siriwardane, "Carbon Monoxide Induced Allyl Coupling from Mo2(m2-h3-allyl)2(h3-allyl)2 Yielding the Labile Complex Mo(CO)4(h4-1,5-hexadine)," Organometallics, 1991, 10, 1627-1630.

62) R. S. Hosmane, B. B. Lim, U. Siriwardane, and N.S. Hossmane, "The Synthesis and Structure of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-2,4,6-trimethyl-8-nitroimidazo(1,5-d)(1,2,4)triazin-1-one, C8H11N5O3: A Heterocycle with a Rare Ring System," Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research, 1991, 21,353-356.

63) Reed J. Blau, Mary S. Goetz, Ronda R. Howe, Cheri J. Smith, Rong-Jer Tsay, and Upali Siriwardane, "Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability of Bis (h3-allyl)bis(m2-h3-allyl) and Bis(h3-methallyl)bis(m2- h3-methallyl) dimolibdenum(II) Isomers and Evidence for their Lewis Base Catalysed Isomerization," Organometallics, 1991, 10, 3259-3266.

64) Dilip V. Khasnis, Michael Lattman, Upali Siriwardane, and Hongming Zhang, "Chealate- control of Diphosphines around Platinum(II): 5-Cylenphosphoranide-promoted Formation of Heterobimetallics," Organometallics, 1992, 11, 2075-2079.

65) Vijayvithal P. Vaidya, Ramachandra S. Hosmane, Upali Siriwardane, Hongmin Zhang, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Unequivocal Structural Assignment of the product of Metylation of 4-nitro-5-styrylimidazole," Struct. Chem., 1993, 4, 339-43.

66) John D. Buynak, H. B. Borate, Grady W. Lamb, Dipti D. Khanis, Chad Husting, Harlod Isom, and Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis of 6-vinyldenepenams," J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58, 1325-35.

67) Jeanette A. Krause, Upali Siriwardane, Terese A. Salupo, Joseph R. Wermer, David W. Knoeppel, and Sheldon G. Shore, "Prepartion of Osmium trinuclear carbonyl anion [Os3(CO)11]2- and its reactions with dodecacarbonyltriosmium: Structure of [Et4N][HOs3(CO)11] and H2Os4(CO)13," J. Organomet. Chem., 1993, 454, 267-71

68) Narayan S. Hosmane, Anil K. Saxena, Reynaldo D. Barreto, Hongmin Zhang, John A. Maguire, Lei Jia, Ying Wang, Aderemi R. Oki, Komel V. Grover, Sarah J. Whitten, Kim Dawson, Michael A. Tolle, Upali Siriwardane, Temesgen Demissie, and Joeseph S. Fagner, "Chemistry of C-Trimethylsilyl-substituted Heterocarboranes. 11. Synthetic, Spectroscopic, Structural, and Bonding Studies on the Sodium, Sodium Lithium, and Dilithium Complexed "Carborane Adjecent" nido-Carborane Anions [2-(SiMe3)2-3-(R)-2,3- C2B4H6-n] n- (R=SiMe3, Me, H; n= 1,2). High-Yield Conversion to 12,-Dicarba- closo- hexaborane(6) Derivatives: Precursors to "Carbob Apart" Dianionic Carborane Ligands," Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3001-3014.

69) Colacot J. Thomas, Lei Jia, Hongming Zhang, Upali Siriwardane, John A. Maguire, Ying Wang, Karen A. Brooks, Vikram P. Weiss, and Narayan S. Hosamne, "Chemistry of C- Trimethylsilyl-Substituted Heterocarboranes. 17. Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions of Bent-Sandwich, d0 Ziecobacarboranes of the "Carbon Adjacent" C2B4 Carborane Systems," Organometallics., 1995, 14,1365-76.

70) Shafeek Ashroff, M.S., Stan A. Napper, Paul N. Hale, Jr., Upali Siriwardane, and Debi P. Mukherjee,"Cyclic Fatigue of Hydroxyapatite-coated Titanium Alloy impant Material-Effect of Crystallinity," Journal of Long-Term Effect of Medical Implants, 1996, 6, 143-155.

71) Narayan S. Hosmane, Jimin Yang, Kai-Juan Lu, Hongming Zhang, Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, Julie L. C. Thomas, and John A. Maguire "Chemistry of C-                Trimethylsilyl-Substituted Heterocarboranes. 25. Syntheses, Structures, and Reactivities of GeCl3-Substituted Half-Sandwich Germacarboranes, closo-1-Ge-2-(SiMe3)-3-(R)-5-(GeCl3)-2,3-C2B4H3 (R ) SiMe3, Me, and H)," Organometallics, 1998, 17, 2784-2796.
 
 

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS:

Upali Siriwardane, L. Y.-. Hsu, S. L. Mullen, A. G. Marshall, and S. G. Shore, "Clusters derived from [Ru3(CO)11]2-," 188th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, Abstact, INORG, 188 (1985).

Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, Thomas A. West, and Narayan S. Hosame, "Chemistry of Sila-, Germa-, and Stanna-Carboranes," 193rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, CO, Abstract, INORG, 213 (1987).

Narayan S. Hosame, Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, and Thomas A. West, "Si(II)and Si(IV) pi-Complexes of C(cage)-Trimethylsily-Substituted Carboranes," 8th International Symposium on Organosilicon Chemistry, St. Louis, Missouri, June (1987).

Narayan S. Hosame, John A. Maguire, M. Safiqul Islam, and Upali Siriwardane, "Main Group Heterocarboranes: Synthesis, Structure, Bonding and Reactivity," VIth International Meeting on Boron Chemistry, Bechyne near Tabor, Czechoslovakia, June (1987).

Upali Siriwardane, M. Safiqul Islam, Zhu Hong, John A. Maguire, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Novel Extented Metallocarboranes and their Precursors" 1st Boron USA Workshop, Dallas, TX, April (1988), Abstract, ME57.

Narayan S. Hosmane, M. Safiqul Islam, Zhu Hong, Upali Siriwardane, and John A. Maguire, "Stanna-, Germa- and Silacarboranes: A further Development in Novel Direction," National Meetings of American Chemical Society, Toronto, Canada, Abstract, INOR, (1988).

Upali Siriwardane, Hong Zhu, Guomin Zhang, John A. Maguire, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Synthesis and crystal structure of (C4H8O.Na+)2[2,3-(SiMe3)2-2,3-C2B4H5]2:.C6H6.," 197th National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, Abstract, INOR, (1989), 144.

 Upali Siriwardane, Hong Zuh, John A. Maguire, and Narayan S. Hosame, "Chemistry of Plumbacarboranes," 197th National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, Abstract,INOR, (1989), 145.

Narayan S. Hosmane, Kai-Juan Lu, and Upali Siriwardane, "Charge- transfer Complexes of Mixed Main group Metallocarboranes.," 198th National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Miami, Florida, Abstract, INOR, (1989), 210.

Reed J. Blau, Su-Inn Ho, and Upali Siriwardane, "The competitive Reactions and Ligand-Induced Isomerization of Mo2(Allyl)4 with Carbon Monoxide and Other Potential Ligands.," 198th National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Miami, Florida, Abstract, INOR, (1989), 248.

Narayan S. Hosmane, Kai-Juan Lu, and Upali Siriwardane, "Coordination Chemistry of closo-Germa- and Plumbacarboranes" Boron USA II Workshop, Research Triangle, NC, June 7-9(1990).

Dilip V. Khasnis, Micheal Lattman, and Upali Siriwardane, "Role of Cyclenphosphoranide Ligand in Transition Metal Chemistry," 200th National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., Abstract, INOR, (1990), 516.

Upali Siriwardane, "Synthetic and Structural Studies on Some Group 14 Metal Complexes," 64th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 1-3(1990)

Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Novel Zirconium Sandwich Complexes," 65th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana State University, Shrevport, LA, February 7-8(1991)

Upali Siriwardane, Hong Ming Zhang, Lee Jia, and Narayan S. Hosmane, "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Novel Zirconium Sandwich Complexes," 201st National Meeting of American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, Abstract, INOR, (1991), 269.

Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Novel Zirconium Sandwich Complexes," Arts and Sciences Research Symposium-Academic Excellence Week, Louisiana Tech University, April 9(1991).

Upali Siriwardane, Don L. Tyson, Derek W.H. Chan and Trey Sutton, "Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Pyrrole Complexes," 66th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 6-7(1992)

Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Pyrrolide Complexes," Arts and Sciences Research Symposium-Academic Excellence Week, Louisiana Tech University, April 9(1992).

Mukund Saxene and Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis of Molybdenum Dinitrogen Complexes," 67th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 4-5(1993)

Beverly F. Finley and Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis of Tungstun Dinitrogen Complexes," 67th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 4-5(1993)

Upali Siriwardane, "Chemical Analysis of Degradation Products in Used Transformer Oill," Arts and Sciences Research Symposium-Academic Excellence Week, Louisiana Tech University, April 9(1993).

Saurabh Sharma and Upali Siriwardane, "Electrical Properties of Doped Chlorophyll," 68th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, February 3-4(1994).

Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis and electrical Properties of Pyrrolide and Porphyrins," Arts and Sciences Research Symposium-Academic Excellence Week, Louisiana Tech University, April 13(1994).

Fedricka M. Moore and Upali Siriwardane, "Synthesis and Reactions of Perfluoro-acyl and Benzyl carbonyl Compounds of Manganese and Iron," 69th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Rustons, LA, February 2-3(1995).

Ben Mcgehee, Donna White and Upali Siriwardane, "Effect if 1-N-alkyl pyrroles on the Alignment of Nematic Liquis Crystal MBBA," 69th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Rustons, LA, February 2-3(1995).

Richard Jones, William C. Deese, and Upali Siriwardane, "Our Experience in Making Video Tapes for Freshman Chemistry Program," 69th Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Rustons, LA, February 2-3(1995).

Upali Siriwardane, "Making Video Tapes For Chemistry Freshman," Arts and Sciences Research Symposium-Academic Excellence Week, Louisiana Tech University, April (1995).

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