Dr. Alayne L. Schroll Associate Professor of Chemistry  Department of Chemistry & Physics Coordinator, Biochemistry Program Saint Michael's College Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439 802-654-2378 phone 802-654-2236 fax aschroll@smcvt.edu

Education and Professional Experience:

B.A. (Cum Laude), Chemistry (High Honors), Russell Sage College, 1978;
Research Associate, General Electric R&D Center, Niskayuna, NY, 1978-80;
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY-Plattsburgh, 1985-86;
Ph.D., Bio-organic Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1986;
Sabbatical Year, Department of Pathology, UVM, 1994-95.

Research Interests:

Protecting groups for application in peptide synthesis; Chemical footprinting of DNA.

Representative Publications:

Schroll, A.L.; Heintz, N.H.  “Chemical footprinting of structural and functional elements of dhfr ori beta during the CHOC 400 cell cycle”, Gene  2004, 332, 139-147.

Schroll, A.L., Eastep, S.J., Barany, G., "Synthesis and Characterization of Methoxy(thiocarbonyl)sulfenyl Chloride", J. Org. Chem. , 1990, 55, 1475.

Schroll, A.L., Barany, G., "A New Protecting Group for the Sulfhydryl Function of Cysteine",
J. Org. Chem., 1989, 54, 244.

Schroll, A.L., Barany, G., "Novel Symmetrical and Mixed Carbamoyl and Amino Polysulfanes
by Reactions of (Alkoxydichloromethyl)polysulfanyl Substrates with N-Methylaniline",
J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 1866.

Baechler, R.D., San Filippo, L.J., Schroll, A.L., "Structural Effects Upon Competitive Decomposition Pathways of Thiosulfoxide Intermediates", Tetrahedron Lett., 1981, 22, 5247.

MacLaury, M.R., Schroll, A.L., "Kinetic and Chemical Analysis of Polymer Pyrolytic Volatiles by Pyrolysis GC and TGA", J. Fire and Flammability, 1981, 12, 203.