Publications

1. "Resonance Raman Characterization of Chromatium vinosum Cytochrome c'. Effects of pH and Comparison of Equilibrium and Photolysed Carbon Monoxide Species", J. D. Hobbs, R. W. Larsen, T. E. Meyer, J. H. Hazzard, M. A. Cusanovich and M. R. Ondrias, Biochemistry 1989, 29, 4166.

2. "Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Cytochrome bc1 Complexes from Rhodosprillum rubrum: Initial Characterization and Reductive Titrations." J. D. Hobbs, A. Kriauciunas, S. Güner, D. B. Knaff and M. R. Ondrias, Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1990, 1018, 47.

3."Structural Characterization of Heme Sites in Spinach Cytochrome b6f Complexes: A Resonance Raman Study." J. D. Hobbs, R. M. Wynn, D. J. Nuñez, R. Malkin and M. R. Ondrias, Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1991, 1059, 37.

4."Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Nonplanar Nickel Porphyrins." J. A. Shelnutt, J. D. Hobbs, S. A. Majumder, L. D. Sparks, C. J. Medforth, M. O. Senge, K. M. Smith, M. Miura and J. M. E. Quirke. J. Raman Spectorscopy 1992, Vol. 23, 523.

5."Molecular Design of Substrate Binding Sites" J. A. Shelnutt and J. D. Hobbs. American Chemical Society Symposium Series Preprints 1992, Vol. 37, No. 1, 332.

6."The Planar and Nonplanar Comformational Equilibrium in Metal Derivatives of Octaethylporphyrins and Meso-nitro-octaethylporphyrin" K. K. Anderson, J. D. Hobbs, L. Lou, K. D., J. M. E. Quirke and J. A. Shelnutt. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1993, 115, 12346.

7."A Structural Comparison of R. spaeroides and Mitochondrial Cytochrome c1 using Resonance Raman Difference Spectroscopy." B.-S. Lou, J. D. Hobbs, Y. -R Chen, L. Yu, C. -A. Yu, and M. R. Ondrias, Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1993, 1144, 403.

8."Structural Heterogeneity and Coordination Chemistry of Nickel(II) Octaethyl-Meso-Nitroporphyrins" J. D. Hobbs, C. J. Medforth, S. A. Majumder, L. Luo, J. M. E. Quirke and J. A. Shelnutt. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1994, 116, 3261.

9."Conformational Study of 2,3,5,7,8,12,13,15,17,18-Decaalkylporphyrins." C. J. Medforth, M. O. Senge, T. P. Forsyth, J. D. Hobbs, J. A. Shelnutt and K. M. Smith. Inorganic Chemistry 1994, 33, 3865.

10."Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Octaacetic Acid-Tetraphenylporphyrins." M. Miura, S. A. Majumder, J. D. Hobbs, M. W. Renner and J. A. Shelnutt. Inorganic Chemistry 1994, 33, 6078.

11."Novel Ligand Orientations in Pyridine and Imidazole Complexes of a Highly Substituted Nonplanar Metalloporphyrin, and implications for the Design of Porphyrins as Regio- and Stereo-Specific Oxidation Catalysts." C. J. Medforth, J. D. Hobbs, C. M. Muzzi, R. J. Abraham, J. A. Shelnutt, K. M. Smith. J. Chem. Soc., Chemical Communications 1994, No. 16, 1843.

12. "u-Oxo[bis((octaethylporphinato)iron(III))]. Molecular Structure and Mechanics Study." B.-S. Cheng, J. D. Hobbs, J. A. Shelnutt and W. R. Scheidt. Inorganic Chemistry 1995, 34, 102.

13."Conserved Nonplanar Heme Distortions in Cytochromes c" J. D. Hobbs and J. A. Shelnutt. Journal of Protein Chemistry 1995, Vol. 14, No. 1, 19.

14."Solution Conformations of Dodecasubstituted Cobalt(II) Porphyrins" C. J. Medforth, J. D. Hobbs, M. R. Rodriguez, R. J. Abraham, J. A. Shelnutt and K. M. Smith. Inorganic Chemistry 1995, 34, 1333.

15."Ruffling in a Series of Nickel(II) Meso-Tetrasubstituted Porphyrins as a Model for the Conserved Ruffling of the Heme in Cytochromes c" W. Jentzen, M. C. Simpson, J. D. Hobbs, X. Song, T. Ema, N. Y. Nelson, C. J. Medforth, K. M. Smith, M. Veyrat, M. Mazzanti, R. Ramasseul, J. -C. Marchon, T. Takeuchi, W. A. Goddard III, and J. A. Shelnutt. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1995, 117, 11085.

16."Stearic Acid Langmuir-Blodgett Films Containing Octaacetic-Acid-Tetraphenylporphyrins Octamethylester Tetraicosanate." X. Song, M. Miura, X. Xu, K. K. Anderson, S. A. Majumder, J. D. Hobbs, J. Cesarano and J. A. Shelnutt. Langmuir 1996, 12, 2019.

17."Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of the Binding of Porphyrins to an Anti-Porphyrin Antibody" S. A. Majumder, J. D. Hobbs, M. R. Ondrias, A. Cochran, P. Schultz, and J. A. Shelnutt, Journal of the American Chemical Society in preparation (1996).

18."Transient and Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Investigation of Photoinitiated Electron Tranfer in Ruthenated Cytochromes c" M. C. Simpson, F. Millett, L. P. Pan, R. W. Larsen, J. D. Hobbs, B. Fan and M. R. Ondrias. Biochemistry 1996, 35, 10019.

19."Conformational Distribution of Nickel Porphyrins in Proteins and Micelles" S. A. Majumder, J. D. Hobbs, G. C. Ferreira, M. R. Ondrias and J. A. Shelnutt Journal of the American Chemical Society in preparation (1996).

20."Effect Fluorination on the Structures, NMR and Optical Spectra, Redox Properties, Resonance Raman Spectra, and Catalytic Oxidation Reactions of a Series of Highly Nonplanar Iron(III) Dodecaphenylporphyrins" E. V. Caemelbeck, T. P. Forsyth, J. D. Hobbs, K. M. Kadish, J.-G. Ma, C. J. Medforth, D. J. Nurco, J. A. Shelnutt, M. Showalter, M. C. Simpson, K. M. Smith, X. Song, F. D'Souza, K. K. Taylor and J. A. Shelnutt. Journal of the American Chemical Society in preparation (1996).

21."Full Geometry Optimization of the Kaolinite Structure using Periodic Ab Initio Local Density Functional Methods." J. D. Hobbs, R. T. Cygan, K. L. Nagy, P. A. Schultz and M. P. Sears. American Mineralogist, 1997, 82, 657.

22. "Massively Parallel Simulation of Diffusion in Dense Polymeric Structures." J. L. Faulon, J. D. Hobbs, D. M. Ford, and R. T. Wilcox.  Proceeding of the International Conference on High Performing Computing and Communications, 1997.

23."An Ab Initio Investigation of Adsorbate Interactions on a Mineral Surface." J. D. Hobbs, R. T. Cygan, K. L. Nagy, P. A. Schultz and M. P. Sears. in preparation.

24. “Molecular Modeling of Polymers.  Simulation and QSPR Analyses of Transport Behavior in Amorphous Polymeric Materials” J. S. Tokarski; A. J. Hopfinger; J. D. Hobbs; D. M. Ford and J. L. Faulon. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science 1998, Vol. 7, No. 3-4, pp. 199-214.

25.   “Why is the Sky Blue,”  Science Mine article, Montana Standard, (2001) J. D. Hobbs

26.    “It’s a Small World After All,” Science Mine article, Montana Standard, (2002) J. D. Hobbs

27.  “Investigation of an Unusual Nonnucleosidal Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor from a Symbiotic Bacterium of a Marine Sponge” A. A. Stierle, D. B. Stierle, J. D. Hobbs, G. Loewen, L. Christiaens, and J. Barlow (2004) in preparation

28.   “Investigation of Active Site Dynamics and Binding Motif of an Unusual Nonnucleosidal Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor” A. A. Stierle, D. B. Stierle, L. Christiaens, and J. D. Hobbs (2004) in preparation.

29.  “Berkeleydione and Berkeleytrione, New Bioactive Metabolites from an Acid Mine Organism” Donald B. Stierle*, Andrea A. Stierle, J. David Hobbs, and Jon Clardy†, Organic Letters, Vol.6, No. 6, 1049- 1052 (2004).

30. “Water Evaporation”, Science Mine article, Montana Standard, (2004) J. D. Hobbs