David H. Blank

Patents:

Blank, David H. Radiation curable inks.  Application granted: 20080026224 : Feb, 2008.

Blank, David H.; Brown, Benjamin J.; Secord, Michael P. Marking compositions and methods of marking.  Application pending: June, 2006.

Blank, David H.; Brown, Benjamin J.; Secord, Michael P.; Foley, James W. Methods of marking and related structures and compositions.  Application pending May, 2006.

O'Toole, George A.; Blank, David H.; Davey, Mary Ellen; Caiazza, Nicky C.; Kolter, Roberto; Hogan, Deborah A. Methods for identifying compounds that modulate biofilm activity. PCT Int. Appl. (2002), 97 pp. CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 2002/27018 A2 20020404 CAN 136:275675 AN 2002:256504.

 O'Toole, George A.; Davey, Mary Ellen; Blank, David H.; Caiazza, Nicky C.; Kolter, Roberto; Hogan, Deborah A. Novel compounds capable of modulating biofilms. PCT Int. Appl. (2002) 14 pp. CODEN: WO 2002/27018 A3.


Scientific Papers:


23.  "A Specific Anosmia and Olfactory Sensitivity to 3-Methyl-2-Hexenoic Acid: A Major Component of Human Axillary Odor"; Wysocki, C.J.; Zeng, X-N.; Blank, D.H.; Preti. G., manuscript submitted to Chemical Senses, 2006.

22.  “Nonsteroidal Benzophenone-Containing Analogues of Cholesterol”, Gan, Y.; Blank, D.H.; Ney, J.E.; Spencer, T.A. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 5864-5869.

21. "Benzophenone-containing cholesterol surrogates:Synthesis and biological evaluation"; Thomas A. Spencer, Pingzhen Wang, Dansu Li, Jonathon S. Russel, David H. Blank, Jarkko Huuskonen, Phoebe E. Fielding, and Christopher J. Fielding, J. Lipid Res., 2004, 45, 1510-1518.

20. "Synthesis of Benzophenone-Containing Analogs of Phophatidylcholine"; Wang, P.; Blank, D.H.; Spencer, T.A., J. Org. Chem., 2004,69, 2693-2702.

19. Synthesis of photoactivable analogs of phosphatidylcholine"; Wang, Pingzhen; Blank, David H.; Spencer, Thomas A., Abstracts of Papers, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, United States, September 7-11, 2003.

18. "A novel class of naturally occurring halogenated pyrroles, 1,1'-dimethyl-3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexabromo-2,2'-bipyrrole, 5,5'-dichloro-1,1'-dimethyl-3,3',4,4'-tetrabromo-2,2'-bipyrrole, and 1,1'-dimethyl-3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexachloro-2,2'-bipyrrole"; Blank, D.H.; Schneekloth, J.S. Jr.; Gribble, G.W.; Jasinski, J.P. J. Chem. Cryst., 2002, 32, 527-532.

17. "A novel indolocarbazole, ICP-1, abrogates DNA damage-induced cell cycle arrest and enhances cytotoxicity: similarities and differences to the cell cycle checkpoint abrogator UCN-01"; Eastman, A.; Kohn, E.A.; Brown, M.K.; Rathman, J.; Livingstone, M.; Blank, D.H.; Gribble, G.W. Mol. Cancer Ther., 2002, 1, 1067-1078.

16. "Synthesis of the new natural heptachloro 1-methyl-1',2-bipyrrole Q1"; Jun, W.; Vetter, W.; Gribble, G.W.; Schneekloth, J.S.Jr.; Blank, D.H.; Gorls, H., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2002, 41, 1740-1743.

15. "Structure Elucidation of Four Possible Biogenic Organohalogens Using Isotope Exchange Mass Spectrometry"; Tittlemier, S.A.; Blank, D.H.; Gribble, G.W.; Norstrom, R.J. Chemosphere 2002, 46, 511-517.

14. "Differential effects of indolocarbazole derivatives in modifying sensitivity to cytotoxic agents"; Eastman, A.; Brown, M.K.; Blank, D.H.; Gribble, G.W. Proceedings of American Association for Cancer Research, 42, http://aacr01.agora.com/planner/displayabstract.asp?presentationid=16726, March, 2001.

13. "Structure elucidation of a novel, bioaccumulating organohalogen using isotope exchange positive chemical ionization mass spectrometry and retention time comparison"; Tittlemier, Sheryl A.; Blank, David H.; Gribble, Gordon W.; Norstrom, Ross J. EnviroAnal., 2000, Proc. Bienn. Int. Conf. Monit. Meas. Environ., 3rd, 61-66.

12. "Synthesis and Identification of the Major Halogenated Bipyrroles Present in Seabird Eggs," Gribble, G.W.; Blank, D.H.; Jasinski, J.P. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1999, 2195. View this paper as a PDF file

11. "Reduction in the sweaty smell of 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid by cross-adaptation using its pleasant-smelling methyl esters" Pierce, J.D.Jr.; Blank, D.H.; Preti, G.; Wysocki, C.J. J. Cosmet. Sci. 1998, 49, 369-376.

10. "Use of Grignard Reagents in the Deoxygenation of Benzo-Fused Endoxides" Blank, D.H.; Gribble, G.W. Electronic Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gwgchem/Ectoc-3.020.html, July, 1997.

9. "Deoxygenation of 1,4-Epoxides by Grignard Reagents" Blank, D.H.; Gribble, G.W. Tetrahedron Letters 1997, 38, 4761-4764.

8. "A Direct Synthesis of 3-(Pyrrolidin-3-yl)indoles for Use As Conformationally Restricted Analogs of Tryptamines" Macor, J. E.; Blank, D.H.; Ryan. K.; Post, R.J. Synthesis 1997, 443-449.

7. "Cross-adaptation of Sweaty-Smelling 3-Methyl-2-Hexenoic Acid by its Ethyl Esters is Determined by Structural Similarity" Pierce, J.D. Jr.; Blank, D.H.; Aronov, E.V.; Guo, Z.; Preti, G.; Wysocki, C.J. J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem., 1996, 47, 363-375.

6. "A Novel Synthesis of the Pyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Ring System" Gribble, G.W.; Pelkey, E.T.; Chang, L.; Blank, D.H. Electronic Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry ectoc/echet96/papers/074/index.html, June, 1996.

5. "5-Cyano-1-(3-(N-methylpyrrolidinylmethyl)indol-5-yl)benzimidazole (CP-161,242): a potent, centrally active 5-HT1D receptor agonist and benzodiazepine partial agonist" Macor, J. E.; Blank, D. H.; Desai, K.; Fox, C. B.; Koe, K.; Lebel, L. A.; Post, R. J.; Schmidt, A. W.; Schulz, D. W.; Seymour, P. A. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 1995, 5 , 2391-6.

4. "The Synthesis of Conformationally/Rotationally Restricted Analogs of the Neurotransmitter Serotonin" Macor, J.E.; Blank, D.H.; Post, R.J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1994, 35 , 45-48.

3. "5-[(3-Nitropyrid-2-yl)amino]indoles: Novel Serotonin Agonists with Selectivity for the 5-HT1D Receptor. Variation of the C3 Substituent on the Indole Template Leads to Increased 5-HT1D Receptor Selectivity" Macor, J.E.; Blank, D.H.; Fox, C.B.; Lebel, L.A.; Newman, M.E.; Post, R.J.; Ryan, K.; Schmidt, A.W.; Schultz, D.W.; Koe, B.K. J. Med. Chem., 1994, 37, 2509-2512.

2. "The Triazine Moiety as a Protecting Group for Aromatic Amines" Gross, M.L.; Blank, D.H.; Welch, W.M. J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58, 2104-2109.

1. "The Synthesis of a Conformationally Restricted Analog of the Anti-Migraine Drug Sumatriptan" Macor, J.E.; Blank, D.H.; Post, R.J.; Ryan, K. Tetrahedron Letters, 1992, 33, 8011-8014.

Dissertations:

"Novel synthetic approaches to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons" Blank, D.H., Dartmouth College Ph.D. Thesis, 1998.

"Preparation and Photolysis of o-Chlorobenzanilide" Blank, D.H., Saint Joseph's University M.Sc. Dissertation, 1988.

 

Poems:

"Chain"; Blank, David, Poetry.com, 2001.

"#3"; David H. Blank: Selected for the Collection: "From The Mountaintop," The International Library of Poetry (Poetry.com ), 2000, ISBN-1-58235-140-6

"from The Other Landscape"; David H. Blank, Magic Bullet Press, 1987, 3:5.

"As We Sat And Waited"; David H. Blank, Agon Literary Magazine (Albright College), Spring 1984.

 


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