Research Projects

In the Chemistry Division research activities are being conducted in various areas of chemistry and biochemistry. In recent years the scientific staff comprised 30 to 35 University teachers, research scientists, research assistants and students. In order to facilitate the research activities, the research in biochemistry is carried out in a formal subdivision (called Biochemistry Section) since January 1996.

In the year 1996 five University teachers and four research scientists carried out their research at the Chemistry Division (without the Biochemistry Section). In addition, over fifteen research assistants and students were employed for longer and shorter periods of time during 1996. The research efforts in the Chemistry Division include projects in the following fields of chemistry: Physical chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Organometallic chemistry, Organic chemistry and Instrumental analysis.

The following research projects were active in the year 1996:

• Ágúst Kvaran
  Photochemistry of halogen containing compounds of atmospheric interest
  
• Ágúst Kvaran
  Photoionization of molecules by synchrotron radiation
  
• Ágúst Kvaran
  Zero kinetic energy photoelectron detection
  
• Ágúst Kvaran, Christopher H.P. Evans, Jón K.F. Geirsson
  Organic photochemistry; laser-photoisomerization of olefins
  
• Ágúst Kvaran, Christopher H.P. Evans, Jón K.F. Geirsson
  Structure of organic compounds; force-field calculations and NMR measurements
  
• Ágúst Kvaran, Wang Huasheng
  Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization of halogen containing compounds
  
• Ásgeir Bjarnason
  Development of mass spectrometric techniques for the analysis of solid samples
  
• Ásgeir Bjarnason
  Gas-phase reactions of metal ions with organic and inorganic compounds
  
• Christopher H.P. Evans
  Photochemistry in restricted reaction spaces
  
• Christopher H.P. Evans
  Towards design of systems for artificial photosynthesis
  
• Guðmundur G. Haraldsson
  Application of various lipids enriched with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in halibut fish farming
  
• Guðmundur G. Haraldsson
  Isolation of polyunsaturated lipids from marine fat
  
• Guðmundur G. Haraldsson
  Lipase promoted generation of polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrates
  
• Guðmundur G. Haraldsson
  Synthesis of various lipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids
  
• Ingvar Árnason
  Conformational analysis of cyclic organosilicon compounds
  
• Ingvar Árnason, Már Björgvinsson
  Synthesis of organometallic compounds with sterically demanding C5Me4(C5H4X)-ligands
  
• Jón K.F. Geirsson
  Mechanism of the Wadsworth-Emmons reaction in organic chemistry
  
• Jón K.F. Geirsson
  Synthesis of biologically active compounds
  
• Sigríður Jónsdóttir
  Synthesis of corrinoids with pi-axial ligands
  
• Sigurjón N. Ólafsson
  Synthesis and characterization of organmetallic compounds