Gardner-Webb Undergraduate Researcher Discovers New Method to Synthesize Vanillin

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Office of University Communications

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Description

For her Undergraduate Research Project, Cailen Blaire, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, discovered a new method to synthesize vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its characteristic taste and scent. She was one of 15 GWU students who received a grant from the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. She worked 40 hours a week for five weeks on her project, which she will present in a professional forum.

Publication Date

10-8-2019

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs

Keywords

Cailen Blaire, Chemistry, curcumin, curcumin diacetate, Dental Admission Test, Dental School, Department of Natural Sciences, Dr. Ben Brooks, GWU Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, GWU Undergraduate Research Program, hydrochloric acid, hydrolyze, Infrared Spectroscopy, laboratory, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, oxidize, potassium permanganate, reaction, vanillin

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications, "Gardner-Webb Undergraduate Researcher Discovers New Method to Synthesize Vanillin" (2019). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 167.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/167