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Hunter Thompson, and Jesse Gray. I truly appreciate all of your enthusiasm for chemistry and your contribution to this research. Finally, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to a number of faculty and staff in the Chemistry Department for their varied assistance and support. Janet, Sharon, and Lindsay, I came to you with questions on a wide range of topics, and even if you didn't have the answer at your fingertips, you were always willing to search it out for me. To the instructors for whom I was a teaching assistant, particularly Assistant Professor Scott Shaw and Associate Professor Betsy Stone, I am grateful for the example you provided as teachers and as teaching mentors. And to the teaching laboratory support staff, Brian Morrison and Deb Williard, thank you so much for your practical and personal encouragement when I was frustrated.