Aleithia Sass Presents at American Chemical Society

2017 Nov 22

Aleithia Sass, a senior biochemistry and molecular biology major at Bob Jones University, presented a paper at the South East Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) Friday, Nov. 10, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

With nearly 157,000 members, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world's largest scientific society and one of the world's leading sources of authoritative scientific information. ACS publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry.

Sass, a resident of Antigo, along with two other students, presented their paper titled, "Synthesis of ML-336 from 5-Nitroanthranilic Acid via Conventional Methods," describing research completed as a part of BJU's summer 2017 Research Immersion for Undergraduates in Chemistry program in collaboration with Cayman Chemical, a company that produces pharmaceutical ingredients and products for forensic science and biomedical research in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

"During the presentation, Aleithia summarized the results, drew conclusions, gave the plans for future work, and fielded questions concisely," said BJU chemistry professor, Dr. Robert Lee. "We are very proud of her work."

In addition, the group produced a manuscript titled, "Partial Synthesis of (E)-2-((1,4-Dimethylpiperazin-2-ylidene)-amino)-5-nitro-N-phenylbenzamide from 5-Nitroanthranilic acid and Chloroacetyl Chloride, Aniline and N-N'-Dimethylethylenediamine," which describes research on a small molecule antiviral agent.