We express our greatest thanks and appreciation to the funding agencies and foundations that have supported our training and research efforts at various times over the years:

American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund
Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science
National Science Foundation - RUI
National Science Foundation - MRI
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏecticut Innovations Program
Sherman Fairchild Foundation
International Centre for Diffraction Data
Keck Foundation
Pfizer Inc.

We are also very grateful to Professor Steve Suib of the University of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏecticut, who has generously given us access to his laboratory instrumentation.