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Spring 2010
The first chapter of this thesis represents the continued development of a general method for the formation of benzo-fused N-heterocycles by formal radical cyclization onto benzene rings. Important stages in this process involve 1) the copper-mediated coupling of various amino alcohols to...
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Fall 2009
In an attempt to expand the scope of titanacyclobutenes, malonate-derived α,ω-alkylpropargyl dibromides and α,ω-bis(bromopropargyl) malonates were prepared and examined for their reactivity with titanocene reagents. Unfortunately, all of the α,ω-alkylpropargyl dibromomalonates failed, presumably...
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The [1,2]-Stevens Rearrangement of Oxonium Ylides: Synthetic Applications and Mechanistic Studies
DownloadSpring 2016
The Stevens [1,2]-rearrangement of onium ylides has been employed as a valuable synthetic method to construct new C-C bonds. Oxonium ylides are reactive intermediates that undergo facile Stevens rearrangement under mild conditions. In the last several decades, the Stevens rearrangement of oxonium...