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Computational Investigations on Excited State Properties of Cyanine Dyes and Carbene-bound Main Group Elements
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The first section of this thesis is concerned with the computational study of excited state properties of boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) organic dyes using ab initio and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) methods. Through a comprehensive benchmark of TD-DFT methods against...
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Development of Ir- and Rh-Catalyzed Deoxygenation and Carbene Cross Coupling Reactions of Allylic Carbonates
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Transition metal-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions are widely used for the selective formation of new bonds. This class of reaction has been extensively studied with a variety of nucleophiles and under optimized conditions that will furnish product in high yield and with high chemo-,...
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Lewis Base Adducts of Borafluorene: En Route to Polymers and the Discovery of New Luminescent Adducts
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A series of novel Lewis base monoadducts of 9-bromo-9-borafluorene (BrBFl•LB, LB = IPr, IPrCH2, PPh3) and the bisadduct [(DMAP)2BFl]Br were prepared and underwent reactivity studies in the pursuit of incorporating a borafluorene unit into a polymeric scaffold for the sensing of nucleophiles in...
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Spring 2016
An investigation into the relatively new carbene class, N-heterocyclic olefins (NHOs) was completed. An improved synthesis of the ligand was developed. NHOs were tested as ligands for late transition metal complexes. Specifically complexes with rhodium, gold and palladium were synthesized and...
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Fall 2015
Organic chemistry has its foundations in the 19th century; since, it has grown into a number of industries affecting our daily lives such as the manufacture of goods and life saving pharmaceuticals. The need for new and increasingly efficient synthetic methods has grown in response to the...
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Synthesis, Structure and Properties of a Novel “Frustrated” Benzoxaborole and the Role of Boron in Bioconjugation
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Chapter 2 describes an optimized 7-step successful synthesis of a first of its kind permanently open-form ortho-hydroxyalkyl arylboronic acid, otherwise known as a “frustrated benzoxaborole”, with a columnless purification and complete structure elucidation. This novel compound is completely...