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Fall 2022
The work in this Thesis strives to form a bridge in the understanding between the thriving field of Main Group element stabilization with N-heterocyclic carbenes and developments in thin film deposition for technological applications. Previous work in the Rivard group has excelled at applying...
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Isolation of Reactive Bonding Environments in the Main Group via New Donor-Acceptor and Kinetic Stabilization Pathways
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The research presented in this Thesis is focused on the synthesis of highly reactive molecules featuring Group 14 elements with the aim of discovering new bonding environments which can be translated into new forms of reactivity. Kinetic stabilization with the use of sterically demanding ligands...