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  • Total synthesis of phorboxazole A

    Creator:
    Lee, Tae Hee
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    The total synthesis of a highly potent cytotoxic marine natural product, phorboxazole A, is described. Both a palladium(II)-mediated and a palladium(II)-catalyzed intramolecular alkoxycarbonylation were used as key steps for the preparation of the two cis-2,6-disubstituted tetrahydropyran rings (C22-C26 and C11-C15) of phorboxazole A. The synthesis used a convergent approach involving...
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    : James D. White The total synthesis of a highly potent cytotoxic marine natural product

  • Studies toward the synthesis of halichlorine and pinnaic acid

    Creator:
    Korf, Eric A.
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    Three approaches toward the core of halichlorine and pinnaic acid are described. The first approach entails a racemic transannular nitrone-olefin [3+2] cycloaddition from nitrone 238. Construction of the nitrone 238 began with aldehyde 241. Another key feature in this route involved a ring-closing metathesis for the formation of a 14-membered...
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    approved: James D. White Three approaches toward the core of halichlorine and

  • Studies towards the total synthesis of (-)-kendomycin

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    Smits, Helmars
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    Studies towards the total synthesis of (−)-kendomycin (1), a bacterial metabolite with a unique molecular architecture and pronounced biological activity, are described. These studies resulted in the synthesis of advanced intermediate 208, containing all of the carbon atoms of 1. A Dötz annulation between alkyne 122 and novel chromium carbenoid...
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    :_____________________________________________________ James D. White Studies towards the total synthesis of (−)-kendomycin (1), a bacterial

  • Polarization spectroscopy and photodissociation studies of nitroaromatic compounds in the gas phase

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    Abbott, James E.
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    The central purpose of this dissertation was to explore and expand the use of an uniform electric field for orientation and for subsequent spectroscopic investigation of asymmetric polar molecules in the gas phase. The systems of study were nitrobenzene (NB) and the nitrotoluene (NT) isomers. We were able to quantitatively...
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    DISSERTATION OF James E. Abbott, Jr. for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry presented on

  • From electrophoresis to dielectrophoresis: designing, fabricating, and evaluating an electroformed ratchet type microfluidic dielectrophoresis device

    Creator:
    Gonzalez, Carlos F.
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    Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a separation method in which a non-uniform electric field is used to induce a dipole moment in a suspended particle. If the polarization of the particle is greater than that of the suspending medium, the particle will move towards the region of higher field strength (positive DEP);...
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    to my committee members: Dr. Nathan Ballou, Dr. James Ingle, Dr. Brian Paul, Dr. William Warnes

  • Trans-Pacific and regional atmospheric transport of anthropogenic semivolatile organic compounds in the western U.S.

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    Primbs, Toby
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    The atmospheric transport of anthropogenic semivolatile organic compounds (SOCs) from Asian sources to the Western U.S. was investigated. In addition, the SOC extraction method was optimized. Hansen solubility parameter plots were used to aid in the pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) solvent selection of air sampling media in order to minimize...
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    ) Hung, H.; Blanchard, P.; Halsall, C. J.; Bidleman, T. F.; Stern, G. A.; Fellin, P.; Muir, D. C. G

  • The chemical nature of the extractives from the bark of red alder, alnus rubra, Bong

    Creator:
    Becker, Edward Samuel
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    The purpose of this investigation was to determine the nature of the extractives from red alder bark in an effort to discover the materials which cause the red stain in red alder wood. Samples of bark and wood were obtained and successively extracted with hexane, benzene, ether, ethanol, and hot...
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    petroleum fraction with a boiling point range of 60 to 70° C. The hexane and benzene extractions were not

  • Gas-phase fragmentation chemistry of protonated peptide ions

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    Bythell, Benjamin James
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    The fragmentation characteristics of protonated peptides have been investigated using tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) under various fragmentation regimes and detailed density functional theory (DFT) reaction pathway calculations. The DFT calculations predict novel salt-bridge stabilized transition structures as well as consecutive reactions occurring in proton-bound dimers for some of the ions...
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    2 AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Benjamin James Bythell for the degree of Doctor of

  • Wide band gap semiconductors and insulators : synthesis, processing and characterization

    Creator:
    Hersh, Peter A.
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    The work presented here is focused on applying basic principles of solid-state chemistry to the study and development of new wide band-gap semiconductors and insulators for photovoltaic and electronic-device applications. Analysis of crystal structure, band structure, optical band gap, morphology and transport properties provides fundamental insight into materials performance as...
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    reference pattern, B = Cu3NbS4 and C = Cu3NbSe4 dashed line shows the 2θ position shift from the

  • Quantitative determination of emerging contaminants, solvent stabilizers and fullerene nanomaterials, in biological and environmental systems

    Creator:
    Isaacson, Carl W.
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    To determine the impact of emerging environmental contaminants on human and environmental health, quantitative analytical methods are required. Analysis of emerging contaminants is hampered by their widely varying physical-chemical properties. Therefore quantitative analytical methods must be developed to determine the behavior of emerging contaminants in environmental systems. A quantitative analytical...
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    committee members (Douglas Barofsky, James Ingle, and Mark Dolan) for their investment of time and support