Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Organic Chemistry"
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The Conjugate Addition of Novel Nucleophiles and Catalytic Intramolecular Tandem [1,5]-Hydride Shift / Cyclization and Friedel-Crafts Acylation with Alkylidene Meldrum’s Acid Derivatives
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-26)Investigations into the conjugate addition of phenols and sp3-hybridized carbons bound to tin, boron and silicon by transition metal catalysts through novel transmetallation pathways were undertaken with limited success. ... -
Development of Hydroarylation and Dehydration Methods for Conjugated Polymers
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-28)Conjugated polymers represent an important next step for solar cell, field effect transistor, and light emitting diode technologies. However, there are several drawbacks to the current syntheses of this class of polymer ... -
Studies of the Lewis Acidity of Dicarbonyl Iodonium Ylides in Ionic and Photochemical Reactions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-28)Hypervalent iodine compounds have been established as useful reagents in synthetic chemistry due to their ease of handling and the diverse amount of chemical reactivity that can be accessed under mild reaction conditions. ...