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Synthesis and Chemistry of Kinamycins and Related Antibiotics
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-17)The kinamycin antitumor antibiotics, discovered in Japan in the early 1970s as secondary metabolites of the soil bacterium Streptomyces murayamaensis, were at first believed to be derivatives of the N-cyanobenzo[b]carbazole ... -
Synthesis and Device Application of Graphene Derivatives and Quantum Dots
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-07)Low-dimensional materials, such as graphene, nanowire, quantum dots have emerged as attractive building blocks for optoelectronic applications, with a significant focus on diverse photodetection platforms. Graphene has ... -
Synthesis and evaluation of geometric textures
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-06)Two-dimensional geometric textures are the geometric analogues of raster (pixel-based) textures and consist of planar distributions of discrete shapes with an inherent structure. These textures have many potential ... -
Synthesis and Exploration of Multi-Level, Multi-Perspective Architectures of Automotive Embedded System
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-16)In industry, evaluating candidate architectures of automotive embedded systems is routinely done during the design process. Today's engineers, however, are limited in the number of candidates that they are able to evaluate ... -
Synthesis and Investigation on Phase Transition of BaTiO3 and Cr3+-Doped BaTiO3 Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-01)Various sizes of BaTiO3 and Cr3+-doped BaTiO3 nanocrystals were synthesized through hydrothermal and solvothermal methods. The applied solvents water, ethanol and benzyl alcohol lead to nanoparticles with average sizes of ... -
Synthesis and Modification of Polymer Membranes for Pervaporation and Gas Separation
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-23)Trimesoyl chloride (TMC) crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) / chitosan (CS) membranes and synthetic polyimide membranes were prepared for pervaporation dehydration of isopropanol and gas separation. PVA membranes were ... -
Synthesis and Performance Characterization of Polymer Semiconductors for Organic Thin Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-27)As the most promising semiconductor candidates for organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), donor-acceptor (D-A) type π-conjugated polymers have received much attention in the recent years. Their excellent printability, light ... -
Synthesis and Reactivity of Aryl(trifluoromethyl)diazomethane Compounds
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-26)Fluorine has a prominent role in organic chemistry and the pharmaceutical industry due to the unique properties it imparts. Naturally, trifluoromethyl groups (CF3) share similar qualities and many methods have been developed ... -
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Metal Carbonyl Building Blocks for Aqueous Colloids with Aggregation-Induced Functions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-06)Metal carbonyl complexes (MCCs) are potentially useful for a range of biomedical applications, including cell imaging and bioassay. However, the poor solubility and stability of MCCs in water remain obstacles to their use ... -
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Metal Carbonyl Organometallic Macromolecules Prepared via Migration Insertion Polymerization
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-18)Migration insertion polymerization (MIP) has been developed for the synthesis of air-stable metal carbonyl polymers. CpFe(CO)₂(CH₂)₃PPh₂ (FpP) was synthesized as a monomer. The solution polymerization of FpP at a monomer ... -
Synthesis and Solution Behaviour of CpFe(CO)(PPh3)[CO(CH2)3N(CH3)2] (FpC3NMe2)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Metal carbonyl (MC) colloids in water have a wide range of biomedical applications. The Fp-acyl (Fp: CpFe(CO)2) derivatives are one kind of MC molecules that can be synthesized through migration insertion reaction (MIR). ... -
Synthesis and Solution Properties of Water-soluble Fullerene Polymeric Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-20)Water-soluble fullerene containing polymers comprising of poly(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)-fullerene (PDMAEMA-C60) with targeting moieties, poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)-C60 (POEGMA-C60), ... -
Synthesis and Study of the Cyclic Lipopeptide Antibiotics Paenibacterin and Daptomycin
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)Cyclic lipopeptides present a rich source of antimicrobial compounds with diverse modes of action. Paenibacterin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic produced by Paenibacillus thaminolyticus that exhibits activity against a ... -
The Synthesis of 3-Vinylindolines by the Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylic Alkylation of Cinnamyl Acetates and the Synthesis of Polyphenolic 4-Aryl-3,4-dihydrocoumarins by Domino Friedel-Crafts Reactions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-24)Historically, the alkylation of allylic acetates with non-stabilized C(sp3) nucleophiles has been challenging. The metal-catalyzed alkylation of allylic acetates and carbonates with organotin and organoboron reagents has ... -
Synthesis of Arborescent Amphiphilic Copolymers
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Living anionic polymerization techniques were applied to the synthesis of arborescent (dendritic) well-defined graft polymers having core-shell morphologies, with a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell. Cycles of ... -
Synthesis of Arborescent Copolymers Based on Poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate)
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-26)The synthesis of arborescent poly(gamma-benzyl L-glutamate) (PBG) molecules was achieved through successive grafting reactions of linear PBG chains. These linear PBG building blocks were obtained by the ring-opening ... -
Synthesis of Arborescent Polybutadiene
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-10)Arborescent polymers are characterized by a tree-like architecture and a high branching functionality. This type of polymer can be synthesized by different techniques, but the ‘grafting onto’ method is attractive because ... -
Synthesis of Cyclodextrin-Complexed Metal Carbonyl Polymers
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-10)The synthesis of metal carbonyl (MC) polymers has been explored for decades, but well-defined and well-characterized MC polymers are rarely reported mainly due to the chemical instability of MC complexes. To address this ... -
SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE FIBERS FOR USE IN SUPERCAPACITORS
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)Graphene a recently discovered form of carbon that has become an important material in the world of electrochemical storage due to a number of intriguing properties. Graphene exists in many different forms in different ... -
Synthesis of Inhibitors of Steroid Sulfatase and Towards the Synthesis of a Chiral Electrophilic Fluorinating Reagent
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-02)Steroid sulfatase (STS) catalyzes the desulfation of sulfated steroids such as estrone sulfate to the corresponding steroid such as estrone. Inhibitors of STS are believed to have potential for treating estrogen-dependent ...