Browsing Chemistry by Supervisor "Murphy, Graham"
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Applications of Iodonium Ylides for Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropane Synthesis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-30)The application of hypervalent iodine (HVI) reagents in the field of organic chemistry has emerged as a viable option for many different useful organic transformations. There have been many considerable contributions made ... -
Developing Novel Synthetic Methodologies Using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents and Diazonium- or Iodonium Ylides
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-14)Hypervalent iodine compounds have been established as useful reagents in synthetic chemistry due to their ease of handling and wide range of chemical reactivity under mild reaction conditions. Reported within are studies ... -
Electrophilic ‘Umpolung’ Cyclizations of Alkynes in the Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-12)Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as acenes and phenacenes, are important structural motifs which have found great utility in the future of electronics as organic semi-conducting materials. Reliable methods of ... -
Gem-Difluorination of α-Diazo Amides Using (Difluoroiodo)toluene
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-25)Fluorination chemistry is a branch of study that appeals to the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. Drawbacks of popular methods of forming carbon-fluorine bonds include high cost or hazardous conditions that are ... -
LIGAND TRANSFER REACTIONS OF HYPERVALENT IODINE REAGENTS WITH PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)Many hypervalent iodine compounds are used as versatile reagents in synthetic organic chemistry. Hypervalent iodine reagents are capable of oxidizing trivalent phosphorus compounds into pentavalent, by transferring their ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Towards a Better Understanding of the Na-O2 Battery System
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-28)The electrification of transportation requires cost-effective energy storage systems with high energy densities. Aprotic sodium-oxygen batteries offer great promise for advanced energy storage as these batteries possess ... -
Use of (Dihaloiodo)arene Reagents in Halogenation Reactions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Halogenation of organic molecules is a fundamental transformation in organic chemistry. Introducing halogens into substrates can be a challenge since most methods for introducing fluorine or chlorine into molecules include ...