Browsing by Author "Darensbourg, Marcetta"
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Hillard, Elizabeth Anne (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This dissertation comprises the investigation of two subjects in the field of dimetal paddlewheel-type compounds containing metal-metal bonds: unsolvated transition metal carboxylates and triply bonded divanadium compounds. ...
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Tong, Yicheng (2023-06-07)With the significant achievements in quantum mechanical methodologies, such as Hartree-Fock-Roothaan (HFR) Theory and Density Functional Theory (DFT), along with the boost in computational power, the field of computational ...
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Reich, Blair Jesse Ellyn (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Cyanide-catalyzed aldimine coupling was employed to synthesize compounds with 1,2-ene-diamine and ñ-imine-amine structural motifs: 1,2,N,N'- tetraphenyletheylene-1,2-diamine (13) and (+/-)-2,3-di-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2 ...
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Millet, Agustin (2019-10-31)This dissertation focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of dirhodium complexes as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, as photoactivated chemotherapeutic drugs, and as photocatalysts for Hv2 production ...
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Feng, Dawei (2015-08-12)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of newly emerged porous materials. As inorganic-organic hybrid materials, MOFs exhibit many features such as crystalline structures, high surface areas, large porosities, and ...
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Cluff, Kyle James (2016-04-05)This thesis will explore two different facets of the quest for superior immobilized catalysts: (1) cyclotrimerization of acetylenes with nickel catalysts and (2) solid-state NMR studies of the adsorption and subsequent ...
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Wander, Sheryl Ann (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The highly electron-rich, bis(phosphite) iron hydride complex [Et4N][HFe(CO)2(P(OPh)3)2] has provided synthetic entry to the simple, mono-functional iron thiolates (ArS)Fe(CO)2(P(OPh)3)2- (Ar = Ph, Tol). Both the metal ...
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Li, Hao (2017-07-31)The escalating atmospheric CO₂ concentration is one of the most urgent environmental concerns of our age. To effectively capture CO₂, various materials have been studied, such as aqueous alkanolamine solutions, zeolites, ...
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Sanders, Codi Anne (2016-08-10)The critical need to miniaturize electronic devices has initiated a renaissance in the study of the electronic and magnetic properties of both discrete molecules and extended structures vis-à-vis their potential for ...
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Waller, Stephen Christopher (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)Several model compounds of potential ferromagnetic organic polymers were synthesized and studied after being reduced with sodium metal. These compounds and target polymers were designed using the principles of the ...
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Fewox, Christopher Sean (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)One model system for the investigation of selectivity in inorganic ion exchangers is a group of synthetic analogues of the mineral umbite. Hydrothermally synthesized trisilicates with the general form A2BSi3O9.H2O, where ...
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Huang, Yutao (2021-10-14)Porphyrin and porphyrin derivatives are widely used in various applications due to their excellent photophysical and electrochemical properties. However, inherent defects (such as instability and self-quenching under ...
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Brown, Andrew James (2015-08-25)This dissertation describes structural and magnetic studies of three-dimensional Prussian Blue analogs (PBAs), one-dimensional single chain compounds, and discrete “zero-dimensional” molecules. All compounds that were ...
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Bauer, John C. (2010-07-14)Alloys, intermetallic compounds and multi-metal oxides are generally made by traditional solid-state methods that often require melting or grinding/pressing powders followed by high temperature annealing (> 1000 degrees ...
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Li, Zhanyong (2014-06-20)This dissertation focuses on the design and tailoring of dirhodium complexes and the investigation of their structural, spectroscopic and theoretical properties. The variation of the ligands occupying the equatorial (eq) ...
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Deonarine-Chihak, Sasha Mala (2016-08-24)Protein fatty acylation is included in the class of modifications where attachment via an acyl linkage is employed including myristoylation and palmitoylation. This work focuses on applying the novel tetrazine moiety to ...
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Peascoe, Roberta Ann (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)In this work, hydrothermal reactions were studied as a synthetic method in three systems: metal molybdates, copper carboxylates and molybdenum phosphates. Different solvents were used in each system studied to determine ...
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Gath, Kerrie K. (2010-01-14)Pt-group metals were some of the first metals to be studied as catalysts for industrial use. The goal of these studies was to ascertain a fundamental understanding of CO oxidation and acetylene cyclotrimerization reactions ...