Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Gabbai, Francois P"
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Leamer, Lauren Anne (2013-05-06)The fluoride anion plays an important role in dental health and as a result is added to drinking water at low concentrations. If the concentration of fluoride is too high however, skeletal fluorosis can occur. Because of ...
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Das, Anuvab (2020-11-17)Metal–ligand (M–L) multiply bonded complexes hold a central place in inorganic chemistry and catalysis: From fundamental and historical perspectives, these species have played a critical role in the articulation of important ...
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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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Pinder, Tiffany (2013-12-09)Metallodithiolate ligands play an important role in providing the appropriate electronic environment for the catalytic function of various metalloenzymes; acetyl coA synthase serves as paradigm. Using tetradentate N_(2)S_(2) ...
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Geometric and Electronic Control of the Magnetic Properties of First-Row Transition Metal Complexes Woods, Toby John (2016-07-26)The realization that [Mn12(CH3COO)16(H2O)4O12]•2CH3COOH•2H2O (Mn12OAc) displayed magnetic hysteresis, a phenomenon usually associated with permanent bulk magnets, was a truly remarkable discovery since Mn12OAc is a ...
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Ogle, James William (2009-05-15)Asymmetric hydrogenation as a general route to polypropionates has been explored for allylic alcohols, acids, and derivatives, which has led to the generation of 2,4-dimethylated hexane derivatives. Quantitative yields in ...
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Yang, Mengxi (2018-11-29)Organoantimony(V) compounds are potent Lewis acids which have been used for the complexation of anions or for the catalysis of organic reactions. Inspired by the broad range of applications developed for the stable Group ...
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Hirai, Masato (2016-06-30)It is known that SbF5 and SbCl5 are highly robust and show stronger acidic behavior than their boron counterparts, BF3 and BCl3, respectively. This effect is caused by the polarizability and the electropositivity of these ...
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Palit, Chandra Mouli (2016-08-04)Carbon dioxide is a major anthropogenic greenhouse gas and one of the biggest causes of global climate change. Utilization of CO2 to produce chemicals is an interesting proposition to mitigate its negative impact. However, ...
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Brammell, Christina 1987- (2012-08-20)Tridentate "pincer" ligands provide a unique balance of stability and reactivity in organometallic chemistry. The development of diarylamido-based PNP pincer ligands has led to many applications in catalysis, including the ...
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Sen, Srobona (2017-12-14)Z-type ligands based on main group Lewis acids like Sb(V), B(III) and Al(III) etc. have heralded a new direction in the coordination chemistry of transition metals. Although ambiphilic ligands featuring group 13 and 14 ...
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Van Trieste III, Gerard Pierre (2022-05-19)C–H bonds are the most ubiquitous functional groups found in nature. While C–H bonds are abundant, they are oxidatively robust due to the lack of polarity about the C–H bond and resulting high bond dissociation energy. ...
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Clough, Melissa Catherine 1985- (2012-11-13)The major directions of this dissertation involve (1) the syntheses and characterization of molecular polygons incorporating sp1hybridized carbon linkers and L2Pt corners (L2 = cis-1,3-diphosphine), (2) the development of ...
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Maximuck, William Joseph (2021-01-06)Swiss chemist and 1913 Nobel laureate Alfred Werner is commonly referred to as the father of coordination chemistry. Wener synthesized a myriad of inorganic complexes and accurately predicted the bonding relationships ...
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Sculley, Julian Patrick (2013-04-30)Two of the hottest areas in porous materials research in the last decade have been in energy storage, mainly hydrogen and methane, and in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Although these topics are intricately linked ...
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Chiu, Ching-Wen (2009-05-15)Owing to the favored Coulombic attraction between the ammonium group and anion which stabilizes the B-F/B-CN bond against heterolysis, cationic borane [25]+ has great affinity toward anions than its neutral analog, and is ...