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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-152).

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In this document we report the synthesis, characterization, and utility of a chiral amidoacrylate substrate. This substrate features a reactive alkene that can be used in a variety of reactions. [3+2]-Cycloaddition reactions to form pyrroloindolines are shown to proceed with excellent diastereoselectivity (>20:1) and yield (86%). [3+2]-Reactions allow for the stereoselective construction of the pyrroloindoline backbone common in many natural products. Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by TiCl4 show high yields (82%) with ~2:1 diastereoselectivity. Cyclopropanation reactions proceed in moderate yield (71%) and diastereoselectivity (~3:1). Both Diels-Alder and cyclopropanation reactions utilizing the chiral amidoacrylate substrate serve to stereoselectively produce unnatural amino acids which can serve as building blocks for natural products or aid in peptide stabilization. Further chiral Lewis acid catalyzed studies using an achiral amidoacrylate substrate are also explored.

Room temperature molten liquids are proposed to be good alternates for volatile and harmful organic compounds. They are useful in varied areas of applications ranging from synthesis, catalysis to energy storage molten electrolytes have certain unique characteristics such as low vapour pressure, reasonably high ionic conductivity, high thermal stability and wide electrochemical window. These molten liquids can be classified in to two types depending on the nature of the species present in the liquids. One, those liquids consists only of ions (e.g) conventional imidazolium based ionic liquids and other that consists of ions and solvents (e g) acetamide eutectics. Acetamide and its eutectics from room temperature molten solvents that is unique with interesting physicochemical properties. The solvent properties of molten acetamide are similar to water, with high dielectric consist of 60 at 353 k. its acid – base properties are also similar to water, and it can solublise variety of organic and inorganic compounds as well. in the present studies room temperature molten liquids consisting of acetamide as one of the components have been prepared and used for various applications. Room temperature molten electrolytes consisting of magnesium perchlorate/magnesium triflate as one of the constituents have been used for rechargeable magnesium batteries where as those consisting of zinc perchlorate /zinc triflate have been used for zinc based rechargeable batteries. Full utilization of cathode material (y-mno2) is achieved using amide-based molten liquid as electrolyte in rechargeable zinc based batteries. Ammonium nitrate/ lithium nitrate containing electrolytes have been used for electrochemical super capacitors. They have been used as solvent cum stabilizers for metallic nanochains that can be used as substrate in surface enchanced Raman scattering studies.

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<p>U ovoj doktorskoj disertaciji proučavano je građenje&nbsp;kompleksa kobalta(II) sa hloridnim i &nbsp;bromidnim jonima u&nbsp;rastopima koji sadrže jednu neorgansku so i jedno organsko&nbsp;jedinjenje i/ili vodu pri različitom sastavu sistema i na različitim&nbsp;temperaturama. Jedan od sistema je amonijum-nitrat &ndash;&nbsp;acetamid &ndash; voda sastava NH₄NO₃∙(2,61-z)CH₃CONH₂∙zH₂O (z =&nbsp;0,0 1,61 i 2,61), a drugi sistem je amonijum&ndash;nitrat &ndash; dimetilsulfoksid&nbsp;(DMSO) sastava NH₄NO₃∙zDMSO (z = 1 &ndash; 6), &nbsp;na&nbsp;različitim temperaturama (35, 45, 55 i 65 ^oC).&nbsp;Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio određivanje stabilnosti&nbsp;kompleksa kobalta koji se grade sa sa halogenidnim jonima i&nbsp;komponentama rastvarača, pronalaženje kvalitativne i kvantitativne&nbsp;zavisnosti konstanti stabilnosti kompleksa kobalta(II) sa&nbsp;halogenidnim jonima od temperature i molskog odnosa&nbsp;komponenti sistema NH₄NO₃∙(2,61-z)CH₃CONH₂∙zH₂O odnosno &nbsp;NH₄NO₃∙zDMSO, određivanje termodinamičkih parametara koji&nbsp;karakteri&scaron;u reakcije asocijacije u ovim sistemima.</p> / <p>In this dissertation the complex formation between cobalt(II) and halide ions in the melts consisting of one inorganic salt, an organic compound and/or water has been studied at different temperatures. Two molten salt systems have been investigated: 1) &nbsp;ammonium nitrate-acetamide-water system NH₄NO₃∙(2,61-z)CH₃CONH₂∙zH₂O (z = 0.0 1.61 2.61) and 2) ammonium nitratedimethyl sulfoxide NH₄NO₃∙zDMSO (z = 1 &ndash; 6), at four different temperatures: 35, 45, 55 and 65 ^oC. The purpose of this work was to determine stability of cobalt(II) complexes formed with the halide ions and the components of the solvents, to discribe the qualitative and quantitative relationships between the stability of the complexes and the melt composition, as well as the changes in the cobalt(II) coordination due to a complex formation. Thermodynamic parameters for cobalt(II) &ndash; halide association process in these melts were alsodetermined.</p>

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