Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit konnte das Portfolio an literaturbekannten, freien Bisborolen beträchtlich erweitert werden. Die Reihe der Oligothiophen-verbrückten Borole konnte um die Vertreter der Ter- bzw. Quaterthiophene erweitert werden. Weiterhin wurden Lewisbasenaddukte mit IMes, CAAC und DMAP dargestellt und zur röntgenspektrographischen Charakterisierung herangezogen. Durch den Vergleich der spektroskopischen Daten mit den bereits literaturbekannten Vertretern wurde eine schrittweise Entwicklung der Absorptionsmaxima in Abhängigkeit der Anzahl der Thienyleinheiten detektiert. Daraus konnte sowohl auf eine Verkleinerung der HOMO-LUMO-Abstände mit zunehmender Kettenlänge, als auch die Entwicklung zu einem Grenzwert bei einer hypothetisch unendlichen Kettenlänge geschlossen werden, welcher sich bei ca. ca. 2,40 eV befindet. Weiterhin wurden 9,9-Dimethylfluoren und Biphenyl erfolgreich zu Bisborolen umgesetzt. Beide Systeme sind aufgrund ihrer strukturellen Gemeinsamkeiten sowie ihrer Vergleichbarkeit mit literaturbekannten Bis(borolyl)benzol - Verbindungen von besonderem Interesse. Zudem konnte ein Vergleich der spektroskopischen Daten aller literaturbekannten und im Rahmen dieser Arbeit dargestellten Bisborole bewerkstelligt werden. Es wurde somit gezeigt, dass heteroaromatisch-verbrückte Bisborole eine größere energetische HOMO-LUMO-Lücke aufzeigen, als aromatisch-verbrückte Systeme. Zudem spielt die Position der Borolylgruppen und der damit verbundene Grad an pi-Interaktionen eine wichtige Rolle. Die beiden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit dargestellten Systeme 1,1'-(9,9-Dimethylfluoren-2,7-diyl)bis-(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol) und 4,4'-Bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol-1-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl reihen sich energetisch zwischen dem 1,3- bzw. 1,4-Bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol-1-yl)benzol ein. Insbesondere der Vergleich zwischen 1,4-Bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol-1-yl)benzol und 4,4'-Bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol-1-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl offenbart keine signifikante Energiedifferenz zwischen einer Phenyl- und einer Biphenylbrücke, was ein Indiz dafür darstellt, dass die Erweiterung des Spacers um eine zweite Phenyleinheit bei analoger 1,4-Verknüpfung nahezu keinen Einfluss auf die elektronischen Eigenschaften des Systems hat. Auch die Überführung von 1,1'-(9,9-Dimethylfluoren-2,7-diyl)bis-(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol) und 4,4'-Bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborol-1-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl in die entsprechenden 1,2-Azaborinine wurde unter Verwendung von Trimethylsilylazid bewerkstelligt. Neben der Darstellung und Untersuchung neuer Bisborole wurde 9-(Thiophen-2-yl)carbazol erfolgreich für den Aufbau borhaltiger Donor-Akzeptor-Systeme eingesetzt. Es konnten im Zuge dessen ein Borol und dessen IMes-Addukt, ein 1,2-Azaborinin sowie ein Dimesitylboryl-substituiertes Derivat dargestellt und auf ihre optischen und elektronischen Eigenschaften hin untersucht werden. Dabei stand insbesondere die elektrochemische Quantifizierung der Elektronenakzeptorstärke des Borols im Vergleich zum Dimesitylboran im Fokus. Es wurde ein signifikanter Unterschied des Borols (Epc = -1.60 V, CH2Cl2) im Vergleich zum Dimesitylboran (E1/2 = -2.39 V, THF) detektiert, woraus eine deutlich höhere Akzeptorstärke des Borols abgeleitet werden kann. Zusätzlich wurden spektroskopische und photophysikalische Untersuchungen in Abhängigkeit der jeweiligen Verbindung durchgeführt. Durch den Vergleich des energetisch niedrigsten Absorptionsmaximas des Borols mit bereits literaturbekannten, thienylsubstituierten Borolen konnte ein signifikanter Donoreinfluss der Carbazoleinheit bestätigt werden. / Within the scope of this thesis, a library of novel, free bisborole compounds was prepared, characterized and their spectroscopic properties examined. Oligothiophen-bridged bisboroles could be extended to ter- and quaterthiophenes. Furthermore, Lewis base adducts with IMes, cAAC and DMAP were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. By comparing the spectroscopic data with literature-known compounds, a successive increase in the absorption maxima with the number of thiophene units could be observed/identified. Extension of the chain length leads to an increasingly smaller HOMO-LUMO gap and a limiting value of 2.40 eV considering a hypothetically infinitely long thiophene spacer. Furthermore, 9,9-dimethylfluorene and biphenyl were successfully converted into bisboroles. Both systems are of special interest due to their structural similarities and comparability to the literature-known Bis(borolyl)benzene - compounds. Additionally, a spectroscopic comparison between all new and literature-known bisboroles could be achieved during this work. It was shown that heteroaryl-brigded bisboroles offer a larger HOMO-LUMO gap then aryl-brigded systems. Furthermore the position of the borolyl groups and the degree of pi-conjugation play an important role. Both systems 1,1'-(9,9-dimethylfluorene-2,7-diyl)bis-(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole) and 4,4'-bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole-1-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl are found to be energetically between 1,3- and 1,4-bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole-1-yl)benzene. The comparison between 1,4-bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole-1-yl)benzene and 4,4'-bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole-1-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl shows almost no difference in energy between a phenyl- and biphenyl-bridged system, indicating that expanding the system with another phenyl unit with the same 1,4-linkage has virtually no influence on the electronic properties. Additionally, the conversion of 1,1'-(9,9-dimethylfluorene-2,7-diyl)bis-(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole) and 4,4'-bis(2,3,4,5-tetraphenylborole-1-yl)-1,1'-biphenyl into the corresponding 1,2-azaborinines was achieved by reaction with trimethylsilyl azide. Besides the synthesis and investigation of new bisborole compounds, 9-(thiophen-2-yl)carbazole was successfully converted into new donor-acceptor-systems. Based on this system, a borole, an IMes-adduct, an 1,2-azaborinine and also a dimesitylboryl-substituted derivative were successfully prepared, characterized and investigated for their optical and electronic properties, with focus on the electrochemical quantification of the Lewis acid strength of the borole and the dimesitylborane. A significant difference in the first reduction potentials was detected between the borole (Epc = 1.60 V, CH2Cl2) and the dimesitylborane (E1/2 = -2.39 V, THF), indicating a much higher acceptor strength of borole. Additionally, spectroscopic and photophysical investigations were performed on each of these compounds. By comparison of the lowest maximum of the borole with literature-known, thienyl-substituted boroles, a significant donor influence of the carbazole group could be confirmed.

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden Dibortetrahalogenide dargestellt, deren Eigenschaften strukturell sowie spektroskopisch analysiert und deren Reaktivität gegenüber Lewis-basischen Hauptgruppenelementverbindungen untersucht. Durch anschließende Reaktivitätsstudien konnten unter anderem neuartige Diborene dargestellt und analysiert werden. Weiterhin wurde die Verbindungsklasse der Elementhalogenide der Gruppe 13 in der Oxidationsstufe +2 (B, Ga, In) und +3 (In) bezüglich ihrer Reaktivität gegenüber Übergangsmetall Lewis-Basen untersucht. Die gebildeten, neuartigen Bindungsmodi der Gruppe 13 Elemente am Übergangsmetall wurden strukturell, spektroskopisch sowie quantenchemisch analysiert. / As a part of the present work diborontetrahalides were synthesized, analyzed and their reactivity was investigated towards Lewis-basic main group compounds. Subsequent reactivity studies were performed and novel Diborenes were synthesized and analyzed. Furthermore the reactivity of group 13 elemental halides in the oxidation state +2 (B, Ga, In) and +3 (In) was investigated towards Lewis-basic transition metal complexes. The novel bonding motifs of the group 13 elements at the metal center were investigated structurally, spectroscopically and by quantum chemical calculations.

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In this work we present some of the general theory of shock waves and their stability properties. We examine the concepts of nonlinear stability and spectral stability, noting that for certain classes of equations the study of nonlinear stability is reduced to the analysis of the spectra of the linearized eigenvalue problem. A useful tool in the study of spectral stability is the Evans function, an analytic function whose zeros correspond to the eigenvalues of the linearized eigenvalue problem. We discuss techniques for numerical Evans function computation that ensure analyticity, allowing standard winding number arguments and rootfinding methods to be used to locate eigenvalues. The Evans function is then used to study the spectra of the high Lewis number combustion system, tracking eigenvalues in the right-half plane.

From this thesis we gain new insights into nineteenth and early twentieth century Mormonism. The life of Lewis Warren Shurtliff was typical of other Latter-day Saints in the formative period of the Church and Shurtliff contributed in many ways to Mormonism's growth and development. The New England background of the Shurtliff family is informative in determining the influences of Calvinist New England theology on early Mormons.Shurtliff's vocations of pioneer, colonizer and freighter contributed to the building of a mountain empire in the Great Basin. His courtship, marriages and families and his attitudes and beliefs concerning plural and eternal marriage influenced many members of the Church. His more than fifty years of service as a regional Church leader sheds new light on the role of wards and stakes in the Latter-day Saints Church. President Shurtliff's life and personality contributed to the acceptance and assimilation of Mormonism into the mainstream of American life.

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<p> This thesis describes an investigation into the effects of Lewis acid complexation on the photochemistry of α,β unsaturated carbonyl compounds.</p> <p> Initial studies involved the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy in examining Lewis acid modification of the photostationary state for E/Z isomerization of various acyclic enones. The results obtained provide a good understanding of the origin of the perturbation of the photostationary state of these systems. In the course of these investigations, the question also arose as to the possible effects of complexation upon the photochemistry of cyclic enone systems where E/Z isomerization cannot occur, particularly whether this would catalyze [2+2] cycloadditions to the enone carbon/carbon double bond. Lewis acid complexed enones are widely used as activated dienophiles in Diels Alder reactions, and have been recently reported to serve as activated 'enophiles' in a photochemical dimerization of coumarin.</p> </p> The examination here is focused upon endo-tricyclo [5.2.1.02,6] deca-4,8-dien-3-one. (See Diagram in thesis). </p> <p> Reported here is a detailed investigation of the photochemistry of the AlEtCl2 complex of this compound, and the results are interpreted mechanistically. The reaction gives rise to a single product which reaches a photostationary state with the reactant complex. The isomerization is formally a [1,3] sigmatropic shift involving the isolated double bond. It seems likely however, to proceed by the formation of an allyl cation intermediate.</p> / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

<p> A 19F nmr study has shown that SeO2F2, SeOF2 and SeOCl2 behave as bases (B) towards SbF5 forming the adducts, (SbF5)n•B where n = 1-5 and in which they are bonded to antimony through an oxygen. Structural information about these adducts was also obtained. Solutions of SbF5 in SeOF2 and SeOCl2 were also shown to contain the SbF-6 and cis and trans [SbF4 (B)2]+ ions. The order of basicity towards SbF5 for the following bases is, SeOCl2 > SeOF2 > SbF-6 > SOF2 > SeO2F2 > SO2ClF.</p> <p> A 77Se nmr study of the SeOCl2 solvent system has shown that the order of Lewis acidity for the following acids is, SbF5 ~ SO3 > SbCl5 > SnCl4 > SbCl3 > AsCl3.</p> <p> A new selenium oxyfluoride, SeOF4 has been identified and is shown to form an ionic adduct SeOF+3SbF-6 with SbF5.</p> <p> Polyselenium oxyfluorides, F(SeO3)nSeO2F, where n=1-3, were prepared and are found to have acyclic structures. The 77Se spectra of Se4^2+ and Se8^2+ were studied. </p> <p> Redistribution reactions between selenium and phosphorus halides and oxyhalides were studied using the nmr resonances of 19F, 31P and 77Se.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Design and development of novel one-step reactions that produce nitrogen-containing scaffolds is an invaluable area of chemistry due to the abundance of these moieties in natural products and biologically active molecules. Discovering novel methods using uncommon substrates and rare earth metals to access these significant scaffolds present a challenge. Over the course of my doctoral studies, I have designed, developed and optimized novel reactions by using rarely known substrates and rare earth metals that have afforded important nitrogen-containing scaffolds. The products obtained allow access to otherwise long-to-synthesize molecules and expeditious construction of biologically active molecules.