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The purpose of this study was to develop new catalytic methods to mediate carbon-carbon bond forming reactions with imines under mild conditions and in a general manner. We found that copper catalysts were compatible in cross-coupling of a range of mild organometallic reagents, providing simple, efficient routes to alpha-substituted amides and amines. / Chapter 2 of this thesis describes a new copper-catalyzed multicomponent synthesis of alpha-substituted amides. This reaction was developed based upon previous work in this laboratory, which showed that palladium catalysts were competent in Stille-type cross-coupling of imines, acid chlorides, and organostannanes. While providing a mild method of generating the amide products, a more general procedure able to incorporate a wider range of organostannanes was sought. This chapter details the development of a copper-catalyzed protocol, which, as well as performing the cross-coupling under mild reaction conditions, proceeds with a diverse range of aryl-, heteroaryl-, and vinyl-substituted organostannanes and employs an inexpensive and readily available catalyst. Through this system, control over regioselectivity of addition to alpha,beta-unsaturated imines is also possible. / Chapter 3 demonstrates that, in addition to organostannanes, other substrates are viable in copper-catalyzed cross-coupling with imines and acid chlorides. Herein, the coupling of terminal alkynes with imines and acid chlorides is described, leading to an efficient synthesis of tertiary propargylamides directly from simple starting materials. This synthesis incorporates a wide variety of substituted imines, acid chlorides/chloroformates, and terminal alkynes, providing a rapid synthesis of these useful building blocks (reaction completion in only 15 minutes). In addition, the process is shown to work with aza-aromatic heterocycles, such as pyridine, where the alkynylation occurs exclusively at the 2-position. / Chapter 4 describes the utility of these rapid multicomponent reactions, where the products are directly converted into oxazole heterocycles. Copper-catalyzed- and zinc-catalyzed protocols are developed for the synthesis of secondary propargylamides from silyl-imines, acid chlorides, and terminal alkynes. The secondary propargylamide products are then, in a one pot sequence, transformed into trisubstituted oxazoles. / Chapter 5 describes the development of an atom-economical, non-toxic alternative to the organotin coupling described in Chapter 2. This involves the use of tri- and tetraorgano-indium reagents, which can transfer all of their organic groups in a copper-catalyzed coupling with imines and acid chlorides. This reaction shows good functional group compatibility and further expands the scope of alpha-substituted amides and N-protected amines that can be synthesized through mild copper catalysis. / Chapter 6 explores the enantioselective alkynylation of nitrogen-containing heterocycles. As described in Chapter 3, heterocycles such as pyridine can undergo copper-catalyzed 1,2-addition with terminal alkynes upon activation by chloroformates. As this process generates a stereocenter, it is possible to introduce enantio-control into the reactions by using a chiral copper catalyst. With ligands from the PINAP series, enantioselectivities of up to 84% can be induced in the coupling of nitrogen-containing heterocycles (e.g., quinoline), chloroformates, and terminal alkynes. This provides a mild and simple synthesis of chiral 2-alkynyl-1,2-dihydroquinolines directly from simple starting materials.

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Photocopy of typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1980. / Bibliography: leaves 125-126. / Microfiche. / x, 126 leaves, bound 28 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-127). / Microfiche. / xi, 127 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1976. / Bibliography: leaves [312]-320. / Microfiche. / xxx, 320 leaves ill

Thesis (PhD) -- University of South Australia, 1992

The overall aims of this thesis were to conduct a broad survey of possible organic corrosion inhibitors in near-neutral chloride solutions and to elucidate the mechanisms of such action. Altogether, 130 organic compounds were studied as possible corrosion inhibitors for pure iron, mild steel, copper and aluminium in aerated near-neutral (pH = 8.4) solutions containing 500 ppm NaCl and 100 ppm NaHCO,, conditions often encountered in water-based automotive engine coolants. Inhibitor behaviour was investigated using steady-state electrochemical techniques including polarisation curves, Stern-Geary and corrosion potential (Em,) measurements. The organic compounds examined were found to be highly specific in their inhibitive action toward the metals studied. Typical examples of highly effective corrosion inhibitors were: sebacate and octanoate for pure iron; oleate and sebacate for mild steel; benzotriazole and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole for copper; and laurate and oleate for aluminium. E, was found to provide a rapid and convenient screening test for evaluating the inhibitor performance of organic compounds toward pure iron, mild steel and aluminium but was less useful for copper. Good organic inhibitors were found to act as anodic inhibitors toward pure iron and mild steel but as anodic or mixed-type inhibitors toward copper. For aluminium, the majority of the compounds studied were found to act as anodic inhibitors. However,However, it was also found that only pit initiation was inhibited, i.e. existing pits were not prevented from developing. Optical microscopy of pitted aluminium surfaces indicated their nature varied considerably with inhibition efficiency. The role of complex formation in organic corrosion inhibitors was found to vary with the metal. Complexation of either iron(I1) or iron(II1) ions was found to have an insignificant effect on mild steel. The corrosion rate of copper was found to increase with the copper(LI) complex stability, thus indicating complex formation to be the rate-determining step. For aluminium, the observed effects were found to depend on complex stability. For weak to moderate complexants, inhibitor efficiency (measured as E,,) increased with increasing complexation. However, very strong complexing agents were sufficiently stable to dissolve the aluminium oxide surface, leading to poor inhibition. Aluminium pit morphology was found, using scanning electron microscopy, to change from hemispherical in the uninhibited solution to irregular in the presence of complexing inhibitors. No simple relationships between inhibitor efficiency and molecular structure were found. However, carbon chain length, the nature of functional group(s) and their location in the molecule were found to be important but varied according to the metal. The inhibiting ability of sebacate (a straight chain C, dicarboxylate) was found not to be compromised by water movement (stirring) or pre-existing corrosion product layers. Immersion tests showed that passive film formation on mild steel in sebacate solution involved two stages and was complete only after -100 h immersion. The ion selective properties of several iron(II1) carboxylates and hydrated iron(II1) oxide films were studied by membrane potential measurements in neutral sodium chloride solutions. Some specimens were also studied by Mossbauer spectroscopy. These results show that dicarboxylates are good inhibitors toward mild steel because they form impermeable films. Poor inhibitor performance is associated with the anion selectivity of the film which in turn appears to be related to the film purity. A model is suggested for the inhibition mechanism of mild steel corrosion by dicarboxylates in aerated near-neutral chloride solutions.

Thesis (M.S.)--Villanova University, 2008. / Chemistry Dept. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D. - Hydrology and Water Resources) - University of Arizona. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 372-381).