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Polymer-supported reagents and catalysts, which allow for simple product separation and easy recycling, have been widely studied in the context of organic synthesis. The past decade has witnessed a number of new variations of polymeric materials, and among the most frequently immobilized functionalities are amines that possess versatile synthetic utilities. Polymers with new structures and improved properties for use in synthesis have been continuously developed since the support may impact the chemical reactions in which they are used in various ways. A new heterogeneous polystyrene-based amine, rasta resin-DMAP, has been synthesized and used in addition reactions of carbon dioxide to epoxides to afford cyclic carbonate products. This new material was found to be a more efficient catalyst than divinylbenzene cross-linked polystyrene supported DMAP, and was readily recycled without significant loss of catalytic activity. Compared to polymers bearing a single functionality, polymers possessing multiple different functional groups attached to a single polymer backbone would have greater potential utility, especially in reactions requiring multiple catalysts or reagents. As an example of this concept, a bifunctional polystyrene bearing both DMAP and piperazine groups has been prepared and applied as an organocatalyst for decarboxylative Doebner-Knoevenagel reactions of arylaldehydes and mono-ethyl malonate to produce (E)-,-unsaturated esters in high yields. Additionally, both non-cross-linked and cross-linked bifunctional polystyrenes featuring amine and thiourea groups have been developed, and their catalytic performance were evaluated in reactions of nitroalkenes with either nitroalkanes or sulfur ylides. Both polymers proved to be efficient catalysts in these reactions and the insoluble polymer demonstrated high recyclability. Control experiments using monofunctional polymers indicated that both catalytic groups of these bifunctional polymers are essential and they could work cooperatively to achieve efficient catalysis. Finally, a second generation bifunctional phosphine-amine polymer, rasta resin-PPh3-NBniPr2, was prepared and examined in tandem Wittig-reductive aldol reactions. In these reaction cascades, the phosphine oxide groups generated from the Wittig reaction served as the catalyst for the reductive aldol reaction, and moderate yields of structurally diverse -hydroxy ketones could be obtained from one-pot processes involving 5 sequential reactions. / published_or_final_version / Chemistry / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

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Although the use of silicon-based reagents has undergone rapid development during the last twenty years, the application of organosilicon chemistry to asymmetric synthesis has been somewhat slower to develop. The many problems associated with the use of 'Si-centred' chiral organosilicon compounds has led to the application of 'C-centred' chiral organosilicon compounds. This work has been aimed at the synthesis and application of cyclic silicon species. Routes towards the synthesis of medium-sized rings have been investigated as a potential application of enantiomerically pure silacycles. This work has led to the discovery of an unusual tandem cycloaddition-bond fragmentation reaction of 3-(dienylacyloxy)cycloalk-2- en-l-ones, which affords a-tetralone as the principal product. Most work has been directed at the synthesis of asymmetric silacycles. Two routes have been explored. Firstly, the double asymmetric hydrosilylation of dienes, catalysts based on many transition metals were used but little evidence of hydrosilylation was observed. The second route is that of the double asymmetric hydroboration of divinylsilanes. Asymmetric stoichiometric hydroboration led to products of moderate to high enantiomeric excess, whilst rhodium-catalysed hydroboration led to high yields of the achiral syn isomer. The diastereoselectivity has been found to vary according to the length of the tether between two phosphine ligands, with maximum diastereoselectivity being observed for butanodiphosphines. NMR studies have investigated the possibility that this is related to the stability of a divinylsilane-diphosphine rhodium complex. Finally, the formation of a variety of silacycles has been attempted. Boron- redistribution of the product of hydroboration with (-)-diisopinocampheylborane has been shown to occur with retention of stereochemistry and subsequent carbonylation led to the formation of asymmetric silacyclohexanones. Oxidation of the hydroboration product led to the formation of a silyldiol species. Reactions of this silyldiol have provided the basis for encouraging preliminary attempts at the formation of other heterosilacycles.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1956. / Typescript. Vita. Includes: The formation of vicinal dichlorides in the reaction of alcohols with phosphorus pentachloride / By Harlan L. Goering and Fred H. McCarron. Reprinted from Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 78, no. 10 (20 May 1956), p. 2270-2274. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1982. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 426-461).

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