What does it sound like to fall down a rabbit hole? This was not a question that concerned Lewis Carroll when he wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but it has challenged the many individuals who have adapted his story for film, ballet, video games, and other multimedia formats since its creation. In recent decades, the proliferation of adaptations across a variety of new media has offered scholars a renewed opportunity to more closely examine this and other critical issues raised when considering the relationships between adapted texts and their original sources. This dissertation argues for a greater critical emphasis on the aurality of adaptation by examining the narrative potential of sound in adaptations across a variety of media forms. Despite scholarship on adaptations and comparable studies contemplating sound in adapted texts, these two streams of scholarly inquiry have largely remained isolated within adaptation studies and musicology, respectively. Through this dissertation, I provide an examination of sound’s capacity to shape, nuance, or subvert the other parts of a multimedia adaptation, thus bridging these disciplinary discussions. This dissertation balances a broad survey of Alice adaptations with the highly focused examination of two case studies: Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Tim Burton’s film, Alice in Wonderland. The survey demonstrates a model for analyzing the aurality of adaptation across media forms, while the case studies provide an in-depth examination of aural adaptation in relation to specific media forms. The analysis undertaken focuses on the intersection of narrative, sound, and adaptation, revealing complex and multifaceted relationships. In this work, I merge score analysis with visual and narrative analyses, using films or filmed versions of stage productions as the primary source materials. From this rigorous comparative analysis, trends in musical interpretation emerge, indicating some of the prevailing expectations concerning Alice and its aural adaptations.

The present work is divided into two parts, the first of which is concerned with the synthesis and reactivity of carbene-stabilized gallium compounds. The second part of this thesis adresses the synthesis of novel, beryllium-containing compounds, whereby, in addition to investigations into new structural motifs of linear, sp-hybridized beryllium compounds, the stabilization of low valent beryllium complexes by the use of carbene ligands is a central part of this thesis. 1 Lewis-base-stabilized gallium compounds In this chapter, two different synthetic routes towards carbene stabilized, low-valent gallium compounds were investigated. By the use of CAAC ligands, four different [GaCl3(RCAAC)]-species (R = Me, Cy, Et, Menth) were realized, and investigated in terms of their reactivity towards reducing agents. However, all experimental approaches led to either decomposition products or renewed isolation of the starting materials and the synthesis of dinuclear gallium compounds via reductive coupling of two CAAC-Ga fragments was found not to be feasible. A different approach towards low-valent gallium compounds was the chemical reduction of Lewis-base-stabilized digallanes(4), in which the two gallium atoms are already connected via a σ bond. The synthesis of such compounds by reaction of either the subhalide ´GaI` or the mixed-valent salt [Ga]+[GaCl4]– with two equivalents of the free MeCAAC did not afford the double Lewis-base-stabilized [Ga2X4(MeCAAC)2] species (X = I, Cl). However, [Ga2Cl4(MeCAAC)2] was accessible through ligand exchange reaction of [Ga2Cl4(1,4-dioxane)2] with two equivalents of MeCAAC, due to the relatively weakly-coordinating nature of 1,4-dioxane. In an analogous fashion, three additional Lewis-base-stabilized digallanes(4) could be realized when the carbenes CyCAAC, SIDep und IDipp were used. The reactivity of the Lewis-base-stabilized digalliumtetrachlorides was tested towards different reducing agents. However, none of the reactions led to a distinct product formation and the synthesis of neutral, Ga-Ga multiple bond systems could not be realized in this manner. However, treatment of [Ga2Cl4(MeCAAC)2] with two equivalents of 1,3,2 diazaborolyllithium induced Ga-Ga bond cleavage and [GaCl2{B(NDippCH)2}(MeCAAC)] was isolated as the only boron-containing compound. The halide exchange reactions of the double Lewis-base adducts of digalliumtetrachloride were also investigated. Treatment of [Ga2Cl4(MeCAAC)2] and [Ga2Cl4(CyCAAC)2] with 1.3 molar equivalents of either BBr3 or BI3, well established reagents for halide exchange at other Group 13 elements, yielded the corresponding [Ga2X4(MeCAAC)2] (X = Br, I ) and [Ga2X4(CyCAAC)2] (X = Br, I), with retention of the carbene ligands. Also, the reaction of [Ga2Br4(CyCAAC)2] with BI3 afforded the fully iodinated species. In contrast to the MeCAAC-stabilized compounds, which feature extreme insolubility in common organic solvents, the CyCAAC-stabilized compounds could be characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. 2 Lewis-base-stabilized beryllium compounds The reaction of BeCl2 with two equivalents 1,3,2-diazaborolyllithium provided the homoleptic, linear Be{B(NDippCH)2}2. In its 9Be NMR spectrum, the compound shows a chemical shift of δ = 45 ppm, significantly outside the normal range of two-coordinate beryllium compounds. The electrophilic nature of the beryllium center in Be{B(NDippCH)2}2 was calculated by quantum chemical calculations and demonstrated by its reactivity towards different substrates: methanolysis of Be{B(NDippCH)2}2 induced a Be-B bond cleavage, and, along with insoluble materials presumed to be the polymeric beryllium methanolate, cleanly afforded the protonated 1,3,2 diazaborole. The use of deuterated MeOD in the reaction confirmed methanol as the proton source. Treatment of Be{B(NDippCH)2}2 with one equivalent of the small carbene IMe effected addition at the beryllium center to yield the trigonal mixed Lewis-base adduct. The heteroleptic BeCl{B(NDippCH)2} could not be synthesized by the reaction of BeCl2 with equimolar amounts of 1,3,2-diazaborolyllithium. Therefore, [BeClCp*] was used as starting material for the synthesis of novel, heteroleptic sp-hybridized beryllium species. Treatment of [BeClCp*] with various NHCs did not lead to the expected adduct formation, but yielded, only in the case of IiPr, the metallocene [BeCp*2] and the double Lewis-base adduct [BeCl2(IiPr)2] in a ligand exchange reaction. The reaction of [BeClCp*] with equimolar amounts of 1,3,2 diazaborolyllithium formed the linear coordinated [BeCp*{B(NDippCH)2}] in a salt elimination reaction. A central part of this work was the monomerization of BeCl2 by the use of CAAC ligands. Four differerent [BeCl2(RCAAC)] species (R = Me, Cy, Et, Menth) were synthesized via reaction of the corresponding free carbenes and BeCl2. Furthermore, the reactivity of these kinds of compounds towards different substrates was investigated. Treatment of [BeCl2(MeCAAC)] with equimolar amounts of 1,3,2-diazaborolyllithium afforded the trigonal mixed Lewis-base adduct [BeCl{B(NDippCH)2}(MeCAAC)] in a salt elimination reaction. This compound showed limited stability under reduced pressure, in solution as well as in the solid state, and subsequently formed the protonated 1,3,2 diazaborole and a beryllium containing compound that could not be further identified. The reaction of [BeCl2(MeCAAC)] with Bogdanović-Magnesium ([Mg(C14H10)(thf)3]) provided the CAAC-stabilized berylliumanthracendiyl [Be(C14H10)(MeCAAC)], which was isolated as a red solid. The mechanism of this reaction might be described as a nucleophilic addition of the dianionic anthracene unit to the beryllium center with concomitant loss of MgCl2. [Be(C14H10)(MeCAAC)] shows structural similarities to the magnesium containing species [Mg(C14H10)(thf)3], as both compounds show a non-planar anthracene moiety in their solid-state structures, due to the loss of aromaticity of the substituent. None of the attempts to chemically reduce the various [BeCl2(RCAAC)] compounds with a range of one-electron reducing agents afforded a selective reaction product, and either decomposition products or starting materials were isolated. However, treatment of the Lewis-base adducts [BeCl2(MeCAAC)] and [BeCl2(CyCAAC)] with potassium graphite in the presence of an additional equivalent of RCAAC (R = Me, Cy) yielded the homoleptic and heteroleptic compounds [Be(CyCAAC)2], [Be(MeCAAC)2] and [Be(MeCAAC)(CyCAAC)]. The solid-state structures of the double Lewis-base stabilized beryllium compounds show linear geometries around the beryllium center and significant differences to their beryllium-containing starting materials. A contraction of the Be1-C1 bonds as well as an elongation of the ligand-centered C1-N1 bonds was observed, indicative of strong Be-C bonding. Whereas the beryllium atom is usually found in its +II oxidation state, the central atom in the linear [Be(CAAC)] compounds is formally in its elemental form. Therefore, these compounds represent the first neutral complexes with a formally zerovalent CAAC-stabilized s-block element. The unusual electronic structure of these compounds is emphasized by their deep violet color (λmax (THF) = 575/579 nm). Quantum chemical calculations describe the bonding situation in [Be(CAAC)2] with a combination of donor-acceptor interactions between two ground-state singlet CAAC ligands and Be(0) in a 1s22s02p2 electronic configuration, resulting in a 3c 2e− π bond stretching over the C Be C core. Furthermore, the stabilization arising from π backdonation from Be to the CAAC ligands was found to significantly predominate over that from σ-donation from CAAC to the beryllium center. The NHC-stabilized compounds [Be(IDipp)2] and [Be(IDipp)(IMes)] and the mixed NHC/CAAC-stabilized species [Be(MeCAAC)(NHC)] (NHC = IDipp, IMes, SIDep) could not be synthesized. This might be explained by the different electronic properties of the carbenes. On the one hand, the π-accepting abilities of the NHCs are likely insufficient to form a 3c 2e− π bond. On the other hand, the stability of the mixed CAAC/NHC stabilized Be(0) compounds might not be sufficient due to differences in the σ-donating and π accepting properties of the ligands, which limits the formation of a symmetrical 3c 2e− π bond across the C-Be-C unit. / Die vorliegende Arbeit ist in zwei Abschnitte gegliedert und befasst sich im ersten Teil mit der Darstellung und Reaktivität neuartiger, Carben-stabilisierter Galliumverbindungen. Der zweite Teil wurde den Untersuchungen zur Darstellung von berylliumhaltigen Verbindungen gewidmet, wobei, neben der Synthese von neuartigen, monomeren, sp-hybridisierten Berylliumverbindungen, die Stabilisierung niedervalenter Berylliumverbindungen durch die Verwendung von Carbenen einen zentralen Teil der Arbeit darstellt. 1 Lewis-Basen-stabilisierte Galliumverbindungen Zur Darstellung von Carben-stabilisierten, niedervalenten Galliumverbindungen wurden zwei unterschiedliche Syntheserouten herangezogen. Dabei konnten zum einen vier [GaCl3(RCAAC)]-Spezies (R = Me, Cy, Et, Menth) dargestellt werden, deren Verhalten unter reduktiven Bedingungen untersucht wurde. Jedoch führte keiner der Versuche zur chemischen Reduktion dieser Systeme zu einheitlichen Produkten und die Darstellung von dinuklearen Galliumverbindungen durch eine reduktive Kupplung zweier CAAC-Ga-Fragmente war auf diesem Weg nicht realisierbar. Ein weiterer Ansatz zur Darstellung von niedervalenten Digalliumverbindungen war die Reduktion Lewis-Basen-stabilisierter Digallan(4)-Verbindungen, bei welchen die beiden Galliumatome bereits über eine σ Einfachbindung verknüpft vorliegen. Die Synthese solcher Verbindungen durch die direkte Umsetzung des Galliumsubhalogenids ´GaI` bzw. des gemischt-valenten Salzes [Ga]+[GaCl4]– mit zwei Äquivalenten des freien Carbens MeCAAC führte nicht zu den doppelt Carben stabilisierten [Ga2X4(MeCAAC)2]-Spezies (X = I, Cl). Jedoch konnte [Ga2Cl4(MeCAAC)2] ausgehend von [Ga2Cl4(1,4 Dioxan)2], auf Basis der relativ schwach koordinierenden 1,4-Dioxan-Liganden, mittels Ligandaustauschreaktion dargestellt werden. In analoger Weise waren drei zusätzliche Vertreter realisierbar, wobei die Carbene CyCAAC, SIDep und IDipp verwendet wurden. Die Reaktivität der Lewis-Basen-stabilisierten Digalliumtetrachloride wurde gegenüber unterschiedlicher Reduktionsmittel getestet, wobei bei keiner der Umsetzungen ein einheitliches Produkt isoliert werden konnte. Die Darstellung von neutralen, Ga-Ga-Mehrfachbindungssystemen war folglich auf diese Weise nicht möglich. Die Umsetzung von [Ga2Cl4(MeCAAC)2] mit zwei Äquivalenten 1,3,2-Diazaborolyllithium führte zu einem Ga-Ga-Bindungsbruch und [GaCl2{B(NDippCH)2}(MeCAAC)] konnte als einziges Bor-haltiges Produkt isoliert werden. Ein weiterer zentraler Bestandteil dieser Arbeit beschreibt die Halogenaustauschreaktionen der doppelt Lewis-Basen-stabilisierten Digalliumtetrachloride. Die Verbindungen [Ga2Cl4(MeCAAC)2] und [Ga2Cl4(CyCAAC)2] wurden jeweils mit BBr3 oder BI3 umgesetzt, welche gängigerweise zum Halogenaustausch weiterer Gruppe-13-Verbindungen eingesetzt werden. Alle Reaktionen führten zu einem vollständigen Halogenaustausch der Digalliumtetrachloride unter Retention der Liganden und die Produkte [Ga2X4(MeCAAC)2] (X = Br, I) und [Ga2X4(CyCAAC)2] (X = Br, I) konnten isoliert werden. Auch die Umsetzung von [Ga2Br4(CyCAAC)2] mit BI3 lieferte die iodierte Spezies. Die CyCAAC-stabilisierten Vertreter weisen im Gegensatz zu den MeCAAC-stabilisierten Spezies eine bessere Löslichkeit in gängigen organischen Lösungsmitteln auf und konnten anhand von NMR-spektroskopischen Methoden charakterisiert werden. 2 Lewis-Basen-stabilisierte Berylliumverbindungen Durch die Umsetzung von BeCl2 mit zwei Äquivalenten 1,3,2-Diazaborolyllithium konnte das homoleptisch substituierte, lineare Be{B(NDippCH)2}2 dargestellt werden. Dieses zeigt im 9Be NMR-Spektrum eine Resonanz bei δ = 45 ppm, welche im Vergleich zu anderen linear-koordinierten Berylliumverbindungen weit zu tiefem Feld verschoben ist und bis dato das erste Beispiel dieses Frequenzbereichs darstellt. Der elektrophile Charakter des Berylliumatoms in Be{B(NDippCH)2}2 wurde anhand quantenchemischer Rechnungen postuliert und durch die Reaktivität der Verbindung gegenüber unterschiedlichen Substraten bestätigt. Die Methanolyse von Be{B(NDippCH)2}2 führt zu einem Be-B Bindungsbruch und neben dem, in gängigen Lösungsmitteln unlöslichen, Feststoff (Ben(OMe)m), wurde das protonierte 1,3,2 Diazaborol isoliert. Anhand von Deuterierungsexperimenten konnte Methanol als Protonenquelle identifiziert werden. Die Reaktion mit äquimolaren Mengen IMe lieferte ein trigonal planares Lewis-Basenaddukt. Durch die Umsetzung von BeCl2 mit stöchiometrischen Mengen des 1,3,2 Diazaborolyllithiums konnte die einfach borylierte Verbindung BeCl{B(NDippCH)2} nicht realisiert werden. Um heteroleptisch substituierte, lineare Berylliumverbindungen darzustellen, wurde [BeClCp*] als Edukt eingesetzt. Die Umsetzung mit NHCs führte lediglich im Fall des sterisch weniger anspruchsvollen IiPr zu einer Reaktion, welche nicht unter Adduktbildung verlief, sondern unter Ligandaustausch [BeCp*2] und das zweifach IiPr-stabilisierte Berylliumdichlorid lieferte. Die Umsetzung von [BeClCp*] mit äquimolaren Mengen 1,3,2 Diazaborolyllithium verlief in einer Salzeliminierung und das linear koordinierte [BeCp*{B(NDippCH)2}] wurde isoliert. Ein zentraler Bestandteil dieser Arbeit war die Monomerisierung von BeCl2 durch die Verwendung von CAAC-Liganden. Vier unterschiedlich substituierte Vertreter dieser [BeCl2(RCAAC)]-Spezies (R = Me, Cy, Et, Menth) konnten durch Umsetzung von BeCl2 mit dem entsprechenden freien Carben realisiert werden. Weiterhin erfolgte eine Untersuchung dieser Verbindungen gegenüber unterschiedlicher Substrate. Die Reaktion von [BeCl2(MeCAAC)] mit 1,3,2-Diazaborolyllithium verlief in einer Salzeliminierungsreaktion zu dem verzerrt trigonal planar koordinierten [BeCl{B(NDippCH)2}(MeCAAC)]. Die Verbindung konnte als Feststoff isoliert werden, wies jedoch eine limitierte Stabilität auf und zerfiel, sowohl in Lösung als auch in fester Form, unter Vakuum in das protonierte 1,3,2-Diazaborol und eine berylliumhaltige Verbindung, dessen Struktur nicht aufgeklärt werden konnte. Bei der Umsetzung von [BeCl2(MeCAAC)] mit Bogdanović-Magnesium ([Mg(C14H10)(thf)3]) konnte das CAAC-stabilisierte Berylliumanthracendiyl [Be(C14H10)(MeCAAC)] als roter, kristalliner Feststoff isoliert werden. Der Reaktionsmechanismus dieser Umsetzung ist bislang nicht vollständig geklärt, jedoch wird eine nukleophile Addition des Dianions des Anthracens an das Berylliumzentrum postuliert, welche eine Salzeliminierung zur Folge hat. Die Verbindung weist strukturelle Ähnlichkeiten zu der Magnesium-haltigen Spezies im Festkörper auf und für beide Verbindungen wird, durch den Verlust der Aromatizität des Anthracenylsubstituenten, eine Aufhebung der Planarität des Ringsystems beobachtet. Versuche zur Reduktion der unterschiedlich substituierten [BeCl2(RCAAC)]-Verbindungen mit einer Reihe an Einelektronen-Reduktionsmitteln führten nicht zum Erfolg und es konnte in keinem der Fälle ein einheitliches Produkt isoliert werden. Hingegen lieferte die Reaktion der Lewis-Basenaddukte [BeCl2(MeCAAC)] und [BeCl2(CyCAAC)] mit Kaliumgraphit und einem zusätzlichen Äquivalent RCAAC (R = Me, Cy) die homoleptisch- und heteroleptisch-substituierten Verbindungen [Be(CyCAAC)2], [Be(MeCAAC)2] und [Be(MeCAAC)(CyCAAC)]. Die Festkörperstrukturen der doppelt Lewis-Basen-stabilisierten Berylliumverbindungen zeigen deutliche Unterschiede zu denen der Edukte. Sowohl eine Kontraktion der Be1-C1-Bindungslängen, als auch eine Verlängerung der ligandzentrierten C1-N1-Bindungslängen ist zu beobachten, womit die Be-C-Bindungen der [BeL2] Verbindungen mit einem partiellen Doppelbindungscharakter beschrieben werden können. Im Gegensatz zu anderen, zweifach koordinierten Berylliumverbindungen, welche gewöhnlich in der formalen Oxidationsstufe +II vorliegen, wird in [Be(CAAC)2] das Berylliumatom formal in seiner elementaren Form stabilisiert. Die Verbindungen stellen somit bis dato die ersten neutralen Komplexe dar, bei welchen ein s-Block-Element in der formalen Oxidationsstufe 0 stabilisiert wird. Die ungewöhnliche elekronische Struktur dieser Spezies wird bereits an der tief-violetten Färbung der Verbindungen deutlich (λmax (THF) = 575/579 nm). Quantenmechanische Berechnungen beschreiben die Bindungssituation in [Be(CAAC)2] mit einer Kombination aus Donor-Akzeptor-Wechselwirkungen zwischen zwei CAAC-Liganden im Singulett-Grundzustand und einem neutralen Be(0) im doppelt angeregten Zustand (1s22s02p2). Daraus resultiert eine 3c-2e−-π-Bindung, welche sich über den CCarben Be CCarben-Kern erstreckt und im Vergleich zur σ Hinbindung einen größeren Anteil zur Stabilisierung des Systems beiträgt. Die analogen NHC-stabilisierten Vertreter [Be(IDipp)2] bzw. [Be(IDipp)(IMes)] als auch die heteroleptisch substituierten Spezies [Be(MeCAAC)(NHC)] (NHC = IDipp, IMes, SIDep) konnten nicht realisiert werden. Eine Erklärung hierfür könnten die elektronischen Unterschiede der Carbene liefern. Zum einen reicht vermutlich die Akzeptorfähigkeit der NHCs nicht aus, um eine 3c-2e−-π-Bindung auszubilden und zum anderen ist auch die Stabilität von gemischten CAAC/NHC-stabilisierten Be(0)-Komplexen nicht gegeben, wenn durch die unterschiedliche σ-Donor bzw. π-Akzeptorfähigkeit der Liganden keine symmetrische π-Bindung ausgebildet werden kann.

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In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Synthese und Reaktivität neuer NHC- und cAAC-stabilisierter Lewis-Säure/Lewis-Base-Addukte von Verbindungen mit Elementen der Gruppen 14 und 15 beschrieben. / This thesis reports on synthesis and reactivity of new NHC- and cAAC-stabilized Lewis-acid/Lewis-base adducts of group 14 and group 15 element compounds.

This project builds a theory of the presence and practice of grace in intimate interpersonal communication utilizing the writings of C.S. Lewis and his intellectual mentors. Lewis, who wrote extensively on the theory and practice of love, offers a compelling approach to understanding human relationships from a Christian philosophical perspective. <br>The first chapter begins with major questions and themes in the interpersonal literature concerning human discourse, relation, and action. Lewis frames human relationships in a robustly theoretical and practical manner, characterizing the conditions of our discursive relational selves as difficult yet joyful. He argues that the work of intimate interpersonal relationship building is in need of the presence and practice of grace. <br>The second chapter expands upon Lewis's response to his historical moment. Lewis's Christian theism lends him a compelling scholarly and pragmatic standpoint amongst the other critics of modernity. He is writing and living within the cusp of historical change. Accordingly, the chapter discusses key texts in which Lewis articulates the problematic trends within modernity concerning presuppositions of human discourse and relation. Together, these texts speak to the presence and practice of grace in intimate interpersonal communication. <br>Chapters Three, Four, and Five outline the major metaphors which build a theory of grace in intimate relationships: sentiment, will, and responsiveness. Lewis's work suggests that we as scholars and practitioners should consider intimate interpersonal communication as a matter of sentiment understood philosophically, will understood phenomenologically, and responsiveness understood ontologically. These metaphors frame intimacy as heartfelt choice, loving labor, and responsiveness to form. Each of these metaphors build upon the other, and each chapter concludes with specific implications for interpersonal communication theory and practice. <br>Chapter Six discusses current discursive and practical trends concerning intimacy development. The project argues that adolescents and young adults meet challenging moments of relational development with incongruent beliefs and practices, often rendering them ill-prepared for intimacy. In a culmination of the major metaphors of this project, the concluding sections discuss approaches to teaching young adults about how to feel, will, and respond in intimate contexts in a manner which leads to good and gracious love. / McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts / Communication and Rhetorical Studies / PhD / Dissertation

This essay claims that the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass trigger nostalgia in the contemporary reader. Nostalgia is a powerful and complex feeling which, in contemporary times, is triggered by a longing for the lost childhood. This essay connects that longing with the novels about Alice. I argue that the nostalgic experience in the Alice in Wonderland books combines utopia and Bakhtin's concept of carnival and brings it into the lost childhood. The utopian part strives for something better while the carnivalesque part is an upheaval of daily life. This essay illustrates how utopia and carnival are related to a childhood free of adulthood anxieties and that they are a part of Alice in Wonderland, which triggers nostalgia in the adult reader.

The first comprehensive account of Diels-Alder reactions occurring by a simultaneous self-assembly of the components and catalysis of the reaction via a Lewis Acid (LA) is presented in this study. The synthetic usefulness of the intramolecularity achieved by temporary connection of DA reaction components has been combined with the benefits of LA catalysis to overcome the regio- and stereochemical diversities associated with DA reactions of unsymmetrically substituted dienes and dienophiles. LA's employed in this study act both as temporary connectors (by binding to LB sites of the diene and dienophile) and as catalysts (by complexation to oxygen of carbonyl moieties of the dienophiles). Formation of the tether, cycloaddition; and removal of the transient linker all occurs in a single operation.* To illustrate the high selectivity accomplished in this approach, an experimental model system consisting of unsymmetrically substituted dienol 6 and methoxy diene 397 and an unsymmetrically substituted dienophile (methyl acrylate, MAC) was designed. Thermal combination of either of these two dienes with MAC produces nearly equimolar mixtures of all four possible adducts illustrating the unselective nature of the reactions. Use of LA's to mediate the reaction between dienol 6 and MAC results in exclusive regio- and stereoselective formation of a single adduct. In contrast, application of the same LA's for the reaction between the methoxy diene and MAC either results in the formation of two 'endo' regioisomers in low yield or no reaction at all.* Exclusive formation of a single adduct for the reactions of 6 is attributed to a process in which the LA both pre-organizes the reactants and catalyzes the cycloaddition. This phenomenon is not expected to be observed in the reactions of the methoxy diene. The difference in the behavior of the two dienes is ascribed to the difference in their interactions with the LA's. Dienol 6 is able to bind covalently and irreversibly to the LA's while methoxy diene 397 is only able to co-ordinate to the LA's in a reversible manner. Mechanistic studies strongly support the self-assembled pathway and exclude other potential routes. Reactions of dienol 6 with other structurally suitable dienophiles under similar LA mediated conditions exhibit higher selectivities and reactivities in comparison with their uncatalyzed counterparts. Use of a structurally similar chiral dienol induces a highly diastereoselective cycloadditions with different dienophiles, whereas the thermal versions of the reactions again produce all possible adducts. The strategy has also been used for DA reactions of ' 2H'-thiopyran dienols with dienophiles 'N'-acroyl-2-oxazolidinone (NAO), ('E')-3-[3-(methoxycarbonyl)propenoyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-2 -one (MCPO), and 'N'-phenylmaleimide (NPM). Use of MgII is demonstrated to be effective to stereoselectively catalyze reactions which are unselective thermally or do not proceed at all. *Please refer to dissertation for diagrams.

Natural gas is the primary fuel used in industrial gas turbines for power generation. Hydrocarbon blends of methane, ethane, and propane make up a large portion of natural gas and it has been shown that dimethyl ether can be used as a supplement or in its pure form for gas turbine combustion. Because of this, a fundamental understanding of the physical characteristics such as the laminar flame speed is necessary, especially at elevated pressures to have the most relevance to the gas turbine industry. This thesis discusses the equations governing premixed laminar flames, historical methods used to measure the laminar flame speed, the experimental device used in this study, the procedure for converting the measured data into the flame speed, the results of the measurements, and a discussion of the results. The results presented in this thesis include the flame speeds for binary blends of methane, ethane, propane, and dimethyl ether performed at elevated pressures, up to 10-atm initial pressure, using a spherically expanding flame in a constant-volume vessel. Also included in this thesis is a comparison between the experimental measurements and four chemical kinetic models. The C4 mechanism, developed in part through collaboration between the National University of Ireland Galway and Texas A&M, was improved using the data presented herein, showing good agreement for all cases. The effect of blending ethane, propane, and dimethyl ether with methane in binary form is emphasized in this study, with the resulting Markstein length, Lewis number (Le), and flame stability characterized and discussed. It was noticed in this study, as well as in other studies, that the critical radius of the flame typically decreased as the Le decreased, and that the critical radius of the flame increased as the Le increased. Also, a rigorous uncertainty analysis has been performed, showing a range of 0.3 cm/s to 3.5 cm/s depending on equivalence ratio and initial pressure.

Thèse de doctorat : Etudes anglophones : Lyon 2 : 2000. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr.

Thèse de doctorat : Chimie organique : Strasbourg 1 : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. p. 105-110.