Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. William T. Cooper, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 1, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 91 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 486-496) and copy of author's publication.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 275-291).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2007. / "Graduate Program in Biochemistry." Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-176).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 286-303).

Thesis (M.Eng.)--University of Louisville, 2006. / Title and description from thesis home page (viewed Jan. 30, 2007). Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-33).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Tatyana Polenova, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008. / Title from title screen (site viewed Feb. 17, 2009). PDF text: 182 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 5 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3328255. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

A systematic and efficient route to [e]-annelated derivatives of 2,7-di-t- butyl-trans-10b, 10c-dimethyl-10b,10c-dihydropyrene 34 has been achieved which provides access to the benzo, naphtho, and anthro derivatives of 34, by means of a Diels - Alder reaction of an aryne with a furan. Reaction of the annulyne derived from bromide 50 with furan gave adduct 52 which could be both deoxygenated to benzo derivative 53 and reacted with tetrazine 54 to yield the annuleno furan 55 which subsequently with benzyne and 2,3-naphthalyne yielded adducts which were deoxygenated to naphtho and anthro derivatives 57 and 59. Reaction of the furan 55 with the benzoannulyne derived from 65 gave the cyclophane fused pyrene 68, while reaction of the annulyne derived from 50 with the bisfuran 62 gave the chrysene bis pyrene 60. These fused dihydropyrene derivatives are all photochromic, and the photoisomerizations were studied In each case. Dihydropyrenes 53, 57, 59, and 65 are simple photoswitches, while 60 and 68 are more complex multiple state switches. In each case the kinetics of the MOD to DMDHP reaction was followed to obtain the activation energy, enthalpy, and entropy. It was found that the activation enthalpies and energies decreased through the series, from the benzo to the naphtho to the anthro system. This suggested that the transition states for the MCD to DMDHP reactions were stabilized by resonance with the respective annelated fragments. Detailed analysis of the NMR data of all compounds yielded an experimental aromaticity scale in which δ(Me) or δ(H4) could yield information to obtain the relative resonance energy of the annelating fragment. Correlations between methyl and H4 protons were obtained and compared to related systems. / Graduate