Thesis advisor: Shih-Yuan Liu / Described herein are two distinct research projects focused on the development of metal-catalyzed late-stage functionalization strategies for 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborines separated into three chapters. The first chapter discusses the development, synthesis, and recent contributions to the field of azaborine chemistry. The second chapter details the development of rhodium catalyzed B-H bond activation for the synthesis of a new class of BN-stilbenes as well as the discovery of a novel B-H to B-Cl transformation that is successful both with B-H azaborines as well as other B-H containing compounds. The third chapter pertains to the development of a B-H and B-Cl tolerant C(3) functionalization strategy through the use of Negishi cross-coupling. Using this methodology, previously unreported isomers of BN-naphthalene and BN-indenyl have been synthesized and characterized. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2015. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_104564 |
Date | January 2015 |
Creators | Brown, Alec Nathaniel |
Publisher | Boston College |
Source Sets | Boston College |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text, thesis |
Format | electronic, application/pdf |
Rights | Copyright is held by the author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0). |
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