Yang, Bi Bo. / Thesis submitted in: October 2007. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-64). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.vi / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- General background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Cyclooctatetraene --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Benzannelated cyclooctatetraenes --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Cyclooctatrienyne --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.4 --- Benzannelated cyclooctatrienynes --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- "Tetrabenzo[a,c,e,g]cyclooctatetraene (tetraphenylene) (1)" --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Ring inversion barrier of tetraphenylenes --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Inclusion properties of tetraphenylenes --- p.9 / Chapter 1.3 --- Synthetic methods for tetraphenylene (1) and its derivatives --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Electrophilic aromatic substitution on tetraphenylenes --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Diels-Alder reactions of cyclooctadienediyne --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Pyrolysis of biphenylene --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3.4 --- Transition metal complexes-promoted ring expansion-dimerization of biphenylene --- p.13 / Chapter 1.3.5 --- "Coupling of 2,2'-dihalobiphenyls" --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4 --- Applications of tetraphenylene derivatives as functional materials --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Tetraphenylene derivatives employed as molecular devices --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Tetraphenylene derivatives employed as building blocks for liquid crystals --- p.18 / Chapter 1.5 --- Tetraphenylenols as building blocks for molecular scaffolds --- p.18 / RESULTS AND DISCUSSION --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- "Synthesis of 1,4,5,16-tetrahydroxytetraphenylene (68)" --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- "Preparation of 1,10-dimethoxydibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene (82)" --- p.25 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- "Preparation of 1,12-dimethoxytribenzo[a,c,e]cyclooctene (97)" --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- "Preparation of 1,4-endoxo-1,4-dihydro-5,l6- dimethoxytetraphenylene (81)" --- p.31 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- "Preparation of 1,4,5,16-tetrahydroxytetraphenylene (68)" --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2 --- Molecular scaffold consisting of tetraphenylenol 68 and (S)-(BINAP)PtC03 --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Preparation of 1,4,5,16-tetracyanotetraphenylene (77)" --- p.37 / CONCLUSION --- p.40 / EXPERIMENTAL --- p.41 / REFERENCES --- p.58 / APPENDICES --- p.65
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326178 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Yang, Bi Bo., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vi, 130 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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