Thesis advisor: Shih-Yuan Liu / Despite extensive research in B–N-containing aromatic systems (most notably 1,2-azaborines) for their potential use in biomedicine and materials science, development of their oxygen counterparts, 1,2-oxaborines, remains underdeveloped. Presented herein is a straightforward route to access 1,2-oxaborines via a ring-closing metathesis strategy. Attempts to utilize the 1,2-oxaborine as a 1,3-diene in the Diels–Alder cycloaddition for potential application as a 4C + 1O synthon are also presented. Lastly, investigations regarding the aromaticity of the B–O heterocycles is probed using computations and isothermal reaction calorimetry. / Thesis (MS) — Boston College, 2017. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_107626 |
Date | January 2017 |
Creators | Nava, Nicole Anne |
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, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. |
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