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Computational Study Of Lawesson’S Reagent Mediated Fluorenone Dimerization Forming 9,9’-Bifluorenylidene, Andrew Jourdan Eckelmann
Computational Study Of Lawesson’S Reagent Mediated Fluorenone Dimerization Forming 9,9’-Bifluorenylidene, Andrew Jourdan Eckelmann
MSU Graduate Theses
The ambition of this work is to start a path to the a priori rational design of high yield production for electron acceptors with finely tuned band gaps, from the comfort of an armchair. To this end, organic photovoltaics offer a cheap and sustainable means of manufacture using readily available materials and avoids the toxicity of some of the heavy metals used in first and second-generation solar cells such as cadmium. The microwave assisted Lawesson’s reagent mediated one-pot one-step solventless synthesis takes less than 3 minutes and results in an 84% yield of 9,9’-bifluorenylidene from two equivalents of fluorenone. While …
Synthesis Of Oxadiazoles And Examination Of Steric Effects In A Cyclodehydration Reaction, Norah Young
Synthesis Of Oxadiazoles And Examination Of Steric Effects In A Cyclodehydration Reaction, Norah Young
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects
The objective of this project is to develop a general substrate scope by testing various steric and electronic effects. This is pursued by developing triphenylphosphine dibromide (PPh3Br2) as an effective cyclodehydration reagent for use with a variety of hydrazides and sterically and electronically different benzoic acids. The two phases of the experiment include assessing yield through a cyclodehydration reaction and comparing that yield to the steric hindrance and molecular structure recorded in different databases. The cyclodehydration reaction uses ortho-substituted benzoic acid with store bought PPh3Br2, and compares those yields to the use of a two step-one pot reaction in place …