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2020

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Organic Chemistry

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Synthesis Of Biologically Active Phosphorus Heterocycles, Giri Gnawali Sep 2020

Synthesis Of Biologically Active Phosphorus Heterocycles, Giri Gnawali

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This dissertation work is divided into two parts. The first part is focused in the development of methodology for the synthesis of phostones and phosphonosugars and advancement thereof. The second part is focused in the development of affinity probes based on analogs of natural products cyclophostin and the cyclipostins.

Phostone (3) and phosphonosugars are cyclic phosphonates. The anomeric carbon of sugar is replaced by a phosphorus atom. The synthesis of phostones has been achieved starting form the key intermediate, γ,δ-epoxy vinyl phosphonate (1). The palladium catalyzed ring opening of γ,δ-epoxy vinyl phosphonates by a nucleophile results …


New Catalytic Reactions In Carbohydrate Chemistry, Scott Geringer Mar 2020

New Catalytic Reactions In Carbohydrate Chemistry, Scott Geringer

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Carbohydrates or sugars are some of the most diverse and abundant biological molecules. They are involved in a multitude of processes in the body such as fertilization, cell-cell communication, and cancer metathesis. Because of these vital functions, the study of sugars is rapidly growing field. The field however is limited due to the complex nature of sugars which results in difficulties in obtaining large quantities for study.

Protecting group manipulation is a large emphasis area in carbohydrate chemistry due to the need to selectively protect different functional groups of each molecule during synthesis. Catalytic and selective cleavage of protecting groups …