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This thesis details investigations into the generation and synthetic utility of α,β-unsaturated acyl ammonium intermediates using isothioureas as Lewis base organocatalysts to generate a range of heterocyclic products. Initial investigations focussed on the development of a Mich…

The first objective of the dissertation is to test for price asymmetry in several important agricultural product markets: beef, pork, poultry, eggs, potatoes, tomatoes and lemons. Studies by other economists suggest that evidence on the presence of asymmetric price adjustment is…

The lives of high-mass stars end with core-collapse supernovae, which distribute energy and chemical elements into the interstellar medium. This process is integral to the Galactic ecosystem, since stars and planets will form from the enriched interstellar medium. Since most sup…

Upon treatment with a palladium catalyst and hydrogen gas in the presence of caesiumcarbonate, a wide range of exomethylenic allylic alcohols were found to afford theircorresponding trisubstituted isomers. Although hydrogenation was an unavoidablecompeting pathway, careful monit…