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Chlorinated hydrocarbons are toxic compounds that are used for cleaning and degreasing of metal parts and dry cleaning. These volatile compounds are also found in waste streams of chemical processes, such as polyvinyl chloride plants, and landfill gases. The most common disposal…

Recently a large amount of interest has developed around separating out impurities of small size; pertinent examples are found within fuel and solvent processing. For such applications a leading candidate process is nanofiltration. This thesis focuses on SRNF (solvent resistant …

Hydroformylation of olefins is a versatile method and well-established industrial process for the production of aldehydes using transition metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts. Currently, worldwide production of aldehydes exceeded seven million tons/year. Rhodium (I) complex…

The synthesis of sterically hindered β-diketones via Claisen-type condensations using potent electrophiles is described. Specifically, examples bearing ortho-biphenyl and meta-terphenyl groups have been optimized and are prepared in high yields. A theoretical rationale for the m…