Fundamental study of electrocatalysis in energy related applications such as fuels cells and hydrogen production is important because it impacts and possibly defines the future energy technology picture. Platinum-based electrocatalysts are widely used for their exemplary perform…
"12" Result
Sort By:
Aromatic nitration is a very important synthetic process in pharmaceuticals, dyes and other industries. Classical synthesis of these aromatic nitro compounds uses nitric acid as the nitrite source with sulfuric acid as catalyst. In new methodology, transition metal-catalyzed cro…
This thesis describes the development of gold, rhodium and palladium complexes incorporating a series of fluorinated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands (NHC = 1,3-bis(fluorophenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, fluorophenyl = 4-fluorophenyl (NHC-1), 2,4-difluorophenyl (NHC-2), 2,6-difluo…
In the last two decades the field of molecular magnetic materials has become a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area in pure and applied sciences. These materials find their application in developing magnetic devices, molecular electronics, nonlinear optics, sensing devices, na…
The implementation of Green chemistry has seen a significant movement towards the design of safer chemicals and sustainable processes. Our efforts have taken to the development of catalysts that can be used in the synthesis of new chemicals, as well as conversion of renewable fe…
This dissertation describes the development of various palladium-catalyzed syntheses of organoboron compounds with the 1,2-metallate shift of organoboron “ate” complexes as a common mechanistic feature. Chapter one discusses the history of the 1,2-metallate shift with a focus on…
Palladium-catalyzed allylic C–H acetoxylation has been the subject of significant study in its 60-year history, however several limitations still exist. There are no methods for the allylic acetoxylation of terminal alkenes that exhibit high catalytic turnover. This is of consid…