PhD defenses.

Probing the Role of Steric and Electronic Effects on the Synthesis, Properties, and Reactivity of Low Oxidation State Rare-Earth and Actinide Metal Complexes

Abstract: Ever since Lappert and coworkers isolated the first examples of crystallographically characterizable La(II) and Ce(II) complexes in 2008, molecular complexes containing rare-earth metals in the +2 oxidation state have been isolated for the rest of the series, except for radioactive Pm.

Electrophilic Cyclization Reactions: Mechanism-Inspired Methods Development

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Electophilic cyclizations are common reactions to form substituted heterocycles. Here investigations into two systems and the mechanistic findings are presented. In the first part haloboration versus cyclization is explored. Haloboration was found to be reversible and could be intercepted to form zwitterionic sulfonium borates which were analyzed by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.

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