• Aspects of the reproductive biology of clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. 

      Seabrook, Roderick G. (1980)
      The rhizome of Clintonia borealis tAit.) Raf, was shown to store large quantities of total nonstructural carbohydrates up until fall dormancy and to draw upon these reserves during the spring growth period, however the ...
    • Synthetic studies on chaksine 

      Miah, M. A. J. (1981)
      This thesis is concerned with the studies in the synthesis of a monoterpenoid alkaloid, chaksine. Ethyl 2-n~butyl-4-bromoacetoacetate (11) was treated with sodium azide to give ethyl 2-n-butyl-4-azidoacetoacetate (12), ...
    • Synthetic studies on slaframine 

      Rahman, M. A. (1980)
      Thjs thesis is concerned with the prelIminary studies in the synthesis of an indolizine alkaloid, slaframine. A Wittig reaction of 3-carbethoxypropyltriphenylphosophonium iodide (43) with 4-pentenal (44) gave ...