Eight chiral ionic liquids have been prepared for use as solvents to test whether they can induce enantioselectivity in both photochemical [2+2] cycloadditions and aldol reactions using a variety of starting materials. ...

Lignin macromolecules, derived from renewable biomass resources, have gained extensive interest during the past decade as a sustainable substitute for synthetic oil-based materials. The main goal of this dissertation was ...

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The Truce-Smiles rearrangement is a synthetically useful and easily performed reaction which can be used to condense multiple steps of a synthesis. The nucleophilic aromatic substitution in this reaction produces a chiral ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging requires radionuclides (positron-emitters) labeled molecules (tracers) to image biochemical and physiological processes in vivo and helps diagnose diseases noninvasively. The ...

Organophosphates are ubiquitous in uses ranging from chemical warfare agents (CWA’s) to detergents. In between these two extreme uses lie organophosphorus-based agrichemicals, primarily pesticides, which are applied in ...

Epidermal growth factor receptor is a transmembrane protein with tyrosine kinase activity that plays a vital role in the proliferation, differentiation, and survival of normal cells. When mutations in this protein occur, ...