Part I: Michael Additions To Nitrosoalkenes: (a) Stereochemical Investigations Of Conjugate Additions Of Carbon- And Heteronucleophiles To Ring-substituted Nitrosocyclohexenes; (b) A One-pot Umpolung Method For Preparation Of Α-aryl Nitriles From Α-chloroaldoximes Via Organocuprate Addition To Transient Nitrosoalkenes.
part Ii: An Approach To A Total Synthesis Of Tronocarpine.
Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Pshemak Maslak, Committee Member Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Special Member
