PART I. EXTENDING ALLENYL AZIDE CYCLOADDITION CHEMISTRY: PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND CU(I) MEDIATION. PART II. EFFORTS TOWARD THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF (-)-KINAMYCIN F. PART III. EFFECT OF STRENGTH AND SYMMETRY OF HYDROGEN BONDS ON QUINONE REDUCTION POTENTIAL.
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Raymond L. Funk, Committee Member Scott T Phillips, Committee Member Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Part I - Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Skeleton of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Lycopladine H
part Ii - Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Core of the Apparicine Class of Indole Alkaloids via a Key Intermolecular Nitrosoalkene Conjugate Addition
Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Scott T Phillips, Committee Member Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member Ming Tien, Special Member