The synthesis of new conjugated bisdemethoxycurcumin ligands, each incorporating a distinct acyl substituent—cyclic, aliphatic, heteroaromatic, or branched—in place of the native hydroxyl groups, has been reported. These ligands were employed to prepare th ...
This dissertation addresses two research themes in modern organic synthesis. The first topic explores the development of new reactions enabled by Pd(IV)-involved catalytic cycles. The second theme investigates the synthetic studies towards total synthesis ...
Group 9 metals, in particular Rh III complexes with cyclopentadienyl ligands, are competent C–H activation catalysts. Recently, a Cp*Rh III catalyzed reaction of alkenes with N -enoxyphthalimides showed divergent outcome based on the solvent, with carboami ...
Chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene allows for fine-tuning their physical and chemical properties to realize fascinating new fundamental phenomena as well as exotic applications. A primary challenge in such endeavors is the n ...
The hydrogenation of phenylacetone to cyclohexylacetone, in which the aromatic ring is selectively reduced in preference to the carbonyl group, has been achieved with chemoselectivities exceeding 90%. The catalyst (precatalyst) used to achieve this transfo ...
This thesis is divided in seven main chapters including an introduction about the state of the art in the field, four main chapters describing the main part of the work, a short insight on the implications of the presented results for other research projec ...
