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4-Dimethylamino Pyridine (DMAP) Catalyst with Fluxional Chirality: Synthesis and Applications

Ma, Gaoyuan (North Dakota State University, 2016)

Organocatalysis using small organic molecules to catalyze organic transformations, has emerged as a powerful synthetic tool that is complementary to metal-catalyzed transformations and remarkably promote stereoselective ...

Achiral Templates in Asymmetric Catalysis: Applications in Construction of All Carbon Quaternary Centers

Subramanian, Hariharaputhiran (North Dakota State University, 2018)

Conjugated olefins are readily available and inexpensive starting materials and their functionalization offers a rapid access to many important building blocks for organic synthesis. The functionalization of these olefins ...

Agricultural Processing - A Major Contribution to the North Dakota Economy

Helgeson, Del L.; D'Appolonia, Bert; Helgeson, Del L.; D'Appolonia, Bert (1989)

Atropisomeric Chromophores as Catalysts and Substrates for Asymmetric Light Induced Transformations

Vallavoju, Nandini (North Dakota State University, 2016)

Photochemical transformations hold a unique place as they can provide access to molecules with unique stereochemical and structurally complex scaffolds, thus serving as a complementary approach to thermal transformations. ...

Attempted Total Syntheses of a Novel Lycopodine-Class Alkaloid and (R)-Myricanol, Compounds for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Ostlund, Anthony John (North Dakota State University, 2013)

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a significant challenge to both the pharmaceutical world as well as the synthetic organic chemistry world. One of the most important problems in this field is the lack of a unified approach to ...

Developing Platform Chemicals from Renewable Resources

Wojciechowski, Kristin Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2013)

The Department of Energy has listed 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as two of the twelve building blocks derived from cellulosic biomass. HMF can serve as a renewable platform for the ...

Exploitation of Biomass for Applications in Sustainable Materials Science

Serum, Eric Michael (North Dakota State University, 2019)

Biorefinery may be defined as the process of accessing chemical commodities from living systems; consequently, biomass becomes the antecedent for renewable resources through biorefinery. Advantages to this process over ...

High Performance Bio-Based Thermosets for Composites and Coatings

Ambeg Paramarta, Adlina (North Dakota State University, 2016)

In the recent decade, there has been increasing interest in using renewable feedstocks as chemical commodities for composites and coatings application. Vegetable oils are promising renewable resources due to their wide ...

Highly Functionalized Thermosets from Renewables for Composites and Coatings Applications

Yu, Arvin (North Dakota State University, 2017)

Renewable sources have attracted attention due to their affordable cost and wide availability. Vegetable oils are renewable sources that have been extensively studied as potential replacement for petroleum derived chemicals. ...

Industrial Uses of North Dakota Crops

Gardner, J.C.; D'Appolonia, B.L.; Gardner, J.C.; D'Appolonia, B.L. (North Dakota State University, 1991)

Interactions of Light with Organic Chromophores: A Photochemical and Photophysical Investigation

Clay, Anthony Marcel (North Dakota State University, 2018)

Over the past century, light has emerged as a useful tool finding utility in various fields such as device fabrication, the medical field, as well as utility as an energy source. Chemist have adopted this abundant energy ...