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Attempted Total Syntheses of a Novel Lycopodine-Class Alkaloid and (R)-Myricanol, Compounds for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
(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 ...
Supramolecular Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) possess extraordinary mechanical strength, thermal and electrical conductivity. These properties make them very attractive in many applications in the fields of nanotechnology, ...
Stereospecific Photochemical Transformations Involving Axially Chiral Acrylanilides and a-Oxoamides
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Asymmetric photochemical transformations have been under-explored due to the ineffectiveness of conventional methodologies/reagents/catalysts (point chiral auxiliaries and inductors) that were generally employed for thermal ...
From Nanocontainer to Nanocatalyst: Mechanistic Studies of [2+2] Photodimerization of Coumarin Derivatives within Cucubit[8]URIL
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Controlling photoreactions remains a formidable challenge to chemists who have developed several approaches with varying degrees of success to achieve high reactivity/selectivity. Following nature's footprints, chemists ...
Mechanistic Studies on the Methionine Aminopeptidase and Peptide Deformylase Catalyzed Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
In the search for novel antibiotic and therapeutic targets, methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP) and peptide deformylase (PDF) have recently been identified as eminently compelling. These enzymes are involved in the ...
Exciton Diffusion, Transport, and Localization in Conjugated Polymers
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Conjugated polymers are wide bandgap semiconductors which have a series of conjugated π-orbitals that extend along the polymer ‘backbone’. The π-orbital conjugation can be disrupted by twisting of the polymer, affecting ...
Identification of Novel RPA-Protein Interactions Using the Yeast Two Hybrid Assay and Identification of Regions Important for Interaction Between RPA and Rad24
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Replication Protein A (RPA) [Replication Factor A (RFA) in yeast] is an ssDNA binding protein
composed of Rpa1, Rpa2, and Rpa3 and involved in numerous DNA processing pathways such as
Replication, Recombination, and Repair. ...
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Low and Reduced Band Gap Thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine-based Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Conjugated polymers are a class of materials receiving significant interest due to their unique combination of optical and electronic properties found in inorganics with the flexibility and processability of traditional ...
Developing Platform Chemicals from Renewable Resources
(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 ...
Synthesis, Photophysics, and Nonlinear Absorption of Platinum (II) and Iridium (III) Complexes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Square planar d8 platinum(II) complexes and octahedral d6 iridium(III) complexes were synthesized. Their photophysics were studied in detail. Structure-property relationship was studied by varying the substitution on the ...