Anodic Oxidative Functionalization of Toluene Derivatives
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Electrochemical oxidation is a powerful alternative to standard chemical oxidations in that it can often circumvent experimental limitations of synthetic organic chemistry. The goal of this project is to investigate the side chain functionalization of aryl methyl groups via electrochemical oxidation. Anodic oxidations of toluene, 4-chlorotoluene, 2,4-dichlorotoluene, methyl p-toluate, 4, 4'-dimethylbiphenyl, 4,4'-dimethyl-2-nitro-1,1'-biphenyl, N-benzylacetamide, and N-(4-chlorobenzyl)-acetamide were carried out, some under direct oxidation and others via electrocatalysis.
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Name(s)
Author: Cheng, Shuk Kei
Thesis advisor: Fry, Albert
Date
April 15, 2009
Extent
136 pages
Language
eng
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Physical Form
electronic
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In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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ir:332