This work focuses on tracking formic acid adsorption as formate onto polycrystalline gold and its subsequent catalyzed oxidation to carbon dioxide. Formic acid oxidation is notoriously dependent on supporting electrolyte ...

Building upon existing synthetic methods, we have optimized the synthesis of Thiele’s methyl ester to an efficient and scalable methodology. As part of a study of chemo- and regioselective transformations within the Thiele’s ...

The aqueous photochemistry of 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid (syringic acid) has been studied as a model humic substance in order to better understand the reactions that compounds of this type undergo in the natural ...

New complex silicon-containing molecules were made by B(C6F5)3-catalyzed hydrosilation, dehydrocoupling, and dealkylative coupling reactions starting from Si-H reagents. The scope of reactions starting from disilane was ...

This dissertation presents the synthesis and characterization of a variety of neutral and cationic complexes featuring Group 13-15 element centres stabilized by N-, P-, and O-based donors. Unique aluminum and gallium ...

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is well-established in the detection of large fragile organic molecules such as polymers, peptides and proteins. The study of catalysis by transition metal complexes is ...

In order to gain an understanding of the interaction of probe molecules with NaCh aggregates, steady-state and time-resolved photophysical methods were used. By employing several probe molecules, an understanding of how ...

This thesis includes three studies on related aspects of structure and function control for drug delivery block copolymer nanoparticles manufactured in segmented gas-liquid microfluidic reactors. First, the self-assembly ...

This work set out to develop synthetic routes to transition metal complexes containing the ligands of general type [PPh₂(X)][PPh₂(Y)][PPh₂(Z)]CH and [PPh₂(X)][PPh₂(Y)][PPh₂(Z)]C⁻, where X, Y, Z = various combinations ...