Part One: Radical Cation and Triplex Diels-Alder Reactions. Part Two: Photochemistry of Tri-1-Naphthylboron

Part One. The Diels-Alder reactions of electron-rich alkenes and alkadienes in a photochemical electron transfer system are presented. In acetonitrile, the Diels-Alder dimerization of 1,3-cyclohexadiene (1) is shown to be the result of the reaction of the radical cation of 1. A chain mechanism and a fast rate constant for addition of the radical cation of 1 to a neutral molecule of 1 are applied to explain a similar reaction using an aminium salt catalyst. In benzene, the Diels-Alder adducts are produced via a triplex intermediate. Product and spectroscopic studies for five triplex reactions are presented. Some preliminary observations about this reaction also are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Calhoun, Glenn Charles

• Chemistry, Organic

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8623266

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70322