Synthesis and characterization of electron deficient heterocycles as building blocks for electronic materials

Saeed, Jihad Habeeb (2015) Synthesis and characterization of electron deficient heterocycles as building blocks for electronic materials. MSc(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

This thesis describes the synthesis of a new electropolymerizable viologen derivative. A reasonably high-yielding route is reported, and a preliminary investigation of its polymerisation is described. The viologen and its precursors were examined by 1H NMR, MS, IR and elemental analysis. The energies of the band gap for the materials have been calculated using UV-vis spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry was also used to estimate the oxidation and the reduction potentials and to calculate the HOMO and LUMO energies. Theoretical calculations were performed using DFT. The attempted synthesis of a new flavin-functionalised phenanthroline derivative is described. Unfortunately, the protocol used failed to provide the desired compounds.

• Item Type: Thesis (MSc(R))
• Qualification Level: Masters
• Keywords: viologen, electropolymerization, flavin, phenanthroline.
• Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
• Colleges/Schools: College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
• Supervisor's Name: Cooke, Professor Graeme
• Date of Award: 2015
• Depositing User: Mr JIHAD SAEED
• Unique ID: glathesis:2015-7002
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 26 May 2016 08:51
• Last Modified: 11 Jan 2019 09:07
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/7002