Part I: Cyclic Poly-Ynes. Part II: Addition of Dinitrogen Tetroxide to Unsaturated Acids

Galbraith, Andrew R (1958) Part I: Cyclic Poly-Ynes. Part II: Addition of Dinitrogen Tetroxide to Unsaturated Acids. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

This thesis is in two distinct parts. Part I describes an investigation of the oxidative coupling of ethynyl compounds, and the syntheses of certain cyclic conjugated alpha-diynes. Part II describes the investigation of the addition of dinitrogen tetroxide to long-chain unsaturated acids. Part I is subdivided into three sections. Section I describes the preliminary investigation of the oxidative coupling reaction of ethynyl compounds, and its successful extension to reaction in homogeneous organic medium. Section II describes the use of a high-dilution modification of the conditions to provide the first cyclic poly-ynes, the properties and reactions of which are discussed. Section III discusses the possible syntheses of novel conjugated macrocycles by the oxidative coupling reaction, and describes one such macrocycle, from o-diethynylbenzene, and an investigation of its properties and reactions. Part II describes an investigation of the addition products of the addition of dinitrogen tetroxide to long-chain unsaturated acids, in an attempt to confirm the reported findings, and to investigate the uses of the products.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Organic chemistry
• Date of Award: 1958
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1958-79287
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2020 11:04
• Last Modified: 05 Mar 2020 11:04
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/79287