This thesis describes the synthesis of sulfobetaines having the general structure $\rm RN\sp{+}(CH\sb3)\sb2(CH\sb2)\sb{x}SO\sb{3\sp{-}}$ as novel inhibitors of squalene synthase. Squalene synthase reductively couples two molecules of farnesyl...
A double-acceleration stage linear time of flight mass spectrometer (TOF MS) with Nd/YAG laser ablation cluster source was designed and constructed for cluster production, study and deposition. Cumulenic polycarbons SC n S ( n = 2-27) were...
I. Markovnikov-Selective Hydrothiolation of Styrenes: Application to the Synthesis of Stereodefined Olefins There have been few reports in the literature describing Lewis Acid-catalyzed hydrothiolations that furnish Markovnikov-selective C–S bond...
Earlier in our laboratory, a facile synthesis of the 2- and 3-nitroindoles was realized. These compounds showed promise as powerful intermediates in the synthesis of novel structures and natural products. The reactivity of 2- and 3-nitroindoles...
A new synthetic approach to both pyrrolo[2,3- b]indoles and pyrrolo[3,4- b]indoles by the reaction of 3-nitro-1-(substituted)indoles with functionalized isocyanides is presented. The reaction between 3-nitro-1-(phenylsulfonyl)indole (185) and ethyl...
Interaction with aromatic π systems has become recognized as an important mode of stabilization of carbocation intermediates in biological reactions. To gain insight into such carbocation-π interactions, we have undertaken a study of...
Part I. A photoprecursor for difluorocarbene . The goal of this research was to develop a more practical and efficient photoprecursor for difluorocarbene. The first approach was concerned with the synthesis of 4,4-difluoropyrazoline-3,5-dione ( 5...
Mitomycin C -- Genetic aspects. ; DNA damage. ; Drug resistance in cancer cells. ; Cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Genetic aspects.
Our laboratory is concerned whether the distribution of chemically-induced DNA damage is non-random at the level of individual genes. Using changes in gene expression as a marker for DNA damage, we have previously demonstrated that genotoxic...
The reversible elimination reactions of beta acyloxyketone 1 and beta alkoxyketone 2 were studied by monitering formation of the product enones in the UV spectra, and, in the case of 2, by using ('13)C NMR to follow deuterium incorporation into the...
Chapter II of this thesis describes the synthesis of a number of sulfobetaines and bissulfobetaines to be evaluated as inhibitors of squalene synthase (SS) on the basis of the idea proposed by Shechter that their zwitterionic structure would be...
Synthetic electrochemistry is a rapidly growing area of interest within the synthetic community, although it is far from being a routine technique. Despite the fact that many oxidative and reductive conversions are known, electrochemical methods...
Part 1 . A computational study targeting the lowest energy structure, electronic state and physical properties of small carbon clusters containing one or two heteroatoms has been done. The structural properties sought included whether the most...
Abstract (Summary) Chapter One. Platinum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkylation of Bis(secondary) Phosphines. Efficient Screening and the Synthesis of an Enantiomerically Pure C 2 -Symmetric Diphosphine . Platinum-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation of...
The first chapter of this thesis encompasses progress towards the X-ray structure determination and drug design for the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (DHFR-TS) enzyme from the protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, along with another mutant...
Indole alkaloids -- Synthesis. Ring formation (Chemistry). Radicals (Chemistry).
A novel radical cyclization of 2-bromoindoles was examined, generating a series of hexahydropyrrolo[3,4- b ]indoles in fair yield. This process involved the generation of a variety of indole-3-carboxamides followed by the introduction of bromine at...
Chapter One: Synthesis of aryl-based cyclopentadienyl lithium compounds for self-assembly. Cyclopentadienyl (Cp) lithium derivatives are known to form [eta]⁵-coordinated, electrostatically bonded, polymeric supersandwich structures in the solid...