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Lacker, Caitlin Rebecca (2022) The Modular Synthesis and Functionalization of Cyclic Compounds Using Modern Methods. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/61ky-5w83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09072021-162545226
Abstract
Accessing libraries of similar compounds quickly is important in the pharmaceutical industry, as it allows for the expedient investigation of a wide variety of parameters. An efficient strategy to access compounds of interest is to start from a single intermediate containing an interesting or pharmaceutically active structure and decorating it with varying functionality to generate a library of related compounds. Cross-coupling is a powerful tool for this type of divergent, modular approach.
Herein, we discuss several strategies geared towards the synthesis of small libraries of compounds of interest. First, a modular approach towards a library of enantioenriched trans cyclobutanes is discussed. This strategy allows for the synthesis of diverse substrates from a single enantioenriched intermediate, and this approach was applied to the synthesis of the small molecule (+)-rumphellaone A. Finally, the development of an enantioselective nickel-catalyzed photoredox cross-coupling to form N -(hetero)benzylic azoles in collaboration with researchers at Merck is discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) | ||||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Rumphellaone A, Synthesis, methodology, Wolff Rearrangement, photoredox, cross-coupling, enantioselective | ||||||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | ||||||||||
| Division: | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | ||||||||||
| Major Option: | Chemistry | ||||||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | ||||||||||
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| Defense Date: | 16 August 2021 | ||||||||||
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| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:09072021-162545226 | ||||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09072021-162545226 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/61ky-5w83 | ||||||||||
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| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | ||||||||||
| ID Code: | 14355 | ||||||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | ||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Caitlin Lacker | ||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 28 Sep 2021 15:57 | ||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2023 00:42 |
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