Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Chemistry
Committee Chair
Kung K Wang
Abstract
Under mild conditions, a key intermediate, diketone 51, for synthesis of buckybaskets was successfully synthesized through methylation of diketone 52. The Diels-Alder reaction between 2,5-dicarbomethoxy-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone (57) and 5,6-dimethoxy-2-norbornene (58) provided diester 56. Decarbonylation of 56 furnished diester 55, which on hydrolysis afforded diacid 54. Intramolecular acylation of diacid 54 furnished diketone 52.
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Ruoxin, "Toward the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic compounds as nano-carbon cages" (2008). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 4434.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/4434