Browsing by Author "Love, Brian Ernest"
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The Duff Reaction: Researching A Modification
Lindler, Carson B. (2014)Formylation reactions are used to synthesize aldehydes. The Duff reaction is a formylation reaction that uses phenol derivatives, hexamethylenetetramine, acetic acid, and acid to synthesis ortho substituted aromatic ... -
Incidents in Educational and Academic Chemistry Laboratories: A Comparative Case Study Project
Sommer, Stella Julia (East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)For this thesis, eleven published case studies of laboratory incidents that involved hazardous chemicals and occurred at primary educational and academic institutions were compared. The important information on the incident ... -
Quinone Formation via Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Oxidations of 2-Alkyl-1,4-dialkoxybenzenes
Simmons, Alexander Linwood (East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)Quinones are cyclohexadiendiones that have a variety of uses ranging from medical applications to synthetic building blocks. Medicinal applications stem from the potent biological activity (e.g. antitumor and antibiotic) ... -
Solvent and Solubility Effects on Quinone Ratios
Duffy, Brian (East Carolina University, 2012)Monoquinones and diquinones are a biologically and chemically important class of compounds that can be found in numerous natural products such as: thymoquinone, oosporein, coenzyme Q, embelin and the respective dimer, ...