Browsing Chemistry 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 ... -
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, ...