Strained cationic heterocycles and other novel phosphaalkene-derived species

This thesis outlines the results from three projects undertaken as part of my Ph.D. studies, with Chapter 1 serving as a general introduction and Chapter 5 serving to summarize the thesis. Chapter 2 details a Lewis acid-mediated methodology for preparing phosphaalkenes from silyl phosphines [RP(SiMe...

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Main Author: Bates, Joshua Isaac
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34561