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Halogen-elimination photochemistry and oxygen-activation chemistry of late transition-metal complexes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Multi-electron reaction chemistry, from both ground- and excited-state species, is at the heart of many topics in renewable energy and catalysis. In this thesis, two classes of reactions central to the themes of energy ...
Synthetic strategies for the design of platinum anticancer drug candidates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Chapter 1. The Synthetic Chemistry of Platinum Anticancer Agents Since the inception of cisplatin as a clinically approved anticancer agent, a large number of platinum compounds have been synthesized with the aim of finding ...