University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2015-01-01 Elucidating the Electronic Structure of Multiple Bonded Systems: SynThesis and Characterization of Bimetallic Tungsten and Ruthenium Complexes Karen Ventura University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. ELUCIDATING THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF MULTIPLE BONDED SYSTEMS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIMETALLIC TUNGSTEN AND RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES. KAREN VENTURA, Department of Chemistry APPROVED: Dino Villagrán, Ph.D, Chair Keith H. Pannell, Ph.D Skye Fortier, Ph.D Cristian Botez, Ph.D Charles Ambler, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Dedication To my parents, Martin and Sandra, my siblings Arnoldo and Ximena, and God, because family is where our journey begins. ELUCIDATING THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF MULTIPLE BONDED SYSTEMS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIMETALLIC TUNGSTEN AND RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES by KAREN VENTURA, B.S. THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Chemistry THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO August 2015 Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to thank my research advisor, Dr.