University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School January 2012 Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Cyclopropanation by Co(II)- Based Metalloradical Catalysis Xue Xu University of South Florida,
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[email protected]. Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Cyclopropanation by Co(II)- Based Metalloradical Catalysis by Xue(Snow) Xu A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Chemistry College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: X. Peter Zhang, Ph.D. Jon Antilla, Ph.D. Mark L. McLaughlin, Ph.D. Wayne Guida, Ph.D. Date of Defense: June 20th, 2012 Keywords: cobalt, porphyrin, catalysis, cyclopropanation, carbene, diazo Copyright © 2012, Xue Xu DEDICATION I dedicate this dissertation to my parents and my husband, without their caring support, it would not have been possible. ACKNOWLEGEMENTS I need to begin with thanking Dr. Peter Zhang for his continuous guidance and support over the last 5 and half years. Especially for encouraging me to achieving my potential as a researcher and setting an example of dedication to science that is admirable.