Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1966 Oxidation of functionally substituted carbanions Alan Greenway Bemis Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Organic Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Bemis, Alan Greenway, "Oxidation of functionally substituted carbanions " (1966). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 2879. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/2879 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This dissertation has been microfilmed exactly as received q 6-10,402 BEMIS, Alan Greenway, 1939- OXIDATION OF FUNCTIONALLY SUBSTITUTED C ARB ANIONS. Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ph.D., 1966 Chemistry, organic University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan OXIDATION OP FUNCTIONALLY SUBSTITUTED CAHBANIONS by Alan Greenway Bernis A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major Subject: Organic Chemistry Approved: Signature was redacted for privacy. In Charge of Major Work Signature was redacted for privacy. He _ . Signature was redacted for privacy. Dea liege Iowa State University Of Science and Technology Ames, Iowa 1966 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. LITERATURE 4 A. Reactions of Oxygen with Carbanions. .... 4 B. Intermediacy of Radicals 22 G. Acidity of Hydrocarbons 36 III. EXPERIMENTAL 48 A.