Probing the Impact of Solvent on Lewis Acid Catalysis via Fluorescent Lewis Adducts

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dc.contributor.advisorBaumgartner, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorLaturski, Amy Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-15T15:32:30Z
dc.date.available2021-11-15T15:32:30Z
dc.date.copyright2021-07
dc.date.issued2021-11-15
dc.date.updated2021-11-15T15:32:30Z
dc.degree.disciplineChemistry
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractOver the years, various multiparameter methods have been developed to measure the strength of a Lewis acid. However, a major challenge for these measurements lies in the complexity that arises from variables, such as solvent and other fundamental interactions, as well as perturbations of Lewis acids as their reaction environment changes. Herein, we evaluate the impact of solvent effects on the Fluorescent Lewis Adduct (FLA) method using a series of representative Lewis acids. The solution-state nature of the FLA method offers the ability to correlate Lewis Acid Units (LAUs) obtained from the FLA measurement with reactivity. The binding of a Lewis acid in various solvents quantitatively reveals a dichotomy between both polarity and donicity of the solvent. While not strictly separable, as solvent polarity increases observed LAU values increase; however, as solvent donicity increases observed LAU values decrease. This dichotomy was confirmed by titration data and catalytic Diels-Alder cycloaddition and hydrosilylation reactions, illustrating that solvation effects can be appropriately gauged by a LAU value determined from the FLA method.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38723
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectMaterials science
dc.subject.keywordsLewis acid
dc.subject.keywordsFluorescent Lewis adduct
dc.subject.keywordsSolvent effect
dc.subject.keywordsCatalysis
dc.titleProbing the Impact of Solvent on Lewis Acid Catalysis via Fluorescent Lewis Adducts
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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