Date of Award
Summer 2023
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
First Advisor
Ken D. Shimizu
Abstract
The main focus of this dissertation is on the quantification of non-covalent interactions using molecular rotors and balances. While molecular rotors were used to measure kinetic effects of weak non-covalent interactions, molecular balances were used to measure their thermodynamic effects. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on the use of molecular rotors in measuring and studying the kinetic effects of the hydrogen bonding interaction on the bond rotation transition states. Chapters 3 and 4 focus on the quantification of lone pair – lone pair and sp2-CH/π interactions respectively, using molecular balances. These studies were carried out in the ground state.
Rights
© 2023, Daniel Onyekachi Madukwe
Recommended Citation
Madukwe, D. O.(2023). Study of Non-Covalent Interactions Using Molecular Rotors and Balances. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/7453