eprintid: 8904 rev_number: 4 userid: 6 dir: disk0/00/00/89/04 datestamp: 2011-11-10 19:57:17 lastmod: 2016-11-15 13:48:14 status_changed: 2011-11-10 19:57:17 type: thesis_degree metadata_visibility: show contact_email: vaslo77@gmail.com item_issues_count: 0 eprint_status: archive creators_name: Vaslowski, Gregory creators_email: vaslo77@gmail.com title: Studies on the Alternatives to Stilbene Based Precipitons and Further Applications and Designs of Precipitons. ispublished: unpub divisions: sch_as_chemistry full_text_status: public keywords: azo; azobenzene; chemical separations; fluorous; green; organic chemistry; recyclable; scavengers; sythesis; thioureas abstract: Precipitons, solubility-based phase tags, can be used in similar fashion to other solution based phase tags without many of the disadvantages. Structures based on azobenzene have been studied as alternatives to stilbene-based precipitons. The double bond between nitrogens in azobenzene can be interconverted between cis and trans by UV irradiation, unlike stilbene which only isomerizes in the cis to trans direction. The analogous nature of azobenzene to stilbene was the basis for the creation and study of possible recyclable alternatives to the studied stilbene orignal. Stilbene-based precipiton reagent tags have also been studied. Previous studies show the effectiveness of precipitons as a substrate tag. To show the precipiton's effectiveness as a reagent scavenger, several carbodiimide-based tags have been synthesized and tested as reagent scavengers. Finally, various sulfoxides tagged with a stilbene-based precipiton have been synthesized in order to demonstrate isolation of small molecules by sublimation from solids. Proof of principle is demonstrated by isomerizing precipiton tagged sulfoxides which are subsequently heated in oil and release several small allyl protected products. These products are isolated and characterized by common methods. date: 2007-09-19 date_type: completed institution: University of Pittsburgh refereed: TRUE etdcommittee_type: committee_chair etdcommittee_type: committee_member etdcommittee_type: committee_member etdcommittee_name: Wilcox, Craig S etdcommittee_name: Grabowski, Joseph J etdcommittee_name: Nelson, Scott G etdcommittee_email: daylite@pitt.edu etdcommittee_email: joeg@pitt.edu etdcommittee_email: sgnelson@pitt.edu etdcommittee_id: DAYLITE etdcommittee_id: JOEG etdcommittee_id: SGNELSON etd_defense_date: 2007-08-03 etd_approval_date: 2007-09-19 etd_submission_date: 2007-08-05 etd_access_restriction: immediate etd_patent_pending: FALSE assigned_doi: doi:10.5195/pitt.etd.2011.8904 thesis_type: thesis degree: MS committee: Craig S. Wilcox (daylite@pitt.edu) - Committee Chair committee: Joseph J. Grabowski (joeg@pitt.edu) - Committee Member committee: Scott G. Nelson (sgnelson@pitt.edu) - Committee Member etdurn: etd-08052007-190054 other_id: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-08052007-190054/ other_id: etd-08052007-190054 citation: Vaslowski, Gregory (2007) Studies on the Alternatives to Stilbene Based Precipitons and Further Applications and Designs of Precipitons. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished) document_url: http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/8904/1/GregoryVaslowski-8-10-2007-MSThesis.pdf