Synthesis and study of novel silicon-based unsaturated polymers
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The Department of Chemistry seeks to provide students with a foundation in the fundamentals and application of chemical theories and processes of the lab. Thus prepared they me pursue careers as teachers, industry supervisors, or research chemists in a variety of domains (governmental, academic, etc).
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The Department of Chemistry was founded in 1880.
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1880-present
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)
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The novel, unsaturated polymers (1-5*) have been synthesized and studied as precursors to silicon carbide (1 and 2) and third order nonlinear optical (NLO) materials (3-5). In the process of synthesizing polymers 1 and 2, corresponding cyclic forms, bisallene 1C and dimethylenedisilacyclobutane 2C were also obtained. X-ray structures of the highly strained 1C and its disilanyl analog were obtained. Extensive kinetic and mechanistic studies of the unique thermal isomerization of 2C to a carbene were also conducted. ftn*Please refer to dissertation for diagram.