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dc.contributor.authorGuest, Matt
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-24T20:15:44Z
dc.date.available2020-01-24T20:15:44Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/14615
dc.description.abstractThe work presented herein employs cyclopropenium ions as a central design element towards the goal of developing fluorescent, superbasic and boronium-substituted compounds. A novel guanidine-cyclopropenimine proton sponge with exceptional basicity is reported that was further utilized to develop a stable tetracoordinate boronium-substituted proton sponge. A large focus of this thesis was also placed on the development of the recently discovered fluorescence of cyclopropenium ions leading to a new class of small molecule organic fluorophores. Among this new platform of fluorescent compounds, a specific fluorophore featured an impressive photophysical profile that bodes well for future applications in fluorescent imaging techniques. Insight into the structure, electronics, bonding and photophysical properties of these derivatives is offered.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectProton Spongeen_US
dc.subjectBoroniumen_US
dc.subjectFluorescenceen_US
dc.subjectFluorophoresen_US
dc.subjectCyclopropenium Ionen_US
dc.titleDevelopment and Investigation of the Fluorescence of Cyclopropenium Ionsen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.Sc. Chemistryen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Chemistryen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Mathematics and Scienceen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-01-09T00:00:00Z


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