| This thesis describes two research projects which deal with the development of new reactions of aminimides, and 1,2-asymmetric induction in intermolecular reactions of ;The three types of aminimide reactions were examined. In the first series of reactions, acylaminimides, with and without electron-withdrawing substituents at the ;The second series of reactions investigated involved use of ;The last series of reactions involved the study of the behavior of unsaturated aminimides in respect to electrophile-initiated cyclization reactions. In was thought that this could be a new method of generating lactams. A wide variety of aminimides were prepared and the cyclization reaction was examined in hopes that 4, 5, and 6-membered rings could be generated. Unfortunately, O-alkylation occurred instead of N-alkylation, and only five-membered rings were generated in these studies.;The second project dealt with studying the diastereoselectivity in the tri-n-butyltin hydride reductions of... |
