Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Beck, Patricia
URN	etd-1109101-104807
Title	Synthesis and Analysis of Three-Dimensional Molecular Architectures
Degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
Department	Chemistry
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Robert M. Strongin Committee Chair David Spivak Committee Member William Crowe Committee Member
Keywords	tubular materials resorcinarene oligophenylene
Date of Defense	2001-10-30
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The use of resorcinarenes in the study of biologically significant phenomena has been the focus of much attention, due to the versatility of these macrocyclic compounds. In this thesis, two applications of resorcinarenes are explored. First, the search for the mechanism by which tetraarylboronic acid resorcinarenes lead to colorimetric detection and quantization of saccharide analyte concentration in solution is described. Second, the extension of the lower rim conjugation of the resorcinarene macrocycle by the fourfold addition of various length oligo(p-phenylene) rods is discussed. The synthesis of these tubular materials, with potential uses as artificial ion channels and for binding and transportation of large molecular guests, is the primary focus of this work.
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