Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Title
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A Study of Reactions Directed Toward the Preparation of Some Alkoxybiphenyls by the Williamson Synthesis
There is a large group of substituted ethers among the biphenyls which needs to be synthesized, particularly with a view toward obtaining asymmetric carbons in alkyl groups attached to the biphenyl nucleus. This necessitates ... -
A Study of Selected Nitronium Complexes of Nitryl Chloride
It appeared rather logical that by combining certain anhydrides with nitryl chloride in bromine trifluoride solution, the respective nitronium complexes could be directly produced, avoiding the difficult conditions encountered ... -
A Study of Some of the Properties of Tetrabromoanthranilic Acid and Tetrachloroanthranilic Acid
The original purpose of this thesis was twofold; to prepare tetrabromoanthranilic acid and study its chemical reactions, and to study the reactions of tetrachloroanthranilic acid, especially its behavior in diazotization. ... -
A Study of the Absolute Entropy of the Chloride Ion in Concentrated Solutions as Determined by Thermocell Measurements
This research was undertaken as a corollary to the work done by E . S. McKee (1) at Johns Hopkins University in 1950 with the purpose of "determining the entropy of a single aqueous ion. In doing so, we wished to elucidate ... -
A Study of the Double Chlorids of Potassium and Arsenic
As the antimony in the black salt of Setterberg has the valence of four, it appears to be a member of the series of hexahalids . . . The primary object of this work was to prepare, if possible, the corresponding salt of ... -
A Study of the Kinetics of the Esterification of Benzoic Acid with Methyl Alcohol
The reaction between methyl alcohol and benzoic �acid to form methyl benzoate is perhaps the most fundamental of all esterification reactions. . . . The forward as well as the reverse reaction is catalyzed by protons ... -
A Study of the Oxidation of Naphtosulfonic Acid to the Quinone
The purpose of this experiment was to determine, to a certain extent, whether the method of preparation of the 8-sulfonic acid of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone as carried out by Aaron Bendich and Erwin Chargaff [1] is of ... -
A Study of the Proceedures [sic.] for a Laboratory Course in General Organic Chemistry
This Thesis is a study of certain organic reactions with a view of adapting them to use in the laboratory instruction in a course in general Organic Chemistry. P:roject No.1, pages 1 thru 5, deals with the formation of a ... -
A Study of Type I Hypersensitivity (Anaphylaxis)
Type I hypersensitivity reactions were studied in vitro using the Schulz-Dale Assay. This assay involved the suspension of pieces of sensitized mouse ileum (smooth muscle of the gut) in an organ bath to allow exposure to ... -
Subversive Texts, Randomness & Fright, and the Narrative Deconstructure of Thomas Pychon's Gravity's Rainbow
Our inability to paraphrase and reconstruct this book's 11 story, 11 however, is not simply a product of its length and complexity. Rather, the book is structured in such a way that it makes this kind of coherent recall ... -
Summer Soldier, Sunshine Patriot: Liberalism and the Crisis of Military Service in the United States
This paper is not about politics or military strategy. It is not about international relations or just war theory. This is a paper about America on the sidelines. This is a paper about a nation at the mall, even as a tiny ... -
The Synthesis of 1, 2, 3, Triphenylpropane
The preparation of symmetrical triphenyl-propane has been carried out by several different methods, principally by German chemists. Altho there is very little in the chemical literature on this compound, the method most ... -
The Synthesis of 4-carboxybenzenesulfhydrazide and an Investigation of Its Use in the Resolution of 3-methylcyclohexanone
The present problem was undertaken to provide an intermediate for the resolution of racemic carbonyl compounds. But before continuing, a short discussion of the different types of reagents and a brief explanation of the ... -
The Synthesis of Diisobutylethylcarbinol
Interest in the general problem of the synthesis of tie higher molecular weight, (C10 and higher ), tertiary alcohols was s timulated by the discovery that in a routine laboratory preparation involving the condensation of ... -
Tchaikovsky's Ballets
Because of Tchaikovsky's influence, people listen to a ballet score just as they would listen to a symphony. It is doubtful that anyone would want to do the same with the ballet music by Minkus or even Adam. Today, ... -
"Tell us a story": Ancient Rhetoric and the Power of Story-Telling in Legal Fiction
The power of storytelling in the practice of law is a theme which resonates throughout Twentieth Century American legal fiction. Put simply, it's the idea that "whoever tells the best story wins the case." Storytelling can ... -
The Amerasia Affair and John Stewart Service: Weighing the Evidence of History
Amerasia was a small, left-wing monthly magazine, now defunct, dedicated to the discussion of Asian political and cultural affairs. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, it was openly critical of the Chinese Nationalist ... -
The Americanization of Immigrants as Expounded in the Biographical Material Relative to Aliens
Manifold are the reasons for the exodus of people from their native lands to emigrate to America. Many have come because of political suppression, many because of financial difficulties, many because of racial differences, ...