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graphene and their high conjugation. Benzofulvenes contain a fulvene moiety within this conjugated system and are able to model how substituents affect aromaticity in this region. By changing the substituents on the exocyclic benzene ring to electron donating groups, the fulvene moiety can have more aromatic characteristics such as a low bond length alterna-tion (BLA). In this paper a procedure to synthesize benzofulvenes with varying exocyclic substituents will be outlined and six novel benzofulvenes

Conjugation James Okubo, Capstone Senior Seminar Imperfections in the two-dimensional structure of graphene-based electrodes have led to reduced chemical capacitance. Recent density functional theory calculations have shown that the capacitance can be improved via structural and morphological features of the electrode. The structure of the organic compounds known as benzofulvenes may act as a model for graphene. Rotation about the exocyclic double bond of benzofulvenes may change the conjugation of the

hyperphosphorylated tau variants to the disease. This review intends to assert the validity of both hypotheses from recent induced mutation, immunoblotting, and multi-label confocal immunofluorescence studies, followed by a projection for future research. 2:20 pm - Conversion of Ureas to Hydroxyguanidines for Conjugation to Drug-releasing Polymers by Nitroso-Diels-Alder Reactions North Foulon, Senior Capstone Seminar Hydroxyguanidines are a valuable class of molecules in the field of long-acting medications

substituted aryl naphthalene, our group attempted to produce a 1,3-aryl naphthalene. Starting from commercially available indanone, the key C-C phenylation was achieved via nucleophilic addition of phenyl-lithium. The attempted addition of acetyltrimethylsilane to create the –TMS leaving group instead caused a Brook rearrangement, preventing the desired effect. The lack of a proper leaving group combined with the conjugation of the molecule prevented the complete rearrangement into the aryl naphthalene