Date of Award

4-1988

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Dr. Robert E. Harmon

Second Advisor

Dr. Robert Anderson

Third Advisor

Dr. William Kelly

Access Setting

Masters Thesis-Open Access

Abstract

This report will discuss the synthesis of 2,5-dl-(p-chlorophenyl)-3,4-dioxoadiponitrile and its reactions. This compound exists in the form of 4,4'- dichloropulvinic nitrile which is a precursor to 4,4'-dichk>rovulpinic acid. These compounds have been shown to have antiinflammatory activity in rats.

The benzimidazole and pyridazine derivatives of 4,4'-dichioropulvinic nitrile and the benzimidazole derivative of 4,4'-dichk>rovuipinic acid are another group of compounds that are also believed to have useful biological activities. The Pinner synthesis of imidates is used to make the intermediate to the benzimidazole derivative of 4,4'-dichloropulvinic nitrile.

This report will include the methodology of the reactions and the spectral data of these compounds.

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