• Novel ruthenium(II) and -(III) complexes encompassing biologically relevant multidentate chelates: synthesis, structural elucidation, electrochemistry and biological studies. 

  Maikoo, Sanam. (2019)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• Kumada and liebeskind-srogl coupling of aryl thiosulfonates as electrophilic coupling partners in the synthesis of biaryls. 

  Madlala, Nokuphiwa Prudence. (2021)

  The need and desire for versatility and diversity in cross-coupling reactions was the drive for the studies conducted in this thesis. Traditionally, transition-metal catalyzed crosscoupling reactions have heavily relied ...

• Screening of water pollutants using metallophthalocyanine-based chemically modified electrodes. 

  Kantize, Kevin. (2021)

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• The direct oxidation of Cѕр³–h benzyl aryl ketones to 1,2-diaryl diketones as a key step for the multi-component synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted-1h-imidazoles. 

  Jayram, Janeeka. (2019)

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• Syntheses of mixed donor homogeneous and immobilized palladium (II) complexes as catalysts for methoxycarbonylation and hydrogenation reactions. 

  Akiri, Saphan Owino. (2021)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• Fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells using heteroatom-doped reduced graphene oxide, and metal oxide-based nanocomposites as a counter electrode or photoanode. 

  Ngidi, Nonjabulo Philile Dominica. (2021)

  Recent advancements in technology have led to an exponential increase in global energy demand. Non-renewable energy sources have been widely used to meet this demand; however, they are prone to depletion ...

• The synthesis, characterisation and antibacterial activity of benzimidazole-oxadiazole hybrids. 

  Bantho, Aishwarya Nishan. (2022)

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• Study on stratospheric–tropospheric ozone and its exchange, including total column- and surface-ozone variations using ground–based and satellite observations in South African sites. 

  Mkololo, Thumeka. (2021)

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• Application of N-doped TiO₂/Bi₂O₃/rGO nanocomposites as a photoanode material in dye- sensitized solar cells. 

  Ngwenya, Simphiwe Ntokozo. (2021)

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• New pyrazolyl functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligand precursors and their transition metal complexes for the catalytic oxidation of paraffins. 

  Ndamase, Liziwe. (2021)

  Abstract available in PDF.

• Phytochemical investigation and biological studies of some South African plant species (Asteraceae and Hyacinthaceae) 

  Oyetunde-Joshua, Funsho Mary. (2021)

  Plants used in conventional medicine for the treatment of different ailments have been the bedrock for modern therapeutics. Scilla nervosa from the Hyacinthaceae family and Helichrysum panduratum and Helichrysum actutaum ...

• The design of rhodium and ruthenium catalysts for asymmetric aldol coupling. 

  Raab, Conrad Edmund. (1992)

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• Tertiary amine-catalysed Diels-Alder reactions. 

  Kader, Darryl Dominic. (1995)

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• Chemistry of ruthenium derivatives of the 2-diphenylphosphinoquinoline ligand. 

  Schauerte, Werner Karl. (1993)

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• Kinetic and mechanistic studies on substitution reactions of multinuclear cis-platinum(II) complexes: an experimental and computational investigation. 

  Asman, Panyako Wangoli. (2020)

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• The synthesis of optically pure 1,3-diols. 

  Long, Marvin James. (1995)

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• Dinuclear complexes of copper, silver and gold bridged by phosphoruspyridyl and phosphorusnaphthyridyl ligands. 

  Warwick, Barry. (1995)

  Chapter 1 setves as an introduction to the synthesis and characterisation of copper(!), silver(!) and gold(!) complexes of the 2,6-bis( diphenylphosphino )pyridine { (Ph2P)2py}, phenylbis(2- pyridyl)phosphine {PhP(py)2 ...

• Isolation and characterisation of bioactive compounds from antidesma venosum E.Mey. ex Tul. and euphorbia cooperi N.E.Br. ex A.Berger. 

  Hlengwa, Sbonelo Sanele. (2018)

  The need for the discovery of new pharmacologically active compounds is a global priority as new diseases and drug resistance mechanisms are emerging and spreading throughout the world. In the past natural products have ...

• Base-Free Suzuki acylation reactions of sodium (aryl trihydroxyborate) salts: a novel synthesis of substituted aryl ketones. 

  Molefe, Patience Snenhlanhla Sthembile. (2018)

  Asymmetric biaryl ketones are important building block in organic chemistry since they occur in large number of biological active compounds, natural product, cosmetics as well as in organic synthesis. The aim of this project ...

• Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of ionic liquids and polymeric ionic liquids/functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes for Cr(VI) adsorption. 

  Matandabuzo, Mzukisi. (2019)

  In this study, a series of imidazolium and pyridinium-based ionic liquids (ILs), polymeric ionic liquids (PILs), and their carbon nanotubes-functionalized composites were synthesized, characterized and applied as potential ...

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