Table of Contents

Chapter1.Introduction and Summary of Articles

1.1 Study of 3H-Azepine derivative

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1.2 Study of Imidazole derivative

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1.3 References

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1.Effects of Oxidation and Photochemical Reactions on Dialkyl-3H-Azepines

Chapter2.Oxidation of Dialkyl-3H-Azepines

2.1 Introduction

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2.2 Selenium Dioxide Oxidations of Dialkyl-3H-Azepines

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2.3 Singlet Oxygen Oxidations of Dialkyl-3H-Azepines

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2.4 Isomerization of 3,6-Di-tert-butyl-3H-Azepine

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2.5 Experimental Section

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2.6 References

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Chapter3.Photochemical Reactions of Dialkyl-3H-Azepines

3.1 Introduction

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3.2 Results and Discussion

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3.3 Experimental Section

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3.4 References

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Chapter4.The Consecutive Additions of Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) to 2,4-Di-tert-butyl-3a,5a-dihydro-3H-cyclobuta[b]pyrrole.

4.1 Introduction

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4.2 Results and Discussion

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4.3 Structure of N-Methoxycarbonyl 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1H-azepine

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4.4 Experimental Section

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4.5 References

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2.Development of Functional Imidazole Derivative

Chapter5.Structure of Lophine peroxide

5.1 Chemiluminescence of Imidazole Derivative

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5.2 Structure of Lophine peroxide

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5.3 Experimental Section

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5.4 References

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Chapter6.Development of Functional Imidazole Derivative

6.1 Introduction

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6.2 Results and Discussion

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6.3 Experimental Section

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6.4 References

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List of Publications

Acknowledgments