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Azole anions: catalysed and catalysts
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-08-09)Controlling the regioselectivity of ambident nucleophiles towards electrophilic functionalisation is a perennial problem in heterocyclic chemistry. The N-alkylation of triazoles poses a particular challenge in this regard: ... -
N-heterocyclic carbenes: rare earth element incorporated bifunctional catalysts and organocatalysts
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-08-09)The research in this thesis describes the synthesis of bifunctional N-heterocyclic carbene-rare earth element complexes. Their catalytic potential is demonstrated through the ring-expansion polymerisation of a variety of ... -
Conservation of uncertain monuments: the case of prehistoric Scottish brochs
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-08-09)The sophisticated drystone Iron-Age brochs of Northern Scotland, called Complex Atlantic Roundhouses by archaeologists, have shown the high technological culture of the builders. Their conservation should be based on their ... -
Role of transparency in the acquisition of inflectional morphology: experimental studies testing exponence type using artificial language learning
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-08-09)Agglutinating morphology has often been described as easier to learn than fusional morphology, in large part because it is more transparent (e.g., Brown, 1976; Goldschneider & DeKeyser, 2001; Igartua, 2015). Such claims ... -
Bittersweet: living with sugar and kin in contemporary Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-08-08)This thesis explores sugar consumption and kin-making in a north Edinburgh neighbourhood, and shows that sugar is central to processes of social relatedness. I argue that sugar reveals the meaning of kinship in Scotland, ...
