Eisenbraun, E. J.Hertzler, Donald Vincent2016-03-092016-03-091969-05http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/32789application/pdfCopyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.I. Oxidative decarboxylation of y-oxo acids using lead dioxideII. Acid catalyzed dimerization of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene: New structure assignmentsIII. 1,4-dihydronaphthalene as an intermediate in metalamine reductions of naphthaleneIV. Metal-amine reactions of naphthalene: Reductive dimerizationDissertation