Nguyen, Natalie N. M2013-11-072013-11-0720052005Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-04, page: 1850.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26991http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-11863In recent years, there has been a shift in focus in organic synthetic chemistry, steering away from multistep synthesis, leaning towards tandem and one pot reactions. Described herein is a unique, one pot method for the synthesis of linear triquinanes. The strategy involved a one pot intramolecular Diels-Alder---ring opening metathesis---ring closing metathesis sequence to form triquinane 85. Application of the new methodology towards the synthesis of antibiotic Delta(9,12)- capnellene (13) was performed. During our endeavors, the core ring structure 86 was synthesized.* Also described is a second project which involved the synthesis of bicyclic compounds through a new carbometallation-annulation reaction. The reaction was used for the synthesis of dihydrophenanthrene 129 and chiral tricycle 137. Insight into the application to the synthesis of indoles was also investigated.* *Please refer to dissertation for diagrams.140 p.enChemistry, Organic.Thesis