• On the synthesis of a fimbrolide 

      Descomps, Alexandre Pierre (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-06-30)
      The present work is on the total synthesis of a natural compound found in a mixture of secondary metabolite produced by an alga nearby the cost of Australia. The target molecule, the 4-bromo-3-butyl-5-(dibromomethylene)furan-2(5H)-one, has not previously been proposed. The synthetic route described in this thesis uses cheap and readily available starting materials and the target is reached after six ...
    • Practical synthetic methods for three unstable, unsaturated bromomethyl ketones, and on the use of near-orthogonal experiments for synthetic exploration. 

      Descomps, Alexandre Pierre (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2015-06-18)
      The thesis consists of two different parts: The organic part presents the development of a convenient procedure for the synthesis of three rare, unstable α,β-unsaturated brominated methyl ketones from common commercially available regents. This family of molecule has been very challenging to synthesize and a short history about these efforts as well as different general strategies to produce them ...